Seven Talented Writers Read

I took part in a reading at Phoenix College this week, as one of the students in the college's Creative Writing Certificate Track. We had such a good time! I don't think that most disciplines arrange a time for associates in a program to experience each other's art, but that's essentially what happened Wednesday night. We invited other people to listen, but the great thing was to share each other's work. It made me want to work with these people much, much more.
I read a fairly humorous piece called "Mosquitoes." I had a charming scene in which my family gathered around me while I screamed. People laughed in many of the right places, and I remembered how to breathe again.
My fellow writer and their work took my breath away again and again. They are:

Traci Moore, who read "The Wonder of Wonder," in which a man gets too involved with the bread of life;

Debby Mitchell, whose web-like poetry brings nature to the page;

Sandra Yee, who told us secrets about locker rooms and the strange compassion of young girls;

Dawn Marie, who took us into the world of a woman becoming divorced;

Jim Griffin made us all think about “The other 5%”;

and Janet Burruel’s compelling truths danced in fiction and poetry.

Tonight, Friday the 7th, Dawn Marie will read again at Monsoon Voices, a live literary event hosted by Traci Moore and her husband Patrick.

The desert is alive with the sound of literature!