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Open Mic with Kelly DuMar + 15 other writers
On Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 7pm EST, our monthly online Open Mic (via Zoom) will feature Kelly DuMar + 15 other writers.
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Date and time
Thursday, March 30 · 4 - 5:30pm PDT
Location
Online
About this event
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Mobile eTicket
The Journal of Expressive Writing is more than a publication. We aim to be an engaged and supportive community of writers and listeners. Giving our focused attention to each other’s voices, stories and writing is a generous, necessary act of humanity, repair and celebration.
On March 30, 2023, our monthly OPEN MIC series will feature Kelly DuMar (she/her/hers), who's new book, jinx and heavenly calling, is HOT OFF THE PRESS and just published by Lily Poetry Review Books!
ABOUT THE BOOK: Lusty, vigorous, zestful. It’s hard to imagine our parents in the throes of passion, yet jinx and heavenly calling does just that. DuMar culls original text and graphics from love letters her mother penned to the poet’s father during 1953-1954. From these letters mailed between first date and marriage, DuMar distills her mother’s intimacies, anxieties, and endearments, engaging readers in the captivating dynamic of a couple falling into a 50-year future.
Kelly DuMar is a poet, playwright and workshop facilitator from Boston. She’s author of four poetry chapbooks, including jinx and heavenly calling, published by Lily Poetry Review Books in March. Kelly’s poems and photos are published in a variety of literary journals. She teaches creative writing and runs Play Labs for the International Women’s Writing Guild and the Transformative Language Arts Network. Kelly produces the Featured Open Mic for the Journal of Expressive Writing. Learn more about Kelly here.
Eileen Cleary, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Lily Poetry Review and Lily Poetry Review Books, will interview Kelly about her new book. Eileen holds MFA’s in poetry from Solstice and Lesley University. She published recent work in The Sugar House Review, JAMA, West Texas Literary Review Solstice: A Magazine for Diverse Voices, and The American Journal of Poetry, among others. Her full-length poetry collections include Child Ward of the Commonwealth, (Main Street Rag, 2019) and 2 A. M. with Keats (Nixes Mate, 2021.)
In addition to our featured writer, 15 other pre-registered writers will read their work. Each of our contributing authors will have 3 minutes to read their best expressive writing, poetry, stories, free writing, non-fiction, personal essay, memoir, reflective essay, prose, contemplative discourse, and creative non-fiction. All Open Mic readers must pre-register ahead of time for a slot.
Come listen to Kelly DuMar and 15 other amazing authors read their work LIVE!
The Journal's OPEN MIC series is FREE to attend and OPEN TO ALL, but you do need to Pre-Register through eventbrite to get the live Zoom link.
The OPEN MIC series is produced and hosted by Kelly DuMar.
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The Journal of Expressive Writing is the first online literary journal to publish expressive writing, free writing, non-fiction, personal essay, memoir, reflective essay, poetry, prose, contemplative discourse, and creative non-fiction—all that originate from a writing prompt—by both established and emerging writers.
The Journal of Expressive Writing is more than a publication. We aim to be an engaged and supportive community of writers and listeners. Giving our focused attention to each other’s voices, stories, and writing is a generous, necessary act of humanity, repair, and celebration. As such, we offer a monthly Open Mic (via Zoom) to share writing and listen by our published authors, as well as featured and notable authors across genres. All of these events are FREE to attend and OPEN TO ALL, but you do need to Pre-Register via eventbrite.
The Journal of Expressive Writing is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and anti-racism. The Journal supports communities and writers of color—and all writers. The Journal of Expressive Writing actively seeks and welcomes the writing of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), Asian and South-Asian writers, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, persons with disabilities, religious minorities—and people at the intersections of these identities—as well as all individuals across the full spectrum of writing backgrounds, experiences, education, and talents.