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SUMMARY:Elegy: Poems of Loss and Hope\, a Reading with Steven Cramer
DESCRIPTION:Join poets Tim Carver\, Steven Cramer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, and Tom Schmidt for a poetry reading focused on the themes of grief\, mourning\, and moving toward hope. This reading will feature a short reading from each poet and an opportunity for Q&A after.  \n\n\n\nTim Carter is the author of Remains (BOAAT Press 2020) and teaches creative writing and rhetoric in the community.   \n\n\n\nSteven Cramer is the author of six poetry collections\, most recently Listen (MadHat Press\, 2020) and Clangings (Sarabande Books\, 2012). He founded and currently teaches in the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Lesley University.  \n\n\n\nTom Schmidt has published two poetry chapbooks\, Enough to Drink or Drown (Kelsay Books\, 2020) and Like\, A Metaphor (Encircle Publications\, June 2021). He received a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and taught humanities for thirty years in California\, Oregon\, and Vermont.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/elegy-poems-of-loss-and-hope-a-reading-with-steven-cramer/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="PoemCity":MAILTO:info@kellogghubbard.org
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SUMMARY:Kevin Prufer - THE ART OF FICTION and Craig Morgan Teicher - WELCOME TO SONNETVILLE\, NEW JERSEY
DESCRIPTION:In this his eighth collection of poetry (and fifth with Four Way Books)\, Prufer’s (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) career-spanning talent for estranging the familiar—and also for recording the unthinkable with eerie directness—recurs\, enhanced and transformed by the collection’s meta-level attention to the role of fiction in our civic lives. Prufer describes\, often through personae\, a near future\, tracing there the political gambit of Fake News and the role of the imagination in our self-understanding (whether it’s cogent or delusional). Via both satire and direct address (to the point of reader-squeamishness)\, Prufer aims to understand the ugly-casual atmosphere of our often racialized\, pervasive distrust. The Art of Fiction fundamentally understands that fictions are deployed to divide us\, and they work: they get under our skin. Prufer powerfully explores the roles of imagination and art in how we explain ourselves to ourselves. \n\n\n\nLenore Marshall Poetry Prize-winning poet and nationally recognized literary critic Craig Morgan Teicher’s Welcome to Sonnetville\, New Jersey is a poetry collection about entering middle age\, raising a young family\, sustaining a marriage\, and taking care of a severely disabled child. Built around two sequences of sonnets\, and interrupted by two sets of lyric poems\, a set of prose poems\, and a long poem about death\, the book narrates a family’s move to the suburbs and their coming to terms with the ghosts of the past and with hard-to-hold hopes for the future.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/texas-book-release-with-kevin-prufer-and-craig-morgan-teicher/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T200000
DTSTAMP:20210420T222305Z
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SUMMARY:A reading from Voices Amidst the Virus: Poets Respond to the Pandemic at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival
DESCRIPTION:In April 2021\, Salem\, MA will be the epicenter of contemporary American poetry\, offering rare opportunities to hear the nation’s best poets read and discuss their work in intimate and engaging forums. Join Eileen Cleary (Poetry\, June 2016)\, Steven Cramer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, Christine Jones (Poetry\, January 2014)\, and Kyle Potvin as they read from the anthology Voices Amidst the Virus: Poets Respond to the Pandemic. The festival was co-founded by Cindy Hunter Morgan (Poetry). \n\n\n\nThe Massachusetts Poetry Festival is a biennial poetry festival\, showcasing poetry readings and workshops\, a small press and literary fair\, panels\, poetry slams\, visual arts\, and open-air performances. Panel topics range broadly from the state of poetry\, poetry and gender\, book publishing\, and modernism in contemporary art. The festival also hosts the Student Day of Poetry\, a poetry field trip for middle and high school students\, who engage in writing-generative workshops with the region’s top poets and educators. Nearly 300 local and nationally known poets engage with thousands of attendees each festival. \n\n\n\nDue to COVID-19\, the 2021 Massachusetts will take place in a virtual-hybrid format with the majority of events offered virtually and a select number of events offered in Salem\, MA. All in-person events will have the option for attendees to participate virtually.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/a-reading-from-voices-amidst-the-virus-poets-respond-to-the-pandemic-at-the-massachusetts-poetry-festival/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Poetry Festival":MAILTO:programassistant@masspoetry.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210418T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210418T160000
DTSTAMP:20210416T191135Z
CREATED:20210318T193420Z
