Today You Are Perfect - Skinner, Schofield, Jackson
In our monthly reading series, "Today You Are Perfect," we bring poets and artists and listeners together to share their words. Afterward, everyone has the option to participate in a small question and answer session.
The Lineup: Jeneé Skinner, Hillary Schofield, Marquise Jackson
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 26, 7:00-8:00 pm CT
Platform: Zoom webinar. After registering below, the link will be automatically emailed to you.
Donation: Support the poets!
Read Jeneé Skinner's work at https://jeneeskinner.com/blog/
Order Hillary Schofield's book Wrest (Revelore Press 2020) at https://revelore.press/
Order Marquise Jackson's book I Forget I'm Only Human (2021) at iforgetimonlyhuman.com/
Jeneé Skinner
Jeneé has a degree in Creative Writing and studied abroad at the University of Oxford to study Renaissance Literature and the Italian Renaissance. Her work has appeared in the Catapult, Roxane Gay’s The Audacity, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere. Additionally, she was a finalist for the Marianne Russo Award for a novel-in-progress and received an Honorable Mention for the Miami Book Fair Emerging Writer Fellowship. She has received fellowships from Tin House Summer Workshop and Kimbilio Writers Retreat. Currently, she is the Writing in Color Book Project Fellow for the Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Her work has been nominated for Best Microfiction 2020. She's an MFA candidate at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and working on a historical magical realist novel. You can follow her on Twitter @SkinnerJenee and find her work at jeneeskinner.com.
Hillary Schofield
Hillary Schofield was born and raised in Massachusetts. She received her BA in 2007 from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, with a focus in Social Theory and Philosophy, and received her MFA in Performance Art from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013. She’s a perennial student of nature, timeworn wisdoms, the inner realms and obscured factors. A practicing astrologer and bodyworker, she currently lives in Iowa City, Iowa with her partner, Steven, and their cat-child, Emer.
Marquise Jackson
Chicago native and University of Iowa alum, Marquise Jackson is a poet unafraid of the vulnerable. Whether on stage or on the page, he exhibits intense care for the world of poetry. His inspiration is derived from creativity, itself. It is his belief that creativity is a spiritual practice. And that healing, wisdom, and love have no choice, but to rise from it.
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