Readers include; Jessamyn Violet, Duncan Birmingham, Nick Gregorio, Bobby Miller, Jillian Luft, Mallory Smart, Jack Skelley, Alex Moreno, Semaj Saint Garbutt, Emily Costa, Aug Stone, Kevin Maloney, Ryan-Ashley Anderson, Yazmenne Archer

Synchronized Chaos Magazine and Authors Asha Dore, Douglas Cole, Scott Ferry, Linda Michel-Cassidy, Aimee Suzara, Reverie Fey, Ava Homa, Michelle Gonzalez, Terry Tierney, Katrina Byrd, Cindy Rinne, Norma Smith, and Kelliane Parker.

Several contributors will read their texts in Beyond Baroque's Wanda Coleman Theater, including: Suzanne Lummis, Kim Dower, Harry Northup · Ron Koertge, Marilyn Robertson, Mariano Zaro, Charles Webb, Phil Taggart, Jim Cushing, Celeste Goyer, Michele Bitting, Pam Ward, Carol V. Davis, Sarah McClay, David Trinidad, Harrison Hamm, Cecilia Woloch, Alison Turner, Kim Young, Amy Gerstler, Lois P. Jones, & Lee Herrick.

Hosted by The Wende Museum, readers include poets, writers, and translators: Katya Apekina, Yelena Furman, Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry, Julia Kolchinsky, Arina Kole, Maria Kuznetsova, Olga Livshin, Ruth Madievsky, Ainsley Morse, Luisa Muradyan, Jane Muschenetz, Asya Partan, Irina Reyn, Diana Ruzova, Timmy Straw, Vlada Teper, Sasha Vasilyuk, and Olga Zilberbourg.

Alisa Alering (Smothermoss), Myriam J.A. Chancy (Village Weavers), Talia Lakshmi Kolluri (What We Fed to the Manticore), Cleo Qian (LET’S GO LET’S GO LET’S GO), Shze-Hui Tjoa (The Story Game: A Memoir), Lena Valencia (Mystery Lights), Elissa Washuta (White Magic), Jane Wong (Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City), and Ghassan Zeineddine (Dearborn)

Readings by: Skye Jackson, Janaka Stucky, Gina Tron, Paul Cunningham, Kathrine Hedeen, Dylan Krieger, Tasia Trevino, Kelly Hoffer, Angie Lee, Ian U Lockaby, Jack Jung, Carlene Kucharczyk, Elizabeth Hall, Caleb Beissert, Gion Davis, Karla Lamb, Nellie Papsdorf, Aditi Machado, Monroe Lawrence, Timmy Straw, Adam Strauss, Cat Ingrid Leeches, Hannah V Warren, Cameron Lovejoy, Kelsi Vanada, Talin Tahajian, and Inna Krasnoper.

This gathering celebrates the power of storytelling by bringing together a vibrant community of local Malibu writers, distinguished Pepperdine University faculty, talented students, and acclaimed authors published by Press Americana

5 poets from across North America whose writing takes an adventurous look at relationships: between humans, between rocks, between language, and just between. Featuring Nathan Hoks, Erik Manuel Soto, Jared Stanley, Sara Wainscott and Sheryda Warrener.

J. Bruce Fuller (Poetry), Emily Reece Fontenot (CNF), Ali Ünal (Fiction), Kym Cunningham (Poetry), Patrick Holian (Poetry), Alyssa Beckitt (Poetry), Ben Porter (Fiction).

With readings by Aurora Mattia, Brian Blanchfield, Brian Teare, Camille Roy, Christopher Soto, Dior J. Stephens, Emily Lee Luan, Eric Sneathen, Gillian Conoley, imogen xtian smith, Jzl Jmz, Muriel Leung, Ronaldo V. Wilson, Rosamond S King, Rosie Stockton, Samiya Bashir, Tiff Dressen, and Wo Chan

Featured readers include Randa Jarrar, Nancy Kricorian, Yahya Ashour, Sarah Aziza, Summer Farah, Gina Srmabekian, Umniya Najaer, Alia Taqieddine, and Pınar Banu Yaşar.