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SUMMARY:Here in Sanctuary–Whirling Book Launch with D. Dina Friedman
DESCRIPTION:Join the Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice of Western Massachusetts for a book launch and reading from Here in Sanctuary–Whirling by D. Dina Friedman (Fiction\, January 2016)\, a collection of poems taken from the author’s journey to the Brownsville/Matamoros border and her work in the immigration justice movement.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/here-in-sanctuary-whirling-book-launch-with-d-dina-friedman/
LOCATION:Anchor House of Artists\, 518 Pleasant Street\, Northampton\, Massachusetts\, 01002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Limited Engagement! by Erin FM
DESCRIPTION:Boston Theater Marathon XXVI features 50 ten-minute plays written by New England playwrights and presented by New England theatre companies which donate their time and talent to this annual event. The event will be divided into five blocks (each block $30 advance/$35 day-of-event\, no fees)\, each featuring ten plays and running approximately one hour and 40 minutes. \n\n\n\nPatrons who purchase a ticket to any part of the in-person event will also receive a link to the event livestream\, so they may continue their BTM experience outside the theatre if they wish. \n\n\n\nLimited Engagement! by Erin FM (WSS\, January 2023) will be in the 6pm block.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/limited-engagement-by-erin-fm/
LOCATION:Boston Playwrights’ Theatre\, 949 Commonwealth Avenue\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Why and How to Perform Your Poetry (Well) with Shari Caplan and Jennifer Jean
DESCRIPTION:There’s nothing like an amazing poetry reading! These are the events where readers are not onlyprepared\, they’re authentic\, compelling\, charismatic\, and memorable. Why is this kind of readingimportant for you as a poet and for society at large? And how can you give this kind of reading?You’ll leave this 2-hour\, interactive presentation with solid knowledge about WHY you need toperform your poetry well and with tools for HOW to learn to read your poetry well. Throughtechniques based in neuroscience\, sociology\, and the theater\, you will learn how to work withnerves\, find confidence\, use your voices\, and connect with your audiences. Featuring poets JenniferJean and Shari Caplan (Poetry\, June 2014). 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/why-and-how-to-perform-your-poetry-well-with-shari-caplan-and-jennifer-jean/
LOCATION:Online Zoom
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Writer's Lab: Launch and Grow Your Substack Newsletter with Hurley Winkler
DESCRIPTION:Hurley Winkler (Fiction\, January 2017) presents a 90-minute lecture-style workshop on developing a successful online newsletter. \n\n\n\nThe writer of a popular newsletter shares her keys to success on Substack. Learn about newsletter content strategies\, the benefits of Substack over other social media platforms\, and monetizing your newsletter.  \n\n\n\nHurley Winkler writes the popular Substack newsletter Lonely Victories for an engaged audience of writers and readers. She leads the Book Club for Writers and teaches classes for writers. Hurley also hosts and produces the Jax Music Hour on WJCT News 89.9\, broadcasting every Saturday night at 8. Her writing has been published in The Millions\, Neutral Spaces\, and Hobart\, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University. She is currently on submission with her first novel. \n\n\n\nRegister to save your seat. Registration must be completed two hours prior to the start time. A library card and PIN are required for registration. If you do not have a card\, click HERE to obtain one. \n\n\n\nThis workshop will later be held over Zoom for the public.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/writers-lab-launch-and-grow-your-substack-newsletter-with-hurley-winkler/
LOCATION:Regency Square Branch Library\, 9900 Regency Square Blvd\, Jacksonville\, Florida\, 32225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:7th Annual Bronx Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Founded and organized by Saraciea J Fennell (WFYP\, January 2020) the Bronx Book Festival is a free\, public event with an impressive line-up of authors celebrating books. They have exclusive TBIR programming lined up for this year’s festival\, so RSVP to meet bestselling authors from the Boogie Down and beyond! Colson Whitehead will attend as one of the keynote speakers this year\, accompanied by other established and emerging names in literature right now.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/7th-annual-bronx-book-festival/
LOCATION:Fordham Plaza\, Fordham Plaza\, The Bronx\, New York\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Who Am I: The Music and Meaning of Stream-of-Consciousness with Angelo D'Amato
