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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240307T183000
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SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Lyz Lenz - This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
DESCRIPTION:Meet author Lyz Lenz (Fiction\, June 2011) as she discusses This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life\, a deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today\, and an argument that the former needs a reboot. This event will be moderated by Kali White VanBaale. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLyz Lenz is a journalist and the author of God Land and Belabored. She has written for Insider\, The New York Times\, Marie Claire\, and The Washington Post. Lenz also writes the newsletter Men Yell at Me\, about the intersection of politics and personhood in red-state America. She lives in Iowa with her two kids.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/meet-the-author-lyz-lenz-this-american-ex-wife-how-i-ended-my-marriage-and-started-my-life/
LOCATION:Beaverdale Books\, 2629 Beaver Avenue\, Des Moines\, Iowa\, 50310\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Beaverdale Books":MAILTO:beaverdalebooks@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Finnegan Lecture 2024 Jasmine Warga
DESCRIPTION:Jasmine Warga (WFYP\, June 2013)\, the 2024 Finnegan Lecturer\, will talk about the power of stories\, particularly the power of narrative and stories for young people in her talk “Connecting Through Story.” Jasmine is the New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author of many books for young people\, including Other Words For Home and A Rover’s Story. She lives in the Chicago area with her family.  \n\n\n\nPrevious Finnegan lecturers have included award-winning authors and illustrators such as Carole Lindstrom\, Ekua Holmes\, Candice Illoh\, Tracey Baptiste\, Jack Gantos\, Joel Christian Gill\, Steve Jenkins\, Renee Kurilla\, and E.B. Lewis & Susan Goodman.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/finnegan-lecture-2024-jasmine-warga/
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:Book Launch for Andrea Wang: In Conversation with Malia Maunakea
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Andrea Wang’s (WFYP\, June 2011) newest book\, Summer at Squee! Summer at Squee is a new middle grade novel about a Chinese American tween who attends a Boston-based Chinese cultural overnight camp and the many ways it transforms her. Andrea Wang is a favorite local author and has received many awards including a Caldecott Medal\, a Newbery Honor and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. \n\n\n\nAndrea will be joined in conversation with another local favorite\, Malia Maunakea\, author of Lei and the Fire Goddess. \n\n\n\nFollowing the conversation books will be available for purchase and signing. Registration required.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-launch-for-andrea-wang-in-conversation-with-malia-maunakea/
LOCATION:Golden Library\, 1019 10th St.\, Golden\, Colorado\, 80401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Second Star to the Right Books":MAILTO:info@2ndstarbooks.com
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SUMMARY:Lifting Up Marginalized Voices: Reading and Discussion with Jody Hobbs Hesler\, Sunu P. Chandy\, and Jeffrey Dale Lofton
DESCRIPTION:Join Jody Hobbs Hesler and her fellow authors at Hundred Acre Books as they read from their work and discuss how it lifts up marginalized voices.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lifting-up-marginalized-voices-reading-and-discussion-with-jody-hobbs-hesler-sunu-p-chandy-and-jeffrey-dale-lofton/
LOCATION:Hundred Acre Books\, 172 E Davis St\, Culpeper\, Virginia\, 22701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Hundred Acre Books":MAILTO:hundredacrebookshop@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240311T180000
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SUMMARY:How to Make Your Dialogue Really Talk with Benjamin Roesch
