September 2, 2017
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The Unrestrained Beast
Leg Two | 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 24. Spice Monkey

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Event Description

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Four writers meet for one hour to exchange ideas in the riotous uproar of unrestrained words.

Curator: Leila Rae

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Leila Rae is the editor/publisher at Pandemonium Press.  She edits three online magazines (riverbabble, Doorknobs & BodyPaint, and Day Without Art) and curates a monthly reading series at Spice Monkey, Oakland.

Event Readers

Miah Jeffra

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Miah Jeffra runs the social justice arts network ShadowLab and teaches cultural studies at San Francisco Art Institute and writing at Santa Clara University. He is recipient of the Clark-Gross Award for his novel Highlandtown.

Kirk Lumpkin

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Kirk Lumpkin is a poet, performer, lyricist, environmentalist, cultural worker, and event organizer. He is the author of two books of poetry, In Deep and Co-Hearing. 

Mary Mackey

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Mary Mackey is the author of  Travelers With No Ticket Home and Sugar Zone, and winner of the 2012 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award. Mackey’s poems are praised for their beauty, precision, and range.

Maw Shein Win

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Maw Shein Win’s writing has appeared in the journals 2River, Big Bridge, the Fabulist, and Forklift, Ohio and has work in the anthology CROSS-STROKES. She is a poetry editor for Rivet.

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