Writing Freedom 2024 Fellows Reading

Join 2024 Writing Freedom Fellows for a celebratory reading, with special guest Rachel Kushner. Housed within Haymarket Books, the Writing Freedom Fellowship aims to elevate the essential voices and contributions of writers impacted by the carceral system. About to enter its third year, the fellowship is awarded to 20 emerging and established poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers annually. The 2024 Fellows Reading celebrates the inaugural cohort and features 16 writers along with a special message from novelist and essayist Rachel Kushner, who serves on the Writing Freedom advisory board. Read more about the 2024 Writing Freedom fellows at https://writing-freedom.org/fellows/2024 and follow their work. Speakers: C FAUSTO CABRERA “What’s More Dangerous Than Art?” (published at mellon.org) https://www.cfausto.art | https://linktr.ee/cfaustocabrera ZEKE CALIGIURI “Coming Home Taught Me” https://www.instagram.com/zekecaligiuri/ | https://www.facebook.com/zeke.caligiuri STARR DAVIS “Blood Mother” (published in Massachusetts Review) https://www.starr-davis.com | https://starrdavis.substack.com | https://www.instagram.com/writer.mama/ STEFANI ECHEVERRÍA-FENN “Clear” https://www.instagram.com/istamulier/ DEE DEIDRE FARMER “Through the Storm” (from Peace Be Still, Positive Directions, Inc.) https://www.fight4justice.info VICTORIA NEWTON FORD “Mitchell-Ford Worried about the Future of Her Children” https://www.victorianewtonford.com | https://www.instagram.com/victorianford/ DR. KEEONNA HARRIS “Learning to Swim” (from Mainline Mama: A Memoir, Amistad Books) https://www.keeonnaharris.com | https://www.instagram.com/keeonnachin/ | https://twitter.com/KeeonnaHarris | https://www.tiktok.com/@tha_mainlinemama KWANETA HARRIS “Behind the Walls” (excerpt; published in ZEKE Magazine) https://www.kwanetaharris.com | https://kwanetaharris.substack.com | https://www.instagram.com/kwanetaharris/ | https://www.facebook.com/kwanetaharris | https://twitter.com/kwanetaharris | Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kwanetaharris.bsky.social KENNETH HARTMAN Excerpt from Mother California: A Story of Redemption Behind Bars (The Steering Committee Press) QUNTOS KUNQUEST Excerpt from On Everything I Love: A Novel https://www.quntoskunquest.com | https://www.instagram.com/free_layla_quntos/ KEN LAMBERTON “Almanac: Tarantula” (from Wilderness and Razor Wire: A Naturalist's Observations from Prison, Mercury House) https://www.kenlamberton.com | https://kenlamberton.substack.com | https://www.facebook.com/kjlamberton JOHN J. LENNON Excerpt from The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us (Celadon Books) https://johnjlennon.net | https://twitter.com/JohnJLennon1 IAN MANUEL “My Time Will Come” https://www.instagram.com/ianmanuelofficial/ AHMED NAJI “The Pigeonhole Principle” https://ahmednaji.net | https://www.instagram.com/anajeahmed/ KATIE SCHMID “Death” (published in 32 Poems) and “Location” (published in The Wanderer) https://katieschmid.net | https://www.instagram.com/schmiddit/ CRYSTAL WILKINSON “Asking About My Mother” (from Perfect Black, University Press of Kentucky) https://www.crystalewilkinson.net | https://www.instagram.com/crystalwilki/ Full bios available here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/events/787-writing-freedom-2024-fellows-reading -------------------------------------------------------------- This event is organized by Haymarket Books. While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work.