We are pleased to highlight an upcoming literary event in the Tucson area. Frankie Rollins, a previous s[r] contributor, is hosting a reading and conversation night on March 2nd, from 7-9pm. No registration is required. The event will be held at The Coalition Space, address 311 E. 7th St. Tucson, AZ.
She recently published her craft book, Do You Feel Like Writing? which is available for purchase on Bookshop.
You can read her short story, “The Ruins,” in Issue 9 of s[r]. She has also written two guest posts, titled “I Lost a Manuscript” and “How Getting on the Wrong Bus Taught Me to Be the Kind of Writer That I Am” for our blog. Her other work can be found on her author website.
Originally advertising her classes with a sandwich board at a farmer’s market in 2001, Frankie Rollins has taught creative writing in import stores, living rooms, coffeeshops, florists, K-12 classrooms, plus 20 years in college classrooms, traditional and online. Rollins is the author of Do You Feel Like Writing? A Creative Guide To Artistic Confidence (July 2023), and two books of fiction, The Grief Manuscript (Finishing Line Press, 2020) and The Sin Eater & Other Stories (Queen’s Ferry Press, 2013). In 2023, Rollins founded the Fifth Brain Collective, a radiant online space for cultivation of artistic confidence with coaching, classes, and a membership.