DESCRIPTION:In this course\, led by Angelo D’Amato (Fiction\, June 2020)\, will look at William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury\,” Virginia Woolf’s “The Waves\,” and excerpts from James Joyce’s “Ulysses” and “Finnegans Wake\,” to understand how this technique challenges how we make meaning of the world\, and how we can harness it to create a music that is entirely our own. At the end of the class\, students will have produced either a short story\, an excerpt from a larger story\, or a portfolio of smaller exercises. \n\n\n\nThis class will meet in-person at CCAE on Tuesdays for 8 weeks. Limited availability.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/who-am-i-the-music-and-meaning-of-stream-of-consciousness-with-angelo-damato/
LOCATION:Cambridge Center for Adult Education\, 42 Brattle Street\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240623T103000
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SUMMARY:Writing for Young People Open Lecture Series: Using Your MFA to Stay Rooted in Craft
DESCRIPTION:Join visiting writer Jasmine Warga (WFYP\, June 2013)\, author of Other Words for Home\, The Shape of Thunder\, A Rover’s Story\, and My Heart and Other Black Holes\, which has been translated into twenty languages.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/writing-for-young-people-open-lecture-series-using-your-mfa-to-stay-rooted-in-craft/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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SUMMARY:Writing for Young People Open Lecture Series: Talking Craft in YA
DESCRIPTION:PANELISTS: Jasmine Warga (WFYP\, June 2013)\, Chris Lynch (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, Sara Farizan (WFYP\, January 2012)\, and Jason Reynolds (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty). \n\n\n\nModerator: Sara Zarr (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty)
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/writing-for-young-people-open-lecture-series-talking-craft-in-ya/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240626T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240626T193000
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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Summer Reading Series: Bonita Lee Penn & Tyler Woodsmall
DESCRIPTION:Join the Lesley MFA community for this evening reading with Bonita Lee Penn (Poetry\, January 2015) and Tyler Woodsmall (Fiction\, June 2020).
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-summer-reading-series-bonita-lee-penn-tyler-woodsmall/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,CCW Event,Lesley Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240628T183000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Book Arts: Make Your Own Chapbook with Frances Donovan
DESCRIPTION:Books aren’t just blocks of text. They’re also physical objects\, and in some cases they become art themselves. Hand-sewn chapbooks (from “cheap-book”) are a simple and timeless way to preserve words and even art. Join Frances Donovan (Poetry\, June 2019) and peruse a collection of chapbooks that show the various techniques used to make them. Then make your own! You may choose to make a blank book\, to write in it\, or to send some text in advance to be printed and incorporated into your book. \n\n\n\nAll supplies included. Bring any writing you’d like to include in a book\, but the program will provide blank pages for a blank-for-now book. \n\n\n\nInstructor: Frances Donovan’s book Arboretum in a Jar (Lily Poetry Review Books\, 2023) was nominated for the Massachusetts Book Award. Her chapbook Mad Quick Hand of the Seashore was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. Donovan’s poems have appeared in Lily Poetry Review\, Solstice\, Heavy Feather Review\, SWWIM\, and elsewhere. Her interviews of other poets can be found at The Rumpus and on her website\, www.gardenofwords.com. Donovan holds an MFA in poetry from Lesley University and is a certified Poet Educator with Mass Poetry. A poem of hers has been displayed at Boston City Hall. Donovan’s work deals with themes of home\, family\, intergenerational trauma\, and sexual and gender identity. She remembers fondly the summer of 1998\, when she drove a bulldozer in a Pride parade while wearing a bustier.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/introduction-to-book-arts-make-your-own-chapbook-with-frances-donovan/
LOCATION:Create Art in Community\, 11A Corinth St\, Roslindale\, Massachusetts\, 02131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240629T170000
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CREATED:20240627T183614Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event with Sabrina Fedel - All Roads Lead to Rome
DESCRIPTION:Join the Towne Book Center for an in-person event with Sabrina Fedel (WFYP\, January 2014) to celebrate her new release ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-ordering guarantees a seat & signing ticket for the event. Book Signing and Meet & Greet to follow.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-event-with-sabrina-fedel-all-roads-lead-to-rome/
LOCATION:Towne Book Center\, 160 Market Street\, Suite C6\, Collegeville\, Pennsylvania\, 19426\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Towne Book Center":MAILTO:townecustomerservice@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240714T160000
