Read Herring

A literary event on every third Wednesday of the month @ Corner Club, 8-10 p.m. We are here to distract you with readings and games.

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We are just less than TWO WEEKS away from Read Herring's highly anticipated return! We hope to see you at Corner Club Tampa on March 16th @ 8p.m. Get ready for three amazing writers, interactive games, and food & drinks! @drgregbyrd @HelenPWallace @TylerMTG

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Beyond thankful for our readers and our audience!! What a great night 📕

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eat a stolen peanut butter sandwich in a tree, Alex enjoys writing about the moments in life that make us smile, make us cry, make us human.

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It’s today! Read Herring day! And we have one more reader to introduce: Alex Rivera.

Alex Rivera is an MFA student studying poetry at the University of South Florida. He currently works as a poetry editor for Saw Palm Literary Magazine, and his work has previously appeared in

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Neptune Poetry Magazine, Creative Loafing Tampa, and the Wingless Dreamer Publisher. He incorporates different perspectives in his poems and explores themes related to love, grief, and nostalgia. From winter breakups in the middle of a crowded park to watching a chunky squirrel

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Tampa with his wife, Jen, and their Shih Tzu, Tinker Bell, all of whom hate fascism with a passion.

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Read Herring is only one day away! We’d like to now introduce our second reader, Joshua Ginsberg.

Joshua Ginsberg is the author of five non-fiction books on the subjects of off-beat travel, local history and haunted locations, including Secret Tampa Bay: A Guide to the Weird,

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Wonderful and Obscure (2020) and of Haunted Orlando (2024). His work has appeared in numerous anthologies as well as print and online publications such as Apex Magazine, Crepuscular, Black Hare Press, Trembling with Fear, OddMag, The Chamber Magazine, and elsewhere. He lives in

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festivals including Sunscreen Film Festival in 2023.

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We are so excited to introduce to you our first reader for our upcoming event this Wednesday, Kem Diké!

Kem Diké is a poet, spoken word artist and filmmaker. He has an eclectic style of poetry. His topics range from Black & Nigerian culture to sexual behavior, pop culture and

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childhood. He’s had his work published in “Stars in Our Hearts,” “Growth Through Grief” and is a contributor of Neptune Magazine, ran by Denzel Johnson-Green of St Pete. He’s turned one of his poems, “Yard Work,” into an award-winning short film that was showcased in three

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Oh, how we’ve missed you all! We are less than one week away from our last Read Herring of 2024. We hope to see you there! ❤️

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WE MADE IT!! Thank you so much, @cl_tampabay 📚

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, eating tacos, traveling to spooky places, or hanging out at Walt Disney World.

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Today is Read Herring day!! We can’t wait to see you tonight. And we have just one more reader introduction for you, Ginny Myers Sain.

Ginny Myers Sain is the author of DARK AND SHALLOW LIES (2021), SECRETS SO DEEP (2022), ONE LAST BREATH (2024), and WHEN THE BONES SING

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directing plays and musicals. Ginny currently lives in St. Cloud, Florida, with her college-age son and a wild goldendoodle named Magnolia. When she is not working in the theatre or writing, you're likely to find her listening to true crime podcasts, taking pictures of alligators

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have been published in Brevity, The Guardian, SELF, BOOTH X, The Rumpus, The Offing, and more.

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We’re one day away from Read Herring and here to introduce our second reader, Annalise Mabe!

Annalise Mabe is a writer from Tampa, Florida. She received an MFA from the University of South Florida where she previously taught creative writing. Her nonfiction, poetry, and comics

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St Petersburg, Florida.

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Can you believe it’s already time for another Read Herring?! We are so pumped to see you Wednesday! We have an incredible line-up, including Jenny Boyar who is our first reader intro!

Jenny Boyar's poetry has been published in Maudlin House, Panorama, FEED lit mag, and elsewhere

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and her essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books and other scholarly publications. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a Fulbright grant, and holds a PhD in English from the University of Rochester. A medical writer by profession, she lives in