BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Cambridge Common Writers - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Cambridge Common Writers REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230616T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230616T190000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230123T010140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230123T010141Z UID:7771-1686938400-1686942000@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Spiritual Refuge Series - Public Reading with Naomi Mulvihill  DESCRIPTION:Naomi Mulvihill (Poetry\, 2011) gives a public reading at the North Kingstown Free Library as part of the visiting writers Spiritual Refuge Series sponsored by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/spiritual-refuge-series-public-reading-with-naomi-mulvihill/ LOCATION:North Kingstown Free Library\, 100 Boone Street\, North Kingstown\, Rhode Island\, 02852\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Naomi-Mulvihill.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="St. Paul’%3Bs Episcopal Church":MAILTO:office@stpaulswickford.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230616T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230616T200000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230526T175020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T175021Z UID:8395-1686942000-1686945600@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Kate Fussner at Children's Book World for The Song of Us DESCRIPTION:Join Children’s Book World in Haverford\, PA for a reading with Kate Fussner (WFYP\, June 2021) from her debut novel\, The Song of Us. \n\n\n\nKate Fussner (she/her) is a novelist\, teacher\, and accidental poet living in Massachusetts with her wife and dramatic dog. When not reading or writing\, Kate can be found spending time with her family\, baking\, or singing her favorite musicals. Kate believes in the power of a good laugh and a good cry\, and hopes her stories will provide readers with both. Kate went to Friends’ Central high school and still has family in the area! URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/kate-fussner-at-childrens-book-world-for-the-song-of-us/ LOCATION:Children’s Book World\, 17 Haverford Station Rd\, Haverford\, Pennsylvania\, 19041\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Kate-Fussner-683x1024-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Children’%3Bs Book World":MAILTO:info@childrensbookworld.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230622T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230622T180000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230609T163904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230609T163905Z UID:8478-1687453200-1687456800@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Virtual Book Banter with Karin Cecile Davidson DESCRIPTION:Book Banter is a free\, fun\, interactive event that streams live. Join the conversation on Facebook or YouTube! \n\n\n\nIn The Geography of First Kisses\, one finds portrayals of quiet elegance reminiscent of early-20th-century art films. The fourteen ethereal stories are tethered to the bays and backwaters of southern Louisiana\, the fields of Iowa and Oklahoma\, the pine woods of Florida\, places where girls and women seek love and belonging\, and instead discover relationships as complicated\, bewildering\, even sorrowful. A New Orleans girl spends a year collecting boyfriends and all the while considers the reach of her misadventures; a newlywed couple travels to Tulsa in search of a horse gone missing\, perhaps more in search of themselves; a new mother is faced with understanding the miracles and mysteries of faith when her baby disappears; a young daughter travels to Tallahassee with her mother\, trying to unravel the meaning of love crossed with abandonment. Saturated with poetic illusion and powered with prose of a dark\, pulsating circuitry\, the collection combines joy\, heartache\, and tenacity in a manner sorely missed in today’s super-structured literature. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKarin Cecile Davidson (Fiction\, June 2009) is the author of the novel Sybelia Drive (Braddock Avenue Books\, 2020). Her story collection The Geography of First Kisses was awarded the 2022 Acacia Fiction Prize and is forthcoming from Kallisto Gaia Press in 2023. Her stories have appeared in Five Points\, Story\, The Massachusetts Review\, Colorado Review\, Passages North\, Post Road\, The Los Angeles Review\, and elsewhere. Her awards include an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award\, the Waasmode Short Fiction Prize\, the Orlando Prize for Short Fiction\, a Peter Taylor Fellowship\, and residencies at the Fine Arts Work Center\, the Atlantic Center for the Arts\, and The Studios of Key West. Originally from New Orleans\, Louisiana\, she now lives in Columbus\, Ohio. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/virtual-book-banter-with-karin-cecile-davidson/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Karin-Davidso.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Blue Cypress Books":MAILTO:team@bluecypressbooks.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T210000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230625T183640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230625T183643Z UID:8541-1688061600-1688072400@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:[Working Title] reading hosted by L Scully DESCRIPTION:L Scully (Nonfiction\, January 2023) hosted a curated evening of readings by queer Boston writers. There will be a few open mic slots at the end of the curated reading. