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Take Place: SFSU Reading & Open Mic
May 21, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT
Free
We’re joining together one last time during this (weird) semester for a virtual reading, open mic and party time, with funky virtual tunes. Feel free, for the open mic portion, to share with us a song, video, dance or, of course, a reading that has helped you through this time.
WHEN: Thursday, May 21 @ 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Zoom meeting! For Zoom ID, password, and open mic sign-up, please email takeplacereadings@gmail.com
WHAT: Featured reading and open mic. All literary and experimental genres are welcome! Open mic slots are about 2 minutes each and open to SFSU students (future, present or past), professors (please!) & community members.
WHO: TreVaughn Malik Roach-Carter & London Pinkney
TreVaughn Malik Roach-Carter is a queer Black writer born and raised in Modesto, California. He attended San Francisco State University, obtaining a B.A. in Creative Writing with a minor in Education and is obtaining a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from SFSU. His work has been featured in Ramblr, Tayo Magazine’s SOFT issue, Transfer, BAD EGG, Borderless Zine, and The Ana. Roach-Carter is the recipient of the Leo Litwalk award, a Browning Society Award, and was the runner-up for the Ramblr Fiction award. He is the author of the young adult novel The Marked Ones: Uprising.
London Pinkney is a writer, editor, and educator. She is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Ana, and was the 2019 recipient of the Joe Brainard Fellowship. London Pinkney has been published at Mirage #5 / Period[ical], Seen and Heard and Omniverse, among other places.