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SUMMARY:Meaningful Parent-Child Conversations with Rebecca Rolland
DESCRIPTION:Join Doing Good Together for a live-streamed parent webinar by Rebecca Rolland (Fiction\, June 2017)\, Harvard professor and author of The Art of Talking with Children. Following the event\, registered attendees will receive a webinar recording\, Festival of Giving Activity Guide and be added to the Doing Good Together monthly newsletter\, packed with kindness tips and resources.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/meaningful-parent-child-conversations-with-rebecca-rolland/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
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SUMMARY:Candice Iloh: Salt the Water w/ Ibi Zoboi & Mila Myles
DESCRIPTION:From Printz honoree and National Book Award finalist Candice Iloh (WFYP\, June 2017)\, a verse novel about Cerulean Gene\, a nonbinary Black teenager searching for a new way to do more than survive in post-pandemic America. \n\n\n\nCerulean and their friends went into senior year—the first year of normal school after the pandemic—with a plan: keep their heads down in class\, save money\, and get the hell out of the Bronx once they graduate. If teachers are going to force them to read Huckleberry Finn\, then they can’t blame kids for “lighting out for the territory.” Cerulean is convinced that there must be somewhere better than the Bronx and is focused on learning how to grow and make food so they can all be self-sufficient when they finally make their break. \n\n\n\nBurned-out teachers and their father’s badly timed workplace accident send Cerulean reeling off course\, but Bronx babies are resiliant and resourceful\, and Salt the Water is ultimately a radically hopeful vision of life beyond mere survival. \n\n\n\nThis event will be in-person and on YouTube Live. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCandice Iloh is a first-generation Nigerian American writer from the Midwest by way of Washington\, D.C. and Brooklyn\, New York whose books center home\, self-awareness\, and Black sustainability. They are a proud alumna of the Rhode Island Writers Colony and their work has earned fellowships from Lambda Literary\, VONA\, Kimbilio Fiction and a residency with Hi-ARTS\, where they debuted their first one-person show in 2018. Candice became a 2020 National Book Award Finalist and in 2021\, a Printz Award Honoree for their debut novel\, Every Body Looking. Break This House is their second novel. \n\n\n\nIbi Zoboi was born in Port-au-Prince\, Haiti\, and holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her YA novel American Street was a National Book Award finalist and her debut middle grade novel\, My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich\, was a New York Times bestseller. She is the author of Pride\, a contemporary YA remix of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice\, and editor of the anthology\, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America. Her most recent bestseller\, Punching the Air\, is a YA novel in verse\, co-authored by prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five. Raised in New York City\, Ibi now lives in New Jersey with her husband and their three children. \n\n\n\nMila Myles is a writer/comedian\, actor\, host and trans media specialist who resides and performs in both NY & LA. They have been featured on HBO\, Allure\, The New York Film Fest\, providence film fest\, NowThisNews and in Vogue online. Salt The Water is their first audiobook.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/candice-iloh-salt-the-water-w-ibi-zoboi-mila-myles/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn Heights Branch\, 286 Cadman Plaza West\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writing Home/Homeland with Nancy Agabian\, Nada Samih-Rotondo & Jared Harél
DESCRIPTION:Join Books on the Square on Friday\, October 13th at 7:00 p.m. for Writing Home/Homeland with Nancy Abagian\, Nada Samih-Rotondo\, and Jared Harel. \n\n\n\nThe Fear of Large and Small Nations  by Nancy Abagian  \n\n\n\nIn The Fear of Large and Small Nations\, feminist writer and teacher Natalee—aka Na—seeks to reclaim her cultural roots in Armenia only to be confronted with the many contradictions of being a diasporan. When she falls for a charismatic younger man and returns with him to New York City\, Na becomes trapped in an abusive web of codependency\, bound by intergenerational trauma\, political ideals\, and\, above all\, love. Written in gripping short stories interspersed with intimate journal entries and blog posts\, the fragmented narrative reveals what is lost in the tightrope passage between cultures ravaged by violence and colonialism—and what is gained when Na seizes control of her story\, pulsating in its many shades and realities\, daring to be witnessed. \n\n\n\nNancy Agabian is the author of Princess Freak\, a mixed genre collection of poems\, short prose\, and performance texts on young women’s sexuality and rage\, and Me as her again: True Stories of an Armenian Daughter\, a memoir about the influence of her Armenian family’s history on her coming-of-age. Me as her again was honored as a Lambda Literary Award finalist for LGBT Nonfiction and shortlisted for a William Saroyan International Prize. In 2021\, Nancy received the Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction from Lambda Literary. Her novel The Fear of Large and Small Nations\, a multilayered epic on Armenian diaspora-homeland relationships\, was honored as a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially-Engaged Fiction. She is currently working on a personal essay collection\, In-Between Mouthfuls. \n\n\n\nNancy has an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Columbia University’s School of the Arts. She taught creative writing at Queens College for ten years as an adjunct\, where she was awarded for excellence in teaching in 2012. She has been teaching in the Writing Program at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University since 2009.  