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SUMMARY:Brookline Poetry Series with Steven Cramer and Nathan McClain
DESCRIPTION:Steven Cramer’s (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) sixth poetry collection\, Listen\, was published in 2020 by MadHat Press. He is the author of five previous collections\, most recently Clangings (2012) and Goodbye to the Orchard (2004)\,  which won the Sheila Motton Prize from the New England Poetry Club and was named an Honor Book in Poetry by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. Recipient of two grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship\, he founded and teaches in the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Lesley University. \n\n\n\n\nNathan McClain is the author of Scale (Four Way Books\, 2017)\, a recipient of fellowships from Sewanee Writers’ Conference\, The Frost Place\, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, and a graduate of MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson.  His poems and prose have recently appeared in Poetry Northwest\, Zocalo Public Square\, Green Mountains Review\, Poem-a-Day\, The Common\, and The Critical Flame.  He teaches at Hampshire College.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/brookline-poetry-series-with-steven-cramer-and-nathan-mcclain/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210416T200000
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SUMMARY:The Writers Place with Kevin Prufer\, Wayne Miller\, and Katie Manning
DESCRIPTION:Kevin Prufer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) is the author of seven books of poetry and the editor of numerous anthologies\, the most recent of which is How He Loved Them (Four Way Books)\, winner of the Julie Suk Award and long-listed for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize.  Prufer is also Co-Curator of the Unsung Masters Series\, and Professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston. Among Prufer’s awards and honors are four Pushcart prizes and multiple Best American Poetry selections\, numerous awards from the Poetry Society of America\, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Lannan Foundation.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-writers-place-with-kevin-prufer-wayne-miller-and-katie-manning/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AuthosPhoto2020.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="The Writers Place":MAILTO:info@writersplace.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210415T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210415T210000
DTSTAMP:20210416T194024Z
CREATED:20210318T191404Z
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SUMMARY:The Ecstasy of Influence: A Seminar and Workshop with Steven Cramer
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, led by poet and professor Steven Cramer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, some of the great poetic influences (think John Keats and Wallace Stevens\, or Emily Dickinson and Adrienne Rich) will be explored and two prompts will be provided to inspire you to invite influence into your work. Steven Cramer’s sixth poetry collection\, Listen\, was published in 2020 by MadHat Press. He founded and now teaches in the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Lesley University in Cambridge\, Massachusetts.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-ecstasy-of-influence-a-seminar-and-workshop-with-steven-cramer/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Steven-Cramer.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="PoemCity":MAILTO:info@kellogghubbard.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210406T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210406T210000
DTSTAMP:20210416T194005Z
CREATED:20210228T020818Z
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SUMMARY:Michael Lowenthal in conversation with Stephen McCauley
DESCRIPTION:Boswell presents an evening with writer Michael Lowenthal (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, author of Avoidance\, The Paternity Test\, and now Sex with Strangers: Stories. For this event\, Lowenthal will be in conversation with Stephen McCauley\, author of My Ex-Life. \n\n\n\nRecognizing that any partner is unknowable on some level\, Michael Lowenthal writes about how intimacy can make strangers of us all. A newly ordained priest struggles with guilt and longing when he runs into his ex-girlfriend. A woman weighs the cost of protecting her daughter from a man they both adore. A young man tries to salvage a long-distance relationship while caring for his mentor\, an erotic writer dying of AIDS. \n\n\n\nIn edgy\, disquieting stories\, Lowenthal traces the paths that attraction and erotic encounters take\, baffling and rueful as often as electrifying. This fraught and funny volume forces us to grapple with our own subconscious desires and question how well we can ever really know ourselves. \n\n\n\nPurchase your copy of Sex with Strangers at https://www.boswellbooks.com/book/9780299332648
