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SUMMARY:What The Universe Is: Adrian Matejka and Kevin Prufer
DESCRIPTION:Come close out the 2023 season of What The Universe Is with two of America’s finest poets: \n\n\n\nAdrian Matejka was born in Germany as part of a military family. He grew up in Indianapolis\, Indiana and is a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington and the MFA program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is the author of The Devil’s Garden (Alice James Books\, 2003) which won the New York / New England Award and Mixology (Penguin\, 2009)\, a winner of the 2008 National Poetry Series. His third collection\, The Big Smoke (Penguin\, 2013)\, was awarded the 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. The Big Smoke was also a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award\, the National Book Award\, and the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. His next collection\, Map to the Stars\, was published by Penguin in 2017.  \n\n\n\nKevin Prufer’s (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) newest poetry collection\, The Fears\, is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press in 2023. His new novel\, Sleepaway\, will appear in 2024 from Acre Books. He is also the author of several other books of poetry\, including The Art of Fiction (2021)\, How He Loved Them (2018)\, Churches (2014)\, In a Beautiful Country (2011)\, and National Anthem (2008)\, all from Four Way Books. Prufer is a professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston and the low-residency MFA at Lesley University.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/what-the-universe-is-adrian-matejka-and-kevin-prufer/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Mentor Event
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SUMMARY:The Eras Tour: Local Author Edition with Sara Zarr
DESCRIPTION:On the 13th of December\, join 13 local authors for a special event at The King’s English Bookshop! Meet authors in unique reading “eras”\, get your books signed\, and hang out with other readers and collect bookish friendship bracelets! This event is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. \n\n\n\nAuthors: \n\n\n\nLyla Sage: Cowboy Romance Era \n\n\n\nTricia Levenseller: Romantasy Era \n\n\n\nTiana Smith: Romance Era \n\n\n\nKathryn Purdie: Fantasy Fairytale Era \n\n\n\nSamantha Hastings: Historical Romance Era/Cozy Mystery Era \n\n\n\nBradeigh Godfrey: Thriller Era/Romance Era \n\n\n\nKaela Rivera: Middle Grade Era \n\n\n\nLena Jeong: Fantasy Era \n\n\n\nLindsey Leavitt: Kid Lit Era \n\n\n\nSara Zarr (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty): Kid Lit Era \n\n\n\nMackenzi Lee: Adventure Era/Historical Fiction Era \n\n\n\nKrysti Meyer: Rom-Com Era \n\n\n\nMickey George: Graphic Novel Era/Historical Fiction Era
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-eras-tour-local-author-edition-with-sara-zarr/
LOCATION:The King’s English Bookshop\, 1511 South 1500 East\, Salt Lake City\, Utah\, 84105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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SUMMARY:Lily Poetry Review Presents Askold Melnyczuk and Steven Cramer
DESCRIPTION:Join Lily Poetry Review as Askold Melnyczuk and Steven Cramer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) read from their works.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lily-poetry-review-presents-askold-melnyczuk-and-steven-cramer/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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CREATED:20231110T203141Z
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SUMMARY:Red Letter Live Poetry Readings with Steven Cramer
DESCRIPTION:Back again for 2023\, Arlington Open Studios will be hosting poetry readings by local poets. This year’s readings are being presented in the Arlington Center for the Arts’ Shaira Ali Gallery\, 3rd floor of the Arlington Community Center\, 1-3pm. \n\n\n\nParticipating Poets: \n\n\n\n\nSteven Cramer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty)\n\n\n\nCharles O. Hartman\n\n\n\nNathan McClain\n\n\n\nLee Varon\n\n\n\nElizabeth Burke
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/red-letter-live-poetry-readings-with-steven-cramer-2/
LOCATION:Arlington Center for the Arts’ Shaira Ali Gallery\, 20 Academy St\, Arlington\, Massachusetts\, 02476\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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SUMMARY:Steven Cramer and Pamela Petro at Tidepool Bookshop
DESCRIPTION:Steven Cramer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) and Pamela Petro (Nonficton/Graphic Novel & Comics\, MFA Writing Faculty) will be at Tidepool Bookshop to read and discuss their respective works\, Departures from Rilke and The Long Field. \n\n\n\nSteven Cramer’s newest book of poems\, Departures from Rilke\, derives from his favorites among Rainer Maria Rilke’s two volumes of New Poems (1907/08). Cramer repurposes\, updates\, and sometimes upends the subject matter and style of the originals\, often leaving Rilke’s premises almost altogether. A practice dating back to Thomas Wyatt’s imports of Petrarch and including Robert Lowell’s Imitations (1961)\, Cramer’s approach makes for an original poetry of personal and contemporary resonance\, while remaining alert to Rilke’s chastening presence. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn The Long Field\, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales\, as a gay woman\, as the survivor of a terrible AMTRAK train crash\, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales\, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home\, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology\, immigration\, ecological crises\, and our new divisive politics. On this journey\, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition\, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/steven-cramer-and-pamela-petro-at-tidepool-bookshop/
