Creator, Editor
New York City
Uli Beutter Cohen
Uli is the creator and editor of Subway Book Review. Her work has been featured in New York Magazine, Esquire, Vogue, Glamour, Forbes, The Guardian and other publications who have called her a force who is changing literary culture. Uli’s writing has been published in Here Magazine, The Washington Post, and HuffPost. She has appeared on camera for Refinery29 and has spoken at Forward Festival, Kickstarter and SXSW. Uli has worked in media for the past decade and has created content and experiences for Nike, Ace Hotel, Interscope, Adidas and The Wing, where she co-hosts a monthly book club. Uli is currently working on her first book Between The Lines: Stories from the Underground (Simon & Schuster 2021). Some of her favorite writers are Colson Whitehead, Valeria Luiselli, and Patti Smith.
Contributors
Washington D.C.
Bozuma Acquaah
Boz works with charitable foundations in the legal industry and reviews books on social media. Besides reading, Boz explores the Smithsonian museums in DC, is always up for going to a new brunch spot, and likes to try her hand at painting. One of her favorite books is Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams.
San Francisco
Erin Nederbo
Erin works in social media and loves browsing used paperbacks at San Francisco's Green Apple Books or pretending to do Sunday NYT crosswords at the dive bar The Bitter End. Her favorite book is The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros because it was the first book that showed her what words could really accomplish.
Philadelphia
Oscar Almonte-Espinal
Oscar studies English and History at Penn State Abington where he is also the President of the Latinx Student Organization. He likes to spend quality time at Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books which has the best books and vibes in Philly. He loves mother Toni Morrison because she is everything and always manages to make him cry.
Chicago
Karen Salgado
Karen is a literary voyeur and loves to explore bookshops and literary events all over Chicago. She works at a local university where her favorite part is welcoming new students at orientation. Karen actively reads diversely and works hard to decolonize her bookshelf. One of her favorite books is Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis.
Austin
Patrick Crowley
Patrick is retired and the founder of the non-profit Street Books ATX, a mobile library for those without a home or fixed address. He received the SXSW Community Service Award in 2019. Patrick also designs board and card games, enjoys films, and good barbecue. His favorite book is Green Eggs And Ham by Dr. Seuss.
Atlanta
W.D. Herstun
W.D. is a writer who loves music, nature, and art. She is the founder of the independent publication The Herstun Writer. When she isn’t chasing the Marta in Atlanta, she’s at the High Museum of Art writing stories about sculptures or eating whatever food comes with margaritas and queso. She reps Slytheravenclaw for life.
Boston
Carrie Torrisi
Carrie is a lawyer by day and a bookstagrammer by night. She loves reading family dramas and is obsessed with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. When she’s not working, reading, or blogging, you might find her traveling, attending a Broadway show like Hamilton and Jagged Little Pill, or eating all of the Italian food in Boston.
Miami
Nykeba Sonubi
Nykeba is a creative entrepreneur and hosts the podcast Beyond My Title. When she isn't soaking up the sun in Miami, she's cooking, learning about investing, or commuting on the Brightline. She collects coffee table books and swears by The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod which led her to a life changing morning routine.
Berlin
Julia Knolle
Julia has worked in the digital publishing industry for over a decade and led publications like Vogue Digital, Les Mads, Hey Woman, and Die Dame. She is a life-long learner and currently enrolled in the science program at Humboldt University. Works by Zadie Smith, Nicole Krauss, Rachel Cusk, and Deborah Levy make her heart beat faster.
London
Zahra Hankir
Zahra is a Lebanese-British journalist. Her writing has appeared on BBC News, Bloomberg, Vice, Al Jazeera, and The Los Angeles Times among many others. She is a graduate of Columbia School of Journalism and the editor of the best-selling anthology Our Women on the Ground and travels to the Middle East frequently.
Mexico City
Citlalli Vargas Contreras
Citlalli is a high school Spanish teacher, writes articles for comic book lovers, and has published a book of poetry called Los Versos Imaginarios. She enjoys exploring Mexico City on the metro and taking pictures of her city. She loves sci-fi but her favorite book of all time is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Santiago
Rocío Abarzúa
Rocío has worked at a bookshop, a publishing house, and is now working at the book distributor Big Sur in Santiago. Her favorite thing is to have a beer at Kross Bar with a good read or to stroll through indie bookshops in Lastarria. Some of her favorite Chilean authors are Alejandro Zambra, Nona Fernández and Andrés Montero.
Lahore
Faizan Ahmad
Faizan is a visual artist, photojournalist, and researcher. He is the creator of @lahorebymetro and has published a book by the same name about the project. His work has been published in The Guardian, Express Tribune and The Daily Times. His favorite book is A Way into India by Raghubir Singh.
Milan
Elisa Torello
Elisa studies Italian Literature and writes for her university newspaper. She has a passion for theater and loves to go on walks during twilight in Navigli, a neighborhood in Milan that famous for its canals. Her favorite book is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley which she loves to read when it’s cold and rainy outside.
Rio de Janeiro
Lisandro Gaertner
Lisandro owned and ran two used bookstores in Rio for many years and his house still looks like one. He is a writer, psychologist, educator, and game designer. In short, Lisandro is a renaissance man who wants to change the world. His favorite book is As Cariocas by Sérgio Porto.
Hyderabad
Premchand Banala
Premchand is a filmmaker and works as an Assistant Director. After dropping out from the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Bangalore with zero regrets, he started to travel around India to document conversations about people’s love for fashion on Instagram. His favorite book is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
Sydney
Mirabel Mowat Smith
Mirabel is a Kiwi who landed in Sydney where she loves to unearth the city’s many charms. She works in HR and is also an active social good volunteer who gives time to her local community center and has recently set up a Street Library in her neighborhood. Her favorite book is Just Kids by Patti Smith.
Moscow
Iana Shchetinskaia
Iana teaches English at a university and language school in Moscow and is getting her Ph.D. in History with a focus on U.S.-Russian relations. She enjoys exhibitions at the Lumiere Brothers Center of Photography and Pushkin State Museum. Her favorite authors are J.D. Salinger and Richard Brautigan.