An Afternoon with Martha Raoli

***Please note: This event will take place at the Books & Books in Coral Gables at 265 Aragon Ave. Tickets are FREE and books will be available for purchase at the event.

ENTER WAVE is a comedic play set on the shores of Ditch Plains, where surfers, kooks and cultists engage in a lively Socratic dialogue about ecstasy and romance. The exercise cult of Stokinetics practices partnered exercises that simulate the orgasmic bliss of the stoke — free from the trappings of love, the mechanics of sex, and the discipline of surfing. Their occupation of this small American beach town threatens to unravel a social ecosystem organized by the ethics of surf culture. When a Manhattan socialite enters the program, what follows is a meditation on the politics of the female body as a site of pleasure.

Martha Raoli is a creator working across disciplines through an exploration of the somatic gestures in art production. She has performed with a typewriter and theremin in venues such as the Adrienne Arsht Center, The PAMM, and Yále Social Club. Her writing on art has appeared in the Miami Rail and the Brooklyn Rail. She has an M.F.A. from Brown University. Enter Wave is her first book. She is the founder of Tertulia Press.

Event Venue

Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, United States