LOCATION:Tidepool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01602\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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SUMMARY:Arrowsmith Fall 2023 Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join Arrowsmith Press for their Fall 2023 Book Launch with authors Christopher Merrill\, Diane Mehta\, and Steven Cramer (MFA Writing Faculty\, Poetry). This event will take place both in-person at the Boston University Katzenberg Center and online.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/arrowsmith-fall-2023-book-launch/
LOCATION:Boston University Katzenberg Center\, 871 Commonwealth Avenue\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231022T160000
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DTSTAMP:20260526T215028
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SUMMARY:Main Point Books Presents Pamelo Petro\, "The Long Field"
DESCRIPTION:Main Point Books and The Welsh Society of Philadelphia welcomes Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics)\, author of The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence\, a Memoir. This new book\, perfect for fans of H Is for Hawk\, is an intimate memoir of belonging and loss and a mesmerizing travelogue through the landscapes and language of Wales. \n\n\n\nReservations are requested via Eventbrite; walk-ins are welcome. Books are for sale through Eventbrite and the store’s website\, and will be available during the event. Signed copies can be mailed within the U.S. \n\n\n\nPamela Petro is a writer\, artist\, and educator and the author of four books\, including “Sitting Up with the Dead: A Storied Journey through the American South” and “Travels in an Old Tongue: Touring the World Speaking Welsh.” Her work has appeared in the New York Times\, Atlantic\, Granta\, Guernica\, Paris Review\, and others. Pamela teaches creative writing at Smith College and in Lesley University’s MFA Program\, and is codirector of the Dylan Thomas Summer School at the University of Wales\, where she is a fellow. Pamela is also a visual artist who lives in Northampton\, MA\, with her partner\, Marguerite\, and Pembroke Welsh Corgi\, Topaz. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book \n\n\n\nHiraeth is a Welsh word that’s famously hard to translate. Literally\, it can mean “long field” but generally translates into English\, inadequately\, as “homesickness.” At heart\, hiraeth suggests something like a bone-deep longing for an irretrievable place\, person\, or time—an acute awareness of the presence of absence. \n\n\n\nIn The Long Field\, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales\, as a gay woman\, as the survivor of a terrible AMTRAK train crash\, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales\, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home\, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology\, immigration\, ecological crises\, and our new divisive politics. On this journey\, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition\, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time. \n\n\n\nA finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award and named to the Telegraph’s and Financial Times’s Top 10 lists for travel writing\, The Long Field is an unforgettable exploration of “the hidden contours of the human heart.”
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/main-point-books-presents-pamelo-petro-the-long-field/
LOCATION:Main Point Books\, 116 N. Wayne Avenue\, Wayne\, Pennsylvania\, 19087\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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SUMMARY:An Evening at Books and Books with Pamela Petro and Thomas Swick
DESCRIPTION:Books & Books presents an evening with Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics\, MFA Writing Faculty) & Thomas Swick discussing Petro’s book: The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence\, a Memoir.This event is FREE and open to the public and books will be available for purchase the night of the event so make sure to stay after the talk for a book signing! \n\n\n\nFor readers of H Is for Hawk\, an intimate memoir of belonging and loss and a mesmerizing travelogue through the landscapes and language of Wales. \n\n\n\nHiraeth is a Welsh word that’s famously hard to translate. Literally\, it can mean “long field” but generally translates into English\, inadequately\, as “homesickness.” At heart\, hiraeth suggests something like a bone-deep longing for an irretrievable place\, person\, or time—an acute awareness of the presence of absence. \n\n\n\nIn The Long Field\, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales\, as a gay woman\, as the survivor of a terrible AMTRAK train crash\, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales\, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home\, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology\, immigration\, ecological crises\, and our new divisive politics. On this journey\, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition\, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time. \n\n\n\nA finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award and named to the Telegraph‘s and Financial Times’s Top 10 lists for travel writing\, The Long Field is an unforgettable exploration of “the hidden contours of the human heart.”Pamela Petro is a writer\, artist\, and educator and the author of four books\, including Sitting Up with the Dead: A Storied Journey through the American South (published by Arcade) and Travels in an Old Tongue: Touring the World Speaking Welsh. Her work has appeared in the New York Times\, Atlantic\, Granta\, Guernica\, Paris Review\, and others. Pamela teaches creative writing at Smith College and in Lesley University’s MFA Program\, and is codirector of the Dylan Thomas Summer School at the University of Wales\, where she is a fellow. Pamela is also a visual artist who lives in Northampton\, MA\, with her partner\, Marguerite\, and Pembroke Welsh Corgi\, Topaz.Thomas Swick was the travel editor of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel from 1989 to 2008. His work has appeared in numerous print and online publications\, as well as in six editions of The Best American Travel Writing. His most recent book\, the memoir Falling into Place: A Story of Love\, Poland\, and the Making of a Travel Writer\, will be out in November. He lives with his wife Hania in Fort Lauderdale and in his free time does cartooning and street photography.