LitHop 2022 - Schedule of Readings
Saturday, October 15th

1 to 1:45 PM

Helter Skelter
Reading Venue: Fresbrew (21 and over)

Will Freeney (he/him/them), Linnea Alexander (she/her), Jack Chavoor (he/him), Dani Potter (she/her) 

Change is not necessarily progress. Chaos prevails. 

Grief Goes to Breathe  
Reading Venue: Hart’s Haven Used Bookstore
   
L.S. Arévalo (she/her/ella), Melody Rose (she/her), Lizard Person, Chelsea Jones 

Four Californians combine in time to share works centered around themes of grief: death, loss, and the mixed emotions in between.  Grief comes in many forms and at any time, now taking respite in the words collected and shared of in the breath of these poets and writers. 

grief and other friends
Reading Venue: Labyrinth Art Collective     

Haley White (she/they), Thomas Nance (he/him), Laura Splotch (she/we/us), Alicia Rodriguez (she/her) 

Four members of The Fools Collaborative share favorite personal readings on grief, healing, and resilience of spirit. This ain't no funeral, though. Joy and humor are invited to the party, and those bitches always show up when they're least expected. 

Long Time, Here and Gone   
Reading Venue: The Revue (Backroom)
 
Megan Anderson Bohigian, Corrinne Clegg Hales, John Hales, C.G. Hanzlicek 

Three poets and an essayist come together to read from their new and published work. In strikingly different ways, each of these writers' are known for profound connections to the natural world and their personal geography--the known world of their conscious, observant, reflective lives--as well as their antipodes. These experiences, closely examined and wrought in poetry and prose, shed light on what it is to be human. 

Poetry Meets Film: From Page to Screen    
Reading Venue: Splash Fresno (21 and over)

David Campos (he/him), Ruben Quesada, Cynthia Guardado (she/her/hers), Rachelle Cruz 

The big screen in our minds is always there when we read. But what happens when poets reach beyond text on a page and fill a screen for a much more immersive experience of literature. 4 poets from around the country are ready to move you through film. 

Taming the Beast: Nonfiction Writers Wrestling with Mental Health  
Reading Venue: Spectrum Art Gallery  

Steven Church (he/him), Rebecca Evans (she/her), Hillary Adams, Optimism One 

Writers of nonfiction essays and memoir from California, Nevada, and Idaho, connected through the Sierra Nevada University MFA Program will share personal writing focused on some of the challenges, successes, and sublime or bizarre moments in the struggle toward mental health and self-care. 


Between the Paper & the Words: Students from Clovis Community College
Reading Venue: Teazers

Danny Avila, Jessika R. Torres (she/they)

Student poets and writers from Clovis Community College will read their original work.