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SUMMARY:Gallery of Readers Press Presents Switch: Anthology of Micro Fiction - Book Launch Celebration and Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join Gallery of Readers Press for the launch of Switch: Anthology of Micro Fiction at Eli’s Room\, Center for the Arts. Copies of the book may be ordered in advance\, and donations are encouraged. \n\n\n\nContributors: Kathryn M. Arbour\, Robin Barber\, Nancy Barnes\, Patricia Bender\, Patricia Quintana Bidar\, Robin Bissett\, James Brunel\, John M. Corbett\, Tommy Dean\, Salvatore Difalco\, Carol Edelstein\, Ann Fisher\, Frances Gapper\, Opal Gayle\, Elizabeth M. George\, Diane D. Gillette\, Beth Gordon\, Andrea Hansell\, Jennifer Jacobson\, Celia Jeffries (Fiction/Nonfiction\, 2008)\, E.P. La Brecque\, Karen Loeb\, Barbara Lucey\, Toni Montuori\, Damhuri Muhammad\, Nora Nadjarian\, Rina Palumbo\, Meg Pokrass\, Lisa Schamess\, Sharon White\, and Thomas Reed Willemain.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/gallery-of-readers-press-presents-switch-anthology-of-micro-fiction-book-launch-celebration-and-reading/
LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St\, Northampton\, Massachusetts\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240803T110000
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SUMMARY:Sara Levine\, author of A Terrible Place for a Nest Book Launch at Porter Square Books
DESCRIPTION:Porter Square Books is delighted to celebrate the launch of A Terrible Place for a Nest with local author Sara Levine (Nonfiction/WFYP\, January 2006). After a presentation and read-aloud from this lovely picture book\, the author will sign books. RSVP requested. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA child learns to settle into a new home in this lyrical and stirring picture book perfect for fans of MEMORY JARS and EVELYN DEL REY IS MOVING AWAY. \n\n\n\nJuno and his mom have just moved into a new home\, and he hates everything about it – the new school\, his new classmates\, his new room. \n\n\n\nJust outside his window\, Juno notices a family of mourning doves have started a nest atop the fence\, and they seem to be struggling to make it work\, too. Sure enough\, Juno concludes this new place is a terrible place to build a nest. \n\n\n\nBut\, as winter turns to spring and the doves grow\, so does Juno. And while this new place may be scary and sometimes lonely\, they will all make it work\, together. \n\n\n\nLyrical and hopeful\, A Terrible Place for a Nest is a tender and uplifting tale about facing new experiences with empathy and courage.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/sara-levine-author-of-a-terrible-place-for-a-nest-book-launch-at-porter-square-books/
LOCATION:Porter Square Books\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240813T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240813T210000
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CREATED:20240812T224208Z
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SUMMARY:Where Are You Echo Blue? Author event with Hayley Krischer in conversation with Laura Sims!
DESCRIPTION:Join Thunder Road Books as they welcome author Hayley Krischer (Fiction\, June 2009) in celebration of Where Are You\, Echo Blue? She will be in conversation with author Laura Sims. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHayley Krischer is the author of two young adult novels\, Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf and The Falling Girls. She is also an award-winning journalist who has written for the The New York Times\, The New York Times Magazine\, The Atlantic\, Marie Claire\, Elle\, and more. Where Are You\, Echo Blue? is her first novel for adults. \n\n\n\nLaura Sims is the author of How Can I Help You\, a New York Times\, Publishers Weekly\, and CrimeReads Best Book of the Year\, and a LibraryReads Top Ten Books of July. Sims’s first novel\, LOOKER\, was included on “Best Books” lists in Vogue\, People Magazine\, Real Simple\, Entertainment Weekly\, and more\, and is now in development for television by eOne and Emily Mortimer’s King Bee Productions. An award-winning poet\, Sims has published four poetry collections; her essays and poems have appeared in the New Republic\, Boston Review\, Lit Hub\, and Electric Literature. She and her family live in New Jersey\, where she works part-time as a reference librarian and hosts the library’s lecture series.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/where-are-you-echo-blue-author-event-with-hayley-krischer-in-conversation-with-laura-sims/
LOCATION:Thunder Road Books\, 1108 3rd Ave\, Spring Lake\, New Jersey\, 07762\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240817T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240818T193000
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CREATED:20240816T234128Z
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SUMMARY:The 14th Annual African Festival of Boston
