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WITS End of Year Reading
July 1, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
FreeYouth Programs of Literary Arts is thrilled to debut the first virtual iteration of our annual WITS End of Year Reading to celebrate the work and contributions of the adults working behind the scenes to bring Writers in the Schools to life—our WITS writers, teachers, and partners. This event will be hosted by WITS Program Specialist, Joanna Rose. Open to the public with registration in advance. Held via Zoom.
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Pronouns: she/her Joanna is the author of the award-winning novel Little Miss Strange (Algonquin Books). Other work has appeared in ZYZZYVA, Windfall Journal, Cloudbank, Artisan Journal, Northern Lights, Oregon Humanities, High Desert Journal, VoiceCatcher, and Bellingham Review, among others. Her essay “That Thing With Feathers” was cited as Notable in 2015 Best American Essays. She is an Attic Atheneum Fellow in Poetry, and cohosts the prose critique group Pinewood Table. She works with youth at Literary Arts’ Writers in the Schools and Young Musicians & Artists. Her new novel, A Small Crowd of Strangers, is due out in Fall 2020.