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Benjamin Roesch (Fiction\, January 2016) \n\n\n\nCourse Description: \n\n\n\nWe talk to other people all the time. Speech is at the center of our lives. Which begs the question: why is writing dialogue in fiction SO hard? And why does it so often fall flat or feel fake? \n\n\n\nIn this 2-hour\, interactive workshop\, we’ll dig into what makes dialogue tick. We’ll drink from the keg of dialogue masters like Ernest Hemingway and Judy Blume who can help us mere mortals improve our craft. Participants should come ready to write\, think\, discover\, and share. When it’s over\, you’ll have some new tools and a boosted sense of confidence so you can get back to your stories and make your dialogue really…talk.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/how-to-make-your-dialogue-really-talk-with-benjamin-roesch/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Onion River Press":MAILTO:info@onionriverpress.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T190000
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SUMMARY:Chris Lynch\, author of Walkin' the Dog\, in conversation with Sara Farizan
DESCRIPTION:Porter Square Books welcomes Chris Lynch (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) for the release of Walkin’ the Dog! Author Sara Farizan (WFYP\, January 2012) will join Lynch in conversation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA boy learns how to be a friend from man’s best friend in this funny and moving middle grade novel about humans being able to change and dogs changing us from acclaimed author Chris Lynch.In a family of strong personalities with very strong points of view\, Louis is what his mother lovingly calls “the inactivist\,” someone who’d rather kick back than stand out. He only hopes he can stay under the radar when he starts high school in the fall\, his first experience with public school after years of homeschooling.But when a favor for a neighbor and his stinky canine companion unexpectedly turns into a bustling dog-walking business\, Louis finds himself meeting an unprecedented number of new friends—both human and canine. Agatha\, a quippy and cagey girl his age always seems to be telling two truths and a lie. Cyrus\, a few years his senior\, promises he’s going to show Louis how to be a better person\, whether Louis wants him to or not. And then there are the dogs: misbehaving border terriers\, the four (possible stolen) sausage dogs\, the rest of Louis’s charges\, and a mysterious white beast who appears at a certain spot at the edge of the woods.Dogs and human alike all seem to have something they want to teach Louis\, including his menacing older brother who keeps turning up everywhere. But is Louis ready to learn the lesson he needs most: how to stop being a lone wolf and be part of a pack? \n\n\n\nChris Lynch is the award–winning author of several highly acclaimed young adult novels\, including Printz Honor Book Freewill\, Iceman\, Gypsy Davey\, and Shadow Boxer—all ALA Best Books for Young Adults—as well as Killing Time in Crystal City\, Little Blue Lies\, Pieces\, Kill Switch\, Angry Young Man\, and Inexcusable\, which was a National Book Award finalist and the recipient of six starred reviews. Chris is the author of middle grade novel Walkin’ the Dog. He holds an MA from the writing program at Emerson College. He teaches in the creative writing MFA program at Lesley University. He lives in Boston and in Scotland. \n\n\n\nSara Farizan is an Iranian American writer\, avid culture vulture\, and ardent basketball fan who was born in and lives near Boston. The award-winning author of If You Could Be Mine\, Here to Stay\, and Dead Flip\, she has an MFA from Lesley University and a BA in film and media studies from American University. 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/chris-lynch-author-of-walkin-the-dog-in-conversation-with-sara-farizan/
LOCATION:Porter Square Books\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Porter Square Books":MAILTO:INFO@PORTERSQUAREBOOKS.COM
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T200000
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SUMMARY:Chris Lynch presents Walkin' the Dog in conversation with Michael Mercurio
