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Rock 'n' Read: 99 Problems Finding the 1: A Love Story (Sort of) G'Ra Asim ft Uppity
Sun, Oct 18
|JustBook-ish
99 Problems is a book that intelligently diagnoses and prescribes a cure to our splintered society desperate for love. Join author G’ Ra Asim and the band from the future, Uppity, for an event that is salon-style event that’s part-reading, part-audience conversation, and part-performance.
Time & Location
Oct 18, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
JustBook-ish, 1463 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA 02122, USA
Guests
About the event
99 Problems is a book that intelligently diagnoses and prescribes a cure to our splintered society desperate for love. Join author G’ Ra Asim and the band from the future, Uppity, for an event that is salon-style event that’s part-reading, part-audience conversation, and part-performance.
Uppity is a boy band from the future. Their debut EP, Code Ditching, is a musical companion piece to guitarist/songwriter G’Ra Asim’s literary nonfiction book, 99 Problems Finding the 1: a love story (sort of). Acclaimed first single “Catch 22” premiered on alternative music site Chorus.fm. The band is rounded out by lead vocalist and saxophonist Mikiel Azim Peratino, multi-instrumentalist Matty Regan, and drummer Joe Grabmeier. Follow Uppity on Instagram at @uppityband.
G’Ra Asim is a writer, a musician, and an assistant professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis. His debut nonfiction book, Boyz n the Void: a mixtape to my brother, was named one of the best nonfiction titles…