Well-Red featuring
Keiko O’Leary & Arthur Solway!
Tuesday, October 10th, 7:00 p.m.
Co-sponsored by Works/San José art & performance center!
38 S. 2nd Street, San José
Open mic follows the featured readings.
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Keiko O'Leary helps writers see the big picture while taking meaningful action today. She is the author of Your Writing Matters: 34 Quick Essays to Get Unstuck and Stay Inspired. Her poems, stories, and essays have been featured in Caesura, FICTION Silicon Valley, and at curated live events, including Flash Fiction Forum and Play on Words San José. As Cupertino Poet Laureate, Keiko leads poetry-themed workshops and live events that celebrate creativity. She is a co‑founder of Thinking Ink Press, where she edits manuscripts and publishes traditional books, as well as innovative formats such as flash fiction postcards and mini books folded from a single sheet of paper. As a member of the board of advisors of Prolific Writers Life, she helps create the online community that supports writers to get their books done, through live online writing sessions and expert guidance. Connect with Keiko at KeikoOLeary.com.
Arthur Solway’s recent books include Friday Night, Shanghai (Finishing Line Press, 2023) and Siddhartha On Fire (Swan Scythe Press, 2023). His poetry and essays have appeared in The Antioch Review, Barrow Street, BOMB, The London Magazine, Salmagundi, Southern Poetry Review, TriQuarterly, Tupelo Quarterly and elsewhere. His work has also been featured by the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day and Poetry Daily. A finalist for both the 2021 Donald Justice Prize in Poetry and the Anhinga Press Robert Dana Award, his critical reviews and cultural essays can be found in Artforum, Frieze, and ArtAsiaPacific magazines. Living as an expatriate in Shanghai for well over a decade, he was the founding director of the first contemporary art gallery from New York to establish itself in mainland China. A graduate of the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers, he presently lives in Santa Cruz, California with his wife and daughter and is a poetry editor for The Shanghai Literary Review.