Inner Moonlight

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry series for the Wild Detectives! Our show is the second Wednesday of every month. Meet us in the backyard at 7:30pm on Wednesday March 13th for a live reading from one featured writer, with a brief open mic to follow. Don’t worry, podcast fans! We will record the live show and release it as a podcast episode for y’all. This month, we are proud to present poet Lauren Kalstad!

Lauren Kalstad is a poet, children’s book author, and Lecturer at the University of North Texas. She received her BA in Creative Writing from UNT with a minor in

French, and went on to receive her MFA from New York University. Her works have appeared in publications including The Belleville Park Pages, The Alarmist, The Coe Review, and others. In 2020, she published her first children’s book To the Stars in Bumper Cars. Her love of food led to a freelance career in culinary journalism with articles published in EATER and Edible. She lives in the Bishop Arts area with her husband, daughter, and mini Aussiedoodle, Alfie. She’s currently working on her debut collection of poetry.

“Follow your inner moonlight, don’t hide the madness.”

—Allen Ginsberg, from On Being a Writer