A [quarantined] Room of One’s Own- Virtual Reading Series
If you, like the rest of us, are feeling isolated with a sudden and vast amount of free time.. AND you like authors and stories and amazing women, please join us on ZOOM for a virtual literary series Tuesday nights at 6:30pm PST.
To kick us off, our first event features three amazing poets: Kelly Gray, Christine No, and Risa Pappas.
Find us HERE: https://zoom.us/j/813377202
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+ Kelly Gray (she/her) is a writer, naturalist and educator living among the redwood trees on occupied Coast Miwok land in Northern California. She is mother to a fiery daughter, two perfect cats and one untamable dog. Her poetry and prose have been published in Burning House Press, sPARKLE & bLink, write, bitch, write!, and she has worth forth coming in Bracken Magazine. Prior to the quarantine, Kelly was a raptor handler who brought birds of prey into schools and public events, telling stories of falcons, owls and vultures to all who would listen. Currently she enjoys wandering the woods, drinking whiskey, watching Netflix, and saving rejection letters from publishers to use as her own when she's able to be active again on Tinder.
+ Christine No is a Korean American writer and filmmaker. She is a Sundance Alum, VONA Fellow, two time Pushcart Prize Nominee and Best of the Net Nominee. You can find her work in: The Rumpus, sPARKLE+bLINK, Columbia Journal, Story Online, Apogee, Atlas And Alice, and various anthologies. Christine is the Assistant Features Editor at The Rumpus and a contributing writer at Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel. She also sits on the Board of Quiet Lightning, a Bay Area nonprofit literary organization. She looks good on paper; but, she spills a lot. Like a baby. She lives in Oakland with a pit bull named Brandy. Say hi, here: christineno.com
+ Risa Pappas is a poet, filmmaker, writer, editor, audiobook narrator, and public speaker. She has most recently been published in the River Heron Review, Inklette Magazine, and bluntly magazine and is Senior Editor at Tolsun Books. Risa received her MFA in creative writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She currently resides near Philadelphia.