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Friday April 18, 2025 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT

Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University

Join visiting Recovery in Practice speakers and Richmond Community members for a special reading of poetry, memoir and short story excerpts.

Speakers

Valley Haggard

Writer

Valley Haggard is an author, teacher, energy worker, and spiritual life coach with twenty-five + years in 12-step recovery. A Reiki master and Shamanic Reiki practitioner, she combines energy work and other healing modalities with expressive writing in sacred circles and healing narrative... Read More →

Josh Galarza

Writer, "The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky"

Longtime Montessori educator Josh Galarza writes fiction and creative nonfiction, and is a multidisciplinary visual artist specializing in printmaking and book arts. His research centers around male gender performance, queer issues, body liberation, and Chicano studies. His debut... Read More →

Dyan Neary

Investigative Reporter and Professor of Journalism, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Dyan Neary is a professor of journalism at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She is a writer and host of the forthcoming series of the podcast Serial, from Serial Productions and the New York Times, to be released in Fall 2025. Her investigative feature stories and essays have... Read More →

Carvell Wallace

Writer

Carvell Wallace is a writer and podcaster who has contributed to The New Yorker, GQ, New York Times Magazine, Pitchfork, MTV News, and Al Jazeera. His debut memoir, Another Word For Love (MCD, 2024), explores his life, identity, and love through stories of family, friendship, and... Read More →

Samuel Ace

Writer and Sound Artist

Samuel Ace is a trans/genderqueer writer and sound artist. He is the author most recently of I want to start by saying (Cleveland State University Poetry Center), Portals, co-authored with the late poet Maureen Seaton (Ravenna Press), Our Weather Our Sea (Black Radish), Meet Me There... Read More →

Chase Berggrun

Writer

Chase Berggrun is a trans woman poet and educator. She is the author of R E D (Birds LLC, 2018), and the chapbook Somewhere a seagull (After Hours Editions, 2023). Her poems and essays have appeared in American Poetry Review, Poetry Magazine, Poem-A-Day, The Nation, and elsewhere... Read More →

Chris Brunt

Assistant Teaching Professor, Syracuse University

Christopher Brunt is the author of the poetry collection WAR AT HOME (Saturnalia Books, 2024), a finalist for the Alma Book Prize. His poetry, fiction, and essays have been featured in Ploughshares, The Nation, Oxford American, Fugue, Meridian, Copper Nickel, the Cincinnati Review... Read More →

K. Iver

Writer

K. Iver (they/them) is a nonbinary trans poet born in Mississippi. Their book Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco won the 2022 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry from Milkweed Editions. Short Film won the Wisconsin Book Award and was shortlisted for the L.A. Times Book Prize... Read More →

Sarah Shotland

Director of Madwomen in the Attic, Carlow University

SARAH SHOTLAND is the author of the novel Junkette, and the nonfiction project Abolition is Everything. Her writing for the stage has been performed in theaters nationally and internationally. Sarah co-founded Words Without Walls in 2009, which brought creative writing workshops to... Read More →

Erin Williams

Writer and Illustrator

Erin Williams is the author and illustrator of ten books, including What's Wrong? Personal Histories of Chronic Pain and Bad Medicine, Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame, How to Take Care and the Big Activity Book series (250k+ in print). Her writing and art have also... Read More →

Alex Watson

Writer

Alexandra Watson is a fiction writer and poet from Syracuse, NY, currently based in Newburgh, NY. She’s the executive editor of Apogee Journal, a publication providing a platform for marginalized artists and writers to explore identity and its intersections. For her work with Apogee... Read More →

Sponsors

Abi's Books and Brews

Nestled near VCU, Abi’s Books & Brews is your cozy escape where books and coffee come together in perfect harmony. Savor locally sourced brews, artisan pastries, and authentic gelato as you browse thousands of unique reads. More than a café and bookstore, we’re a welcoming space... Read More →

Friday April 18, 2025 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220, USA

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