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/michael-lowenthal-in-conversation-with-stephen-mccauley/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Boswell Books":MAILTO:info@boswellbooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210401T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210401T203000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193944Z
CREATED:20210228T020402Z
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SUMMARY:In conversation with Michael Lowenthal and Bill Lychack
DESCRIPTION:Michael Lowenthal (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) will feature in White Whale’s virtual events series for his latest\, Sex with Strangers. He’ll be joined by local author and professor\, William Lychack\, author of Cargill Falls\, for a reading. \n\n\n\nMichael Lowenthal is the author of four novels: The Same Embrace\, Avoidance\, Charity Girl\, and  The Paternity Test. His short stories and essays have appeared in Tin House\, Ploughshares\, the  Southern Review\, the Kenyon Review\, the New York Times Magazine\, True Story\, Guernica\, and The Rumpus\, and have been widely anthologized. The recipient of fellowships from the Bread Loaf and Wesleyan writers’ conferences\, the MacDowell Colony\, and the Mass Cultural Council\, Lowenthal has taught creative writing at Boston College and Hampshire College\, and as the Picador Guest Professor for Literature at Leipzig University. Since 2003\, he has been a faculty member in the low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program at Lesley University. \n\n\n\nWilliam Lychack is the author of Cargill Falls\, The Wasp Eater\, and The Architect of Flowers\, and his work has appeared in The Best American Short Stories\, The Pushcart Prize\, The Best Small Fictions\, and on public radio’s This American Life. He currently teaches at the University of Pittsburgh\, where he is Director of the Graduate Writing Program.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/in-conversation-with-michael-lowenthal-and-bill-lychack/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="White Whale Books":MAILTO:info@whitewhalebookstore.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210331T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210331T190000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193923Z
CREATED:20210228T011044Z
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SUMMARY:Sex with Strangers w/ Michael Lowenthal at East End Books Ptown
DESCRIPTION:A fiercely honest exploration of the risks and rewards of contemporary relationships\,Sex with Strangers embraces the dizzying power of attraction across the spectrum of sexuality and infatuation. In this fearless collection\, lust and loneliness drive a diverse cast of queer and straight characters into sometimes precarious entanglements. Recognizing that any partner is unknowable on some level\, Michael Lowenthal (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) stretches what it means to be with a stranger and to have to navigate happiness\, loss\, and regret. A newly ordained priest struggles with guilt and longing when he runs into his ex-girlfriend. A woman weighs the cost of protecting her daughter from a man they both adore. A teenage busboy has a jolting brush with a famous musician. A young man tries to salvage a long-distance relationship while caring for his mentor\, an erotic writer dying of AIDS.  \n\n\n\nIn edgy\, disquieting stories\, Michael Lowenthal traces the paths that attraction and erotic encounters take\, baffling and rueful as often as electrifying. This fraught and funny collection forces us to grapple with our own subconscious desires and question how well we can ever really know ourselves.  \n\n\n\nMichael Lowenthal is the author of four novels:The Same Embrace\, Avoidance\, Charity Girl\, andThe Paternity Test. He lives in Boston. 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/sex-with-strangers-w-michael-lowenthal-at-east-end-books-ptown/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="East End Books Ptown":MAILTO:eastendbooksptown@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210327T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210327T200000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193902Z
CREATED:20210319T000206Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Fridays Dire Series with Steven Cramer
DESCRIPTION:Join Steven Cramer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) as a featured reader for Timothy Gager’s Virtual Fridays Dire Literary Series. Events can be viewed on live stream at the Virtual Fridays Dire Literary Series Group on Facebook. All feature segments will be uploaded to YouTube afterwards.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/virtual-fridays-dire-series-with-steven-cramer/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210324T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210324T200000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193827Z
CREATED:20210228T010618Z
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SUMMARY:Michael Lowenthal & Christopher Castellani author talk: Sex with Strangers