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/an-evening-at-books-and-books-with-pamela-petro-and-thomas-swick/
LOCATION:Books & Books in Coral Gables\, 265 Aragon Ave\, Coral Gables\, Florida\, 33134\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T193000
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SUMMARY:NYC Book Launch: THERE WAS A PARTY FOR LANGSTON by Jason Reynolds\, Jerome Pumphrey\, Jarrett Pumphrey\, and Jacqueline Woodson
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) debut picture book along with the illustrators Jerome & Jarrett Pumphrey\, all in conversation with award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson. “There Was a Party for Langston” is a snappy\, joyous ode to Word King\, literary genius\, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he inspired. Join us at the Langston Hughes Auditorium in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City. \n\n\n\nReynolds & the Pumphreys will discuss the inspiration behind and creation of their new book\, discuss the significance of Hughes’s life\, and take pictures with attendees. All books will be presigned (no personalization) and attendees will be able to take pictures with the authors. \n\n\n\nFree tickets are available for teachers (limited amount) and discounted bulk tickets & books available for youth organizations & schools.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/nyc-book-launch-there-was-a-party-for-langston-by-jason-reynolds-jerome-pumphrey-jarrett-pumphrey-and-jacqueline-woodson/
LOCATION:Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture\, 515 Malcolm X Blvd\, New York City\, New York\, 10037\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Word Up Community Bookshop":MAILTO:info@wordupbooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T200000
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SUMMARY:New York Welsh Monthly Meetup with Special Guest Pamela Petro
DESCRIPTION:New York Welsh hosts a monthly meet-up at The Liberty NYC in Manhattan\, New York City. In September\, they are joined by Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, author of The Long Field\, Wales and the Presence of Absence\, a Memoir. For readers of H Is for Hawk\, an intimate memoir of belonging and loss and a mesmerizing travelogue through the landscapes and language of Wales. \n\n\n\n\nShortlisted for the 2022 Wales Book of the Year Award\n\n\n\n\n\nOne of 6 Best Travel Books of 2021! — The Financial Times\n\n\n\n\n\nOne of the 8 Best Travel Books of the Year! — The Telegraph\n\n\n\n\nHiraeth is a Welsh word that’s famously hard to translate. Literally\, it can mean “long field” but generally translates into English\, inadequately\, as “homesickness.” At heart\, hiraeth suggests something like a bone-deep longing for an irretrievable place\, person\, or time—an acute awareness of the presence of absence. \n\n\n\nIn The Long Field\, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales\, as a gay woman\, as the survivor of a terrible Amtrak train crash\, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales\, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home\, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology\, immigration\, ecological crises\, and our new divisive politics. On this journey\, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition\, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/new-york-welsh-monthly-meetup-with-special-guest-pamela-petro/
LOCATION:The Liberty NYC\, 29 W 35th St\, New York\, New York\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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SUMMARY:Owain Glyndwr Wine and Welsh Cheese Event with author Pamela Petro
DESCRIPTION:As part of the annual Owain Glyndwr celebraton celebration\, author Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics\, MFA Writing Faculty) will present her new book: The Long Field – Wales and the Presence of Absence\, a Memoir. \n\n\n\nThe Long Field was published 2021 in the UK and named a Travel Book of the Year by The Financial Times and The Sunday Telegraph. It was also a finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award. \n\n\n\nThe author says\, “In the book I braid hiraeth I’ve experienced —as an American who pines for Wales\, as the daughter of a parent with dementia\, as the survivor of a horrific Amtrak crash—into new and old hiraeth stories of Wales. Along the way I write about hiraeth in some startlingly new ways: queer hiraeth\, hiraeth triggered by politics\, technology\, ecological crises\, and immigra􏰀on. That said\, while it’s a book about longing\, it’s actually quite cheerful! My view of hiraeth evolves along the way from an awareness of loss and longing to a crea􏰀ve response to loss\, which I see as the genius of Welsh culture—maybe the wellspring of all creativity.” \n\n\n\nPlease bring cash or check if you would like to buy Pamela’s book\, direct from the author\, at a discounted price of just $20.00 (cash or check only).