DESCRIPTION:Come visit the Boston Common for a day filled with vibrant music\, delicious food\, and colorful cultural performances. This in-person event celebrates the rich diversity of African heritage in Boston with live music\, dance\, art\, and more. \n\n\n\nWSS Alum Thato Mwosa (June 2017) author of 14 African Women Who Made History is one of the showcased authors for the event. \n\n\n\nExperience the rhythms of Africa through traditional drumming\, get lost in the intricate beadwork of local artisans\, and savor the flavors of authentic African cuisine. Whether you’re a longtime fan of African culture or just looking for a fun day out\, there’s something for everyone at the African Festival of Boston. \n\n\n\nDon’t miss out on this opportunity to celebrate and connect with the African community in Boston. Mark your calendars and get ready for a day full of excitement and joy!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-14th-annual-african-festival-of-boston/
LOCATION:Boston Common\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T150000
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SUMMARY:Sara Levine's A Terrible Place for a Nest: Weekend Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents a weekend book signing with Sara Levine (WFYP\, Jan 2006) for the book\, A Terrible Place for a Nest on Saturday\, August 24th from 1 PM to 3 PM.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/sara-levines-a-terrible-place-for-a-nest-weekend-book-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 53 West Main St\, Mystic\, Connecticut\, 06355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T200000
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CREATED:20240816T235356Z
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SUMMARY:New England Poetry Club Reading with Cynthia Bargar\, Elizabeth Bradfield\, and Christine Jones
DESCRIPTION:The New England Poetry Club teams up with the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown to present a poetry reading\, featuring poets Cynthia Bargar\, Elizabeth Bradfield\, and Christine Jones (Poetry\, January 2014). A Q&A session will follow. All readings and artist talks are held in the Stanley Kunitz Common Room\, unless otherwise noted. \n\n\n\nCynthia Bargar is the author of Sleeping in the Dead Girl’s Room (Lily Poetry Review Press)\, selected as a Massachusetts Book Awards 2023 Honor Book. Her poems have appeared in many literary journals online and in print and in Our Provincetown: Intimate Portraits by Barbara E. Cohen (Provincetown Arts Press). Cynthia is associate poetry editor at Pangyrus. She lives and writes in Provincetown\, Massachusetts.  \n\n\n\nWriter/Naturalist Elizabeth Bradfield’s (she/her) recent books are Toward Antarctica\, Once Removed\, and the anthologies Cascadia Field Guide: Art\, Ecology\, Poetry\, co-created with CMarie Fuhrman and Derek Sheffield and winner of the 2024 Pacific Northwest Book Award\, and Broadsided Press: Fifteen Years of Poetic/Artistic Collaboration\, co-created with Alexandra Teague and Miller Oberman. Her poems have appeared in The Slowdown\, The New Yorker\, Atlantic Monthly\, Poetry\, The Sun\, and her honors include the Audre Lorde Prize in Lesbian Poetry and a Stegner Fellowship. Liz works as a naturalist and field assistant at home on Cape Cod\, teaches creative writing at Brandeis University\, and is Editor-in-Chief of Broadsided. \n\n\n\nChristine Jones lives in Orleans\, MA where she and her husband can be found swimming in their shark mitigating wetsuits all year round. She’s the author of Now Calls Me Daughter (Nixes Mate Review\, 2022) and Girl Without a Shirt (Finishing Line Press\, 2020)\, also co-editor of the anthology\, Voices Amidst the Virus: Poets Respond to the Pandemic (Lily Poetry Books\, 2020). She’s the associate editor of Lily Poetry Review and co-founder of the Lily on the Cove Manuscript Clinic and Retreat. Her poetry can be found in numerous anthologies and journals in print and online.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/new-england-poetry-club-reading-with-cynthia-bargar-elizabeth-bradfield-and-christine-jones/
LOCATION:Fine Arts Work Center\, 24 Pearl Street\, Provincetown\, Massachusetts\, 02657\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240903T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240903T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175252
CREATED:20240831T235334Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out with D. Dina Friedman
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild for Writers Night Out with featured writer D. Dina Friedman (Fiction\, January 2016) at Forbes Library in Northampton\, MA. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read\, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening showcases the Featured Reader.Hosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson. \n\n\n\nD. Dina Friedman’s recent work includes a short-story collection\, Immigrants\, (Creators Press\, 2023) and a poetry chapbook Here in Sanctuary—Whirling (Querencia Press\, 2024). She is also the author of the chapbook Wolf in the Suitcase (Finishing Line Press) and two young adult novels: Escaping Into the Night (Simon and Schuster) and Playing Dad’s Song (Farrar Straus Giroux). Dina has published widely in literary journals including Rattle\, Salamander\, The Sun\, Mass Poetry\, Chautauqua Journal\, Crab Orchard Review\, Cider Press Review\, Hawaii Pacific Review\, Cold Mountain Review\, Lilith\, Negative Capability and Rhino and received four Pushcart Prize nominations.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/writers-night-out-with-d-dina-friedman/