She recently relocated to Massachusetts to care for her parents. Her mother passed away in 2022; Nancy continues to care for her father. \n\n\n\nAll Water has Perfect Memory: A Memoir by Nada Samih-Rotondo \n\n\n\nLife changed forever for six-year-old Nada following Iraq’s invasion of her birth country\, Kuwait\, and subsequent immigration to the United States with her maternal family. Just as she finally settles into her strange new life apart from her father in Rhode Island\, learns English\, and grasps the fact that she is not merely visiting but is here to stay\, life throws other surprises her way to forever change her world. \n\n\n\nA debut work from a Palestinian American author\, All Water Has a Perfect Memory is a memoir that takes readers from the author’s ancestral origins- the coast of Yaffa\, Palestine\, to her birthplace of Kuwait\, eventually landing on the shores of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. The narrative confronts generations of silence and\, ultimately\, revelation with an imaginative blend of folklore and history that explores the relationship between our bodies\, ancestors\, and the Earth. The work explores the way the author is intertwined with her maternal line while reuniting with her father after a 30-year separation. \n\n\n\nVoices once hidden in the waters of our bodies are amplified and released to forever alter the landscape\, breaking cycles and seeding an audacious hope interconnected to lands past and present. \n\n\n\nNada Samih-Rotondo (Fiction\, June 2012) is a multi-genre Palestinian American writer\, educator\, and mother. A graduate of Rhode Island College\, she earned degrees in English and Education and an MFA in creative writing from Lesley University. Her writing has appeared in Masters Review\, Gulf Stream Literary Magazine\, and Squat Birth Journal. She lives in Providence with her husband and three children and works at Brown University. \n\n\n\nLet Our Bodies Change the Subject by Jared Harél \n\n\n\nLet Our Bodies Change the Subject is a poetry collection that dives headlong into the terrifying\, wondrous\, sleep-deprived existence of being a parent in twenty-first-century America. In clear\, dynamic verses that disarm then strike\, Jared Harél investigates our days through the keyhole of domesticity\, through personal lyrics and cultural reckonings. Whether taking a family trip to Coney Island or simply showing his son snowflakes on Inauguration morning\, Harél guides us toward moments of intimacy and understanding\, humor and grief. \n\n\n\n“I will try\,” he admits\, “to be better than myself\, which is all/I’ve ever wanted and everything I need.” Winner of the Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry\, Let Our Bodies Change the Subject is a secular prayer. Hoping against hope\, Harél works to reconcile feelings of luck and loss\, of living for joy while fearing the worst. \n\n\n\nJared Harél is the author of Go Because I Love You. He has been awarded the Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize from American Poetry Review and the William Matthews Poetry Prize from Asheville Poetry Review. His poems have appeared in 32 Poems\, Beloit Poetry Journal\, Bennington Review\, New Ohio Review\, Ploughshares\, Poem-a-Day\, the Southern Review\, and The Sun. Harél teaches writing\, plays drums\, and lives in Westchester\, New York\, with his wife and two children.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/writing-home-homeland-with-nancy-agabian-nada-samih-rotondo-jared-harel/
LOCATION:Books on the Square\, 471 Angell Street\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02906\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Book Launch with Sara Levine\, author of Sensitive
DESCRIPTION:Porter Square Books welcomes Sara Levine (Nonfiction/WFYP\, January 2006) for an author talk and book signing in celebration of the launch of her new book\, Sensitive! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“You feel way too much.” / “Will you stop being dramatic?” \n\n\n\nThis tender picture book follows a girl who is told she is too intense\, too sensitive\, too much. She’s told to grow a thicker skin\, but the words of others slip right through. They somersault around inside and press against her heart. \n\n\n\nWhat can she do to stop the hurt? \n\n\n\nShe needs to take time alone to think and read\, rest and create. \n\n\n\nThoughtful text\, detailed collage illustrations\, and an unexpected word puzzle combine in Sara Levine and Mehrdokht Amini’s moving portrayal of a girl who discovers that what others call a weakness can also be a gift. \n\n\n\nSara Levine is an award-winning picture book author\, veterinarian and educator. Sensitive is her tenth book\, and she has four more coming out in the next few years. As a child\, she was often told that she was too sensitive and needed to grow a thicker skin. Her skin may not have gotten thicker since then\, but she has learned to appreciate her sensitivity and the ways it helps her create books\, work with animals and care for children. Visit Sara online at http://www.saralevinebooks.com/
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-launch-with-sara-levine-author-of-sensitive/
LOCATION:Porter Square Books\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02140\, United States
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SUMMARY:Grolier Poetry Book Shop Presents Naomi Mulvihill and Hilary Sallick
DESCRIPTION:Join the Grolier Poetry Book Shop for a hybrid reading with Naomi Mulvihill and Hilary Sallick with an introduction by Lloyd Schwartz. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place synchronously in-store at 6 Plympton Street and on Zoom. Registration Required. \n\n\n\nNaomi Mulvihill (Poetry\, 2011) was a Margaret Murphy endowed fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, MA. Her chapbook\, We All Might Be (Factory Hollow Press)\, won the 2022 Tomaž Šalamun Prize Editor’s Choice Selection. Her first full length volume of poems\, The Knife Thrower’s Girl\, was awarded the 2022 Washington Prize (The Word Works). Her poems have appeared in the Kenyon Review Online\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, New Orleans Review\, Salamander\, Cimarron\, West Branch and others\, and featured in Verse Daily. Naomi’s essays on language and learning have appeared in The Writer’s Chronicle and Harvard Educational Review. She is a veteran bilingual teacher in the Boston Public Schools. \n\n\n\nHilary Sallick is the author of two full-length poetry collections\, Love Is A Shore (Lily Poetry Review Books) and Asking the Form (Cervena Barva Press). Her poems appear in Notre Dame Review\, Leon Literary Review\, Vita Poetica\, Ibbetson Street\, and other journals. A teacher with a longtime focus on adult literacy\, she also serves on the Board of the New England Poetry Club. She lives and works in Somerville\, MA.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/grolier-poetry-book-shop-presents-naomi-mulvihill-and-hilary-sallick/
LOCATION:Grolier Poetry Book Shop\, 6 Plympton Street\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
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SUMMARY:B&N Multi-Genre Author Event