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/owain-glyndwr-wine-and-welsh-cheese-event-with-author-pamela-petro/
LOCATION:Lost Acres Vineyard\, 80 Lost Acres Road\, North Granby\, Connecticut\, 06060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Pamela-Petro.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20230816T234632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230816T234633Z
UID:8721-1694718000-1694721600@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Author Event: Pamela Petro - "The Long Field" at Wellesley Books
DESCRIPTION:Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novel & Comics\, MFA Writing Faculty) visits Wellesley Books in Wellesley\, MA to discuss The Long Field\, an intimate memoir of belonging and loss and a mesmerizing travelogue through the landscapes and language of Wales.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-event-pamela-petro-the-long-field-at-wellesley-books/
LOCATION:Wellesley Books\, 82 Central Street\, Wellesley\, Massachusetts\, 02482\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Pamela-Petro.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Wellesley Books":MAILTO:ashleigh@wellesleybooks.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20230830T232535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230830T232540Z
UID:8781-1694545200-1694548800@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Pamela Petro Presents "The Long Field"
DESCRIPTION:Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics\, MFA Writing Faculty) has written a  a meditation on the Welsh notion of hiraeth\, which translates as “the long field\,” a metaphor for homesickness and longing. Hiraeth expands in meaning as Petro weaves together Welsh stories with stories of her own life\, as a gay woman\, the survivor of a train wreck\, and the daughter of a parent with dementia. The Long Field was named a finalist for the Wales Book of the Year  Award and was listed on two top 10 lists for travel writing.Pamela Petro is the author of four other books\, including The Slow Breath of Stone and the artist book AfterShadows: A Grand Canyon Narrative. She teaches creative writing at Smith College and in Lesley University’s MFA program. She is co-director of the Dylan Thomas Summer School in Wales.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/pamela-petro-presents-the-long-field/
LOCATION:Broadside Bookshop\, 247 Main Street\, Northampton\, Massachusetts\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Pamela-Petro.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Broadside Bookshop":MAILTO:roz@broadsidebooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230901T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230901T133000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20230830T232050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230830T232052Z
UID:8776-1693571400-1693575000@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Exploring Hiraeth - Presented by Pam Petro
DESCRIPTION:Pam Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics\, MFA Writing Faculty) is an author\, artist\, and educator living in Northampton\, Massachusetts. She was recently made an honorary Fellow of the University of Wales\, and has received both literary and visual arts residencies and fellowships from Grand Canyon National Park\, the MacDowell Colony\, the Spring Creek Project for Ideas\, Nature and the Written Word\, and the Black Rock Arts Foundation. \n\n\n\nShe went to Brown University as an undergrad\, and to The University of Wales\, Trinity St David\, for her Master’s Degree in Word and Image Studies. She also studied at the Sorbonne\, Paris I\, and the Ecole du Louvre in Paris\, France. She has spent years studying both French and Welsh but can’t speak either one very well. \n\n\n\nIn high school Pamela’s teachers told her she’d have to choose between visual art and writing\, and she balked. She wanted to do both. And she’s been trying to combine words and images ever since. Her words bleed into images\, and images into words. Long may the two be more powerful together!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/exploring-hiraeth-presented-by-pam-petro/
LOCATION:Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel\, 333 South 13th Street\, Lincoln\, Nebraska\, 68508\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Pamela-Petro.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="North American Festival of Wales":MAILTO:IHQ@theWNAA.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230830T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230830T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20230820T210108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230820T210109Z
UID:8768-1693422000-1693425600@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Pamela Petro - The Long Field - Francie & Finch Bookshop
DESCRIPTION:Join the Francie & Finch Bookshop to welcome Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics\, MFA Writing Faculty) as she introduces her newest memoir. \n\n\n\nThe publication of The Long Field will coincide with the Welsh American Festival happening from August 30th – September 3 at the Marriott Hotel in Lincoln. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book:In The Long Field\, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales\, as a gay woman\, as the survivor of a terrible AMTRAK train crash\, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales\, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home\, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology\, immigration\, ecological crises\, and our new divisive politics. On this journey\, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition\, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time. \n\n\n\nA finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award and named to the Telegraph‘s and Financial Times’s Top 10 lists for travel writing\, The Long Field is an unforgettable exploration of “the hidden contours of the human heart.” \n\n\n\nAbout the Author:Pamela Petro is an author\, artist\, and educator living in Northampton\, MA\, with her partner\, Marguerite\, and Pembroke Welsh Corgi\, Topaz. She has written four books of creative nonfiction including her latest\, The Long Field – Wales and the Presence of Absence\, a Memoir\, as well as Travels in an Old Tongue\, also about Wales; Sitting up with the Dead\, about the American South; and The Slow Breath of Stone\, about Southwest France. Her articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, Granta\, Guernica\, The Paris Review\, and others. She was shortlisted in 2022 for The Wales Book of the Year Award and has received literary and visual arts residencies from Grand Canyon National Park\, the MacDowell Colony\, The Black Rock Arts Foundation\, and The Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University. Pamela teaches creative writing at Smith College and on Lesley University’s MFA in Creative Writing Program\, and is co-Director of the Dylan Thomas Summer School at the University of Wales\, Trinity St Davids\, where she is also a Fellow. She has widely exhibited her photography and has also created an artist book\, AfterShadows – A Grand Canyon Narrative\, and a graphic script\, Under Paradise Valley.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/visiting-author-pamela-petro-the-long-field-francie-finch-bookshop/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, Nebraska\, 68508\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Pamela-Petro.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Francie & Finch Bookshop":MAILTO:leslie@francieandfinch.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230826T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230826T150000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20230820T205242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230820T205243Z
UID:8762-1693058400-1693062000@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Pam Petro Book Launch ~ The Long Field
DESCRIPTION:Please join MainStreet BookEnds of Warner to celebrate the US book launch of The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence – A Memoir with author Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics\, MFA Writing Faculty) in conversation with David Elliott (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty). \n\n\n\nHiraeth is a Welsh word that’s famously hard to translate. Literally\, it can mean “long field” but generally translates into English\, inadequately\, as “homesickness.” At heart\, hiraeth suggests something like a bone-deep longing for an irretrievable place\, person\, or time—an acute awareness of the presence of absence. \n\n\n\nIn The Long Field\, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales\, as a gay woman\, as the survivor of a terrible AMTRAK train crash\, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales\, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home\, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology\, immigration\, ecological crises\, and our new divisive politics. On this journey\, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition\, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time. \n\n\n\nPamela Petro is a writer\, artist\, and educator and the author of four books\, including Sitting Up with the Dead: A Storied Journey through the American South (published by Arcade) and Travels in an Old Tongue: Touring the World Speaking Welsh. Her work has appeared in the New York Times\, Atlantic\, Granta\, Guernica\, Paris Review\, and others. Pamela teaches creative writing at Smith College and on Lesley University’s MFA Program\, and is co-director of the Dylan Thomas Summer School at the University of Wales\, where she is also a Fellow. Pamela is also a visual artist who lives in in Northampton\, MA\, with her partner\, Marguerite\, and Pembroke Welsh Corgi\, Topaz.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/pam-petro-book-launch-the-long-field/
LOCATION:MainStreet BookEnds of Warner\, 16 East Main Street\, Warner\, New Hampshire\, 03278\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Pamela-Petro.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T190000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20230820T203457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230820T203458Z
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SUMMARY:Meet the Author - Pamela Petro at Books on the Square
DESCRIPTION:Join Books on the Square on Thursday\, August 24th at 6:00 p.m. for a reading and discussion with Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, author of The Long Field. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHiraeth is a Welsh word that’s famously hard to translate. Literally\, it can mean “long field” but generally translates into English\, inadequately\, as “homesickness.” At heart\, hiraeth suggests something like a bone-deep longing for an irretrievable place\, person\, or time—an acute awareness of the presence of absence.  In The Long Field\, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales\, as a gay woman\, as the survivor of a terrible AMTRAK train crash\, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales\, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home\, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology\, immigration\, ecological crises\, and our new divisive politics. On this journey\, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition\, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time. A finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award and named to the Telegraph’s and Financial Times’s Top 10 lists for travel writing\, The Long Field is an unforgettable exploration of “the hidden contours of the human heart.” \n\n\n\nPamela Petro is a writer\, artist\, and educator and the author of four books\, including Sitting Up with the Dead: A Storied Journey through the American South (published by Arcade) and Travels in an Old Tongue: Touring the World Speaking Welsh. Her work has appeared in the New York Times\, Atlantic\, Granta\, Guernica\, Paris Review\, and others. Pamela teaches creative writing at Smith College and in Lesley University’s MFA Program\, and is codirector of the Dylan Thomas Summer School at the University of Wales\, where she is a fellow. Pamela is also a visual artist who lives in Northampton\, MA\, with her partner\, Marguerite\, and Pembroke Welsh Corgi\, Topaz.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/meet-the-author-pamela-petro-at-books-on-the-square/