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, 20 West St\, Northampton\, Massachusetts\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Writers Guild":MAILTO:info@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240904T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240904T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175252
CREATED:20240822T115743Z
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Shick Book Signing: The Golden Land
DESCRIPTION:Join Elizabeth Shick (Fiction\, January 2019) for a signing of her new book\, The Golden Land\, at Edgartown Books!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/elizabeth-shick-book-signing-the-golden-land/
LOCATION:Edgartown Books\, 44 Main Street\, Edgartown\, Massachusetts\, 02539\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175252
CREATED:20240901T000250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240901T000252Z
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SUMMARY:Jody Hobbs Hesler — Without You Here with Jeffrey Dale Lofton
DESCRIPTION:Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction\, June 2017) will be in conversation with Jeffrey Dale Lofton about her novel\, Without You Here. This event is free with first come\, first serve seating. \n\n\n\nWithout You Here is about generational trauma\, mental illness\, sloppy family dynamics\, dangerous marriages\, and the beautiful\, redemptive nature of affection and love. In the end Noreen is left to ask: Will her life forever be defined by her aunt’s zest for life or her untimely death? And can she stop history from repeating itself? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJody Hobbs Hesler lives\, writes\, and teaches in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is the author of the story collection What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better from Cornerstone Press\, and her words also appear in Necessary Fiction\, Gargoyle\, Valparaiso Fiction Review\, Atticus Review\, Writer’s Digest\, Electric Literature\, CRAFT\, Arts & Letters\, and many other journals. She teaches at WriterHouse in Char-lottesville\, Virginia; writes and copy edits for Virginia Wine & Country Life and Charlottesville Family Magazine; and serves as assistant fiction editor for the Los Angeles Review.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/jody-hobbs-hesler-without-you-here-with-jeffrey-dale-lofton/
LOCATION:Politics & Prose\, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW\, District of Columbia\, 20008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Politics and Prose":MAILTO:books@politics-prose.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240907T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240907T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175252
CREATED:20240901T001619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240901T001621Z
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SUMMARY:Animal Science Story Time with Elizabeth Shreeve and Sara Levine
DESCRIPTION:Calling all animal lovers! Join Book Ends for a special animal science story time with authors Elizabeth Shreeve (The Oddball Book of Armadillos) and Sara Levine (WFYP\, January 2006) (Bone by Bone). A fun event for the whole family!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/animal-science-story-time-with-elizabeth-shreeve-and-sara-levine/
LOCATION:Book Ends Winchester\, 559 Main Street\, Winchester\, Massachusetts\, 01890\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Book Ends Winchester":MAILTO:jillian@bookendswinchester.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240913T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240913T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175252
CREATED:20240627T180012Z
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SUMMARY:Without You Here Book Launch with Jody Hobbs Hesler
DESCRIPTION:Join New Dominion Bookshop for a reading with Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction\, June 2017)\, who will read from her debut novel\, Without You Here. A conversation with author Louise Marburg will follow. This in-person event will be cosponsored by WriterHouse and will be free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book: Noreen is eight years old when her kindred\, namesake aunt\, Nonie\, dies from suicide. Now twenty-seven\, the same age Nonie was when she died\, Noreen is a young mother trapped in a marriage with a controlling\, manipulative husband. On the eve of the new millennium\, that marriage hemorrhages into crisis and Noreen must choose which aspect of her aunt’s influence to follow—the long grief after Nonie’s loss\, complicated by their secretly shared mental health