DESCRIPTION:Join local authors as the Holyoke\, MA Barnes & Noble location for a meet and greet and book signing. \n\n\n\nLocal authors: \n\n\n\n\nAlexander Reed\n\n\n\nArleta Rae\n\n\n\nBrittany Czarnecki\n\n\n\nCelia Jeffries (Fiction/Nonfiction\, 2008)\n\n\n\nHeidi Parker Colonna\n\n\n\nJ.J. Alo\n\n\n\nJim Price\n\n\n\nLiza Ketchum\n\n\n\nLM Kaplin\n\n\n\nLomel T\n\n\n\nMatthew Bartlett\n\n\n\nNadija Mujagic\n\n\n\nRebecca Rowland\n\n\n\nRick Stromoski\n\n\n\nSuzanne Kozikowski\n\n\n\nWes Dyson
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/bn-multi-genre-author-event/
LOCATION:Barnes & Noble – Holyoke\, 7 Holyoke Street\, Holyoke\, Massachusetts\, 01040\, United States
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SUMMARY:Steamboat Mountain Reading Series presents Natalie Padilla Young and Cindy King
DESCRIPTION:The Steamboat Mountain Springs Reading Series is excited to host Natalie Padilla Young (Poetry\, January 2009) and Cindy King at the K2 Gallery in Helper\, Utah. \n\n\n\nNatalie is the author of All of This Was Once Under Water\, now available from Quarter Press. The first run is a limited-edition\, full-color hardcover book\, illustrated beautifully by the German artist Maximiliane Spieß. It is a speculative collection of poems grounded in Utah’s history and scenery. \n\n\n\nCindy King’s most recent publications include poems in The Sun\, Callaloo\, North American Review\, Prairie Schooner\, Antioch Review\, African American Review\, American Literary Review\, TriQuarterly\, Crab Orchard Review\, Gettysburg Review\, River Styx\, Cincinnati Review\, and elsewhere. You can hear her online on American Weekend\, a production of National Public Radio\, at weekendamerica.publicradio.org\, rhinopoetry.org\, and at cortlandreview.com. Her work has also been chosen by former Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith to appear on NPR’s The Slowdown. Her freelance work can be found at artsATL.com.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/steamboat-mountain-reading-series-presents-natalie-padilla-young-and-cindy-king/
LOCATION:K2 Gallery\, 102 S Main St\, Helper\, Utah\, 84526-1536\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading with Rebecca Faulkner and Guests
DESCRIPTION:Readings by: \n\n\n\n\nRebecca Faulkner\n\n\n\nMolly Zhu\n\n\n\nRobbie Gamble (Poetry/Nonfiction\, January 2017/June 2020)\n\n\n\nAnna Genevieve Winham\n\n\n\nKyle Studstill\n\n\n\n\nRebecca Faulkner is a London-born poet based in Brooklyn. The author of Permit Me to Write My Own Ending\, (Write Bloody Press\, 2023) her work appears in New York Quarterly\, The Maine Review\, The Poetry Society of New York\, CALYX Press\, Berkeley Poetry Review and elsewhere. She is a 2023 poetry recipient of the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund for Women\, and the 2022 winner of Sand Hills Literary Magazine’s National Poetry Contest. Rebecca was a 2021 Poetry Fellow at the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. She is currently at work on her second collection\, exploring female identity and artistic endeavor. www.rebeccafaulknerpoet.com \n\n\n\nMolly Zhu is a Chinese American poet and attorney. She likes to write about alter egos\, chasms\, dreams\, tears\, rage\, translation and the women in her life. She was twice nominated for Pushcart prizes and has been published in both print and online journals including Hobart Pulp\, the Ghost City Press\, and Bodega Magazine\, among others. She serves as assistant poetry editor for Passengers Journal\, and she is the winner of the 2021 Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize awarded by the Cordella Press. Her debut chapbook\, Asian American Translations\, is now available for purchase. \n\n\n\nRobbie Gamble is the author of A Can of Pinto Beans (Lily Poetry Review Press\, 2022). His poems have appeared in Whale Road Review\, Lunch Ticket\, Poet Lore\, Post Road\, Salamander\, and The Sun. Robbie was the winner of the 2017 Carve Poetry Prize\, and he was a 2019 Robert Taylor fellow at the Kenyon Summer Writers Workshop. His essay “Exit Wound” was cited as a notable essay in Best American Essays 2020. Robbie is the poetry editor for Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices\, and he divides his time between Boston and Vermont. www.robbiegamble.com \n\n\n\nAnna Genevieve Winham is an award-winning writer who serves as the Development Director for PSNY\, the EIC for Passengers Journal\, and the Marketing Director for EdTech startup Biblionasium. She also performs in the Poetry Brothel\, and she previously edited Oxford Public Philosophy. Anna writes at the crossroads of science and the sublime\, cyborgs and the surreal\, and you’ll find her work in Ninth Letter\, New York Quarterly\, the Oxford Review of Books\, Brooklyn Magazine\, and Meetinghouse Magazine online among others. While attending Dartmouth College (which was the pits)\, she won the Stanley Prize for experimental essay and the Kaminsky Family Fund Award. She’s working on her novel—ask her about it\, if you dare. \n\n\n\nKyle Studstill is a Brooklyn-based performance poet\, word artist\, and visual artist. His work is about finding deep humility\, about reckoning with our own vivid and terrifying self-awareness\, and about being better humans in a more-than-human world. His story-driven writing has appeared in Monocle Magazine\, CreativeMornings\, and Fast Company. His visual art has been featured by NYC street art pillars Up Magazine\, Sour Mouse\, 188 Allen and Soiree Henzo. His performance poetry has been featured by the Poetry Brothel\, Inspired Word NYC\, and the New York City Poetry Festival.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/poetry-reading-with-rebecca-faulkner-and-guests/
LOCATION:Housing Works Bookstore\, 126 Crosby St\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231102T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231102T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231031T165244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231031T165245Z
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SUMMARY:CCW Book Launch with Jody Hobbs Hesler
DESCRIPTION:Join Cambridge Common Writers as we celebrate the launch of Jody Hobbs Hesler’s (Fiction\, June 2017) new book\, What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe grisly death of the hermit outsider in a tight-knit neighborhood prompts a young mom to yearn for solitude. A man wrestles with regrets from a 30-year-old affair while his wife hovers toward death in the ICU. An older\, childless woman aches to rescue the seemingly mistreated child she observes in the grocery store. And a girl’s desire to avoid the party her father dragged her to nearly gets her abducted. Told with restraint and deep compassion against the backdrop of Virginia back streets and small towns\, Jody Hobbs Hesler’s debut collection shines with its portraits of longing\, disconnection\, and the ache for renewal and redemption that comes from our own frailties.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/ccw-book-launch-with-jody-hobbs-hesler/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Common Writers":MAILTO:lesleycambridgecommon@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231103T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231103T190000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231029T215048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231029T215050Z