DESCRIPTION:Join Chris Lynch (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) in conversation with Michael Mercurio (Poetry\, January 2017) as they discuss Chris’s new middle grade book\, Walkin’ the Dog at Broadside Bookshop. \n\n\n\nIn this charming middle-grade novel\, Louis\, a bit of an introvert in a family of assertive personalities\, has  been home-schooled up until now\, but is about to start high school in the fall. In the meantime\, what begins as a favor to a friend turns into a bustling dog-walking job.  Louis meets all kinds of people as he walks the dogs (who have as many varied personalities as the people). As he interacts with all these new influences\, Louis begins to re-think being a lone wolf. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Lynch is the award–winning author of several highly acclaimed young adult novels\, including Printz Honor Book Freewill\, Iceman\, Gypsy Davy\, and Shadow Boxer—all ALA Best Books for Young Adults—as well as Killing Time in Crystal City\, Little Blue Lies\, Pieces\, Kill Switch\, Angry Young Man\, and Inexcusable\, which was a National Book Award finalist and the recipient of six starred reviews. He holds an MA from the writing program at Emerson College. He teaches in the creative writing MFA program at Lesley University. He lives in Boston and in Scotland. \n\n\n\nMichael Mercurio  lives and writes in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. His poems\, critical essays\, and interviews have appeared in Palette Poetry\, the Common\, Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club)\, Lily Poetry Review\, Thrush Poetry Journal\, Sugar House Review\, Coal Hill Review\, and elsewhere. Michael curates What The Universe Is: A Virtual Reading Series\, which happens monthly on Zoom. He is the Director of Community Engagement for the Faraday Publishing Company\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering discourse of enduring value rooted in the work and experiences of the global majority\, and he also serves as a member of the steering committee for the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival\, held each September at Emily Dickinson’s house.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/chris-lynch-presents-walkin-the-dog-in-conversation-with-michael-mercurio/
LOCATION:Broadside Bookshop\, 247 Main Street\, Northampton\, Massachusetts\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Broadside Bookshop":MAILTO:roz@broadsidebooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240314T180000
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SUMMARY:Great Middle Grade Reads with Chris Lynch
DESCRIPTION:Join Books of Wonder in-store to discover these terrific new titles that are full of heart\, courage\, and self-discovery (and dogs and chocolate chip cookies!)! \n\n\n\nStop in to check out: \n\n\n\n\nWalkin’ the Dog by CHRIS LYNCH (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty). When Louis\, a laid-back homeschooled boy accidentally starts a dog-walking business\, he learns how to stop being a lone wolf and be part of a pack\, and what it really means to be a friend — from man’s best friend.\n\n\n\nMaybe It’s a Sign by E. L. SHEN. After her father passes away\, Freya starts looking for signs from him everywhere. When she sees two lucky red birds on the way to a music lesson\, she takes it as him showing his approval that she’s still practicing. But when she’s assigned a project in home ec class and discovers that she loves baking even more than music\, she no longer sees any signs from him. With the help of family an a new friend\, Freya learns that to be her own person\, she might just have to make her own luck.\n\n\n\nThe World Divided by Piper by CAELA CARTER. Despite being diagnosed with early-onset puberty\, eleven-year-old Piper is way too busy to grow up. So\, when her doctor decides it’s time for her treatment to end\, Piper’s eyes are opened to a completely new world\, one that’s way more difficult. How is she supposed to balance the new experiences of puberty\, studying for the decathlon\, and growing up? Maybe\, with a little friendship and a lot of female solidarity\, Piper will be able to bring her world back together.\n\n\n\nLost Kites and and Other Treasures by CATHY CARR. Twelve-year-old Franny thinks more often than she would like of the charismatic\, troubled mom who left her years ago\, along the unaccountable things Mom did while she was still in the picture. Life with Nana is safe and secure\, and Franny’s innovative art projects keep her company. But when Nana has an accident and Franny’s estranged uncle comes home to help out for a while\, Franny has to reach deep down to come to terms with the discoveries she makes about her mother — and herself.\n\n\n\nMiracle by KAREN S. CHOW. Amie has spent her life perfectly in tune with Ba-ba\, her father\, especially since she plays the violin\, his favorite instrument. But after Ba-ba dies\, Amie feels distanced from everyone close to her\, like her mother and her best friends. More devastating still\, she loses her ability to play the violin. Will Amie ever find her way back to the music she once loved?