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/working-title-reading-hosted-by-l-scully/ LOCATION:Faro Café\, 5 Arrow St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/L-Scully.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T200000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230625T185441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230625T185443Z UID:8551-1688065200-1688068800@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Kate Kearns discusses YOU ARE RUINING MY LONELINESS DESCRIPTION:“You Are Ruining My Loneliness is a beautiful lyrical collection that moves with agile intelligence through poems that stand out for their imagery\, apt figurative language\, and varied poetic forms. In the poem “Night Walk\,” where “rain puddles full as plums…each lit / with its own moon\,” the speaker wonders\,“I’m alone out here\, or /seem to be…I want to know\, / am I spying on a new correspondence / with gravity\, / or have I\, just tonight\, / lent attention?”  What comes from such close attention to the world within and without is an intricate and musical series of poems that explore the line between human mortality and ideas of immortality as revealed by the natural world and the universe. Kate Kearns is unafraid to ask the larger questions about who we are and how to find our way forward in a world of loss. She reminds us of our innate interconnectedness and does what we want a good poet to do: transport us into a way of seeing things afresh through rich language\, practiced skill\, and above all\, a deep and compassionate heart.” – Linda Aldrich\, former Poet Laureate of Portland \n\n\n\nKate Kearns’s (Poetry\, June 2008) poems have appeared in numerous literary journals including Salamander and Northern New England Review\, in the Maine Sunday Telegram\, and on Maine Public’s “Poems from Here.” She lives with her family in southern Maine. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/kate-kearns-discusses-you-are-ruining-my-loneliness/ LOCATION:Print: A Bookstore\, 273 Congress St\, Portland\, Maine\, 04101\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Kearns-703x1024-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Print%3A A Bookstore":MAILTO:events@printbookstore.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230707T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230707T170000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230625T184924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230625T185029Z UID:8545-1688745600-1688749200@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Pollinator Garden Storywalk with Sara Levine's "Flower Talk" DESCRIPTION:Walk around the Pratt House Pollinator Garden and listen to Sara Levine (Nonfiction/WFYP\, January 2006)‘s Flower Talk to learn about flowers and pollinators. Parking available at Essex Library and Town Hall. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/pollinator-garden-storywalk-with-sara-levines-flower-talk/ LOCATION:Pratt House Museum\, 19 West Ave\, Essex\, Connecticut\, 06426\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Flower-Talk.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="The Storywalk Project":MAILTO:storywalkvt@yahoo.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230708T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230708T160000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230624T210711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230624T210712Z UID:8517-1688824800-1688832000@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:The Golden Land Book Signing with Elizabeth Shick DESCRIPTION:Join Elizabeth Shick (Fiction\, January 2019) at Edgartown Books in Edgartown\, MA for a signing of her debut novel The Golden Land. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-golden-land-book-signing-with-elizabeth-shick/ LOCATION:Edgartown Books\, 44 Main Street\, Edgartown\, Massachusetts\, 02539\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Elizabeth-Shick-2022-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T200000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230817T223616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230817T223744Z UID:8738-1692471600-1692475200@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Reading - (UN)HOUSED by Fabiola R. Decius DESCRIPTION:The BCA Playwright Residency presents a reading/workshop of a new play in development\, (UN)HOUSED by Fabiola R. Decius (WSS\, June 2015)\, at the Boston Center for the Arts. \n\n\n\n(UN)HOUSED tells the story of a single mother\, Elianie\, and her recent college graduate daughter\, Skylar\, who has moved back home. As Skylar tries to navigate the world of adulthood\, she and her mother learn that their two-bedroom home of ten years has been put up for sale by their landlord. When a new landlord purchases the home and allows for Elianie and Skylar to remain as tenants\, they believe all is well until a series of incidents put their housing in jeopardy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact Fabiola at teenswrite18@gmail.com URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/reading-unhoused-by-fabiola-r-decius/ LOCATION:Boston Center for the Arts\, 539 Tremont Street\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Fabiola-Decius-3-large.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="BCA Playwright Residency":MAILTO:info@bostonarts.