challenges\, or her aunt’s dynamic love. Without You Here is about generational trauma\, mental illness\, sloppy family dynamics\, dangerous marriages\, and the beautiful\, redemptive nature of affection and love. \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. She is the author of the story collection What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better\, and Without You Here is her debut novel. Her short fiction\, articles\, book reviews\, and essays appear in journals such as Electric Literature\, CRAFT\, Gargoyle\, Arts & Letters\, and many others. She teaches at WriterHouse in Charlottesville\, Virginia\, and serves as assistant fiction editor for The Los Angeles Review. \n\n\n\nWithout You Here will be released on September 10. Pre-orders are available.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/without-you-here-book-launch-with-jody-hobbs-hesler/
LOCATION:New Dominion Bookshop\, 404 East Main St\, Charlottesville\, Virginia\, 22902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="New Dominion Bookshop":MAILTO:staff@ndbookshop.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240915T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240915T190000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175252
CREATED:20240822T112727Z
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SUMMARY:Jasmine Warga's book release celebration: A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall
DESCRIPTION:Join Anderson’s Bookshop for an author event with Jasmine Warga (WFYP\, June 2013)\, to celebrate the release of her newest book\, A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall\, on Tuesday\, September 15th at 2:00 pm in our Naperville store. \n\n\n\nEvent Format \n\n\n\n\nAuthor Presentation\, Audience Q&A\n\n\n\nSigning & Photo Line\n\n\n\n\nPre-registration is required for this event because space is limited.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/jasmine-wargas-book-release-celebration-a-strange-thing-happened-in-cherry-hall/
LOCATION:Anderson’s Bookshop Naperville\, 123 West Jefferson\, Naperville\, Illinois\, 60540\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240917T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240917T190000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175252
CREATED:20240917T001753Z
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SUMMARY:The Golden Land of Myanmar with author Elizabeth Shick at Vineyard Haven Library
DESCRIPTION:Join the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Library for an author talk celebrating the release of The Golden Land\, the debut novel by the library’s new adult program coordinator\, Elizabeth (Liz) Shick (Fiction\, January 2019). Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel\, The Golden Land is an intergenerational tale set against the backdrop of Myanmar that explores the complexities of family history and relationships. Liz will talk about the six years she lived in Myanmar and how those experiences inspired her to write The Golden Land.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-golden-land-of-myanmar-with-author-elizabeth-shick-at-vineyard-haven-library/
LOCATION:Vineyard Haven Library\, 200 Main Street\, Vineyard Haven\, Massachusetts\, 02568\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T193000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175252
CREATED:20240917T003258Z
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SUMMARY:Jasmine Warga discusses & signs A STRANGE THING HAPPENED IN CHERRY HALL with Rosanne Parry
DESCRIPTION:Join Jasmine Warga (WFYP\, June 2013) at the Barnes & Noble in Hillsboro\, Oregon for a discussion with Rosanne Parry about Jasmine’s latest book\, A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA painting has been stolen…! \n\n\n\nWhen Rami sees a floating girl in the museum\, he knows he has seen her somewhere before. Then he realizes: She looks just like the girl in the painting that has gone missing. But how does her appearance connect to the theft? \n\n\n\nAgatha the turtle knows—she has been watching from the garden. But she can’t exactly tell anyone…can she? \n\n\n\nWill Rami\, with the help of his classmate\, Veda\, be able to solve the mystery? The clues are all around them\, but they’ll have to be brave enough to really look. \n\n\n\nThis is a whimsical\, moving story about the universal desire to be seen and understood and how art can help us find connection\, even when we are at our loneliest.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/jasmine-warga-discusses-signs-a-strange-thing-happened-in-cherry-hall-with-rosanne-parry/
LOCATION:Barnes & Noble – Hillsboro\, 11125 Northeast Evergreen Parkway\, Hillsboro\, Oregon\, 97006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175252
CREATED:20240819T213302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T231115Z
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Common Writers Presents: The Rest of Your Life Soundtrack by Benjamin Roesch & Without You Here by Jody Hobbs Hesler Book Launches
