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Ronda Miller, Writer

Ronda Miller is a Life Coach who works with clients who have lost someone to homicide.  Miller is the current State President of Kansas Authors Club (1/01/2018 - 12/31/2019).  She has also served as the club’s Poetry Contest Manager (2011-2014); District 2 President (2015 – 2017); and state Vice President (2016 – 2017). When Miller isn’t coaching clients, volunteering time to Kansas Authors Club, or writing poetry, she is busy learning life skills from children with special needs.

 

Ronda's books of poetry include “Going Home: Poems from My Life”, “MoonStain”, and “WaterSigns” (2015 and 2017, published by Meadowlark-Books).  Her poems are also included in many anthologies, including in 2018: "Kansas Time-Place: An Anthology of Heartland Poetry"; "Flash Poems: Poetry and Prompts"; and "365 Days Poetry Anthology, Volume 2".  Her memoir "Gun Memories", is coming in September 2018.

Find Ronda Miller's readings, workshops, and books at Poet's Page for Ronda Miller on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/groups/146522715536360/

 

 

Jason Preu, Writer

Who is Jason Preu?  Poetry, fiction, fake wikipedia entries…Inspired by office culture, the philosophies of dependent origination, Dada, no mind, and rap music, Jason writes to elicit smiles, tickle kundalinis, instigate internal riots, and showcase the strangeness of otherwise pedestrian situations. His recent books include More Poems About Purple Wizards and Neon Bright Exceptionalisms (EMP, 2017) and the illuminated poem To Grow A Hole the Size of Everything (collaboration with Jeanette Powers, EMP, 2017) . In 2016, Jason’s performative collaboration with composer and fellow Charlotte Street Foundation resident, Brian Padavic, was the subject of the feature film The Avocado Among Other Fruits, Live from Prospero's.

 

Jason is also one of the Head Honchos of FountainVerse: KC Small Press Poetry Fest, October 12-14, 2018.  Info at www.facebook.com/fountainverse/ and  https://www.fountainverse.com/

 

Catch Jason if you can at https://jasonpreu.com/

Anthony Boynton, writer

Anthony Boynton is a Georgia native and doctoral student of English at the University of Kansas. Boynton's academic work normally focuses on and/or critiques race, gender, and popular culture. Essential to this work is the 4:44 Syllabus, an electronic storehouse that offers sources to unpack Jay-Z's 2017 summer album.  The 4:44 Syllabus  https://issuu.com/adboyntonii/docs/syllabus_final​ Boynton's creative work narrates stories of those we often hush, the ones we often need to hear most about the future, about emotion, about pain, and joy.

 

Follow Anthony Boynton at https://medium.com/@ADBoyntonII

 

Andrew Farkas, Writer

Andrew Farkas' "Self-Titled Debut", a collection of fictions, won the Subito Press Prose Contest in 2009. His work has appeared in North American Review, The Cincinnati Review, and The Florida Review, among other places. His story, "The Ballad of Ailin' Alan Smithee," was a Special Mention in Pushcart Prize XXXV, and his essay, "Somewhere Better Than This Place," was a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2013. He holds degrees from Kent State University, the University of Tennessee, the University of Alabama, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a fiction editor at The Collagist and an English professor at Washburn University. 

Tessa Gratton, Writer

Tessa Gratton is the author of the Blood Journals duology, the Gods of New Asgard series, and books on writing fantasy for teen writers. She lives in Lawrence, KS with her wife, is currently a lead writer on Serial Box Publishing's show Tremontaine, and is the author of the upcoming YA fantasy Strange Grace from McElderry, as well as the adult fantasy The Queens of Innis Lear from Tor. She is the associate director of Madcap Retreats. 

 

Visit her at tessagratton.com

Linzi Garcia, Poet

Linzi Garcia can be found frolicking through sunflower fields, cemeteries, and bars across the states. She has been featured in "Treading Unique Paths: Young Writers Anthology" (VerbalEyze Press, 2016), "50 Haikus: Issue #12" (Prolific Press, 2017), and on the "Philosophical Idiot" poetry website (November, 2017). Her work will also be featured in the upcoming Blue Hour anthology.

Linzi Garcia's first poetry collection "Thank You" was published by Spartan Press KC in 2018  If you're lucky, you can even find a haiku of hers in the gumball machine at The Raven Book Store in Lawrence, KS or perhaps hidden in a nook in a tree near you.

Linzi currently resides in Lindsborg, KS, with Littleton, CO as her next home base. Wherever she lives, she's dreaming of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and New Orleans. She is always looking for invitations to new places where she can absorb new poetry, perspective, incomparable experiences, and quality whiskey. 

 

Follow the adventures of Linzi Garcia on Facebook @linzi.garcia.5 and Instagram @linzithelion

The Transformational Jennie Washburn V.2018.5

Jennie Washburn & Talk With ME host Marcia Epstein share their conversation about Spring,  Goodness, Community, BadAssery, and Laughter! Jennie has a wide range of expertise and experience, and is committed to ongoing learning, personal growth, kindness, and fun!  She is a licensed esthetician, the co-host with Nan Loyd-Leffingwell of Soul Salon, and the host of The Goddess Within women's circle in Lawrence, KS  www.facebook.com/The-Goddess-Within-252751568549725/  Host ME is an advocate for all the arts & a mental health social worker, https://MarciaEpstein.biz

 

Cei Loofe, Writer and More

Cei Loofe is a writer, a public speaker and a person of service, currently based in Omaha, NE. He started all these pursuits decades ago in another life time and continues them today. Loofe’s body of written work includes 20 years as a freelance reporter, chapbooks, work in several anthologies, and his own titles: house of bricks...made of straw, keeping alive our dead and from the very first day. Loofe volunteers with the city arts project, Omaha’s Youth Emergency Center, and sits on  organizational boards throughout the city.

Although Cei Loofe is very busy living life, you'll occasionally find sightings of him at www.facebook.com/CBairdLoofe/