Reading by Josina Manu Maltzman & Teo Shannon

Join Josina Manu Maltzman and Teo Shannon in powerful readings of "Ride Safe" and "A Chronology of Blood" on October 28th at 6PM in Science Laboratory Center (SLC) 120 on the Winona State University campus.

Josina Manu Maltzman (all pronouns) is a writer, carpenter, and community organizer working for liberation in Palestine since 2000. Jo’s writings include “Ride Safe,” an essay exploring the individual’s role in contributing to community safety, and “Protective Presence in the West Bank,” which was awarded the 2025 Plentitudes Prize in Nonfiction. Josina is a core member of Relationships Evolving Possibilities (REP), a community safety project in the Twin Cities. They will also be leading a student-centered writing workshop on personal & community safety earlier in the day at WSU on October 28. For more about Josina’s writing and how it is informed by being in the trades for over twenty years and their organizing work as an antizionist Jew, visit www.josinamanumaltzman.com

Teo Shannon (he/him) is a queer, chronically ill, Latino poet living in Winona, MN. He holds an MFA from Pacific University of Oregon and a PhD from University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is a cofounder and co-EIC of Cotton Xenomorph, a journal of flash fiction, poetry, and visual art. His debut collection a chronology of blood comes out from University of New Mexico Press September 2, 2025, more here: https://www.unmpress.com/a-chronology-of-blood/

This evening of readings is co-sponsored by Winona State University’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Department of English, and PRISM student organization. Support is also provided by Advocacy Center of Winona, Art of the Rural, The Cedar Tree Project, and Winona State University Foundation. This activity is also made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.