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Modern Day Romance with Beverly Jenkins

Lyric Histories with Corinna Cook

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Juju Poetics with J Allen

From First Draft to Final Cut with María Isabel Álvarez Hook your reader | Mar 15

Crafting a Believable World with Hafsah Faizal

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Break a Vase: Gathering the Pieces with María Fernanda

Voice, Time and Otherness in Fiction

Better Accessibility, Bigger Audiences: Crafting Inclusive Content with Courtney Craven
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NEA Big Read A celebration of Indigenous literary arts | Feb - Mar 2021

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Meet Your Community 2019

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Kelly Nelson

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About Kelly Nelson

Kelly Nelson is the author of two poetry chapbooks. She lives in Tempe, teaches at ASU, and hasn’t owned a car in 20 years.

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