by Kat Atherton, staff writer
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- The crowd for the evenings event begins filling the stands.
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- Professor of English and Creative Writing, Brook Bhagat MCs the event.
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- Marley reads an excerpt about the love shared between two women, and the hardship of familial rejection.
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- Sa’Mya Hall, read their poem entitled “Like Fine Wine, I Am.”
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- Oscar Caldwell reads an excerpt from a story entitled “They Live Inside Us.”
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- Valerie Ramirez reads a selection of poems. From 8:13 “I am Static. Cold Marbles Running Over Each Other.”
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- Amie Sharp reflects on the shock and humor of seeing a cadaver in her poem “Bodies Day.”
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- Jason Dias reads an excerpt from his book, Finding Life on Mars, in which a child argues with her parents about magic and the existence of fairies.
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- Sarah Shaver shares a father’s perspective on the pain of miscarriage: “Holding my breath and sending little prayers into the universe that it would work out this time…”
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- ReeAnn Hyde, penname M.R. Hyde, talks about the liberation of going offline and into a bookstore in Hateful Algorithms. “Hateful algorithms telling me what I should read rather than what I could.”
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- Stephanie Lindberg reads a selection of three flash pieces.
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- Brook Bhagat reads “An Open Letter to an Unborn Daughter,” dedicated to all the girls in her family. Fight girl. Fight.
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- Poet Laureate Ashley Cornelius asks the crowd to celebrate the art.
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- Reciting her poem entitled “She is Big Bang Explosive,” Ashley Cornelius touches on the coming away from an unhealthy relationship and feeling freed.
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- Closing ceremony book raffle!