UID:9197-1699029000-1699038000@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Book World Meets Wine World with Jody Hobbs Hesler
DESCRIPTION:Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction\, June 2017) will present her book What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better as part of a benefit for the Literacy Council of Madison County at Revalation Vineyards. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe grisly death of the hermit outsider in a tight-knit neighborhood prompts a young mom to yearn for solitude. A man wrestles with regrets from a 30-year-old affair while his wife hovers toward death inthe ICU. An older\, childless woman aches to rescue the seemingly mistreated child she observes in the grocery store. And a girl’s desire to avoid the party her father dragged her to nearly gets her abducted. Told with restraint and deep compassion against the backdrop of Virginia back streets and small towns\, Jody Hobbs Hesler’s debut collection shines with its portraits of longing\, disconnection\, and the ache for renewal and redemption that comes from our own frailties.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-world-meets-wine-world-with-jody-hobbs-hesler/
LOCATION:Revalation Vineyards\, 2710 Hebron Valley Rd\, Madison\, Virginia\, 22727\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231108T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231025T230427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T172621Z
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SUMMARY:The Making of a Picture Book: From Concept to Completion with Deborah Sosin
DESCRIPTION:DEBORAH SOSIN (Nonfiction\, January 2015) is a writer\, editor\, psychotherapist\, and GrubStreet instructor. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times\, Boston Globe Magazine\, Salon\, Cognoscenti\, Brevity Blog\, and elsewhere. Her craft essay on the self as antihero in creative nonfiction appeared in The Writer’s Chronicle. She is the author of the forthcoming Sober Starting Today Workbook: Powerful Mindfulness & CBT Tools to Help You Break Free from Addiction (March 2024\, New Harbinger Publications). Her picture book\, Charlotte and the Quiet Place\, illustrated by Sara Woolley (Parallax Press\, 2015)\, won the Gold INDIEFAB and Silver IPPY awards\, among several honors. In addition to her Lesley MFA\, she holds an MSW from Smith College School for Social Work. Since 2009\, Debbie has led “Write It Like It Is” freewriting groups. She is working on an essay collection titled Heartbeats and Other Seismic Matters.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-making-of-a-picture-book-from-concept-to-completion-with-deborah-sosin/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231109T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231109T193000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231102T234738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T234739Z
UID:9267-1699552800-1699558200@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Cornerstone Press Book Launch with Jody Hobbs Hesler
DESCRIPTION:Join Cornerstone Press for a celebration of several of their authors\, including Jeff Esterholm\, Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction\, June 2017)\, and Kevin Clouther. This event will be in-person and livestreamed.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/cornerstone-press-book-launch-with-jody-hobbs-hesler/
LOCATION:Noel Fine Arts Center Michelsen Hall\, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point\, 1800 Portage St\, Stevens Point\, Wisconsin\, 54481\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cornerstone Press":MAILTO:webmaster@uwsp.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231025T230915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T230915Z
UID:9193-1699988400-1699993800@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Lifting Up Marginalized Voices: Reading and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join Sunu P. Chandy\, Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction\, June 2017)\, and Martha Anne Toll for Lifting Up Marginalized Voices: a Reading and Discussion at The Potter’s House! \n\n\n\nSunu P. Chandy (she/her) is a social justice activist including through her work as a poet and a civil rights attorney. She’s the daughter of immigrants from Kerala\, India\, a queer woman of color\, and lives in Washington\, D.C. with her family. Her award-winning collection of poems\, My Dear Comrades\, was published by Regal House in 2023. \n\n\n\nJody Hobbs Hesler has written ever since she could hold a pencil and now lives and writes in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Her debut story collection\, What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better was published by Cornerstone Press in October 2023. Jody teaches at WriterHouse in Charlottesville\, Virginia and reads for The Los Angeles Review.  \n\n\n\nMartha Anne Toll’s debut novel\, Three Muses\, was shortlisted for the Gotham Book Prize and won the Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction. Toll brings a long career in social justice to her work covering authors of color and women writers as a critic and author interviewer at NPR Books\, the Washington Post\, Pointe Magazine\, The Millions\, and elsewhere. Toll is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and serves on the Board of Directors of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lifting-up-marginalized-voices-reading-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Potter’s House\, 1658 COLUMBIA ROAD NORTHWEST\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20009\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Potter's House":MAILTO:events@pottershousedc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T193000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231029T215445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231029T215446Z
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SUMMARY:All Water Has Perfect Memory: Book Talk with Nada-Samih-Rotondo