DESCRIPTION:A book discussion with Michael Lowenthal (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) in conversation with Christopher Castellani on Lowenthal’s new story collection. Participants will be able to purchase books signed by the author. See the event page for details. \n\n\n\nSex with Strangers is a fiercely honest exploration of the risks and rewards of contemporary relationships—and hookups. The collection embraces the dizzying power of attraction across the spectrum of passion and infatuation. In this fearless collection\, lust and loneliness drive a diverse cast of queer and straight characters into sometimes precarious entanglements. \n\n\n\nRecognizing that any partner is unknowable on some level\, Michael Lowenthal writes about how intimacy can make strangers of us all. A newly ordained priest struggles with guilt and longing when he runs into his ex-girlfriend. A woman weighs the cost of protecting her daughter from a man they both adore. A teenage busboy has a jolting brush with a famous musician. A young man tries to salvage a long-distance relationship while caring for his mentor\, an erotic writer dying of AIDS. \n\n\n\nIn edgy\, disquieting stories\, Lowenthal traces the paths that attraction and erotic encounters take\, baffling and rueful as often as electrifying. This fraught and funny volume forces us to grapple with our own subconscious desires and question how well we can ever really know ourselves. \n\n\n\nMichael Lowenthal is the author of four novels: Charity Girl\, The Paternity Test\, Avoidance\, and The Same Embrace. He lives in Roslindale and teaches in the MFA in Creative Writing program at Lesley University. \n\n\n\nModerator Christopher Castellani is the author of five books\, most recently the novel Leading Men. He is the artistic director of GrubStreet.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/michael-lowenthal-christopher-castellani-author-talk-sex-with-strangers/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brookline Booksmith":MAILTO:thestore@brooklinebooksmith.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210316T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210316T200000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193804Z
CREATED:20210303T223434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T193804Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Event with YA author David Elliott\, The Seventh Raven
DESCRIPTION:Gibson’s Bookstore will be hosting David Elliott (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) for a virtual event as he presents his latest novel in verse\, The Seventh Raven\, a retelling of the Grimms’ fairytale of the same name. \n\n\n\nBest-selling author David Elliott examines the timeless themes of balance\, transformation\, and restoration in this evocative tale about a girl who will stop at nothing to reverse a curse that turned her seven brothers into ravens. Elliott’s retelling explores the unintended consequences of our actions\, no matter our intentions. Stunning black-and-white illustrations throughout by Rovina Cai.  \n\n\n\nDavid Elliott is a New York Times best-selling children’s author whose recent works include Bull and Voices\, both novels in verse for teens. Born in Ohio\, David has worked as a singer\, a cucumber washer\, and a popsicle stick maker. Currently\, he lives in New Hampshire with his wife and a three-footed dog. davidelliottbooks.com
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/virtual-author-event-with-ya-author-david-elliott-the-seventh-raven/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210311T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210314T235959
DTSTAMP:20210416T193744Z
CREATED:20210227T153912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T193744Z
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SUMMARY:18th Annual Saints and Sinners Literary Festival -- Michael Lowenthal
DESCRIPTION:Michael Lowenthal (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) will be one of the speakers at the 2021 Annual Saints and Sinners Literary Festival. Events will be entirely virtual\, and there is no registration fee. \n\n\n\nThe Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as an innovative way to reach the community with information about HIV/AIDS\, particularly disseminating prevention messages via the writers\, thinkers and spokes-people of the LGBTQ+ community. It was also formed to bring the LGBTQ+ literary community together to celebrate the literary arts. \n\n\n\nThe Festival has grown into an internationally-recognized event that brings together a who’s who of LGBTQ+ publishers\, writers and readers from throughout the United States and beyond. The Festival\, held over 3 days each spring at the Hotel Monteleone in the New Orleans French Quarter\, features panel discussions and master classes around literary topics that provide a forum for authors\, editors and publishers to talk about their work for the benefit of emerging writers and the enjoyment of fans of LGBTQ+ literature.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/18th-annual-saints-and-sinners-literary-festival-michael-lowenthal/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival":MAILTO:pjwillisnola@aol.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210301T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210301T140000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193724Z
CREATED:20210222T230042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T193724Z