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230822T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230822T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230816T233732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230816T233733Z UID:8708-1692709200-1692712800@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:The Art\, Power and ABC’s of Talking With Young Children to Build Skills and Connection with Rebecca Rolland\, EdD DESCRIPTION:Science has shown that the best way to help our kids become independent\, kind\, and happy is by talking with them. And yet we often find ourselves distracted\, exhausted\, or at a loss as to how to have meaningful conversations. \n\n\n\nHarvard lecturer\, speech pathologist\, and mother\, Rebecca Rolland (Fiction\, June 2017) offers an essential\, evidence-based guide to communicating more effectively with children of all ages\, revealing that a great conversation has a double benefit: helping adults and kids connect better in the moment and boosting children’s learning and wellbeing for years to come. \n\n\n\nDr. Rolland’s tools for communication will help you learn to: \n\n\n\n\nEngage in more “rich talk”—a methodology for a quality conversation;Promote your child’s empathy\, curiosity\, and ability to embrace challenges;Make you feel more effective and confident as a parent. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-art-power-and-abcs-of-talking-with-young-children-to-build-skills-and-connection-with-rebecca-rolland-edd/ LOCATION:Online Zoom Event CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Rebecca_Rolland_photo.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Glenbard Parent Series":MAILTO:gilda_ross@glenbard.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T210000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230816T234928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230816T234929Z UID:8723-1692820800-1692824400@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:What the Universe Is: Natalie Padilla Young and Autumn McClintock DESCRIPTION:Late August is a perfect time to sit with the exceptional poems of Natalie Padilla Young and Autumn McClintock and consider the world around us – both built and natural – and the ways it affects us and we affect it.Natalie Padilla Young (Poetry\, January 2009) co-founded and manages the poetry magazine Sugar House Review. By day\, she works as an art director for a Salt Lake City ad agency. Her first book All of This Was Once Under Water is out from Quarter Press (2023). Natalie’s poetry has appeared in Green Mountains Review\, Tampa Review\, Rattle\, South Dakota Review\, Los Angeles Times\, Tar River Poetry\, http://Terrain.org \, and elsewhere. She serves on the Utah Arts Advisory and Lightscatter Press boards\, and lives in southern Utah with the poet Nano Taggart and two dogs. Find more at http://NatalieYoungArts.com  or follow her on Instagram (@pickledbeatss) for many pup pics. \n\n\n\nAutumn McClintock is a freelance writer and editor living in Philadelphia. Her newest chapbook\, Dirt Bird\, was recently published by Alexandria Quarterly Press\, and poems of hers have appeared in The Account\, Cimarron Review\, Denver Quarterly\, and The Georgia Review\, among others. She is Poetry Editor of Doubleback Review. Find her online at http://autumnmcclintock.com. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/what-the-universe-is-natalie-padilla-young-and-autumn-mcclintock/ LOCATION:Online Zoom Event CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-16-at-7.49.00-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230827T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230827T120000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230630T143542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230630T143544Z UID:8571-1693126800-1693137600@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Novels-in-Verse: An Invitation to Play with Kate Fussner DESCRIPTION:Novels-in-verse challenge writers to tell stories with far fewer words. But while to some this may feel like a test\, it’s also an opportunity to play: with format\, white space\, word choice\, metaphors\, structure\, rhythm\, and more. In this seminar\, writers will be asked to re-imagine scenes from a work-in-progress with an emphasis on how we can transform scenes and heighten their impact when we stretch beyond the limitations of prose. No previous experience with novels-in-verse is required\, but students should come with a story they’ve been working on and a willingness to write bravely. \n\n\n\nBIO: Kate Fussner (she/her) is a novelist\, teacher\, and accidental poet living in Massachusetts with her wife and dramatic dog. Her debut novel\, THE SONG OF US\, is a queer middle grade novel-in-verse based on “Orpheus and Eurydice” (HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books\, May 30\, 2023). Kate holds her B.A. in English from Vassar College\, her M.Ed. from University of Massachusetts Boston\, and her M.F.A. in Creative Writing for Young People from Lesley University. Kate believes in the power of a good laugh and a good cry\, and hopes her stories will provide readers with both. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/novels-in-verse-an-invitation-to-play-with-kate-fussner/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Kate-Fussner-683x1024-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T190000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230903T203042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230903T203043Z UID:8881-1694196000-1694199600@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival 5 - Laureates of the Caribbean with Enzo Surin DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by The Center for Fiction and the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival\, this event will feature Enzo Surin (Poetry\, 2012)\, Roberto Carlos Garcia\, Iyaba Mandingo\, Geoffrey Philp\, Saida Agostini Bostic\, and Andre Bagoo. Hosted by Tanya Batson-Savage and Attillab Springer. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/brooklyn-caribbean-literary-festival-5-laureates-of-the-caribbean-with-enzo-surin/ LOCATION:The Center for Fiction\, 15 Lafayette Avenue\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11217\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Enzo3.png ORGANIZER;CN="Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival":MAILTO:contact@bklyncbeanlitfest.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T200000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230903T185001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230903T185002Z UID:8863-1694631600-1694635200@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:An Evening of Poetry & Music with Michael Mercurio\, Eliot Cardinaux\, and Rebecca Faulkner DESCRIPTION:Visit the Anchor House of Artists in Northampton\, MA for an evening of Poetry & Music with Michael Mercurio (Poetry\, January 2017)\, Eliot Cardinaux\, and Rebecca Faulkner. \n\n\n\nMichael W Mercurio lives and writes in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts\, where he serves on the steering committee for the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival (formerly Amherst Poetry Festival) and is the associate editor of the Naugatuck River Review. Michael is also on the Board of Directors for Faraday Publishing\, a nonprofit press with the mission of amplifying marginalized voices. His poetry has been published in Rust + Moth\, Crab Creek Review\, The Indianapolis Review\, and Palette Poetry\, and is forthcoming in Sugar House Review. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/an-evening-of-poetry-music-with-michael-mercurio-eliot-cardinaux-and-rebecca-faulkner/ LOCATION:Anchor House of Artists\, 518 Pleasant Street\, Northampton\, Massachusetts\, 01002\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-03-at-2.49.09-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T200000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230903T201938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230903T201939Z UID:8876-1694631600-1694635200@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:An Evening of Poetry with Shamar Hill\, Enzo Silon Surin\, and Martha Collins DESCRIPTION:Join McNally Jackson Independent Booksellers for an evening of readings and thought\, curated by Shamar Hill. Drinks and socializing to follow in the bar. RSVP required. \n\n\n\nEnzo Silon Surin (Poetry\, 2012) is a Haitian-born\, award-winning poet\, educator\, librettist\, publisher and social advocate. He is the author of four collections of poetry\, including American Scapegoat (Black Lawrence Press\, May 2023)\, which interrogates the socio-political framework of a democracy at war with itself and its humanity\, and When My Body Was A Clinched Fist (2020)\, winner of the 21st Annual Massachusetts Book Awards for Poetry. He is co-editor of Where We Stand: Poems of Black Resilience (Cherry Castle Publishing\, 2022)\, and the recipient of a number of honors including a Brother Thomas Fellowship from the Boston Foundation and grants from the New England Poetry Club and Chateau d’Orquevaux in France. Surin’s work has been featured in numerous publications including by the Poetry Foundation and in Poem-a-Day by the Academy of American Poets and has been commissioned by the Boston Opera Collaborative. He is Founding Editor and Publisher at Central Square Press and Founder/Executive Director at the Faraday Publishing Company\, Inc.\, a nonprofit literary services and social advocacy organization. \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\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/ LOCATION:McNally Jackson Seaport\, 4 Fulton St\, New York\, New York\, 10038\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-03-at-4.19.14-PM.png ORGANIZER;CN="McNally Jackson Independent Booksellers":MAILTO:info@mcnallyjackson.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T200000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230903T193753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230903T193754Z UID:8867-1694718000-1694721600@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:New Salem Public Library Reading Series - Celia Jeffries DESCRIPTION:Celia Jeffries (Fiction/Nonfiction\, 2008) will kick off the Friends of the New Salem Public Library’s Local Author Series with a reading from Blue Desert. Books will be available for purchase. This event will be hosted in-person and on Zoom. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/new-salem-public-library-reading-series-celia-jeffries/ LOCATION:New Salem Public Library\, 23 S Main Street\, New Salem\, Massachusetts\, 01355\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/tait-full-shot-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of the New Salem Public Library":MAILTO:NSFriendsofLibrary@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230917T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230917T210000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230903T225023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230903T225024Z UID:8895-1694977200-1694984400@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Working Title Boston - Queer Poetry Night! DESCRIPTION:L Scully’s (Nonfiction\, January 2023) reading series\, “Working Title” will host the next event at the Lucy Parsons Center. Reader list and further details TBA. