***Soft Exposure*** will be meeting again this Wednesday, March 24th at Infusion Tea in Orlando, 1600 Edgewater Drive, Orlando. I’ll have the open mic sign-up sheet out by 6:30, and our featured writer, Kelly Luce, will read for us shortly after 7:00. We’ll follow that with the open mic, where you can share 5 minutes of your words or those of someone who has inspired you.

Kelly Luce’s collection of Japan-set stories received the San Francisco Foundation?s 2008 Jackson Award and is currently a finalist for the 2010 Bakeless Prize. The title story, “Ms. Yamada’s Toaster,” was awarded?Tampa Review’s 2008 Danahy Prize. Her work has been recognized by fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and Jentel Arts, and can be found in?The Southern Review, Massachusetts Review, Crazyhorse, North American Review, Nimrod, Fourteen Hills, The Gettysburg Review, and other journals. She’s the newest Writer in Residence at the Kerouac House in Orlando.