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/great-middle-grade-reads-with-chris-lynch/
LOCATION:Books of Wonder\, 42 West 17th Street\, New York City\, New York\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Books of Wonder":MAILTO:info@booksofwonder.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T150000
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CREATED:20240303T212107Z
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SUMMARY:Jumpstart Your Memoir! A Writing Workshop with Celia Jeffries
DESCRIPTION:Course Description: \n\n\n\nOur wonderful\, complex lives can be difficult to capture when writing a memoir. What to include? What to leave out? Where to start? Celia Jeffries (Fiction/Nonfiction\, 2008) is a writer\, editor and memoir workshop leader who can help you explore those questions. Become one of the lucky writers to begin this journey with her in the comfort of Joanne’s home in Roslindale.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/jumpstart-your-memoir-a-writing-workshop-with-celia-jeffries/
LOCATION:Joanne Rossman’s Home\, 6 Birch Street\, Roslindale\, Massachusetts\, 02131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240320T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240320T200000
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CREATED:20240303T204731Z
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SUMMARY:Lyz Lenz presents This American Ex-Wife
DESCRIPTION:Join Lyz Lenz (Fiction\, June 2011) at Magers & Quinn Booksellers as she presents This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life in conversation with Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStudies show that nearly 70 percent of divorces are initiated by women—women who are tired\, fed up\, exhausted\, and unhappy. We’ve all seen how the media portrays divorcées: sad\, lonely\, drowning their sorrows in a bottle of wine. Lyz Lenz is one such woman whose life fell apart after she reached a breaking point in her twelve-year marriage. But she refused to take part in that tired narrative and decided to flip the script on divorce. \n\n\n\nIn this exuberant and unapologetic book\, Lenz makes an argument for the advantages of getting divorced\, framing it as a practical and effective solution for women to take back the power they are owed. Weaving reportage with sociological research and literature with popular culture along with personal stories of coming together and breaking up\, Lenz creates a kaleidoscopic and poignant portrait of American marriage today. She argues that the mechanisms of American power\, justice\, love\, and gender equality remain deeply flawed\, and that marriage\, like any other cultural institution\, is due for a reckoning. A raucous argument for acceptance\, solidarity\, and collective female refusal\, This American Ex-Wife takes readers on a riveting ride—while pointing us all toward a life that is a little more free. \n\n\n\nMasks are required for this event. \n\n\n\nLyz Lenz is a journalist and the author of God Land and Belabored. She has written for Insider\, The New York Times\, Marie Claire\, and The Washington Post. Lenz also writes the newsletter Men Yell at Me about the intersection of politics and personhood in red-state America. She lives in Iowa with her two kids. \n\n\n\nDara Moskowitz Grumdahl is one of the most awarded magazine writers in the country\, with six James Beard Award wins (and 15 nominations)-the so-called Oscars of food world-and another 6 CRMAs\, known as the Pulitzers of magazines. She grew up in New York City\, little aware of her destiny: to write about the quirks and passions\, the foods and cocktails\, the people and places of Minnesota. She started her work life as a 13-year-old restaurant dishwasher and\, after coming to Minnesota to attend Carleton College\, became City Pages’ restaurant critic in 1997. Since then she has worked as a staff writer\, columnist\, and critic at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine\, Delta Sky\, Minnesota Monthly\, Gourmet\, Saveur\, Food & Wine\, Experience Life\, Bon Appétit\, and other publications. For eight years she hosted a radio show on WCCO called “Off the Menu\,” and she is a regular guest on Minnesota Public Radio. She lives in south Minneapolis with a dog the size of a cat\, a cat the size of a cat\, and two children who are much bigger than cats and want to be left out of it. She would like everyone to know that Minneapolis is one of the best places in the world\, as long as you have a lot of pairs of boots and love snow\, which she does.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lyz-lenz-presents-this-american-ex-wife/
LOCATION:Magers & Quinn Booksellers\, 3038 Hennepin Ave\, Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, 55408\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Eileen Cleary\, Anne Pluto\, Linda Carney-Goodrich & Gloria Monaghan at Brookline Booksmith
