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Wilde Readers of November: Linda Kay Klein & Will Cole

Name: Wilde Readers of November: Linda Kay Klein & Will Cole
Start: 2026-11-11T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-11T01:00:00+00:00
Location: Queen Takes Book

Queen Takes Book

6955 Oakland Mills Rd, Suite E

Columbia, MD, United States

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HoCoPoLitSo ↗

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About this event

HoCoPoLitSo welcomes all to the November meeting of its Wilde Reading Series, proudly continuing its ongoing eleventh season of highlighting local authors in Howard County. This month's reading features Linda Kay Klein and Will Cole, hosted by Ricky Jones and Laura Shovan. Our warm and welcoming open mic follows the featured authors and we hope you will let us hear from your stories, poems, or other piece. Please prepare no more than five minutes of performance time (about two poems) and sign up when you arrive. Books by the featured authors will be available for purchase. (via HoCoPoLitSo)

Featured readers

Linda Kay Klein ↗

Linda Kay Klein is the author of Pure, a prize-winning book about the evangelical purity movement and her break from it. Her work has been featured by NBC, CBS, The New York Times, and about 150 other outlets, including an hour-long interview with Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air. She has given two TEDx Talks, teaches creative writing, and coaches people raised in purity culture.

Will Cole ↗

A queer, transgender writer, scientist, educator, and seahorse dad. In 2026, he completed an MA in Writing Nonfiction from JHU and the Yale Writers' Workshop. He received the David Everett Award for Outstanding Thesis and his essay in Open Secrets was nominated for a Pushcart Prize (2025). His work has also appeared in The Portland Review, Welter, Jarnal, The Science Writer, Baltimore Fishbowl, and Another Jane Pratt Thing.