Annual Women’s Month Reading
Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 2 pm

Linda K. Sienkiewicz
a longtime Metro Detroit Writers member, is a fiction writer, poet and artist who recently earned her MFA in Fiction at the University of Southern Maine. Her short stories have appeared in journals such as the Cleis Press anthology “Frenzy,” A Twist of Noir, and others, and her poetry and art has been published in numerous literary journals, including Prairie Schooner, Clackamas Literary Review, CALYX, Permafrost, and Spoon River Poetry Review. She won the Heartland Poetry Chapbook Contest in 1997. Her fourth chapbook, published by March Street Press, will be out in April. She has a novel and is represented by Maria Carvainis Agency.

Shayla Hawkins (Detroit poet & ArtServe of Michigan grant recipient)

Therese Becker (Oakland County poet & author of The Fear of
Cameras)

Plus Folk Singer Song Writer, Audra Kubat
Audra Kubat became one of the Motor City’s select female voices during the late ’90s, incorporating folk-rock and indie pop stylings. She and her group Stunning Amazon became a household act among local clubs and coffeehouses, also receiving airplay on Detroit radio. The band issued a self-titled debut in fall 1999 while Kubat also maintains her solo status.

All readings are free and open to the public. They are held the last Sunday of each month through April at The Scarab Club located at 217 E. Farnsworth at John R in the heart of the Cultural Center / Wayne State University Campus. The Scarab Club is directly behind the Detroit Institute for the Arts. We have our own free, safe, and close parking area. For Directions (313) 831-1250.