Nonprofit Torch Literary Arts publishes and promotes the creative writing of Black women both emerging and experienced. This week’s subject of their new BookWoman-partnered reading series definitely falls into the latter category, with Dallas-born author Kendra Allen already having two published tomes to tout. Her most recent is poetry/prose hybrid memoir Fruit Punch, which treks through her Aughts-era coming-of-age and all the hard truths she’s learned. Thursday’s event promises a reading, Q&A, booksigning, and conversations around what generational trauma does to a body. – James Scott