DESCRIPTION:Mystic Seaport Museum is excited to host local author Nada Samih-Rotondo (Fiction\, June 2012) as she reads excerpts from her new memoir\, All Water Has Perfect Memory\, in the Treworgy Planetarium. Guests will enjoy an immersive storytelling experience that showcases the exact star patterns overhead as they appear in her book\, followed by a Q&A session and an opportunity to purchase a signed copy of All Water Has Perfect Memory. This program is best for ages 13+. Registration is required to attend.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/all-water-has-perfect-memory-book-talk-with-nada-samih-rotondo/
LOCATION:Mystic Seaport Museum\, 75 Greenmanville Ave\, Mystic\, Connecticut\, 06355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mystic Seaport Museum":MAILTO:info@mysticseaport.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231202T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231202T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231126T185256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231126T185257Z
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SUMMARY:Care in Publishing: Resilience in the Face of Rejection with Nada Samih-Rotondo
DESCRIPTION:Local authors share strategies for coping with rejection on the road to publication at LitArts RI. \n\n\n\nThe path to publication can be riddled with rejection. Whether you are looking for an agent\, submitting to publishers\, sending your manuscript out to contests\, or receiving a challenging round of editorial feedback\, cultivating care is key. On Sat\, Dec 2\, join local authors Rebekah Bergman\, Nada Samih-Rotondo (Fiction\, June 2012) and Candace Williams at LitArts RI for an honest discussion about the difficulties inherent in traditional publishing—including the barriers writers from historically underrepresented identities are forced to navigate—and explore the resources and self-care practices these recently published authors turned to in moments of despair. Learn productive strategies for approaching the publishing world\, connect with fellow writers facing these challenges\, and shore up your resilience in the face of rejection. \n\n\n\nThis event is made possible by funding from Providence Arts Culture and Tourism and the Dexter Donation. \n\n\n\nAbout the Panelists \n\n\n\nRebekah Bergman‘s debut novel The Museum of Human History (Tin House\, 2023) was named one of Wired Magazine’s best books of summer and received starred reviews from Kirkus\, Booklist\, and Shelf Awareness. Her writing appears in Joyland\, Lit Hub\, Electric Literature\, and other journals. She lives in Providence\, Rhode Island with her family. \n\n\n\nNada Samih-Rotondo is a multi-genre Palestinian American writer\, educator\, and mother. A graduate of Rhode Island College\, she earned degrees in English and Education and an MFA in creative writing from Lesley University. When she is not befriending trees or attuning to hidden stories\, she is leading transformational educational experiences and addressing the social-emotional needs of historically underserved and multilingual youth. Her writing has appeared in Masters Review\, Gulf Stream Literary Magazine\, and Squat Birth Journal. She lives in Providence with her husband and three children and works at Brown University’s Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice as the Public Education and Community Engagement Coordinator. All Water Has Perfect Memory is her first book. \n\n\n\nCandace Williams is a poet and interdisciplinary artist. I Am the Most Dangerous Thing (Alice James Books\, 2023) is their debut full-length poetry collection. Candace earned their Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy\, Politics\, and Economics (PPE) from Claremont McKenna College and Master of Arts in Education from Stanford University. They grew up in the Pacific Northwest and found love and poetry in Brooklyn\, New York. Now\, Candace lives and makes art in New England.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/care-in-publishing-resilience-in-the-face-of-rejection-with-nada-samih-rotondo/
LOCATION:LitArts RI\, 400 Harris Ave Unit E\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02909\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="LitArts RI":MAILTO:jillian@litartsri.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231204T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231204T190000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231126T193430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231126T193431Z
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SUMMARY:Tufts English Department Creative Writing Showcase with Jennifer LeBlanc
DESCRIPTION:A reading by faculty and staff\, followed by a reception. \n\n\n\n\nEmmaJean Holley\n\n\n\nJennifer LeBlanc (Poetry\, June 2012)\n\n\n\nAnna V.Q. Ross\n\n\n\nNoa Saunders\n\n\n\nDavid Valdes
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/tufts-english-department-creative-writing-showcase-with-jennifer-leblanc/
LOCATION:Granoff Music Center\, Room 155\, Tufts University\, 20 Talbot Ave\, Medford\, Massachusetts\, 02155\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tufts University Department of English":MAILTO:english@tufts.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231205T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231007T204037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231007T204121Z
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SUMMARY:Befriend Your Inner Critic Workshop with Deborah Sosin
DESCRIPTION:You might be familiar with your Inner Critic—the voice that says you’re not good enough. Or compares yourself to others. Or expects nothing but perfection. Our instinct is to push that voice away. But\, paradoxically\, we can find more inner peace and free up creative energy by moving toward that voice\, with curiosity and compassion. In this workshop\, we will cover the roots and purpose of the Inner Critic and how it affects writers and other creative people. We’ll look at seven types of Inner Critics\, including the Perfectionist\, the Task Master\, and the Guilt Tripper\, followed by a self-assessment quiz to determine your predominant types. Finally\, you’ll learn specific skills and strategies for managing your Inner Critic so that you can move happily forward in your writing life. \n\n\n\nOverview: \n\n\n\n\nWhat is the Inner Critic (IC)?\n\n\n\nRoots of the IC\n\n\n\nPurpose of the IC\n\n\n\nSeven Types of IC\n\n\n\nBrief self-assessment tool to identify participants’ predominant type of IC\n\n\n\nStrategies and tools for befriending the IC\n\n\n\nQ&A and discussion\n\n\n\n\nHosted by Cambridge Common Writers and led by Deborah Sosin (Nonfiction\, January 2015).