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/working-title-boston-queer-poetry-night/ LOCATION:Lucy Parsons Center\, 358 Centre St A\, Jamaica Plain\, Massachusetts\, 02130\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/L-Scully.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230920T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230920T203000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230815T230924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230815T230955Z UID:8693-1695236400-1695241800@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Read Toni Morrison with Amy Mevorach DESCRIPTION:Toni Morrison wrote\, “It seems to me that the best art is political\, and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful simultaneously.” In this seminar\, participants will read Morrison’s first novel\, The Bluest Eye\, and several of her essays or speeches\, exploring how Morrison uses a colonial language — English — to decolonize literature and restore Black culture and community. You don’t have to consider yourself a writer to join the class\, only a willingness to approach Morrison’s work with an eye for a writer’s craft and intention. \n\n\n\n6 Wednesdays\, 7-8:30pm Begins Sep. 20. This class will meet in-person at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education. Limited availability. \n\n\n\nInstructor\, Amy Mevorach \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/writers-read-toni-morrison-with-amy-mevorach/ LOCATION:Cambridge Center for Adult Education\, 42 Brattle Street\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Amy-Mevorach.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T203000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230916T234036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230916T234037Z UID:8953-1695322800-1695328200@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:"The Red Shoes; a Phantasmagoric Ballet on Paper" Chapbook Launch DESCRIPTION:A reading and multimedia presentation to celebrate the publication of Shari Caplan’s (Poetry\, June 2014) “The Red Shoes; a phantasmagoric ballet on paper.” URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-red-shoes-a-phantasmagoric-ballet-on-paper-chapbook-launch/ LOCATION:Somerville Theatre\, 55 Davis Square\, Somerville\, Massachusetts\, 02144\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Shari-Caplan.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230925T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230925T210000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230903T194842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230903T194843Z UID:8872-1695672000-1695675600@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:The Inflectionist Reading Series 11: Toti O'Brien\, Michael Mercurio\, Patrick Meeds DESCRIPTION:Michael Mercurio (Poetry\, January 2017) lives and writes in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. His poems\, critical essays\, and interviews have appeared in Palette Poetry\, The Inflectionist Review\, Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club)\, Lily Poetry Review\, Thrush Poetry Journal\, Bear Review\, Sugar House Review\, Rust + Moth\, Coal Hill Review\, the Common\, and elsewhere.  \n\n\n\nMichael curates What The Universe Is: A Reading Series\, which happens monthly on Zoom. He is the Director of Community Engagement for the Faraday Publishing Company\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering discourse of enduring value rooted in the work and experiences of the global majority\, and he also serves as a member of the steering committee for the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival\, held each September at Emily Dickinson’s house. You can find out more about Michael at poetmercurio.com. \n\n\n\nToti O’Brien is the Italian Accordionist with the Irish Last Name. Born in Rome\, living in Los Angeles\, she is an artist\, musician and dancer. She is the author of Other Maidens (BlazeVOX\, 2020)\, An Alphabet of Birds (Moonrise Press\, 2020)\, In Her Terms (Cholla Needles Press\, 2021)\, Pages of a Broken Diary (Pski’s Porch\, 2022) and Alter Alter (Elyssar Press\, 2022). \n\n\n\nPatrick Meeds lives in Syracuse\, NY and studies writing at the Syracuse YMCA’s Downtown Writer’s Center. He has been previously published in Stone Canoe literary journal\, the New Ohio Review\, Tupelo Quarterly\, the Atticus Review\, Whiskey Island\, Guernica\, The Main Street Rag\, and Nine Mile Review among others. \n\n\n\nThe reading will be followed by a Q&A with the poets. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-inflectionist-reading-series-11-toti-obrien-michael-mercurio-patrick-meeds/ LOCATION:Online Zoom Event CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-03-at-3.48.11-PM.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Inflectionist Review":MAILTO:info@inflectionism.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230927T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230927T170000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230920T221435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T221436Z UID:8989-1695830400-1695834000@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Book Launch: All Water Has Perfect Memory by Nada Samih-Rotondo DESCRIPTION:Join Brown Bookstore for the launch of Nada Samih-Rotondo’s debut book All Water Has Perfect Memory. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLife changes forever for six-year-old Nada when Iraq’s invasion of her birth country of Kuwait pushes her mother to immigrate with her to the United States. Just as she finally settles into her strange new existence apart from her father in Rhode Island\, learns English\, and grasps the fact that she is there to stay\, Nada begins discovering revelation after revelation that changes her perspective on her world and family. \n\n\n\nWith an imaginative blend of folklore and history that explores the relationship between our bodies\, ancestors\, and the lands that hold us\, All Water Has Perfect Memory is a memoir that takes readers through the author’s ancestral origins-the coast of Palestine\, Kuwait\, and the shores of Rhode Island- and explores generations of silence and eventually\, connection. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-launch-all-water-has-perfect-memory-by-nada-samih-rotondo-2/ LOCATION:Brown Bookstore\, 244 Thayer Street\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02912\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/fall-20-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230928T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230928T210000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230903T224519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230903T224521Z UID:8888-1695927600-1695934800@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:U35: Mass Poetry Reading Series featuring Shari Caplan DESCRIPTION:U35 is a bi-monthly reading series for poets under 35. The series seeks to promote and bolster young Massachusetts poets while giving them a venue to share their work and connect with other poets. If you are a poet under the age of 35\, sign up to read via Mass Poetry’s website! This event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nFeatured poets: \n\n\n\n\nJordan Barnes\n\n\n\nShari Caplan (Poetry\, June 2014)\n\n\n\nNathan Erwin\n\n\n\nDariana Guerrero\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility Information: \n\n\n\nTrident Booksellers & Cafe and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Readings take place in the upstairs cafe. Please reach out to daniel@masspoetry.org and they will do their best to accommodate any and all requests. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/u35-mass-poetry-reading-series-featuring-shari-caplan/ LOCATION:Trident Booksellers & Cafe\, 338 Newbury Street\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02115\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-03-at-6.41.17-PM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mass Poetry":MAILTO:INFO@MASSPOETRY.ORG END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230930T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230930T163000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230924T000959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230924T001000Z UID:9003-1696087800-1696091400@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Displaced: A Poetry Reading and Conversation with Faraday Publishing and UMass Museum of Contemporary Art DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the exhibition ‘Displaced: Raida Adon’s Strangeness‘\, this reading and conversation considers the struggle of navigating between multiple\, often contentious\, identities. \n\n\n\nEnzo Silon Surin (Poetry\, 2012) will be in conversation with Samuel Miranda\, moderated by Michael Mercurio (Poetry\, January 2017). URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/displaced-a-poetry-reading-and-conversation-with-faraday-publishing-and-umass-museum-of-contemporary-art/ LOCATION:Emily Dickinson Museum\, 280 Main Street\, Amherst\, Massachusetts\, 01002\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-23-at-8.09.46-PM.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Emily Dickinson Museum":MAILTO:info@EmilyDickinsonMuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231002T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231002T210000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20231001T000214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231001T000216Z UID:9082-1696276800-1696280400@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Book Challenges on the Rise: Support Your Freedom to Read DESCRIPTION:“Freedom to Read” is a fundamental American right: your right to choose the ideas\, information\, and cultural experiences that are right for you and your family. That right is guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. And your public library supports that right by providing free and open access to all. Book bans infringe on that right. When people demand that libraries remove books\, they deny you and others the right to choose. \n\n\n\nThe American Library Association (ALA) reports more book challenges in 2022 than any previous year. This Banned Books Week webinar\, moderated by syndicated columnist Heidi Stevens\, will share how to effectively support intellectual freedom. It will examine the current state of book challenges\, Illinois’ legislative response\, and the implications of censorship on communities with this panel of experts: \n\n\n\n\nAlexi Giannoulias\, Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian\n\n\n\nMonica Harris\, executive director\, Reaching Across Illinois Library System\n\n\n\nJasmine Warga (WFYP\, June 2013)\, author of challenged books; The Shape of Thunder and Other Words for Home\n\n\n\nJarrett Dapier\, author of; Jazz for Lunch and freedom to read advocate\n\n\n\n\nThis presentation is co-hosted by multiple Illinois libraries. This presentation will not be recorded. