May 09, 2020

Expo Presents: Dare Williams Reads "Etymology"

7 minutes

Dare Williams reads his poem, "Etymology" from Exposition Review's Vol. V: "Act/Break" and discusses how he discovers the true momentum of his poetry. Read the issue free online at: http://expositionreview.com/issues/vol-v-act-break/

About the Reader:

Dare Williams is a Queer HIV-positive poet, artist, activist native to Southern California, and 2019 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow. An alum of the John Ashbury Home School, Dare’s poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and a finalist for Blood Orange Review’s inaugural contest judged by Jericho Brown. His work has been featured in Cultural Weekly, Bending Genres, THRUSH and of course, Exposition Review. He is currently working on his first poetry collection.

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Here are some great recommendations from Dare on organizations offering online workshops including LA's own Not a Cult.

Not a Cult is doing donation-based workshops - https://www.notacult.media/events?view=calendar&month=05-2020

Costura Creative doing online office hour workshops - http://www.costuracreative.com/officehours.html

Bowery Poetry Project on-line workshops - https://www.bowerypoetry.com/

Shuffle Collective hosts weekend talks plus ongoing workshops - https://wow.shuffle.do/

Thank you to Alexander Blu for intro and outro music, and the generous donations from our supporters that allow us to pay our authors. Exposition Review is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas.

Hosted by Laura Rensing

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