LOCATION:Books on the Square\, 471 Angell Street\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02906\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Books on the Square":MAILTO:events@booksq.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T120000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20230504T232213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230504T232214Z
UID:8291-1683370800-1683374400@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Montclair Literary Festival -- Mermaid and Pirate with Tracey Baptiste
DESCRIPTION:Mermaid and Pirate cannot understand each other. They speak different languages and come from different worlds. But they’re quick to lend a hand\, or a tail\, when the sky grows stormy and waters get rough\, and a friendship is born. Hear author Tracey Baptiste (MFA Writing Faculty\, WFYP) tell her story of a shared adventure where kindness and generosity speak louder than words. Recommended for ages 3-7.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/montclair-literary-festival-mermaid-and-pirate-with-tracey-baptiste/
LOCATION:Montclair Literary Festival\, South Fullerton Ave\, Montclair\, New Jersey\, 07042\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Tracey-Baptiste-819x1024-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Montclair Public Library":MAILTO:reference@montclairlibrary.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230312T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230312T160000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20230305T025042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230305T025044Z
UID:7944-1678633200-1678636800@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:The Long Field with Pamela Petro in Conversation with Annie Garthwaite
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the publication of the paperback of Pamela Petro (MFA Writing Faculty\, Nonfiction & Comics & Graphic Novels)‘s memoir\, The Long Field. Refreshments will be provided.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-long-field-with-pamela-petro-in-conversation-with-annie-garthwaite/
LOCATION:St Chad’s Church Hall\, 1 St Chad's Terrace\, Shrewsbury\, SY1 1JL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/The-Long-Field.jpeg
ORGANIZER;CN="Pengwern Books":MAILTO:pengwernbooks@live.co.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20230228T013811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230228T013812Z
UID:7912-1677783600-1677787200@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Writers LIVE! Adrian Matejka with Jason Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:Join the Enoch Pratt Free Library for an evening with award-winning authors Adrian Matejka (MFA Writing Faculty\, Poetry) and Jason Reynolds (MFA Writing Faculty\, WFYP).
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/writers-live-adrian-matejka-with-jason-reynolds/
LOCATION:Enoch Pratt Free Library\, 400 Cathedral Street\, Baltimore\, Maryland\, 21201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221213T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221213T143000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20221212T161212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T161213Z
UID:7606-1670938200-1670941800@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Author Reading with Laurie Foos
DESCRIPTION:Laurie Foos (MFA Writing Faculty; Fiction) will be giving a reading from her most recent book\, THE OTHER\, and participating in a Q & A with Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center. The live event will be streamed on the @PBAdultLiteracyCenter Facebook page and their LinkedIn account.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/virtual-author-reading-with-laurie-foos/
LOCATION:PBALC Facebook Page
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/The-Other.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center":MAILTO:info@pbalc.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221202T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221202T183000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20221130T193724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221130T193725Z
UID:7519-1669998600-1670005800@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:A Reading from Miss Chloe: A Memoir of a Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison
DESCRIPTION:Author A.J. Verdelle will read from her book Miss Chloe: A Memoir of a Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison at the McCosh Hall at Princeton University.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/a-reading-from-miss-chloe-a-memoir-of-a-literary-friendship-with-toni-morrison/
LOCATION:McCosh Hall 40\, Princeton University\, Princeton\, New Jersey\, 08544\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AJVerdelle.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Department of English at Princeton":MAILTO:english@princeton.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221016T235959
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20220827T224346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220827T224347Z
UID:7163-1665619200-1665964799@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:2022 Brattleboro Literary Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 2022 Brattleboro Literary Festival will take place live October 13-16 in downtown Brattleboro. Featuring readings from various CCW members\, including Jason Reynolds (MFA Writing Faculty\, WFYP)\, Steven Cramer (MFA Writing Faculty\, Poetry)\, and Cindy House (Fiction\, June 2017).
