Event

April 14, 2023

7 p.m.–9 p.m.

Mentor Series Reading with Kimberly Blaeser and A. Rafael Johnson

A. Rafael Johnson's holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Alabama. His work has been seen in spacecraft, Callaloo, African American Review, Kweli Journal, and other places. Andy was named a Kimbilio Fellow in African American Fiction in 2014. His first novel, The Through (Jaded

Kimberly Blaeser, past Wisconsin Poet Laureate and founding director of Indigenous Nations Poets, is a writer, photographer, and scholar. She is the author of five poetry collections including Copper Yearning, Apprenticed to Justice, and the bi-lingual Résister en dansant/Ikwe-niimi: Dancing

Kathryn Ganfield is a nature writer and essayist focused on family, environment, and the climate in crisis. She is a winner of the Writing By Writers 2021 Short Short Contest, multi-time winner of the Tiny Truths contest, and a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her work has appeared in Creative Nonfiction

ER Harris is an educator and writer based in Northeast Minneapolis. A recipient of a Master’s of Fine Arts in Writing from Hamline University, Harris studied under writers like Barry Jean Borich, Deborah Keenan, Patricia Kirkpatrick, Sheila O’Connor, Lawrence Sutin, and Terry Tempest Williams. A

Benjamin Ren grew up internationally in four different countries. He currently resides in Minneapolis, MN, where he studied computer engineering and creative writing at the University of Minnesota. His writing has previously been published in IMPACT magazine. He loves travel and travel writing, and

Christopher Vaughan’s poems have appeared in The Cincinnati Review, Hawai’i Pacific Review, Off the Coast, and Del Sol Review. He has received support from the Community of Writers, Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, Indiana University Writers’ Conference, and Minnesota Northwoods