Event
7 p.m.–9 p.m.
Mentor Series Reading with Ernesto Quiñonez and torrin a. greathouse

Presenters
Ernesto Quiñonez
Ernesto Quiñonez is an acclaimed novelist, essayist, screenplay writer, and oral storyteller for the Moth. He is the author of Chango’s Fire and Bodega Dreams . His work received the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers designation, the Borders Bookstore Original New Voice selection, and was
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torrin a. greathouse
torrin a. greathouse is a transgender cripple-punk poet and essayist. She received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota. Their work has been featured in Poetry Magazine , The Rumpus , the New York Times Magazine , Ploughshares , and The Kenyon Review . She has received
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Hana Worku
Hana Worku is a writer, software developer, and organizer deeply interested in "process." How are things put together, what are the steps, and how do they come apart? Hana's creative work explores patterns and dissonance in this arena. Her work can be found in Yellow Arrow Journal , Human x Nature
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José Felipe Ozuna
José Felipe Ozuna was born in Guerrero, Mexico and currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated with a BS in sociology from Minnesota State University, Mankato. He is a 2022 Undocupoets Fellow. His poems are published or forthcoming in Poetry Online , HAD , River Mouth Review , and
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LaTreena Felegy
LaTreena Felegy is a Black, Midwest-born book lover and aspiring writer. Many of her favorite stories involve “troubled” female characters, and her own writing often explores the darker impulses of adolescence and womanhood. She holds a BA in English Literature from Metropolitan State University and
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Tommy Frank
Tommy Frank is a neuroqueer essayist. They received their MFA from Hamline University and their MALS in Film Studies from the University of Minnesota . Tommy was attacked by a pelican in Panama in 2005; they’ve been dive bombed by swallows in their backyard, swarmed by hornets on cloudy days, and
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Location
The Loft at Open Book
Price
Regular $10.00
Friend $5.00
Genre
Multigenre
Mentor Series graphic featuring Ernesto Quiñonez and torrin a. greathouse

The Loft Literary Center Presents a 2023-2024 Loft Mentor Series Reading with mentors Ernesto Quiñonez and torrin a. greathouse and fellows Hana Worku, José Felipe Ozuna, LaTreena Felegy, and Tommy Frank.

The Loft Mentor Series in Poetry and Creative Prose offers twelve early career Minnesota writers the opportunity to work intensively with six nationally acclaimed writers of prose and poetry.

A limited number of pay-what-you-can seats will be available at the door on a first come, first serve basis.

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Artists
Ernesto Quiñonez
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torrin a. greathouse
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Hana Worku
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José Felipe Ozuna
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LaTreena Felegy
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Tommy Frank
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