Archives: Teachers/Speakers

Lyzette Wanzer is a San Francisco writer, editor, and writing workshop instructor. Her work appears in over twenty-five literary journals, magazines, books, and newspapers. Library Journal named her book, TRAUMA,

Kelly McWilliams is the author of the YA novels Agnes at the End of the World (2020), Mirror Girls (2022), and the forthcoming Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay (Spring

Alyse Knorr is a queer poet, associate professor of English at Regis University, co-editor of Switchback Books, and co-producer of the Sweetbitter podcast. She is the author of three poetry

Lauren Davis is the author of The Milk of Dead Mothers (YesYes Books, forthcoming), and the poetry collections Home Beneath the Church (Fernwood Press) and When I Drowned (Aldrich Press).

Daniel Pope is a writer and musician from Seattle. His work has been published in Narrative Magazine, the Bellevue Literary Review, MQR Mixtape, and Gulf Coast Journal.

NICOLE HOMER is a community college educator, poet, writer, performer, and author of Pecking Order. Homer lives online at nicolehomer.com and lurks on social media as @realnicolehomer. 

DERRICK C. BROWN is a novelist, comedian, poet, and storyteller. He is the winner of the 2013 Texas Book of The Year award for Poetry. He is a former paratrooper