DEBUT LIT is a national nonprofit arts event series dedicated to helping new writers gain a wider audience.  Its mission is to combine the release of a new literary work with parties that merge art, music and readings. DEBUT LIT believes that new work deserves a new idea and literature can come alive in ways it never has before.

Our Mission
DEBUT LIT is a national nonprofit literary event series dedicated to helping new writers gain a wider audience.  Its mission is to combine the release of a new literary work with parties that merge art, music and readings.

DEBUT LIT believes that new work deserves a new idea, and literature can come alive in ways it never has before.

About the Organizers
Maaza Mengiste brings extensive experience in advertising and film to DEBUT LIT.  She has worked at J. Walter Thompson, Paramount Pictures, and as director of communications for a global non-profit organization. She was the International Editor of Washington Square Review and curates the popular Flashers reading series at the KGB Bar.  She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University, where she also teaches.