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-challenges-on-the-rise-support-your-freedom-to-read/ LOCATION:Online Zoom Event CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-30-at-8.01.56-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T200000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20231001T000654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231001T000655Z UID:9086-1696359600-1696363200@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Stories of Hope: Children's Authors/Allies Fighting Censorship DESCRIPTION:30 authors and allies of children’s literature (see cast below) tell short\, true stories of hope. 100% of proceeds go to PEN America to continue the fight against censorship of books and authors. \n\n\n\nSTARRING: \n\n\n\nAnika Aldamuy Denise * Lesa Cline-Ransome * Lisa Fipps * Daniel Handler * Kimberly Latrice Jones * Erin Entrada Kelly * Hena Khan * Adib Khorram * Jo Knowles * Gail Carson Levine * Alex London * Andrea Loney * Jessica Love * Yuyi Morales * Maulik Pancholy * Andrea Davis Pinkney * Toby Price * NoNieqa Ramos * Raul the Third * Jewell Parker Rhodes * Katie Rinderle * Alex Sanchez * Eliot Schrefer * Jon Scieszka * Laurel Snyder * Christina Soontornvat * Don Tate * Mychal Threets * Andrea Wang (WFYP\, June 2011) * Paul O. Zelinsky URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/stories-of-hope-childrens-authors-allies-fighting-censorship/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-30-at-8.06.44-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T153000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230920T191113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T191114Z UID:8980-1696428000-1696433400@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Conversations with Baldwin: The Salon - Baldwin on Friendship DESCRIPTION:Conversations with Baldwin: The Salon is a series of digital panel discussions exploring the literature and life of 20th-century author and activist James Baldwin. \n\n\n\nJames Baldwin (1924 – 1987) was an American essayist\, novelist\, and playwright whose eloquence and passion on the subject of race in America made him an important voice in the 20th century. \n\n\n\nThe topic of this salon is ‘Baldwin on Friendship’. James Baldwin\, though he was a great writer\, was not alone. His contemporaries included Nikki Giovanni\, Maya Angelou\, Toni Morrison\, Richard Wright\, and Beauford Delaney\, to name but a few. This discussion will explore the importance of friendship in Baldwin’s growth as a writer\, when he was called out with love (and sometimes without!)\, and how community informed his practice for the better. \n\n\n\nGuests on the panel include Ghanaian-British author and publisher Nii Ayikwei Parkes (flipped eye press)\, Moses McKenzie (An Olive Grove in Ends) and Dr Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman. The panel will be chaired by US-Caribbean editor and publicist Lisa Pegram (Poetry\, June 2012). \n\n\n\nACCESS: This event is BSL interpreted. \n\n\n\nConversations with Baldwin: The Salon is part of Conversations with Baldwin\, a festival celebrating the life and work of one of the 20th century’s greatest American authors\, James Baldwin. Conversations with Baldwin is produced by Words of Colour and supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/conversations-with-baldwin-the-salon-baldwin-on-friendship/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-20-at-3.10.33-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T200000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230910T214822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230910T214822Z UID:8928-1696532400-1696536000@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:CCW Book Launch: Nada Samih-Rotondo presents "All Water Has Perfect Memory: A Memoir" DESCRIPTION:Join Cambridge Common Writers as we celebrate the launch of Nada Samih-Rotondo (Fiction\, June 2012)’s\, All Water Has Perfect Memory: A Memoir. A debut work from a Palestinian-American author\, All Water Has 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. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/ccw-book-launch-nada-samih-rotondo-presents-all-water-has-perfect-memory-a-memoir/ LOCATION:Online Zoom Event CATEGORIES:Alum Event,CCW Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/fall-20-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Common Writers":MAILTO:lesleycambridgecommon@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231007T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231007T113000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230916T235744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230916T235817Z UID:8957-1696674600-1696678200@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:Book Launch for "Sensitive" by Sara Levine DESCRIPTION:Join RJ Julia Independent Booksellers to celebrate the launch of Sara Levine’s (Nonfiction/WFYP\, January 2006) latest picture book\, Sensitive. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA unique and powerful look at the ways being sensitive and having big feelings is a strength \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 author\, educator\, and veterinarian. Her science books for children include the Animal by Animal series\, Germs Up Close\, and A Peek at Beaks: Tools Birds Use. Her books have received a number of awards including AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize\, Utah Beehive Book Award\, Cook Prize finalist\, Monarch Award master list\, and Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-launch-for-sensitive-by-sara-levine/ LOCATION:RJ Julia Independent Booksellers\, 768 Boston Post Road\, Madison\, Connecticut\, 06443\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Sara-Levine.