Lit Angels Retreat Reading

Come hear the work of Francesca Lia Block's awesome students as the capstone of their Culver City writing retreat!

About the participants:

Jen Backman is an English professor at Palomar College. For work, she writes about Thomas Pynchon. For fun, she writes about rock stars and traveling to magical places. You can find her on Instagram @jenslifelab.

Stephanie Callas is a writer from Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in Lit Angels, the Beatles fanzine Teatles, and the classic movie magazine Cinema Retro. You can subscribe to her newsletter at steff.substack.com.

Christine Darling is a writer, performer, and enabler of dreams, who has brought her taste for the surreal and bizarre to stages under various names. For more info on her current era, please visit www.theluminousfield.co.

J Darling is an award-winning writer, storyteller, actor and magician. An all around rascal and romantic. Featured on the Podcast Strangers in a two part series called "Jack Be Nimble.” A six time Best of Fest Frontera Fest Winner. Jack won magician of the year in 2017. And is currently trying to rassle down a novel.

Ingrid Johnson is a writer and recovering political operative who lives in Washington, D.C. She now works at a global law firm and is writing an untitled novel inspired by female musicians who fought exploitation by the music industry through the legal system in the 1990s and early 2000s. She is a graduate of Smith College and the University of Edinburgh

Kate Marra is a writer and artist originally from the Pacific Northwest. She lives in Western Colorado.

Eva Mejia is a Spanish Immersion Teacher in San Francisco. She is currently working on a collection of personal essays on the immigrant experience, family history and the role it plays in generational trauma as a child of parents escaping a war in Central America. Please follow her Substack, Radical Self Love ~ Amor Propio, and her Instagram @crazy_lemonhead.

Beth Navarro is a writer of fiction and personal essays. She lives with her family in Los Angeles. To find out more please visit www.bethnavarro.com.

Miranda Schwartz is a fiction and personal essay writer who loves twisted fairy tales with happy endings. Her stories have appeared in Lit Angels, Mondo James Dean and Gargoyle magazine. Miranda is currently writing a memoir about surviving cancer. Follow her story @miranda_vs_cancer on Instagram.

Ayesha Siddiqui is a playwright and writer working across theater, poetry, and prose. Her plays have been developed and presented with Bluebird Broadcast, The Vagrancy, NYU Tisch @ Atlantic Theater, Playground-LA, and the Sundance Institute. Her prose has appeared in Lit Angels. www.ayeshasiddiqui.com.

Erica Stone is a writer, musician, and psychotherapist living in Chicago. She’s currently working on her first novel.

Jean-Marie Venturini received her MFA in Creative Writing from Otis College of Art and Design. She has been published in the New Review of Literature. Her short story, “An Ax To Grind,” a retelling of Red Riding Hood from the point-of-view of the woodsman’s ax, was published in Lunch Ticket, an Antioch University online journal. She currently teaches writing at Otis College of Art and Design.

Juniper Adelyn Waller is an integrative writer, performer, singer, teacher, and community curator based in Sacramento, CA. For all things Juniper please visit juniperwaller.com.

Ciana Wilson is a California-based writer and creative director. Her words are all over the internet, billboards, and even some TV spots. She's also a budding perfumer with wild fragrance concepts on Instagram @ciana.m.wilson.

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