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SUMMARY:2021 Lampeter Society Talk: A Shock of Recognition; How Lampeter Became My Welsh Hometown -- an online talk with Pamela Petro
DESCRIPTION:Pamela Petro (Creative Nonfiction; Graphic Novel & Comics\, MFA Writing Faculty) will be reading from and talking about her new book\, The Long Field. The talk will center around how a small Welsh market town–Lampeter–became the second hometown of a suburban-raised American of German and Hungarian descent.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/2021-lampeter-society-talk-a-shock-of-recognition-how-lampeter-became-my-welsh-hometown-an-online-talk-with-pamela-petro/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lampeter Society":MAILTO:lampetersociety@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210228T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210228T173000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193702Z
CREATED:20210131T201745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T193702Z
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SUMMARY:Reading in The Loom Reading Series with Kevin Prufer
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, February 28th at 4:30pm\, the Toadstool Bookshop and the Loom Poetry Series will host a live\, online reading from three poets\, Kevin Prufer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, Angela Narciso Torres\, and Reginald Gibbons\, to celebrate the release of their new books from Four Way Books. This event will be free and open to the public and will offer an opportunity for readers to listen to and discuss new\, contemporary poetry. \n\n\n\nThe Loom Poetry Series is a Harrisville-based initiative to highlight and celebrate the best in contemporary poetry. They will be presenting these three contemporary poets\, all published by Four Ways Books\, to celebrate these releases.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/reading-in-the-loom-reading-series-with-kevin-prufer/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210118T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210123T235959
DTSTAMP:20210416T193632Z
CREATED:20200814T004925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T193632Z
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SUMMARY:17th Annual Virtual Palm Beach Poetry Festival
DESCRIPTION:The annual festival offers six days and evenings of extraordinary workshops\, talks on craft\, Q&A\, panel discussions\, readings\, and social events with award winning-faculty and special guests. \n\n\n\nWorkshop and featured faculty poets include David Baker\, Laure-Anne Bosselaar\, Traci Brimhall\, Eduardo C. Corral\, Vievee Francis\, Kevin Prufer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, Martha Rhodes and Tim Seibles; the Special Guest Poet\, Gregory Orr\, will perform “The Beloved: A Poetry & Song Cycle with The Parkington Sisters. Poet At Large is Brian Turner.\, and Conference Faculty include Lorna Knowles Blake\, Sally Bliumis-Dunn\, Nickole Brown\, Jessica Jacobs\, and Angela Narciso Torres.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/17th-annual-palm-beach-poetry-festival/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Palm Beach Poetry Festival":MAILTO:news@palmbeachpoetryfestival.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201217T200000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193600Z
CREATED:20200514T012126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T193600Z
UID:1239-1608231600-1608235200@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Wintonbury Library Poetry Series with Lori Desrosiers
DESCRIPTION:Spark your creativity\, make connections\, and share the gift of poetry! The P. Faith McMahon Wintonbury Library offers readings by notable poets and a warm\, supportive atmosphere for sharing your own work. Featured poets for this event are Lori Desrosiers (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) and Benjamin Grossberg. Open mic follows the featured poets. Sign up during registration or email Tom at tnicotera@libraryconnection.info.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/wintonbury-library-poetry-series/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Bloomfield Public Library":MAILTO:askbplct@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201213T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201213T163000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193541Z
CREATED:20200912T222803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T193541Z
UID:1909-1607871600-1607877000@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry at the Library Series: featuring Steven Cramer & Joyce Peseroff
DESCRIPTION:Steven Cramer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) reads from his sixth collection\, Listen (MadHat Press\, 2020)\,  lucid\, smart portrayals of  the “darker corners” of despair through scores of illuminating juxtapositions.  Experimenting with many verse forms to give shape to the mind’s restless shifts and associations—sometimes absurdly funny\, bracingly honest\, and always sharp in thought and craft—the lyric testimony of Listen reaffirms the indispensable\, if fragile\, consolations of art. He is joined by Joyce Peseroff reading from her sixth collection\, Petition (Carnegie Mellon University Press\, 2020).
