Welcome to “the future.” Last night at powerHouse arena in Brooklyn, Tumblr and The New Inquiry joined forces for a communal reading to celebrate the new “Future” issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. Structured like one of The New Inquiry’s famous salons, audience members selected samples of writing based on the evening’s theme, and read them out loud. Here are some photos from Mark Iantosca.

Audience member reads a selected sample

Rachel Rosenfelt, founder of The New Inquiry and agent at The Lavin Agency

The audience at powerHouse Arena in Brooklyn

Lewis Lapham, editor of Lapham’s Quarterly

For more photos from the event, click here.