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/befriend-your-inner-critic-workshop-with-deborah-sosin/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,CCW Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Common Writers":MAILTO:lesleycambridgecommon@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T190000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231126T190821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231126T190821Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Round Robin with Kate Kearns
DESCRIPTION:Come join the fun as local poets Kate Kearns (Poetry\, June 2008)\, Meghan Sterling\, and Katherine Hagopian Berry play “round robin” with poetry. \n\n\n\nInstead of each of person doing a “set\,” they take turns sharing one poem at a time that’s related to the one that came before\, so they keep responding and building on each other. It’s impossible to plan ahead and more spontaneous and fun for the audience. 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/poetry-round-robin-with-kate-kearns/
LOCATION:Scarborough Public Library Meeting Room\, 48 Gorham Road\, Scarborough\, Maine\, 04074\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Scarborough Public Library":MAILTO:askspl@scarboroughlibrary.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231208T213000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231126T192852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231126T192853Z
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SUMMARY:Katie Cotugno LA Book Launch for Meet the Benedettos
DESCRIPTION:The Ripped Bodice is hosting an LA launch event with Katie Cotugno (Fiction\, June 2015) on Friday\, December 8th at 7pm PST. She will be in conversation about her new novel\, Meet the Benedettos\, with author Elissa Sussman.  \n\n\n\nThere will be a book signing to follow. This is a ticketed event that includes a copy of the book. \n\n\n\nCan’t attend the event? Signed books are available for in-store pick-up and shipping here.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn A-list movie star moves to Los Angeles—next door to a family of five eligible sisters—in this irresistible novel where The Kardashians meets Pride and Prejudice\, from the NYT bestselling author of Birds of California. \n\n\n\nEvery family is complicated\, and the Benedettos are no exception. A few years after a reality TV show skyrocketed them to pop-culture fame\, the five twenty-something sisters are living together in their parents’ crumbling McMansion\, nearly broke and teetering towards rock-bottom. Lilly\, the sensible second-eldest sister\, is all too aware that her family is viewed as a spectacle\, but she’s focused on holding herself and her family together\, and unlike her siblings she tends not to care what the world thinks. \n\n\n\nThe Benedettos’ fortunes finally appear to be brightening when Charlie Bingley\, the dashing star of Captain Fantastic\, moves into their Los Angeles neighborhood with his friend Will Darcy in tow. It isn’t long before Charlie falls for the warm and lovely eldest sister\, June. Lilly has no such luck: the arrogant and judgmental Will Darcy\, a man plagued by his own private demons\, seems ready to clash with her at every turn–yet the two can’t seem to stay away from each other. And while the Benedettos’ matriarch sets to work encouraging a potential match between Charlie and June\, there are plenty of others in the community who are determined to steer these eligible young men away from a ridiculous family of reality show has-beens… \n\n\n\nKatie Cotugno brings a big\, boisterous cast of characters to life in this deliciously sprawling LA story—a thoroughly fresh and modern tale about a family that’s “famous for being famous\,” the ways that preconceived notions make fools of us all\, and how unexpected romance can bloom despite the odds.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/katie-cotugno-la-book-launch-for-meet-the-benedettos/
LOCATION:The Ripped Bodice – Los Angeles\, 3806 Main St.\, Culver City\, California\, 90232\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Ripped Bodice":MAILTO:hello@therippedbodice.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231211T221448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231211T221449Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Kate Fussner\, author of The Song of Us
DESCRIPTION:Barefoot Books is committed to opening children’s hearts\, minds\, and worlds so that they can embody kindness in all its forms. 826 Boston thanks Barefoot Books for hosting this event at their Bradford Mill home in West Concord. Featuring author Kate Fussner (WFYP\, June 2021)\, whose debut middle-grade novel\, The Song of Us\, retells the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in modern-day middle school.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/an-evening-with-kate-fussner-author-of-the-song-of-us/
LOCATION:Barefoot Books\, 23 Bradford St\, Second Floor\, Concord\, Massachusetts\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="826 Boston":MAILTO:info@826boston.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T213000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231211T014656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231211T014657Z
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SUMMARY:What The Universe Is: Adrian Matejka and Kevin Prufer