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/virtual-poetry-at-the-library-series-featuring-steven-cramer-joyce-peseroff/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201211T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201211T213000
DTSTAMP:20201201T014039Z
CREATED:20200912T222242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201201T014039Z
UID:1903-1607715000-1607722200@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Chapter and Verse featuring Steven Cramer's "Listen"
DESCRIPTION:Chapter and Verse is a free literary reading series sponsored by the Jamaica Pond Poets\, usually on the second Friday of the month\, from October through May. The operating committee members are  Dorothy Derifield\, Sandra Storey\, Susanna Kittridge\, Jennifer Markell\, and Alan Smith Soto. \n\n\n\nEvents have three readers followed by free refreshments. Open to all.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/chapter-and-verse-featuring-steven-cramers-listen/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Jamaica Pond Poets":MAILTO:dorothy.derifield@jamaicapondpoets.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201116T130000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193457Z
CREATED:20201019T013624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T193457Z
UID:2076-1605528000-1605531600@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Goat Hill Writing Workshops with Ann Hood and Hester Kaplan
DESCRIPTION:Join Ann and Hester (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) for an hour of writing prompts\, critiques\, and community! Writers of all stages in their writing lives welcome. A new workshop begins every Monday weeks of November 2\, 9\, and 16. Sessions are held 12:00 – 1:00pm Monday\, Wednesday\, and Friday on Zoom. Space is limited.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/goat-hill-writing-workshops-with-ann-hood-and-hester-kaplan-3/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Goat Hill":MAILTO:goathillwriters@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201114T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201114T190000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193418Z
CREATED:20200912T215738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T193418Z
UID:1899-1605373200-1605380400@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:An Interactive Livestream Reading Series with Steven Cramer
DESCRIPTION:LIT BALM is a new weekly interactive livestream reading series from Marc Vincenz of MadHat and New American Writing (Magazine)\, Jonathan Penton of Unlikely Stories Mark V and Unlikely Books\, and Larissa Shmailo of Scribes Media. This event features Steven Cramer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) reading from his new poetry collection\, Listen.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/an-interactive-livestream-reading-series-with-steven-cramer/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201113T210000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193353Z
CREATED:20200912T215421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T193353Z
UID:1894-1605294000-1605301200@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Listen: A Reading with Steven Cramer
DESCRIPTION:Steven Cramer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) reads from his new poetry collection\, Listen\, alongside Joyce Peseroff’s reading from Petition\, her sixth book of poems.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/listen-a-reading-with-steven-cramer/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201109T130000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193331Z
CREATED:20201019T013431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T193331Z
UID:2074-1604923200-1604926800@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Goat Hill Writing Workshops with Ann Hood and Hester Kaplan
DESCRIPTION:Join Ann and Hester (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) for an hour of writing prompts\, critiques\, and community! Writers of all stages in their writing lives welcome. A new workshop begins every Monday weeks of November 2\, 9\, and 16. Sessions are held 12:00 – 1:00pm Monday\, Wednesday\, and Friday on Zoom. Space is limited.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/goat-hill-writing-workshops-with-ann-hood-and-hester-kaplan-2/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201105T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201105T203000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193126Z
CREATED:20200718T223204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T193126Z
UID:1550-1604602800-1604608200@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Cary Library Poetry Series: Listen by Steven Cramer
DESCRIPTION:Steven Cramer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) reads from his latest poetry collection\, Listen\, at the Cary Library along with Jeffrey Harrison and Joyce Peseroff.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/cary-library-poetry-series-listen-by-steven-cramer/
LOCATION:Cary Memorial Library\, 1874 Massachusetts Avenue\, Lexington\, Massachusetts\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201102T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201102T130000
DTSTAMP:20210416T193059Z
CREATED:20201019T010020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T193059Z
UID:2070-1604318400-1604322000@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Goat Hill Writing Workshops with Ann Hood and Hester Kaplan
DESCRIPTION:Join Ann and Hester (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) for an hour of writing prompts\, critiques\, and community! Writers of all stages in their writing lives welcome. A new workshop begins every Monday weeks of November 2\, 9\, and 16. Sessions are held 12:00 – 1:00pm Monday\, Wednesday\, and Friday on Zoom. Space is limited.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/goat-hill-writing-workshops-with-ann-hood-and-hester-kaplan/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Goat Hill":MAILTO:goathillwriters@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201026T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201026T200000
DTSTAMP:20201024T164104Z
CREATED:20200718T195941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T164104Z
UID:1546-1603739700-1603742400@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Blacksmith House Poetry Series: Listen by Steven Cramer
DESCRIPTION:Founded in 1973\, the award-winning Blacksmith House Poetry Series brings established and emerging writers of poetry and fiction to Harvard Square. Come listen to Poetry mentor Steven Cramer read from his latest poetry collection\, Listen (limited spaces).
