Join us for a reading and conversation on sex work in fiction, autofiction, and 'other,' with Morgan Waites and Michelle Kicherer

Morgan Waites is the author of She Was Horrid, published by Unsolicited Press. Her short fiction has appeared in Calliope Magazine and The Finger Magazine. Originally from rural Alabama, she now lives in Portland, Oregon, where she works as a software engineer.

Michelle Kicherer covers books and music for the San Francisco Chronicle and Willamette Week. Her award winning fiction has appeared in The Master’s Review, The Sierra Nevada Review, The Berkeley Fiction Review, and others. Michelle is a writing coach and teaches classes in fiction and memoir, where she always encourages her students to get a little weirder. Her debut novella Sexy Life, Hello was a finalist for the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Award and came out on March 6, 2025 on Banana Pitch Press. Michelle is a sometimes radio show host, variety show producer and host, and loves gathering musicians, writers and “others.”