DESCRIPTION:Join Brookline Booksmith for an evening of poetry with Eileen Cleary (Poetry\, June 2016)\, Anne Pluto\, Linda Carney-Goodrich\, & Gloria Monaghan. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of Third Thursdays Poetry\, a monthly reading series at Brookline Booksmith. \n\n\n\nEileen Cleary (she/her) is the author of Wild Pack of the Living (Nixes Mate\, 2024)\, 2 a.m. with Keats (Nixes Mate\, 2021) and Child Ward of the Commonwealth (Main Street Rag Press\, 2019)\, which received an honorable mention for the Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize. She co-edited the anthology ‘ Voices Amidst the Virus’ which was the featured text at the 2021 MSU Filmetry Festival. Cleary founded and edits the Lily Poetry Review and Lily Poetry Review Books\, and curates the Lily Poetry Salon. A multi-pushcart nominee\, her work is published widely in journals and anthologies. \n\n\n\nAnne Elezabeth Pluto grew up in Brooklyn\, NY before it was cool. She is professor of Literature and Theatre at Lesley University in Cambridge\, MA where she is the artistic director of the Oxford Street Players. She is an alumna of Shakespeare & Company and was a. member of the Worcester Shakespeare Company from 2011 – 2016. She was a member of the Boston small press scene in the late 1980s and is one of the founders and editors at Nixes Mate Review/Nixes Mate Books. Her most recent publications are full length collections: The Deepest Part of Dark\, Unlikely Stories Press\, NOLA\, 2020 and How Many Miles to Babylon?\, Lily Poetry Review Books\, 2023. \n\n\n\nLinda Carney-Goodrich is a writer and teacher from Boston. Her work has appeared in journals such as spoKe10\, Lily Poetry Review\, The MacGuffin\, Nixes Mate Review\, Anti-Heroin Chic\, Literary Mama\, Muddy River Poetry Review\, Wordgathering Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature\, Gyroscope Review\, and City of Notions: An Anthology of Contemporary Boston Poems. Her work has been translated in Spanish and published in Columbia and Mexico. Several of her poems have been displayed on the walls at Boston City Hall as part of the Boston Mayor’s Poetry Program. Linda is the Poetry Coordinator for the Menino Art Center in Hyde Park. She also owns and operates Home Scholars of Boston\, through which she offers small classes\, private tutoring\, and educational consulting. Her one person shows include The Secret Childhood Diary of a Welfare Mother and My Life in Barbie. Dot Girl is her first collection of poetry. \n\n\n\nGloria Monaghan is a Professor at Wentworth University. She has published six collections of poetry. The most recent book\, Cormorant on the Strand\, was published by Lily Poetry Review in 2023. Her poems have appeared in Nixes Mate\, NPR\, Poem-a-Day\, Lily Poetry Review\, Mom Egg Review\, Quartet and River Heron among others. She has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize\, as well as the Massachusetts Book Award\, and the Griffin Prize. She recently completed a film on painter\, Nancy Ellen Craig\, which was accepted into the 2023 Provincetown Film Festival.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/eileen-cleary-anne-pluto-linda-carney-goodrich-gloria-monaghan-at-brookline-booksmith/
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:20240323T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240323T123000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20231126T003835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231126T003835Z
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SUMMARY:Project Management for Poets and Writers\, with Michael Mercurio
DESCRIPTION:Any project can be daunting at the start. Some projects are still daunting in the middle\, especially when they have a lot of moving parts — or shifting scenes! So how do you make sure that your writing stays on track towards your goal? Figuring out a project management plan can set you up for success and can make even the biggest projects seem less unwieldy and intimidating. This workshop will walk you through the process of setting “SMART” goals (Specific\, Measurable\, Achievable\, Relevant\, and Time-bound)\, “chunking out” your project into manageable pieces\, setting a realistic timeline\, and sustaining all of this work with the development of good habits. You’ll also look at some fantastic project management tools\, both analog and digital\, that you may choose to use in support of your project. Workshop attendees should be prepared to talk about a project they’re finding difficult to begin or one already in process that they need help organizing and managing.  In-person/Hybrid. \n\n\n\nMichael Mercurio (Poetry\, January 2017) lives and writes in the Pioneer Valley\, where he serves on the steering committee for the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival (formerly Amherst Poetry Festival) and is the associate editor of the Naugatuck River Review. A graduate of the Lesley University low-res MFA program\, his poetry has been published in Rust + Moth\, Crab Creek Review\, and The Indianapolis Review\, and is forthcoming in Sugar House Review and Palette Poetry. Michael also has had critical reviews published in The Lily Poetry Review. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event will also be available for online participants.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/project-management-for-poets-and-writers-with-michael-mercurio/
LOCATION:The Valley’s Literary Arts Studio\, 221 Pine St.\, Studio #359\, Florence\, Massachusetts\, 01062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240323T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240323T150000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240303T212447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T212448Z
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SUMMARY:Lisa Robinson -- GIFTS FROM GEORGIA'S GARDEN at Newtonville Books
DESCRIPTION:Join Newtonville Books to celebrate the launch of local author Lisa Robinson’s (WFYP\, June 2011) latest book\, Gifts from Georgia’s Garden.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lisa-robinson-gifts-from-georgias-garden-at-newtonville-books/
LOCATION:Newtonville Books\, 10 Langley Rd\, Newton\, Massachusetts\, 02459-1972\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T200000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20231228T005419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231228T005420Z
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Common Readers: Inaugural Book Club Event with Tracey Baptiste