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/blacksmith-house-poetry-series-listen-by-steven-cramer/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200919T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200920T235959
DTSTAMP:20210416T192958Z
CREATED:20200906T185225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T192958Z
UID:1833-1600473600-1600646399@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:The Dream Team Writing Retreat: aka "The Weekend That Changed Your (Writing) Life!"
DESCRIPTION:Sessions run from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM EST on Saturday and Sunday. \n\n\n\nJoin Laurie Foos (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) and Tony Eprile (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) for two intensive days of writing and revising fiction. Jumpstart your creativity and remind yourself why you write via a series of prompts and innovative exercises\, and also learn some powerful new techniques to revise and re-envision your manuscripts. This virtual retreat will offer lively\, fun-but-serious\, and deeply informative sessions.  \n\n\n\nSaturday will be focused on generating new material. Participants will be giving a variety of writing prompts\, and there will be discussion of the writing process\, as well as time for Q&A. \n\n\n\nSunday’s session will pivot to revision. Participants will be given prompts and techniques for revision\, and there will be discussion of the revision process\, as well as Q&A. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact Laurie Foos at foosedits@gmail.com to register via PayPal and for questions. Registration open through 9/16. Registrants will be sent Zoom links to the sessions at the time of registration.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-dream-team-writing-retreat-aka-the-weekend-that-changed-your-writing-life/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Laurie Foos":MAILTO:foosedits@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200911T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200911T213000
DTSTAMP:20200903T114926Z
CREATED:20200903T114925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200903T114926Z
UID:1822-1599852600-1599859800@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Cambridge Common Presents: An Online Reading with Lesley MFA Alums and Mentors
DESCRIPTION:If you’re nostalgic for the on-campus residencies of old\, want to hear what your fellow classmates and your mentors have been working on since graduation\, or if you’re curious just what exactly you can do with an MFA in Creative Writing\, here’s your chance to hear alums and faculty from the Lesley University low-res MFA program in creative writing read their work — for free! \n\n\n\nCome hear from Lesley MFA writers Karin Cecile Davidson\, Laurie Foos\, Andrea Read\, Steven Cramer\, Bridget Weigel\, Pam Petro\, Saraciea Fennell\, Rahima Rice\, and other special guests representing the different genres of writing available through the program. \n\n\n\nWe’d love to have you join us for this event — and if you know prospective Lesley MFA students\, please invite them to come as well!After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the reading. We hope to see you there!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/cambridge-common-presents-an-online-reading-with-lesley-mfa-alums-and-mentors/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Lesley Event,Mentor Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Common Writers":MAILTO:lesleycambridgecommon@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200815T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200815T190000
DTSTAMP:20210416T192912Z
CREATED:20200813T013157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T192912Z
UID:1704-1597510800-1597518000@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Reading: VISITING HOURS by Jami Brandli
DESCRIPTION:Jami Brandli (WSS\, MFA Writing Faculty) has a virtual reading of her play\, VISITING HOURS\, this Saturday\, August 15th at 2pm PST/5pm EST as part of The Road Theatre’s Summer Playwrights Festival. There will also be a live talk-back with the director and actors right after the reading and the recording will then be available to view on The Road’s website for 24 hours.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/virtual-reading-visiting-hours-by-jami-brandli/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Road Theatre Company":MAILTO:boxoffice@roadtheatre.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200627T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200627T153000
DTSTAMP:20200619T204442Z
CREATED:20200514T011812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200619T204442Z
UID:1235-1593264600-1593271800@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Poetry and Music Feature
DESCRIPTION:*Subject to change due to COVID restriction.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/poetry-and-music-feature/
LOCATION:Lost Bookshelf Bookstore\, 191 Highland Ave #1c\, Somerville\, Massachusetts\, 02143
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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