Literary Firsts

Karyn Polewaczyk is a Boston-dwelling creative pistol who balances writing freelance while managing communications for a condom manufacturer. (Gentlemen, start your sarcasm.) Karyn’s work has appeared in a variety of places, including ELLE, More, and Merrimack Valley, and the literary journal Ophelia Street. She has also read at the storytelling series Literary Death Match, Literary Firsts, Storyliars, Comedy With Wings and The Gas. Karyn was recently featured in STUFFBoston’s “Sexiest” issue, a laminated copy of which her mother keeps stashed at the bottom of her purse.

Karyn is the essayist for the July 16 reading.