May 2024 Dante’s
Kristen Arnett is the queer author of With Teeth: A Novel (Riverhead Books, 2021) which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction and the New York Times bestselling debut novel Mostly Dead Things (Tin House, 2019). Her next novel, STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE, will be published by Riverhead Books (March 2025).
Lane Marie is an indie pop artist born, raised, and based out of Athens, Georgia. Her music combines her roots as a classically trained musician, with honest songwriting and alternative pop production chops. Drawing inspiration from artists like Brooke Fraser, Maggie Rogers, and Madison Cunningham, Lane Marie has found a voice truly her own.
Released in 2019, Lane Marie’s first EP was written out of the experience of the unexpected loss of her father. It explores the grief of losing a loved one, and the journey of finding meaning in their absence.
Since then, Lane Marie has sold out regional venues and continued to release singles in preparation for the release of a full album.
Follow along with Lane Marie:
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Chloé Firetto-Toomey is a British-American poet and essayist living in Miami. She earned an MFA degree from Florida International University and her most recent chapbook of poems, Little Cauliflower, was published in 2019 by Dancing Girl Press. A Pushcart Prize nominee, and winner of the Scotti Merrill Memorial Award in Poetry, you can find her poems, essays, and short stories at poets.org, SWIMM, december, Tupelo Quarterly, The Offing, among others. She is an Author Assistant to President Obama’s Inaugural Poet, Richard Blanco.
uk.linkedin.com/in/chlo%C3%A9-firetto-toomey-801887215
Olivia Muñoz is a Chicana writer and educator from Saginaw, Michigan. Her work appears or is forthcoming from About Place Journal, San Pedro River Review, Thimble Literary Magazine, and other publications.
Special Thanks Goes to:
Lucid House Press: www.lucidhousepublishing.com
The Crown: www.thecrownbrasstown.com
The Red Phone Booth: www.redphonebooth.com
Englund Estate: englundestate.com
UCLA Extension Writing Program: www.uclaextension.edu
Mercer University Press: www.mupress.org
Liberty Trust Hotel: www.libertytrusthotel.com
NPR: https: www.npr.org
WUTC: https: www.wutc.org
Alain Johannes for the original score in this show: www.alainjohannes.com
The host, Clifford Brooks’, The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics, Athena Departs, and Old Gods are available everywhere books are sold. Find them all here: www.cliffbrooks.com/how-to-order
Check out his Teachable courses, The Working Writer and Adulting with Autism, here:
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