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We are building bridges between formerly incarcerated writers and other artists and literary and arts communities ready to receive them, creating connections, and helping stories get into a world often reluctant to hear them.

September 2026 Better Things 5x5 Reading1. Audience showed up ❤️2. Featured artist Joel Hernandez3. Featured artist Hawt...
09/28/2026

September 2026 Better Things 5x5 Reading

1. Audience showed up ❤️
2. Featured artist Joel Hernandez
3. Featured artist Hawti
4. We read and appreciate every survey we get! You can fill out a survey for a Better Things event you've attended by going to our website
5. Featured artist Moncies Franco
6. Featured artist Beau RaRa
7. If you come to Better Things and you don't want your photo to feature on social media, grab a red ribbon and attach it to yourself
8. Featured artist Khary Jackson
9. Open mic is open to anyone who wants to share up to 5 minutes of their own work! Sign-up sheet is on the table by the door.
10. We bring snacks ✨
11. Open mic reader
12. Your eyes do not deceive - it's Najeeba Syeed, one of our featured artists for October's 5x5 Reading, giving us a preview on the open mic!

Our next Better Things 5x5 Reading is next Tuesday, October 6th, at 7pm at Moon Palace Books. We'd love to welcome you to it!

KJ Kieras (they/them) is a writer and performer currently based in Minneapolis. They have performed slam poetry across t...
09/21/2026

KJ Kieras (they/them) is a writer and performer currently based in Minneapolis. They have performed slam poetry across the nation and are a three-time Midwest Poetry Mashup winner. Their work can be found in BeaverMag, Button Poetry, 45th Parallel, and Tinderbox Poetry Journal. They have been a Sundress Academy for the Arts resident, and are a Brett Elizabeth Jenkins Poetry Prize Finalist. When not writing, they perform drag across the twin cities as the only le***an in Minneapolis, Lucy Goosey. They proudly co-produce Minneapolis’ fiercest drag and poetry show, Debasement.

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Please join us on Tuesday, October 6th, at 7:00pm, at Moon Palace Books, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring five fantastic artists: Bridget Gordon, Wordsworth Musinguzi, Marquise Bowie, KJ Kieras, and Najeeba Syeed, followed by an open mic.

Both reading and open mic will feature ASL interpretation.

Light refreshments will be served; masks are encouraged at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event.

Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books. The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them.

This activity is 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.

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Marquise Bowie (he/him). Born and raised on the South Side of MPLS, MN. Son of the Most High. Father of two daughters Ma...
09/19/2026

Marquise Bowie (he/him). Born and raised on the South Side of MPLS, MN. Son of the Most High. Father of two daughters Marquissa (26) Marquia (18). Grandfather of Makayla (2). Husband of Treva Bowie. Bonus kids Treionne, Isaiah, Mimi, Jeremiah, Xion and dog Angel. Deacon, Author, Ambassador, Mentor, Cofounder of the MN Agape movement. “Transforming street energy into community energy and putting the neighbor back into the hood”.
South side we outside!

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Please join us on Tuesday, October 6th, at 7:00pm, at Moon Palace Books, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring five fantastic artists: Bridget Gordon, Wordsworth Musinguzi, Marquise Bowie, KJ Kieras, and Najeeba Syeed, followed by an open mic.

Both reading and open mic will feature ASL interpretation.

Light refreshments will be served; masks are encouraged at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event.

Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books. The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them.

This activity is 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.

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Wordsworth Prescott Musinguzi (b. 1991, he/him) is a Trans first-generation Ugandan-Liberian American documentary photog...
09/17/2026

Wordsworth Prescott Musinguzi (b. 1991, he/him) is a Trans first-generation Ugandan-Liberian American documentary photographer and multidisciplinary artist based in Minneapolis, MN. A former music photojournalist and lifestyle blogger, his practice documents and archives intergenerational social movements and subcultures through portraits, books, zines, and exhibitions. Combining traditional and experimental approaches to image-making and publishing, his practice is rooted in redefining what is legible, can be seen and understood by everyday people that feel distant or obscure in proximity. His work is held by Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, UNC Chapel Hill, Cooper Hewitt, and Ohio University. He is a recipient of grants and fellowships from Forecast Public Art, ICP, MRAC, Yale University, and the Emerging Curators Institute.

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Please join us on Tuesday, October 6th, at 7:00pm, at Moon Palace Books, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring five fantastic artists: Bridget Gordon, Wordsworth Musinguzi, Marquise Bowie, KJ Kieras, and Najeeba Syeed, followed by an open mic.

Both reading and open mic will feature ASL interpretation.

Light refreshments will be served; masks are encouraged at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event.

Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books. The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them.

This activity is 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.

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