DESCRIPTION:Join Cambridge Common Writers for the first meeting of our new Book Club! This inaugural event will be hosted by Tracey Baptiste (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) and will discuss How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft\, Practice\, and Skill edited by Jericho Brown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipants are encouraged to read the book prior to the event. There is no expectation to attend every meeting–come and go as you please! This event will be followed by half an hour of open discussion.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/cambridge-common-readers-inaugural-book-club-event-with-tracey-baptiste/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:CCW Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Common Writers":MAILTO:lesleycambridgecommon@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240402T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240402T170000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240303T205358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T205359Z
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SUMMARY:Reading at Western Carolina University with Lyz Lenz
DESCRIPTION:Join Lyz Lenz (Fiction\, June 2011) at Western Carolina University for a reading from This Ex-American Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today\, and an argument that the former needs a reboot—from journalist and proud divorcée Lyz Lenz.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/reading-at-western-carolina-university-with-lyz-lenz/
LOCATION:A.K. Hinds University Center\, 245 Memorial Drive\, Cullowhee\, North Carolina\, 28723\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T203000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240313T193507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T193509Z
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SUMMARY:The Making of a Picture Book: From Concept to Completion with Deborah Sosin
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the process of publishing Charlotte and the Quiet Place and discuss the interaction between art and words with Deborah Sosin (Nonfiction\, January 2015).
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-making-of-a-picture-book-from-concept-to-completion-with-deborah-sosin-2/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240406T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240406T130000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240229T200322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T200323Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Book with Julie Wittes Schlack
DESCRIPTION:Books and journals are not the only way for writers to get their words out into the larger world. In this panel discussion at the 2024 WriteAngles Conference\, authors will explore other means of sharing your stories. What are the unique strengths and requirements of formats like podcasts\, fan fiction sites\, story slams\, and songs? And what resources are out there to help you enter those arenas? \n\n\n\n\nJulie Schlack (Nonfiction\, June 2013) – Moderator\n\n\n\nNerissa Nields\n\n\n\nLyrical Faith\n\n\n\nNicole Young-Martin
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/beyond-the-book-with-julie-wittes-schlack/
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:20240411T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T193000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240303T195208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T195209Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Shari Caplan - Exhibitionist
DESCRIPTION:In Exhibitionist by Shari Caplan (Poetry\, June 2014)\, the reader is invited to explore poems as installation; in this museum\, the personal and the persona poem variously expose and mask aspects of the speaker as she probes her bisexuality\, her evolution into motherhood\, and how our relationships to art and desire are linked. Drawing from painting\, performance art\, theater\, and literature\, these poems\, and the collages which serve as landing spots\, deal thematically with the body treated as object versus whole human\, how our gaze shapes our lives through desire\, and how much an artist is expected to expose and expunge of themselves for the audience’s catharsis. \n\n\n\n“Enthralled by the luscious-articulate\, along with the minds of these poems we plunge. Shari Caplan’s Exhibitionist uplifts my own personal belief that mind and body together conduct themselves as sensuous parallels. These are poems that defy boundaries\, delight in upending all those numbing norms\, and show us that the paths to pleasure\, intellectual and corporeal\, meet at the juncture of poetic sublime. I thank Caplan for taking me there and for bringing me back.”– Cate Marvin\, author of Event Horizon and Oracle \n\n\n\nShari Caplan (she/her) is a poet\, actor\, and event producer with a passion for enlivening our collective imaginative potential. She’s the author of “Exhibitionist” (Lily Poetry Review Books\, Paul Nemser Prize Winner 2024)\, “The Red Shoes; a Phantasmagoric Ballet on Paper\,” (Lambhouse Books\, 2023)\, and “Advice from a Siren” (Dancing Girl Press\, 2016). A wearer of many tophats\, she has produced and performed in “The Poetry Circus\,” “The Fairy Tale Poetry Walking Tour\,” and other cross-pollinations\, including the Boston chapter of The Poetry Brothel\, an international immersive cabaret series (founded by The Poetry Society of New York). Shari’s work has appeared in Gulf Coast\, Painted Bride Quarterly\, Sinister Wisdom\, Grimoire\, Angime\, Drunk Monkeys\, and others and has earned her a scholarship to The Home School in Hudson\, a fellowship to The Vermont Studio Center\, as well as nominations for a Bettering American Poetry Award\, a Pushcart Prize\, and a Rhylsing Award. She graduated with an MFA from Lesley University in 2014. Find her work\, workshops\, monthly love letter to creativity\, and upcoming events at ShariCaplan.com.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-talk-shari-caplan-exhibitionist/
