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Incite: Queer Writers Read – November
November 17, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
FreeIncite: Queer Writers Read is a curated, bimonthly reading series for Queer writers. Incite’s hope is to create conversation, connection, and greater understanding both within the Queer community and with other communities. Hosted by Vinnie Kinsella and Jennifer Perrine.
[Featuring: Andrew L. Huerta, Mikki Gillette, Carolyn Wood]
The theme for November is “Bare.”
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Andrew L. Huerta lives in Tucson, Arizona, where he has spent the last twenty-four years in Higher Education teaching/advising students who are the first in their families to attend college. With his MA in Creative Writing and PhD in Education, he just published a collection of short stories entitled A Different Man (Bold Stroke Books) and is now looking to complete his first novel, Raggedy Anthony. His short stories have appeared in Chelsea Station Magazine, The Round Up Writer’s Zine: Pride Edition, Jonathan, The Storyteller, and the anthologies Queerly Loving, First Came Fear: New Tales of Horror, and Hashtag Queer Volume 2. His personal essays have appeared in Fashionably Late: Gay, Bi, and Trans Men Who Came Out Later in Life and Queer Families: An LGBTQ+ True Stories Anthology. For more information please visit: www.andrewlhuerta.com.
Mikki Gillette is a trans woman playwright, whose work depicts the trans experience in all its juicy, dramatic richness. Her play The Queers will be produced by Fuse Theatre Ensemble in January. Her show Mimetic Desire is scheduled for production by the Pittsburgh Classic Players later this year. Mikki’s work has been produced or developed at Artists Rep Theatre, Transformation Theatre, the OUTwright Theatre Festival, Profile Theatre and Post5 Theatre. Her short work has been published in Rushing Thru the Dark, Barely Seen and Fleas on the Dog. Learn more at: mikkigillette.com.