DESCRIPTION:Join Cambridge Common Writers for our first duo-book launch event as we celebrate the publications of The Rest of Your Life Soundtrack by Benjamin Roesch (Fiction\, January 2016) and Without You Here by Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction\, June 2017)! Moderated by Michael Mercurio (Poetry\, January 2017). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBENJAMIN ROESCH is a writer\, musician\, teacher\, podcaster\, award-winning essayist\, and author of the debut YA novel\, Blowin’ My Mind Like a Summer Breeze. For twelve glorious\, exhausting years\, he was a high school English teacher\, and is now a full-time writer based in Burlington\, VT\, where he lives with his family. \n\n\n\nJODY HOBBS HESLER is the author of the story collection What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better (Cornerstone Press\, October 2023)\, and the novel\, Without You Here (Flexible Press\, September 2024). Her words also appear in Necessary Fiction\, Gargoyle\, Valparaiso Fiction Review (x\, x)\, Atticus Review\, Writer’s Digest\, Electric Literature\, CRAFT\, Arts & Letters\, and many other journals. She teaches at WriterHouse in Charlottesville\, Virginia; writes and copyedits for Virginia Wine & Country Life and Charlottesville Family Magazine; and serves as assistant fiction editor for the Los Angeles Review.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/cambridge-common-writers-presents-the-rest-of-your-life-soundtrack-by-benjamin-roesch-without-you-here-by-jody-hobbs-hesler-book-launches/
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:20240929T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241103T235959
DTSTAMP:20260422T175252
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SUMMARY:ENTROPY Workshop with L Scully
DESCRIPTION:ENTROPY is a five week\, virtual\, generative writing workshop hosted by L Scully (Nonfiction\, January 2023).  \n\n\n\nWe are living in a conundrum of degradation. Our bodies age\, the State is falling\, disorder(s) run rampant in our minds. God feels random and chaos feels inevitable. There is no choice but to write toward uncertainty. Cope\, world-build\, freak out\, investigate together.  \n\n\n\nThe structure of this workshop is a weekly meeting of two hours and includes two separate section groups to accommodate scheduling. Each week we will produce the beginnings of 2+ new pieces of writing based on original prompts provided by L live and in session. There is also opportunity to share our collective woes\, check in\, and meet writing partners. One piece of your choice will be critiqued by the group in a supportive and curious environment. We welcome new and seasoned writers alike\, as well as anyone who wants to get into a regular and dedicated creative practice. Classes will be held over GoogleMeet. \n\n\n\nSuggested sliding scale is $150-250 for the five week course. If the proposed payment scale is not reasonable for your situation\, please email L to work something out at leighahscully@gmail.com. They would love to work with you. \n\n\n\nSection A: Sundays Sept. 29 – Nov. 32-4pm EST (no class 10/13\, lesbian wedding)Section B: Wednesdays Oct. 3 – Oct. 306-8pm EST
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/entropy-workshop-with-l-scully/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241006T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241006T113000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175252
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SUMMARY:Story Hour! Sara Levine: A Terrible Place for a Nest
DESCRIPTION:Join Brookline Booksmith for an all-ages storytime with Sara Levine (WFYP\, January 2006)\, author of A Terrible Place for a Nest. Books will be available for purchase at the event\, or you can preorder on the registration page. You can pick your book up after 10AM on the day of the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA child learns to settle into a new home in this lyrical and stirring picture book perfect for fans of MEMORY JARS and EVELYN DEL REY IS MOVING AWAY.Juno and his mom have just moved into a new home\, and he hates everything about it – the new school\, his new classmates\, his new room.Just outside his window\, Juno notices a family of mourning doves have started a nest atop the fence\, and they seem to be struggling to make it work\, too. Sure enough\, Juno concludes this new place is a terrible place to build a nest.But\, as winter turns to spring and the doves grow\, so does Juno. And while this new place may be scary and sometimes lonely\, they will all make it work\, together.Lyrical and hopeful\, A Terrible Place for a Nest is a tender and uplifting tale about facing new experiences with empathy and courage. \n\n\n\nSara Levine is an award-winning picture book author\, veterinarian and science educator. Her books which include Bone by Bone\, Tooth by Tooth\, Flower Talk\, Sensitive\, and The Animals Would Not Sleep! have received the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize\, Bank Street College Best Book of the Year\, Beehive Book Award\, Cook Prize and the Mathical Book Prize. She loves doing school and library programs.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/story-hour-sara-levine-a-terrible-place-for-a-nest/