LOCATION:Jamaica Plain Public Library\, 30 South Street\, Jamaica Plain\, Massachusetts\, 02130\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jamaica Plain Public Library":MAILTO:jamaicaplain@bpl.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240414T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240414T210000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240412T235759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240412T235802Z
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SUMMARY:A Greater-est Boston Reading with [Working Title]
DESCRIPTION:[Working Title] is a Boston-based\, queer reading and open mic series founded by L Scully (Nonfiction\, January 2023) platforming emerging writers. Together with Bug World\, they will present a lineup of local authors and poets\, with a special feature by Philadelphia-based author Graham Irvin\, promoting his new book\, “I Have a Gun.” The planned readings will be followed by an open mic. \n\n\n\nThis event is All Ages // Valid ID required for alcohol
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/a-greater-est-boston-reading-with-working-title/
LOCATION:The Rockwell\, 255 Elm Street\, Somerville\, Massachusetts\, 02144\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T203000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240331T223516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240331T223525Z
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SUMMARY:New Book and Poetry Open Mic with Vijaya Sundaram and Steven Cramer
DESCRIPTION:April is National Poetry Month! Arlington’s Beehive Poetry Group invites you to the “New Book and Open Mic” series. Featuring readings from recent publications by local poets\, followed by an open mic for other poets to share their work. April’s featured poets are Vijaya Sundaram and Steven Cramer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty). Introductions by Steven Rapp. Open mic reading slots will be on a first come\, first served basis and open 15 minutes before the start of each event.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/new-book-and-poetry-open-mic-with-vijaya-sundaram-and-steven-cramer/
LOCATION:Robbins Library\, 700 Massachusetts Avenue\, Arlington\, Massachusetts\, 02476\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Beehive Poetry Group":MAILTO:jean.poetlaureatearlington@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T203000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240414T004012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T004013Z
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SUMMARY:CCW Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join Cambridge Common Writers for an Open Mic with members of the Lesley MFA community!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/ccw-open-mic/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:CCW Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Common Writers":MAILTO:lesleycambridgecommon@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T183000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240412T233839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240412T233841Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Lyz Lenz and Garrett Bucks
DESCRIPTION:Come join Lyz Lenz (Fiction\, June 2011) and Garrett Bucks for an event at Pageturners Lounge. Literary Pub Quiz to follow.Lyz is a New York Times bestselling author\, whose writing has appeared in The Washington Post\, the Columbia Journalism Review\, The New York Times\, and others. Her book God Land was published in 2019\, through Indiana University Press. Her second book Belabored\, was published in 2020 by Bold Type Books. Lyz’s essay “All the Angry Women” was also included in the anthology Not that Bad edited by Roxane Gay. Her third book\, This American Ex-Wife\, published in 2024\, was an instant New York Times best seller. She is also the host of the This American Ex-Wife podcast.Garrett Bucks is the founder of The Barnraisers Project\, which has trained nearly one thousand participants to organize majority-white communities for racial and social justice. He is also the author of the popular newsletter The White Pages. Originally from Montana\, he lives in Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, with his wife and two children. The Right Kind of White is his first book.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/an-evening-with-lyz-lenz-and-garrett-bucks/
LOCATION:Pageturners Lounge\, 5004 Dodge St\, Omaha\, Nebraska\, 68106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240426T170000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240424T212449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240424T212450Z
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SUMMARY:It’s Your Mug 30th Anniversary Celebration
DESCRIPTION:From February 1994 to August 1996\, the Tuesday night open mic at It’s Your Mug was a community event that had a lasting impact on Washington’s poetry scene that continues to impact American poetry. Celebrate the event’s 30th anniversary with original host and founder Toni Asante Lightfoot\, and a group of Mug regulars including Toni Blackman\, Kenny Carroll\, Lisa Pegram (Poetry\, June 2012)\, Patrick Washington\, Holly Bass\, and Twain Dooley with live jazz accompaniment. \n\n\n\nThis event will be both in-person and livestreamed.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/its-your-mug-30th-anniversary-celebration/
