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April 23-25, 2027
Robert W. Fieseler is a journalist investigating marginalized groups and a scholar excavating forgotten histories. A National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association “Journalist of the Year” and recipient of the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship, his debut book Tinderbox won seven awards, including the Edgar Award, and his reporting has appeared in Slate, Commonweal and River Teeth, […]
Rafael Gamero is from Belize, Central America and teaches fiction writing at Florida A&M University as an Assistant Professor of English. He completed his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and his fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The Caribbean Writer, Wasafiri, and Litro Magazine among others. Residing in […]
The Unpacking Paula books are collections of the author’s writings over the years. In her life, Paula Walborsky has been a local commentator for WFSU/NPR, a teacher of the deaf and a lawyer. She also was a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a stepmother, a wife, a cook and gardener, a friend, a Democrat, and […]
Danny Bedrosian featuring George Clinton and members of P-Funk Daniel Bedrosian has been the keyboardist for George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic for the past twenty-one years, making him the longest tenured keyboard player in the band’s history. He has been the band’s music director for several years as well. This has led Bedrosian to devise a […]
The story of Waterville, OH indie-folk trio Oliver Hazard – Michael Belazis (vocals, guitar) and Devin East (vocals, guitar), joined by Nate Miner (keys, vocals) – is the digital age’s version of classic band mythmaking. One member of the band came home to Ohio after leading camping trips in California and decided to make an […]
Mustard Service is an Indie rock band based in Miami, Florida, formed in 2015. Self-described as “zest pop”, the band’s music draws influences from rock, surf, jazz, funk, and bossa nova. Consisting of Marco Rivero Ochoa on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Gabriel Marinuchi (or “Nuchi”) on lead guitar, Augusto “Tuto” Di Catarina on bass, […]
Maurice began his music career fronting local and regional rock bands and performing solo at bars and other hangouts in eastern North Carolina. Eventually, he moved to Washington, D.C. which afforded him opportunities to open for the likes of John Mayer, Annie Lennox, Maroon 5, Tonic, Collective Soul, Sister Hazel and many more. Mangum’s warm […]
M.O. Walsh is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels My Sunshine Away, The Big Door Prize, and the story collection The Prospect of Magic. His fiction and essays have appeared in The Guardian, the New York Times, The Southern Review, The Paris Review, and others. His most recent novel The Big Door […]
Mark Mustian is the author of the novels The Return and The Gendarme, the latter a finalist for the Dayton International Literary Peace Prize and shortlisted for the Saroyan International Award for Writing. It won the Florida Gold Book Award for Fiction and has been published in ten languages. The founder and president of Word […]
Madeline Martin is a New York Times, USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly, and international bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance with books that have been translated into over twenty-five different languages. She lives in sunny Florida with her two daughters (known collectively as the minions), two incredibly spoiled cats and a man so wonderful […]