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="RJ Julia Independent Booksellers":MAILTO:BOOKS@RJJULIA.COM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231007T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231007T163000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230924T000323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230924T000325Z UID:8999-1696690800-1696696200@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:City Books OcTBRfest: Bonita Lee Penn "Every Morning a Foot is Looking for My Neck" DESCRIPTION:Bonita Lee Penn (Poetry\, January 2015) reads from her chapbook\, “Every Morning a Foot is Looking for My Neck” at the City Books OcTBRfest event. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/city-books-octbrfest-bonita-lee-penn-every-morning-a-foot-is-looking-for-my-neck/ LOCATION:City Books\, 908 Galveston Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, 15233\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bonita-L-Penn-photo.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="City Books":MAILTO:citybookspgh@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231008T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231008T170000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230923T204729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230923T204731Z UID:8991-1696780800-1696784400@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:𝗡𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗵-𝗥𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼: 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙨 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 Heartleaf Books DESCRIPTION:𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 takes us from the author’s ancestral roots along the coast of Yaffa\, Palestine\, to the shores of Rhode Island. Nada Samih-Rotondo’s (Fiction\, June 2012) powerful narrative unravels the layers of silence within families\, revealing untold stories with an enchanting blend of folklore that explores the profound connection between our bodies\, our ancestors\, and the Earth itself. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/%f0%9d%97%a1%f0%9d%97%ae%f0%9d%97%b1%f0%9d%97%ae-%f0%9d%97%a6%f0%9d%97%ae%f0%9d%97%ba%f0%9d%97%b6%f0%9d%97%b5-%f0%9d%97%a5%f0%9d%97%bc%f0%9d%98%81%f0%9d%97%bc%f0%9d%97%bb%f0%9d%97%b1%f0%9d%97%bc/ LOCATION:Heartleaf Books\, 374 Atwells Ave\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02903\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/fall-20-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231009T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231009T200000 DTSTAMP:20260422T235856 CREATED:20230920T181818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T181819Z UID:8972-1696874400-1696881600@cambridgecommonwriters.org SUMMARY:SALT THE WATER | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation DESCRIPTION:Author Candice Iloh (WFYP\, June 2017) will be joined by conversation partner Ebony LaDelle and special guest Rasheed Copeland. Copies of the book will be available for purchase before and after the event\, and Candice will be signing following the program. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to all. The program begins at 6:00 pm\, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of SALT THE WATER will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is IN PERSON and will NOT be livestreamed. \n\n\n\nGuests should RSVP in order to receive direct updates about the event from Busboys and Poets Books. \n\n\n\nCandice Iloh is a first-generation Nigerian American writer whose books center home. They are from the Midwest by way of Washington\, DC\, and Brooklyn\, New York. They are a proud alumna of the Rhode Island Writers Colony\, and their work has earned fellowships from Lambda Literary\, VONA\, and 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. Salt the Water is their third novel. \n\n\n\nEbony LaDelle is the author of Love Radio—which was People magazine’s best book of the summer\, Apple Books’s best book of 2022\, an Amazon’s Editor Pick\, and featured on the Today show. Prior to being an author\, Ebony was a brand marketing director in book publishing and worked at Penguin Random House and HarperCollins\, among others. Born in Michigan\, awoken at Howard University\, and cultivated in Brooklyn\, Ebony can usually be found eating out somewhere or being the undisputed Mom Friend of any group. You can visit her online at EbonyLaDelle.com and follow her on social at @EbonyLaDelle. \n\n\n\nRasheed Copeland is a native of Washington\, DC. He is a father and author of Mud Jubilee (Self-published\, 2021) and The Book of Silence: Manhood as a Pseudoscience (Sergeant Press\, 2015). He is a multiple recipient of the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities Fellowship Award and has performed and facilitated writing workshops across the country and internationally. He placed 2nd in the world at the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam. His work has been featured in online publications such as Poets.org\, Split This Rock\, and the Crab Orchard Review. URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/salt-the-water-a-busboys-and-poets-books-presentation/ LOCATION:Busboys and Poets\, 450 K Street NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20001\, United States CATEGORIES:Alum Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Candice-Iloh-2023.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR