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Poet Jen Harris is a full-time writer who makes art and community through their existence. They are a sought-after performance artist who is the founder of The Writing Workshop KC, whose mission is to nurture creative curiosity and inspire confidence within prompt-based writing workshops. They reach hundreds of students weekly. Harris is particularly passionate about reaching queer people and those experiencing homelessness or struggling to thrive within the multitude of oppressive systems. From dive bars to performance halls worldwide, reaching audiences in the thousands from ages 10-80, Harris cultivates passion and emboldens the aspirational through their performances and educational workshops. They are inspired to eradicate the toxic mythology of the hapless creative, offering their students the opportunity to create, develop, edit and perform their work before engaged, paying audiences, all the while seeking validation in the process and not the outcome. Harris challenges their students to defy the internal censor, revive or discover the joy of creating and offer themselves the gift of fulfillment through art.

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