Queer folx know how to use language to resist and celebrate. One of our favorite ways of doing that is through raucous poems. 🌈 Join us for a Pride poetry reading ✨featuring✨visiting Texas poet Bleah Patterson with stunning opening readings by queer AF Bee Balm community members. We’ll be reading amidst the ELDER art exhibit at Fenix Gallery curated by local artist Arden Carlson.

Come join us to experience queer language and feeling on June 12 at 7pm. 🎆

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Bleah Patterson is a queer, southern poet from Texas. Much of her work explores the contention between identity and home and has been featured or is forthcoming in various journals including Electric Literature, Pinch, Grist, The Laurel Review, Phoebe Literature, The Rumpus, and Taco Bell Quarterly.

Every month on the 13th @ 6:30 p.m.
The Graduate Hotel

Don’t miss this great opportunity to help grow in your craft, and help other writers grow too! Old friends and new faces alike are always welcome at Community Revision Night!

Join us for some informal critique on Sunday, October 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Graduate Hotel in Fayetteville. As always, this event is FREE and we’d love to see you!

Every month on the 23rd @ 6:30 p.m.
The Graduate Hotel

Need dedicated time to work on your writing? Join us for a monthly Drafting Night—we’ll even bring some prompts to get you started. Bring your notebook or laptop and your good energy on Wednesday, October 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Graduate Hotel in Fayetteville.

This is a FREE event for anyone that is part of our community or just curious to see what we’re about!

How do we get into ✨our✨ futures, not the ones we were assigned? How do we take our people with us?

Stemming from queer theory, somatic practices, and poetics, this webinar will help participants tap into their own dreams for the queer futures of their families and communities. Self-reflection, visualization, and journaling are key components of this workshop, which will move participants from visioning into taking new steps toward creation. Beginners to both writing and dreaming are welcome. ✍️ ☁️

Sliding scale tickets available at the link in the @beebalmarkansas bio and come with a recording of the webinar.

INSTRUCTOR: Julia Paganelli Marín (she/they) is a bi+ poet, memoirist, and community educator in Arkansas and the founder and director of Bee Balm Arkansas, a writing community active in Arkansas since 2022.

ART: SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON by Rogier van der Weyden.