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/2022-brattleboro-literary-festival/
LOCATION:Brooks House Lobby\, 132 Main Street\, Brattleboro\, Vermont\, 05301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brattleboro Literary Festival":MAILTO:info@brattleborolitfest.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T190000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20221005T235430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221005T235431Z
UID:7313-1665079200-1665082800@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:A.J. Verdelle: Miss Chloe: A Memoir Of A Literary Friendship With Toni Morrison (In Conversation With Baruti N. Kopano)
DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look at one of the literary powerhouses of our generation through the eyes of her contemporary\, the brilliant novelist A.J. Verdelle (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty). Miss Chloe\, an Ivy staff favorite\, is a love letter to books and a testament to the connections that books make possible. Verdelle will be joined by Baruti N. Kopano of Morgan State University.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/a-j-verdelle-miss-chloe-a-memoir-of-a-literary-friendship-with-toni-morrison-in-conversation-with-baruti-n-kopano/
LOCATION:The Ivy Bookshop\, 5928 Falls Road\, Baltimore\, Maryland\, 21209\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AJVerdelle.png
ORGANIZER;CN="The Ivy Bookshop":MAILTO:info@theivybookshop.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220915T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220915T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20220827T235613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220827T235614Z
UID:7174-1663268400-1663272000@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Left Bank Books Presents Dan Chaon and Erin Belieu for a conversation with Dana Levin
DESCRIPTION:Left Bank Books welcomes bestselling author Dan Chaon & award-winning poet Erin Belieu (MFA Faculty)\, who will have a conversation about adoption\, being Midwestern raised\, friendship\, and other spontaneous topics spurred by their most recent books\, led by St. Louis’ Dana Levin in person at the High Low Performing Arts Space and virtually on Thursday\, September 15th at 7 p.m. Central. Join them in person or on their YouTube & Facebook Live Page.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/left-bank-books-presents-dan-chaon-and-erin-belieu-for-a-conversation-with-dana-levin/
LOCATION:Left Bank Books\, 399 North Euclid\, St Louis\, Missouri\, 63108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Left Bank Books":MAILTO:info@left-bank.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20220301T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20220301T190000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20220219T215636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220219T215637Z
UID:6028-1646157600-1646161200@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:The King's English Bookshop presents Sara Zarr in Conversation with Corey Ann Haydu
DESCRIPTION:TKE proudly welcomes acclaimed author Sara Zarr (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) for a discussion of and reading from her new middle reader novel\, A Song Called Home. Zarr will be in conversation with fellow YA author\, Corey Ann Haydu. \n\n\n\nThis free\, virtual event will take place on Crowdcast and you must register here to participate. \n\n\n\nAbout the book: \n\n\n\nFrom award-winning author Sara Zarr comes a story of the small moments that show us who we are\, and how family is not just something you’re part of\, but something you make. \n\n\n\nLou and her family don’t have much\, but for Lou it’s enough. Mom. Her sister\, Casey. Their apartment in the city. Her best friend\, Beth. It would be better if Dad could stop drinking and be there for her and Casey\, and if they didn’t have to worry about money all the time. But Lou doesn’t need better—she only needs enough. \n\n\n\nWhat’s enough for Lou\, however\, is not enough for Mom. Steve\, Mom’s boyfriend\, isn’t a bad guy\, he’s just…not what Lou is used to. And now\, he and Mom are getting married\, and that means moving. Packing up life as they’ve known it and storing it in Steve’s garage. Lou will be separated from everything in her small but predictable life\, farther from Dad than ever. \n\n\n\nTheir last night in the city\, Lou receives a mysterious birthday gift: A guitar\, left for her by their front door. There’s nothing saying who left it\, but it must be from Dad. And as she leaves the only place she’s ever known\, she starts to believe that if she can learn how to play it\, maybe she can bring a piece of him\, and of her old life\, home.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-kings-english-bookshop-presents-sara-zarr-in-conversation-with-corey-ann-haydu/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Sara-Zarr.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="The King's English Bookshop":MAILTO:BOOKS@KINGSENGLISH.COM
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260526T215029
CREATED:20220129T153905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220206T204952Z
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SUMMARY:What The Universe Is: Gustavo Hernandez and Steven Cramer
DESCRIPTION:What The Universe Is: A Reading Series featuring two fantastic poets in a continent-spanning event: \n\n\n\nGustavo Hernandez is the author of the poetry collection Flower Grand First (Moon Tide Press). Gustavo holds a degree in creative writing from California State University Long Beach\, and his poems have been published in Reed\, Acentos Review\, Sonora Review and other publications. He was born in Jalisco\, Mexico and lives in Southern California. You can visit him here. \n\n\n\nSteven Cramer’s (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) sixth poetry collection\, Listen\, published in 2020 by MadHat Press\, was named a “must read” by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. His previous books of poetry are The Eye that Desires to Look Upward (Galileo Press\, 1987)\, The World Book (Copper Beech Press\, 1992)\, Dialogue for the Left and Right Hand (Lumen Editions/Brookline Books\, 1997)\, Goodbye to the Orchard (Sarabande Books\, 2004)—winner of the 2005 Sheila Motton Prize from the New England Poetry Club and named