Quiet Lightning presents their 140th show, curated by Kevin Dublin & Antony Fangary and held virtually on Monday, May 3, 2021, with readings/performance by (in the following order):

Rohan DaCosta » Naomi Rosenthal » Carol Dorf » Siamak Vossoughi » Lauren Ito » Michael Warr » Dawn Angelicca Barcelona » Emily Dezurick-Badran | Carol Dorf » Sally Love Saunders » Siok-Hian Tay-Kelley » Charles Kruger » Alexander Laurence » Nick Plett »  Genie Cartier » Sara Biel » Paolo Bicchieri » Sara Biel » Carolyn Wilsey » Andrew Paul Nelson » Chun Yu » Lauren Parker » Mary Gayle Thomas » Leah Mueller

Featuring cover art by Stuart Robertson / Read the entire show above

Quiet Lightning’s next show is Better Ancestors on 7/5, featuring readings/performance by Valentina De Roca Fuerte, Lourdes Figueroa, Kelechi Ubozoh, ASHA and Teju Adisa-Farrar. Here for bios, links + to RSVP.

QL is accepting writing submissions for our next literary mixtape, to be curated by Rhea Dhanbhoora and a curator TBA, a virtual show on 8/2. Submissions are open through 7/9. All selected writers will be paid and published in sPARKLE & bLINK 111.