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Please join us for our March 14th reading featuring Angela Carole Brown, Bill Patterson, Jacob Jardel, and Nettie Zan.Angela Carole Brown received the North Street Book Prize in Literary Fiction in 2018 for her novel Trading Fours. A writer and musician, Angela Carole Brown has published seven books in fiction, poetry, and memoir and has produced eight music recordings in jazz and folk. Most recently, she produced, illustrated, and narrated her children's-book-turned-film-short, The Richest Girl in the World, recipient of two awards from DigiFest Temecula in 2021 and the Best Multimedia Film award from both the Buddha International Film Festival and the Indo Global International Film Festival. She is currently writing her first play.
William (Bill) Powell Patterson lives with his wife, Paige, in midtown Kansas City. Their daily walks take them to Power and Light, the Plaza, or around Midtown. They travel frequently to visit their four grandchildren, to see other countries and cultures, and for alpine trekking. He is retired from the US Army, the University of Missouri, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. As a senior executive in VA, he oversaw the hospital operations in Kansas, Missouri, and southern Illinois. Currently, he works half-time for a non-profit social services organization performing intakes and managing logistics. Observing everyday life and their walks provide inspiration for writing and for humor. The support of other writers has been and is invaluable.
Born in Guhan (Guam) with roots in California and Oklahoma, Jacob Jardel (he/him) is a CHamoru writer and PhD candidate currently based in Kansas City. He is a member of the Garden Party Collective, through which he published his first chapbook, Full-Blooded CHamaole, in 2024. His work has appeared in The 580 Mixtapes Vol. 1, Fanachu's Voices of the Diaspora zine, and No. 1 Magazine. When he's not writing or working, Jacob is usually watching YouTube, pro wrestling, and/or baseball with his partner and his cat.
Nettie Zan is a poet, artist, and communitarian living on the cusp of where the Ozarks meet the Glaciated Plains. They are interested in primitivist living and art, spiritual connection to the natural world, and creating artwork through trance states. They are a professional meditation teacher and the Collectivist Resident at InterUrban ArtHouse. Nettie recently returned from a five-day intensive workshop at the Marina Abramovic Institute in Greece. They have been widely published over the years, in both novels and poetry books. Their most recent collection, a shame to point at the moon and see only the finger, is a collection of persona poems. You can follow them on nettiez.substack.com or on IG @listenmore.
Suggested donations: $5 non-members, $4 members, $3 students
All suggested donations go to the artists.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Nonprofit Village at 31w31, 31 W 31st St, Kansas City, MO 64108-3317, United States,Kansas City, Missouri
