Torch Wildfire Reading Series featuring Kelis Rowe

Torch Literary Arts

Join us for a reading and book signing with Kelis Rowe, author of Finding Jupiter.

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<a href="https://www.torchliteraryarts.org/" title="https://www.torchliteraryarts.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Torch Literary Arts</a> invites you to the Wildfire Reading Series featuring Kelis Rowe, author of Finding Jupiter. A Q&A, reception, and book signing will follow the reading.This event is free and open to the public. <a href="https://www.torchliteraryarts.org/support" title="https://www.torchliteraryarts.org/support" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Donations are appreciated.</a> <a href="https://www.kelisrowe.com/" title="https://www.kelisrowe.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kelis Rowe</a> is a stay-at-home mom and former homeschooler who writes sweeping, classic teen romance novels from the points of view of grounded, self-possessed Black girls and the Black teen boys who just gotta love ‘em. Her debut novel, Finding Jupiter, is a contemporary literary romance about a James Taylor and Beyoncé fan and a champion swimmer bonding through shared grief and falling in love one fateful summer. It incorporates journal pages of art and found poetry from the pages of classic novels including The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God. Kelis writes out of her suburban home near Austin, TX. <a href="https://www.torchliteraryarts.org/" title="https://www.torchliteraryarts.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Torch Literary Arts</a> is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established to publish and promote creative writing by Black women. We publish contemporary writing by experienced and emerging writers alike. Torch has featured work by Colleen J. McElroy, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia Smith, Natasha Trethewey, Elizabeth Alexander, and others. Programs include the Wildfire Reading Series, writing workshops, and retreats. This program is made possible with support from the Austin Cultural Arts Division, the Burdine Johnson Foundation, the ACF Black Fund, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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