LOCATION:Brookline Booksmith\, 279 Harvard Street\, Brookline\, Massachusetts\, 02446-2908\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brookline Booksmith":MAILTO:thestore@brooklinebooksmith.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241013T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241013T180000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175252
CREATED:20241007T004110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T004112Z
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SUMMARY:The Washington Writers' Publishing House Launch — Varun Gauri\, Megan Doney\, and Chanlee Luu — at Conn Ave
DESCRIPTION:The Washington Writers’ Publishing House is thrilled to announce the 2024 winners of its annual poetry\, fiction\, and creative nonfiction manuscript contest: Varun Gauri for his novel\, For the Blessings of Jupiter and Venus\, Megan Doney (WFYP\, June 2008) for her memoir Unarmed\, and Chanlee Luu for her poetry collection The Machine Autocorrects Code to I. \n\n\n\nVarun Gauri was born in India and raised in the American Midwest. After studying philosophy in college and public policy in graduate school\, he worked for more than two decades on global poverty and human rights\, publishing academic articles and books on development economics and behavioral economics. He now teaches at Princeton University and lives with his family in Bethesda\, Maryland. His short fiction was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and in Best American Nonrequired Reading. He was a Summer Writer-in-Residence at Washington\, DC’s the Inner Loop. For the Blessings of Jupiter and Venus is his first novel. \n\n\n\nMegan Doney teaches composition\, literature\, and creative writing at New River Community College in Virginia. Her work has appeared in Ilanot Review\, Rappahannock Review\, Creative Nonfiction\, and other literary journals\, as well as the anthologies Allegheny and If I Don’t Make It\, I Love You: Survivors in the Aftermath of School Shootings. Doney was a Fullbright fellow in South Africa in 2007\, and returned there in 2015 to study reconciliation and public narrative in the aftermath of violence. She earned an MFA from Lesley University. Unarmed: An American Educator’s Memoir is her first book. \n\n\n\nChanlee Luu is a Vietnamese-Chinese American writer from Martinsville\, VA\, currently residing in Roanoke\, VA. She received her MFA in creative writing at Hollins University and BS in chemical engineering and minor in Global Sustainability from the University of Virginia\, where she competed in poetry slams.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-washington-writers-publishing-house-launch-varun-gauri-megan-doney-and-chanlee-luu-at-conn-ave/
LOCATION:Politics & Prose\, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW\, District of Columbia\, 20008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Politics and Prose":MAILTO:books@politics-prose.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175252
CREATED:20241007T010415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T010417Z
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SUMMARY:Author Night with Megan Doney & Chanlee Luu
DESCRIPTION:Join Blacksburg Books as they host Megan Doney (WFYP\, June 2008) and Chanlee Luu\, winners of the Washington Writers Publishing House Prize in nonfiction and poetry\, respectively. The authors will read from their books as well as talk about the writing process and getting published with a small press. \n\n\n\nMegan Doney – Unarmed: An American Educator’s Memoir \n\n\n\nAfter surviving a school shooting at New River Community College in Christiansburg\, Virginia\, English professor Megan Doney was traumatized and adrift. Rather than hardening her heart and life\, she wrote Unarmed: An American Educator’s Memoir. An insightful response to American gun violence and illusions of public and private safety\, it’s also about her journey over the past decade toward living with an open heart\, alive to luck\, learning\, and love. \n\n\n\nChanlee Luu – The Machine Autocorrects Code to I \n\n\n\nA knock-out debut that erases the boundaries of time and geography with unrestrained wit\, The Machine Autocorrects Code to I holds its subjects – family members at odds with their hopes and fears\, various fruits and animals constrained by the laws of humans\, and an alien seeking beauty in the world – with tenderness and wry knowledge of the fragile systems that hold their world in place. This universe of poems wanders through the messy past\, battles in the charged present\, and dreams/nightmares to the unknown future. In this experiment in forms\, Chanlee Luu is a mad scientist\, cracking Asian jokes\, shoveling golden sand\, and coding her voice to vitality.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-night-with-megan-doney-chanlee-luu/
LOCATION:Blacksburg Books\, 401 S. Main St.\, Ste. 106\, Blacksburg\, Virginia\, 24060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Blacksburg Books":MAILTO:info@blacksburgbooks.com
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