Open Mic following the Featured Readers — feel free to share one poem, one page.
At Casey Community Center, 810 S Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Colorfully rich with contextual landscapes, Dalila Brooks, has developed a spoken word performance offering viewers a deeply expressive body of work that explores topics of femininity, relationships and life from a woman’s perspective.
Her in-depth lyrical content brings harmony to words. Spirited with intonation and rhythm, she explores the simplicity of sound, variances in tone and dialects, offering audiences a unique perspective about her growth journey.
Her love for the written word and developing stories for film, inspired her to expound upon her skillset as a visual storyteller. She is currently extending platforms, building on her experience as a theatrical production director, writer and public speaker for her solo spoken word performances.
Kim Malinowski is a lover of words. She earned her B.A. from West Virginia University and her M.F.A. from American University. She is the author of Home, a title from Kelsay books, Phantom Reflection published by Silver Bow Publishing, Buffy’s House of Mirrors published by Q, an imprint of Querencia Press, Clutching Narcissus published by Twelve House Books, and Death: A Love Story published by Flutter Press. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, the Best of Net Award, and the Rhysling Award. She is studying archeology and is the editor of the ASM Ink, the newsletter of the Archeological Society of Maryland. She writes because the alternative is unthinkable.
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