DESCRIPTION:Come close out the 2023 season of What The Universe Is with two of America’s finest poets: \n\n\n\nAdrian Matejka was born in Germany as part of a military family. He grew up in Indianapolis\, Indiana and is a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington and the MFA program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is the author of The Devil’s Garden (Alice James Books\, 2003) which won the New York / New England Award and Mixology (Penguin\, 2009)\, a winner of the 2008 National Poetry Series. His third collection\, The Big Smoke (Penguin\, 2013)\, was awarded the 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. The Big Smoke was also a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award\, the National Book Award\, and the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. His next collection\, Map to the Stars\, was published by Penguin in 2017.  \n\n\n\nKevin Prufer’s (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) newest poetry collection\, The Fears\, is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press in 2023. His new novel\, Sleepaway\, will appear in 2024 from Acre Books. He is also the author of several other books of poetry\, including The Art of Fiction (2021)\, How He Loved Them (2018)\, Churches (2014)\, In a Beautiful Country (2011)\, and National Anthem (2008)\, all from Four Way Books. Prufer is a professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston and the low-residency MFA at Lesley University.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/what-the-universe-is-adrian-matejka-and-kevin-prufer/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231216T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231216T103000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231211T005233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231211T005234Z
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SUMMARY:Sara Levine for “Sensitive”\, Storytime
DESCRIPTION:Join Sara Levine (Nonfiction/WFYP\, January 2006)\, author of Sensitive\, for a storytime event. \n\n\n\nSara Levine is an author\, educator and a veterinarian.  Her books for children include four books in the Animal by Animal series\, illustrated by T.S Spookytooth: Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons; Tooth by Tooth: Comparing Fangs; Tusks and Chompers; Fossil by Fossil: Comparing Dinosaur Bones; and Eye by Eye: Comparing How Animals See. \n\n\n\nSara’s books have received multiple awards\, among them: Utah Beehive Book Award\, Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year\, Cook Prize honor book for best STEM picture book\, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books\, Monarch Award Master List\, Junior Library Guild selection\, and Mathical Book Prize.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/sara-levine-for-sensitive-storytime/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave\, Takoma Park\, Maryland\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="People's Book":MAILTO:info@peoplesbooktakoma.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231216T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231216T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231211T020722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231211T020723Z
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SUMMARY:Open Write: Refining Your Skills for Screenwriting with Thato Mwosa
DESCRIPTION:Join Company One Theatre on Saturday\, December 16 from 11am-1pm ET for a free online experience led by C1 Resident Playwright Kirsten Greenidge and guest artist Thato Mwosa (WSS\, June 2017)! \n\n\n\nBreaking into screenwriting can seem daunting\, but not when you lean on your established craft and practice! Let your curiosity guide you as you learn to apply existing skills to an unfamiliar format. \n\n\n\nRSVP required; this is a Pay-What-You-Want experience with $0 minimum. All proceeds support C1’s mission to build community at the intersection of art and social change.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/open-write-refining-your-skills-for-screenwriting-with-thato-mwosa/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Company One Theatre":MAILTO:info@companyone.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231216T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231216T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
CREATED:20231211T015132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231211T015133Z
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SUMMARY:Black Writers Read Presents Writers Across the Margins: Nada Samih-Rotondo
DESCRIPTION:Join Black Writers Read for a chat with Nada Samih-Rotondo (Fiction\, June 2012) on her debut book\, All Water Has Perfect Memory.  \n\n\n\nNada Samih-Rotondo is a multi-genre Palestinian American writer\, educator\, and mother. A graduate of Rhode Island College\, she earned degrees in English and Education and an MFA in creative writing from Lesley University. When she is not befriending trees or attuning to hidden stories\, she is leading transformational educational experiences and addressing the social-emotional needs of historically underserved and multilingual youth. Her writing has appeared in Masters Review\, Gulf Stream Literary Magazine\, and Squat Birth Journal. She lives in Providence with her husband and three children. All Water Has Perfect Memory is her first book.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about Nada and her other work\, please visit https://nowapproachingprovidence.wordpress.com. \n\n\n\nThis event is presented in collaboration with Levee Break Lit.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/black-writers-read-presents-writers-across-the-margins-nada-samih-rotondo/
LOCATION:Facebook Live
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Writer to Writer - An Intimate Chat Between Ira Mathur & Celeste Mohammed
DESCRIPTION:2022 OCM Bocas Prize winner Celeste Mohammed (Fiction\, June 2016) and 2023 OCM Bocas Non-Fiction Prize winner Ira Mathur cozy up to chat about the writing process\, the power of creative non-fiction\, and much more.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/writer-to-writer-an-intimate-chat-between-ira-mathur-celeste-mohammed/
LOCATION:The Writers Centre\, 14 Alcazar Street\, St. Clair\, Trinidad and Tobago
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bocas Lit Fest":MAILTO:info@bocaslitfest.com
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SUMMARY:"Shangri-La" by Nancy Temple - Staged Reading with Theatre One 
DESCRIPTION:There will be staged reading of Nancy’s full-length play\, “Shangri-La\,” by Theatre One\, on December 17 at 2 pm.The play has four characters: a woman with a secret\, her drug-addicted son\, her lover\, who claims to be Lakota Indian\, and an old friend who comes to visit. Lots of drama! \n\n\n\nThere will be a talkback with Nancy after the reading. Come\, ask questions\, give feedback. 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/shangri-la-by-nancy-temple-staged-reading-with-theatre-one/
