Voice is an amorphous term, which can mean either the aesthetic voice of a piece or the personal voice of the creator. How much overlap is there between the two voices? How do you develop one without ignoring the needs of the other?
Rives is a poet from NYC. He was a cast member on “HBO’s Def Poetry Jam” and has six talks on TED.com (but who doesn’t?). Rives favors what everybody favors: wordplay, romance, house plants, motorcycles and the National Register of Historic Places.
Wesley Chu is an award-winning science fiction author with published seven books. He won the 2015 John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award. His debut novel, The Lives of Tao, earned him the Alex Award by the Young Adult Library Services Association and was selected by Goodreads as a... Read More →
Rachel Kann is a Write Club Los Angeles champ and resident writer for Hevria and resident performing artist on The Hevria Sessions. Her poetry has been featured at TEDx, on Morning Becomes Eclectic on NPR and as The Weather on the podcast phenomenon, Welcome to Night Vale. She’s... Read More →
Raghav Mehta is an aggressively nervous comedian and writer living and breathing in the frosty metropolis of Minneapolis, MN. He has performed at the prestigious Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, OR and was named one of Growler’s ‘Top 5 MN Comics To Watch’ in 2015. He’s... Read More →
Sandeep is a talented writer/director/actor. He is best known for playing the affable stalker Zaboo on multi-award winning web series THE GUILD. His TV appearances include NEW GIRL, CALIFORNICATION, COMMUNITY, and THE CRAZY ONES. He is also known for his involvement in Comedy Central's... Read More →
Patricia is a writer, storyteller, and producer from Hell, Michigan. Her work centers on trauma, relationships, and other lightweight subjects. She is The Moth’s Michigan StorySLAM producer.
Friday October 14, 2016 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 101 DE