First Sunday Prose Reading and Open Mic

Presented by

Writers Guild at Bloomington

In Honor of Women’s History Month

Featured Readers

Gladys DeVane

and

Beau Vallance

Sunday, March 3, 2024

PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE AND TIME CHANGE

2pm to 3:30pm
The Juniper Gallery
615 W. Kirkwood Avenue

Come early to sign up for Open Mic!

Gladys DeVane—Professor Emerita, Indiana University—is a storyteller, actor, and writer. She has written four original plays, numerous one-person shows, and a book—Come Sit with Me: Life in Poetry, Prose, and Plays. Gladys is co-founder of Resilience Productions INC, a theatrical company that researches, writes, and produces plays—inspired by actual events—that tell the African American story.

Gladys DeVane’s book, Come Sit with Me: Life in Poetry, Prose, and Plays, will be available for sale. Cash and checks accepted.

Beau Vallance is retired from art-museum work and IU teacher education. Her writing lately has been for a summer newspaper in Michigan, the IU Emeriti House life-writing workshop, a year-long StoryWorth project, two pieces in The Ryder, very long emails to friends, and a draft of her own obituary. Her writing has gotten quite free-wheeling since she’s no longer writing for professional journals, but she had a huge resume of articles on such exciting topics as the hidden curriculum, curriculum theory, and museum education. It’s more fun now.