A Reading with Santa Monica Review

Literary arts journal Santa Monica Review returns to Beyond Baroque, bringing contributors published in the Spring 2024 Issue. Founded by writer Jim Krusoe, the journal publishes fiction and nonfiction. Come and hear readings from writers Denise Heyl McEvoy, Bryan D. Price, Karen Moulding, and James Warner.

Doors Open: 1:30 PM. Readings: 2:00 PM.

Denise Heyl McEvoy lives and writes in Orange County, California. This is her second appearance in Santa Monica Review. Her work also has been published in American Short Fiction and Iowa Review, which nominated her for the Pen America/Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers in 2019. She is an alumna of the Community of Writers Workshop in Olympic Valley, Chapman University Community Creative Writing Workshop, and Amherst College.

Bryan D. Price is the author of A Plea for Secular Gods: Elegies (What Books, 2023) His stories and poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Diagram, American Chordata, Boulevard, JMWW, Rhino Poetry, and elsewhere. He lives in San Diego, California.

Karen Moulding's fiction and poetry have appeared in KGB Online Literary Review, The Capra Review, Nerve.com, and Smut 2, a best of Nerve anthology (Chronicle Books). Her novel, The Naked Shopper, was named first runner-up for the Red Hen Press & Quill Prose Award in 2019. She is founder of the bicoastal East Village Writers Workshop, which features Zoom and in-person workshops and childcare for beleaguered parent-writers during the workshops. She earned an MFA in Fiction from Columbia. A frazzled but happy solo mom, she splits her time between Los Angeles and New York with her nine-year-old daughter Fin, an actress extraordinaire. Karen (who bemoans having the name “Karen”) is currently writing about the hilariously misunderstood plight of a “stage mom.”

James Warner lives in Long Beach, California, where he sometimes teaches yoga classes. Besides Santa Monica Review, his short stories have appeared most recently in Rivet Journal, Your Impossible Voice, and Web Conjunctions. He is one of the moderators of Wednesday Edition, a weekly Zoom writing workshop, which is free to attend for anyone who's interested.

Founded by Jim Krusoe in 1988, Santa Monica Review is a nationally distributed literary arts journal sponsored by Santa Monica College. The journal is published twice yearly, in fall and spring. The Review currently features literary fiction and nonfiction, though in past years also included poetry. SMR represents Santa Monica College’s commitment to the literary arts, community, and literacy. In nearly 30 years of production, the Review has featured both first-time writers and established literary authors, with a focus on showcasing the work of Southern California and Pacific Rim writers.

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Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, United States