LOCATION:The Kennedy Center\, 2700 F St NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20566\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240425T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240425T180000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240407T010650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240407T010654Z
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SUMMARY:Serabelle Book Launch with Tavi Taylor Black
DESCRIPTION:Join Tavi Taylor Black for the book launch of her new historical fiction novel\, Serabelle\, at the Vashon Bookshop.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/serabelle-book-launch-with-tavi-taylor-black/
LOCATION:Vashon Bookshop\, 17612 Vashon Hwy. SW\, Vashon\, Washington\, 98070\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vashon Bookshop":MAILTO:vashonbookshop@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T200000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240413T003232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240413T003233Z
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Jody Hobbs Hesler & BettyJoyce Nash
DESCRIPTION:Join Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction\, June 2017) for a book reading featuring author BettyJoyce Nash. \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. Growing up\, she split time between suburban Richmond\, Virginia\, and the mountains outside Winchester\, Virginia. Experiences of all these regions flavor her writing. Her debut story collection\, What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better  (Cornerstone Press) is now available\, and her debut novel\, Without You Here  (Flexible Press) is forthcoming September 10\, 2024. She  teaches at WriterHouse in Charlottesville\, Virginia\, and serves as assistant fiction editor for The Los Angeles Review. \n\n\n\nLight refreshments will be served. RSVP Required.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-event-jody-hobbs-hesler-bettyjoyce-nash/
LOCATION:Bluebird & Co\, 5792 Three Notched Road\, Crozet\, Virginia\, 22932\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bluebird & Co":MAILTO:hello@bluebirdcrozet.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240502T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240502T130000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240424T213544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240424T213545Z
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SUMMARY:Zoom Webinar: The Modern Art of War - Hunter Liguore
DESCRIPTION:Sun Tzu’s Art of War has been read mostly as a book of war strategies that teaches us how to beat our opponents on the battlefield. The Modern Art of War presents a new interpretation: it isn’t about conquering your enemies\, devising strategies to overtake armies\, or getting ahead against your competitors. Instead\, the real art of war is the fight to control your mind and the thoughts that rule it. \n\n\n\nWhat if Sun Tzu wasn’t a general at all\, but a spiritual advisor\, and that the Art of War was written not for a king\, but for the people? \n\n\n\nJoin this webinar and share in Hunter Liguore’s (Fiction/WFYP\, 2012) insights and guidance to the deeper meaning of the Art of War\, from how to understand one’s own nature to strategies for drawing on our own wholehearted will and perceiving the inherent instability in all things. \n\n\n\nThe book contains over 150 reflection questions that prompt the reader to understand the text and guide them in their self-development journey\, from ‘If you can change one idea about yourself to step into a new future\, what would it be?’ to ‘Based on Sun Tzu’s teachings\, what strategies can you incorporate into your daily activity or practice that would assist you in working through frustration or anger\, without being harsh with yourself?’ \n\n\n\nLearn how to “conquer” or still the mind in order to reveal your own hidden teacher and recognize that the root of conflict (or war) begins within.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/zoom-webinar-the-modern-art-of-war-hunter-liguore/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Watkins Books":MAILTO:service.watkinsbooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240505T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240505T170000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240406T163206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240406T163208Z
UID:10062-1714924800-1714928400@cambridgecommonwriters.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240505T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240505T200000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125106
CREATED:20240503T180736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240503T180740Z
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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:Arrowsmith Press Reading with Steven Cramer\, Diane Mehta and Christopher Merrill
DESCRIPTION:Join Arrowsmith Press for a reading with Steven Cramer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, Diane Mehta and Christopher Merrill with an introduction by Askold Melnyczuk. This event will be available both in-person and online.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/arrowsmith-press-reading-with-steven-cramer-diane-mehta-and-christopher-merrill/
LOCATION:Grolier Poetry Book Shop\, 6 Plympton Street\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Arrowsmith Press":MAILTO:arrowsmithpress@gmail.com
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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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