LOCATION:Mitchell Memorial Club\, 29 Elm St\, Middleborough\, Massachusetts\, 02346\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Theatre One":MAILTO:theatreoneproductions@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240103T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240103T200000
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SUMMARY:Grolier Poetry Book Shop Presents Cynthia Bargar\, Shari Caplan and Hannah Larrabee with an introduction by Eileen Cleary
DESCRIPTION:Join the Grolier Poetry Book Shop for a reading with Cynthia Bargar\, Shari Caplan (Poetry\, June 2014) and Hannah Larrabee with an introduction by Eileen Cleary (Poetry\, June 2016). \n\n\n\nRegistration required. This event will take place synchronously in-store at 6 Plympton Street and on Zoom.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/grolier-poetry-book-shop-presents-cynthia-bargar-shari-caplan-and-hannah-larrabee-with-an-introduction-by-eileen-cleary/
LOCATION:Grolier Poetry Book Shop\, 6 Plympton Street\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240106T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240106T150000
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Public Library Presents Story Time with Sara Levine
DESCRIPTION:Join patrons of the Cambridge Public Library on Saturday\, January 6th to hear Sara Levine (Nonfiction/WFYP\, January 2006) read Sensitive. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis tender picture book follows a girl who is told she is too intense\, too sensitive\, too much. She’s told to grow a thicker skin\, but the words of others slip right through. They somersault around inside and press against her heart. \n\n\n\nWhat can she do to stop the hurt? \n\n\n\nShe needs to take time alone to think and read\, rest and create. \n\n\n\nThoughtful text\, detailed collage illustrations\, and an unexpected word puzzle combine in Sara Levine and Mehrdokht Amini’s moving portrayal of a girl who discovers that what others call a weakness can also be a gift.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/cambridge-public-library-presents-story-time-with-sara-levine/
LOCATION:Cambridge Public Library (O’Neill Branch)\, 70 Rindge Ave\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240111T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240111T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T181443
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Poetry with Shamar Hill\, Enzo Silon Surin\, and Martha Collins
DESCRIPTION:Join McNally Jackson Booksellers for an evening of readings and thought\, curated by Shamar Hill. Drinks and socializing to follow. RSVP Required. \n\n\n\nShamar Hill\, a Black and Jewish writer\, is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships\, including from the New York Foundation for the Arts\, Cave Canem\, and the Fine Arts Work Center. He has been published in the American Poetry Review\, the Missouri Review\, Washington Square Review\, and Poetry Northwest\, among others. He is working on his memoir\, In Defiance of All True Things\, and a poetry collection\, Photographs of an Imagined Childhood. \n\n\n\nEnzo Silon Surin (Poetry\, 2012) is a Haitian-born award-winning poet\, author\, educator\, speaker\, publisher and social advocate. He has taught\, performed\, and lectured at schools\, universities\, festivals and serves as a keynote speaker on topics such as social justice\, mental health reform\, the immigrant experience\, and racial disparities. He is the author of four collections of poetry\, including American Scapegoat (Black Lawrence Press\, 2023) and When My Body Was A Clinched Fist (2020)\, winner of the 21st Annual Massachusetts Book Awards. He is also Publisher at Central Square Press and Founder/Executive Director at the Faraday Publishing Company\, a nonprofit literary services and social advocacy organization. \n\n\n\nMartha Collins recently published her eleventh collection of poetry\, Casualty Reports (Pittsburgh\, 2022)\, and her fifth volume of co-translated Vietnamese poetry\, Dreaming the Mountain\, poems by Tue Sy (Milkweed\, 2023). Her tenth book of poems\, Because What Else Could I Do (Pittsburgh\, 2019)\, won the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Award; earlier books\, which have won several awards\, include three focusing on race and racism (Admit One: An American Scrapbook\, White Papers\, Blue Front). Collins founded the U.Mass. Boston creative writing program and served for ten years as Pauline Delaney Professor of Creative Writing at Oberlin.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/an-evening-of-poetry-with-shamar-hill-enzo-silon-surin-and-martha-collins-2/
LOCATION:McNally Jackson Seaport\, 4 Fulton St\, New York\, New York\, 10038\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="McNally Jackson Independent Booksellers":MAILTO:info@mcnallyjackson.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240117T203000
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SUMMARY:Writing for Healing Workshop with Amy Mevorach
DESCRIPTION:Sometimes the hardest stories to tell are the ones that most need to be told. This class will focus on creating a safe space and a practice of self-care as you write\, in prose or poetry\, with the intent to heal and release. Drawing from the psychological insights of Judith Hermann\, Natalie Goldberg\, and Gabor Mate\, you will discuss the ways the body holds onto trauma and how expressing ourselves through writing can help us heal. Sharing your writing with the group is encouraged but not required. \n\n\n\nThis class will meet in-person at CCAE on Wednesdays for 8 sessions. \n\n\n\nAmy Mevorach (Nonfiction January 2023) has published essays and fiction in The New York Times Modern Love column\, Boulevard Magazine\, CALYX Journal\, Glimmer Train Stories\, and other publications. Her award-winning poem “Eight” has been screened at film festivals in L.A. and Toronto\, and is available to watch on her website amymevorach.com. Amy has an MFA in nonfiction writing from Lesley University.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/writing-for-healing-workshop-with-amy-mevorach/
LOCATION:Cambridge Center for Adult Education\, 42 Brattle Street\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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