Stan Deetz’s philosophy follows the sentiment of Raymond Williams: "To be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing." His mini memoir, *Between…*, offers a deeply personal account of a girl with a boy’s body struggling with gender identity growing up in an isolated, conservative, religious, farm community in Indiana in the 1950s. Alone and living difficulties not yet having names. Deetz’ personal story is one of attempts to make a life that worked at different moments across a lifetime as a successful professional in an unchosen body. A story of choices made and not made, benefits and costs, and struggle (even while privileged) in contemporary society. At one level, a personal story, at another, one story of a struggle of our time posing questions to gender generally and relationships with those who are different. Using poems, vignettes, and autobiographic narratives, Deetz develops how gender complexities pose challenges to normative society and often question the very bedrock of one’s and others’ existence as human beings and their relations to others. It’s available from Transgender Press (an imprint of Perceptions Press) and on Amazon. ISBN: 978-1-998924-94-3 Paperback. His professional bio can be found at [standeetz.org](http://standeetz.org/).

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Kelly C. Mullen

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Brenda Wildrick

Stan Deetz

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Lorrie Wolfe

Boulder Writers Alliance Poetry Circle

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Monthly zoom meeting for a critique group focused on literary fiction -- for this purpose, defined by excluding mystery, science fiction, memoir, western, romance, thriller, children's, young adult, middle grade, erotica, fantasy, creative nonfiction, horror, poetry, graphic novels, or essays. Five writers will give feedback on each other's 2,000-3,000 word stories or excerpts each month. Documents to be shared for review one week ahead of time.

Christina Craigo

Rolin Geronsin

Evangeline Lemieux

Marissa Grunes

Literary Fiction Critique Group

June's hybrid meeting--IN PERSON at the **Boulder Library Main Branch second floor Flatirons Meeting Room** & ONLINE (see link when you register)--is *Margo's Got Money Troubles* by Rufi Thorpe (USA, 2024) on Sunday starting at 2:30 pm (for 2 hours).

All-star wrestling! Cosplay! OnlyFans! Rufi Thorpe’s fourth novel is about none of those things and yet somehow it’s about all of those things. Margo, an unemployed 20-year-old single mother, struggles to wrest money and power from a world that has little interest in giving it to her. A wickedly clever take on the art of storytelling and controlling your own narrative, both online and IRL.

We are Writers Who Read. We use Literary Forensics to dissect a recent novel (published within the past 18 months) with the goal of uncovering how the author has utilized their skills for effect. Storytelling is an art, but it's not a mystery. Every writer must address the following:

* Structure, Timeline, Pacing, Suspense, Omission
* Point of View, including Voice, Character, Place
* Language, Tense, Imagery, Metaphor, Symbols
* Motivation: Making a story pop - generating a thrill
* Why this story? And why now? Industry considerations

We ask that all attendees read the entire book in advance of the meeting, and come bearing their discoveries of how the author has addressed each of the five points above.

More information about other Writers Who Read meetings and our **WwR Podcast** can be found at: https://WritersWhoRead.com

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Jim Hensinger

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Mira Landry

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Alexa Metrick

Susan Flakes

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Jo Leightner

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NEW DATE June 29: Writers Who Read: Margo's Got Money Troubles - Rufi Thorpe

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