Join us for our Second Saturdays Literary Open Mic at The Commons! This year, our Literary Open Mic will be a variety of locations to help support local businesses.
Date: September 13th
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Featured Writer: Kate Kingston
We are excited for this open mic to celebrate the launch of Kate's newest book, The Future Wears Camouflage, which is available from Middle Creek Publishing.
www.middlecreekpublishing.com/the-future-wears-camouflage
Every 2nd Saturday of the month CREATE Trinidad (formerly known as Corazón de Trinidad Creative District) hosts a Literary Open Mic with a featured writer. Come listen to our featured writer share their work and then jump up to share writing you created or admire. All ages are welcome to share any genre of original work or work you love. Light refreshments will be provided.
About our Featured Writer:
Kate Kingston has published two books of poetry, Shaking the Kaleidoscope, a finalist in the Idaho Prize, and History of Grey, a runner-up in the Main Street Rag Award. She has also published three chapbooks. Her manuscript, The Future Wears Camouflage, is forthcoming. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Karen Chamberlain Award, the W.D Snodgrass Award for Poetic Endeavor and Excellence, the Ruth Stone Prize, and the Atlanta Review International Publication Prize. Kingston has been awarded fellowships from the Colorado Council on the Arts, Harwood Museum, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Jentel, Ucross, and Fundación Valparaíso in Mojácar, Spain, among others. She has been nominated for several Pushcart Prizes as well as for Poet Laureate of Colorado. In addition to writing poetry, she engages in translation and prose.
Kingston has served as Language Department Chairperson at Utah State University, Eastern, and as Professor of Spanish and Writing at Trinidad State. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Vermont College, and her Bachelor of Science Degree in Education with a Spanish major from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Currently she lives and writes in Trinidad, Colorado.
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