Meet the staff behind the Womxn at Red Door 104: Words & Art Series
Literary Curation Team
Mary Carroll-Hackett, the author of eight collections of poetry: The Real Politics of Lipstick, Animal Soul, If We Could Know Our Bones, The Night I Heard Everything, Trailer Park Oracle, A Little Blood, A Little Rain, and Death for Beginners, teaches Creative Writing at Longwood University and with the low-residency MFA faculty at West Virginia Wesleyan. Her newest chapbook, (Un)Hinged, was just released Spring 2019 from Kattywompus Press. Mary is a passionate about fighting hunger and about promoting diversity and inclusivity wherever possible. She’s at work on a novel.
Learn more at https://marycarrollhackett.com/
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Patsy Asuncion’s first poetry collection, Cut on the Bias, 2016, and her second, In Pursuit of Poetic Justice, awaiting publication, reflect her world slant as a bi-racial child raised by an immigrant father. Patsy promotes diversity through written and community work.
Her publications include the New York Times; About Place, Cutthroat, Artemis journals; Prevention, Tuck Magazines; VoxPoetica, and New Verse News online. Patsy has done readings and presentations across the country, including California, DC, Florida, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Her other contributions to the writing community and a kinder world include Open Mic (14,100+ YouTube views), women/minority initiatives, and state/local judging.
Learn more at www.patasuncion.wix.com/patsy-asuncion
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Beasa Dukes: They are a twenty-five year old, black nonbinary person. They graduated Longwood University with a BA in English. They recently graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College with an MFA in Creative Writing. They have published in various journals. They focus-write and play around with gender, race, sexuality off-pulse spirit stuff, and the body to explore identity.
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Brigid Hokana is a MFA student in the low-residency MFA program at West Virginia Wesleyan College, an ABA Therapist, a Comic Store Cashier, and an aspiring Graphic Novelist. When she’s not wearing 4 different work hats, she likes to settle down with her cat, Thomas, and listen to DnD podcasts while drawing or writing otherworldly places. She can’t wait to read everyone’s submissions!
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Artist Extraordinaire & Owner of Red Door 104 Gallery
Audrey Sullivan
Womxn at Red Door 104: Words & Art 