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Listen to Lighthouse Young Writers Program Co-Director Kimberly O'Connor read "Early Pleistocene Horses" from her debut book of poems, "White Lung," out now from Saturnalia Press. Read more about Kimberly and her work here: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/staff-spotlight-qa-kimberly-oconnor

You’ve got plans! So many different ideas and ambitious plans. How do you get your brain to move from poetry to prose, fiction to nonfiction, drama to social media posts? How do you have, you know—a life—in between? Listen to writers Elisa Gabbert, Peter Parnell, Khadijah Queen, and Erika T. Wurth discuss time management and planning, writing, and living a creative life of the mind.

Listen to new faculty member Sarah Gerard read from her novel, "True Love." To learn more about Sarah, her book recommendations, and what courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-sarah-gerard

We’re living through dark times that require vigilance in the face of climate change, rampant poverty and homelessness, political strife, and so much more, so is art even necessary? How do we justify spending time making and consuming art when we should be at a protest or making money? What does art even do?

On a rainy evening in June (in Denver, anyway), authors Sheila Heti and Arianna Reines, artist Derrick Velasquez, and Museo de las Americas Executive Director Claudia Moran met over Zoom, along with moderator Mike Henry, Lighthouse's Executive Director, to discuss the place of art in 2020 and beyond.

Listen to new faculty member Traci Groff-Jones read from a new manuscript, "Ransom in the Captive." To learn more about Traci, her book recommendations, and what courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-traci-groff-jones

Listen to new Lighthouse faculty member Alyse Knorr read some recent poems of hers. To learn more about Alyse, her recent book recommendations, and what courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-alyse-knorr