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The National Writers Union will be hosting a reading and open mic on Monday, January 19, starting at 6:00 p.m. at 2955 E. Broadway in Tucson. 

This month our featured reader will be Jan Cleere. Jan, the author of the recently published 100 Western Women: The Bold, Brave, Gutsy Women of Arizona's Past (Wheatmark Press, 2025), will present her views on traditional and hybrid publishers, both of which she has used for her work. The pros and cons of each will be dissected, debated, and discussed.

Jan has been researching and writing about early Western women for over twenty-five years. For more than ten years of that time, she has been writing a column that appears monthly in the Arizona Daily Star, "Western Women," about the women who influenced the growth and development of Arizona. Her work, including over a half-dozen books, has earned accolades from the writing industry including the Will Rogers Medallion awards, New Mexico/Arizona Book awards, Women Writing the West WILLA awards, Military Writers Society of America, National Federation of Press Women, Feathered Quill, and Arizona Authors Association.

The open mic is for spoken word only, but is open to all forms of spoken word (fiction, essays, poetry, articles, polemics, etc.). So bring something to read!

The event will be held at the UFCW Union Hall at 2955 E. Broadway. This is on the north side of Broadway, immediately west of the large and fancy Chase Bank, which is on the northwest corner of Broadway and Country Club Road. Parking and entry to the building are from the rear.

There will not, unfortunately, be a Zoom option this month.