David Ryan is the author of Alligator (C4G Books)—which Kirkus called "A collection of stories that reflect the precision and balance of a high-wire aerialist", and Animals in Motion: Stories (Roundabout). His work has appeared in two O. Henry Prize anthologies, Ploughshares, the New England Review, Harvard Review, Conjunctions, Threepenny Review, Tin House, and elsewhere. A recipient of fellowships from MacDowell, the Elizabeth Yates McGreal Foundation, and the Connecticut Office of the Arts, he teaches in the writing programs of Sarah Lawrence College and New England College.

*photo by Susan Breen

Arto Vaun is a songwriter, musician, and poet whose music blends atmospheric indie rock with a cinematic sensibility, occasionally weaving Armenian into his lyrics. His 2024 album, Stuck Inside a Map, was featured as a summer listening pick by WBUR, and his poetry has been published by Carcanet Press.

*photo by Brittany Rose Queen

Critically acclaimed author and artist Nick Flynn is the author of five books of poetry - his most recent being Low (Graywolf, 2023). He's also the author of four memoirs, including his bestselling memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (Norton, 2004) which was made into a film starring Robert DeNiro (Focus Features, 2012) and has been translated into fifteen languages. His poetry and prose explore the tenuous membrane that separates our comfortable, everyday existence from the ragged margins of society. 

*photo by Ryan McGinley

Fuzzy, the ’90s indie rock band signed to Atlantic Records — are reuniting for a very special Earfull moment. Formed in Boston in 1992, the band toured with the likes of Dinosaur Jr., The Lemonheads, Belly, and Juliana Hatfield, and were named NME’s Single of the Week. In 2016, Rolling Stone named their song “Flashlight” one of the 50 best songs of the 1990s. The original lineup of singer-guitarists Hilken Mancini and Chris Toppin, bassist Winston Braman, and drummer (tonight’s first Earfull Author) David Ryan will be together for this show.

*photo by Sarah Shannon