a 2005 Honor Book in Poetry by the Massachusetts Center for the Book—and Clangings (Sarabande Books\, 2012). His poems and reviews have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly\, Field\, Kenyon Review\, The Nation\, The New Republic\, The Paris Review\, Ploughshares\, Poetry\, and other journals. His work is represented in anthologies such as The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry (Autumn House Press\, 2005 and 2011)\, The Book of Villanelles (Knopf Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets Series\, 2012)\, and The POETRY Anthology\, 1912–2002 (Ivan R. Dee\, 2002). He has also written essays for Simply Lasting: Writers on Jane Kenyon (Graywolf Press\, 2005); Touchstones: American Poets on a Favorite Poem (Middlebury College Press\, 1996); and Until Everything Is Continuous Again: American Poets on the Recent Work of W. S. Merwin (WordFarm\, 2012). Recipient of two grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship\, he has taught literature and writing at Bennington College\, Boston University\, M.I.T.\, and Tufts University; and he founded and now teaches in the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Lesley University in Cambridge\, Massachusetts. Find him online at stevencramer.com.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/what-the-universe-is-gustavo-hernandez-and-steven-cramer%ef%bf%bc/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Mentor Event
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SUMMARY:Julie Wittes-Schlack in conversation with Pamela Petro on Julie's new novel\, Burning and Dodging
DESCRIPTION:Join Odyssey Bookshop both in person and online on Thursday\, February 10 at 7 PM for a reading and discussion of Julie Wittes-Schlack’s (Nonfiction\, June 2013) new novel\, Burning and Dodging. She will be joined in conversation by Pamela Petro (Nonfiction\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, author of the memoir\, The Long Field – Wales and the Presence of Absence. \n\n\n\nJulie Wittes Schlack is the author of a memoir in essays\, This All-at-Onceness\, named one of Kirkus Review’s 100 Best Indie Books of 2019\, and of the novel Burning and Dodging. She writes and teaches both fiction and creative nonfiction and has an MFA from Lesley University. Her essays and stories have appeared in numerous literary journals\, including Shenandoah\, The Writer’s Chronicle\, Ninth Letter\, Eleven Eleven\, and The Tampa Review. She reviews books for The ARTery and is a regular contributor to NPR station WBUR’s journal of ideas and opinions\, Cognoscenti. \n\n\n\nPamela Petro is an artist\, writer\, and educator. She’s the author of four books of literary nonfiction\, an artist’s book\, and a graphic script\, and has widely exhibited her photography. She teaches creative writing on Lesley University’s MFA Program and at Smith College\, and is Director of the Dylan Thomas Summer School in Creative Writing at the University of Wales\, Trinity St David\, where she is also a Fellow. Pamela’s latest book\, The Long Field – Wales and the Presence of Absence\, A Memoir\, was published by Little Toller Books in September\, 2021 and chosen by The Telegraph and The Financial Times of London as one of the Year’s Best Travel Books. \n\n\n\nThis event will be both in person and streamed on Odyssey’s Facebook page.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/julie-wittes-schlack-in-conversation-with-pamela-petro-on-julies-new-novel-burning-and-dodging/
LOCATION:The Odyssey Bookshop\, 9 College St\, South Hadley\, Massachusetts\, 01075\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Odyssey Bookshop":MAILTO:joan@odysseybks.com
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SUMMARY:The Ocean State Review: 10th Anniversary Reading
DESCRIPTION:Open to the public. \n\n\n\nQ&A and book signing featuring award-winning writers.Colin ChannerColin Channer was born in Jamaica and educated there and in New York. His many books include the novella The Girl with the Golden Shoes and the poetry collection Providential. \n\n\n\nHester Kaplan (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty)Hester Kaplan is the author of the story collections The Edge of Marriage\, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction\, and Unravished\, and the novels Kinship Theory and The Tell. \n\n\n\nPenelope CrayPenelope Cray is the author of Miracles Come on Mondays (Pleiades\, 2020)\, selected by Kazim Ali for the 2018 Robert C. Jones Prize for Short Prose. \n\n\n\nRobin HemleyRobin Hemley has published fourteen books\, most recently Borderline Citizen: Dispatches from the Outskirts of Nationhood (Nebraska 2020). The Art and Craft of Stories from Asia\, which he co-authored with Xu Xi\, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2021.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-ocean-state-review-10th-anniversary-reading/
LOCATION:URI Alumni Center\, 73 Upper College Rd\, University of Rhode Island\, Kingston\, Rhode Island\, 02881\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="URI Alumni Center":MAILTO:shawnd@uri.edu
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SUMMARY:Pamela Petro & Jane Brox - The Long Field\, A Memoir of Wales and The Presence of Absence
DESCRIPTION:Pamela Petro writes\, ‘I’m not Welsh by birth or ancestry. I’m simply Welsh by choice.’ \n\n\n\nIn The Long Field\, she burrows deep into the Welsh countryside to tell how this small country became a big part of an American writer’s life. Petro (Nonfiction and Graphic Novel & Comics\, MFA Writing Faculty) and her friend\, author Jane Brox (Nonfiction\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, sit down for a conversation about the book\, about writing memoir and about the powerful places that hold us and keep calling us back. \n\n\n\nPamela Petro is the author of Travels in an Old Tongue\, Sitting Up With The Dead and The Slow Breathe of Stone. Jane Brox has written five books\, most recently Silence: A Social History of One Of The Least Understood Elements of Our Lives (2019)\, which received the 2020 Maine Literary Award for NonFiction. 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/pamela-petro-jane-brox-the-long-field-a-memoir-of-wales-and-the-presence-of-absence/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Nantucket Atheneum":MAILTO:info@nantucketatheneum.org
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