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SUMMARY:Shakirah Bourne presents Josephine Against the Sea: In conversation with Tracey Baptiste
DESCRIPTION:Bajan author and filmmaker Shakirah Bourne joins Greenlight (virtually!) to launch her debut middle grade novel\, Josephine Against the Sea\, a magical\, heartfelt adventure inspired by Caribbean mythology!Eleven-year-old Josephine knows that no one is good enough for her daddy. That’s why she makes a habit of scaring his new girlfriends away. She’s desperate to make it onto her school’s cricket team because she’ll get to play her favorite sport and use the cricket matches to distract Daddy from dating. But when Coach Broomes announces that girls can’t try out for the team\, the frustrated Josephine cuts into a powerful silk cotton tree and accidentally summons a bigger problem into her life. Can Josephine convince her friends to help her and use her cricket skills to save Daddy from the clutches of his new girlfriend\, a vengeful sea creature\, before it’s too late? \n\n\n\nTracey Baptiste (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, bestselling author of the creepy Caribbean series The Jumbies and several other books\, joins Bourne in conversation at this magical virtual book launch!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/shakirah-bourne-presents-josephine-against-the-sea-in-conversation-with-tracey-baptiste/
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SUMMARY:What The Universe Is: Rob Arnold\, Lisa Pegram\, Robbie Gamble
DESCRIPTION:ROB ARNOLD is a Chamoru poet whose work has appeared in Ploughshares\, Hyphen\, Gettysburg Review\, Poetry Northwest\, RED INK\, Yes Poetry\, The Ocean State Review\, Peripheries\, and The Volta\, among others. His poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and have received support from the Somerville Arts Council\, the Jack Straw Cultural Center\, and Artist Trust. Rob has two decades of experience in literary publishing and related positions\, most recently as an agent with Aevitas Creative Management and as events curator for Hugo House. Previously\, he co-founded the online journal Memorious\, and worked with Ploughshares\, Fence\, Beacon Press\, PEN New England\, The National Poetry Series\, and Grid Books. He lives in Seattle\, where he is writing a manuscript that explores indigeneity through violence and survival\, divisions of self and fragmentations of family.LISA PEGRAM\, MFA (Poetry\, June 2012)\, is a Washington\, DC native writer\, educator\, literary publicist and acquisitions editor. Author of Cracked Calabash (Central Square Press) and winner of the DC Mayor’s Arts Award\, her work has been published in anthologies by Random House and Black Classic Press\, and magazines such as L’Officiel and Atlas Obscura. Lisa was DC WritersCorps program director for a decade and has over 20 years of experience in literary program design for such organizations as the Smithsonian Institute\, Corcoran Gallery of Art and National Geographic. In 2018\, she completed an Executive Certification in Arts & Culture Strategies from UPenn. She is currently based on the Caribbean island of St. Martin.ROBBIE GAMBLE (Poetry/Nonfiction\, January 2017/June 2020) (he/him) received an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University. His poems and essays have appeared in the Atlanta Review\, Cutthroat\, Poet Lore\, RHINO\, Rust + Moth\, and Tahoma Literary Review\, among others. He was the winner of the 2017 Carve Poetry prize\, and was a 2019 Peter Taylor Fellow at the Kenyon Sumer Writers Workshop. Robbie is the Associate Poetry Editor at Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices. He worked for many years as a nurse practitioner at Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program\, and now divides his time between Boston and Vermont.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/what-the-universe-is-rob-arnold-lisa-pegram-robbie-gamble/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Launch with Nisha Sharma and Axie Oh
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the releases of Nisha Sharma’s Radha & Jai’s Recipe for Romance and Axie Oh’s (WFYP\, June 2017) XOXO in conversation with Ayman Chaudry hosted by Books of Wonder. There will be a Q&A portion with the audience.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/virtual-launch-with-nisha-sharma-and-axie-oh/
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SUMMARY:Blurred Lines Writing Workshop with Novuyo Masakhane and Leah Young
DESCRIPTION:A 2-day generative writing workshop with teachers Novuyo Masakhane (Fiction\, January 2021) and Leah Young (Nonfiction\, January 2018). July 17-18 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day. \n\n\n\nDay 1 Saturday: \n\n\n\nWe will focus on comparing and contrasting craft elements of fiction and creative non-fiction\, such as: voice\, setting\, character and inspiration. Participants will work with a variety of writing prompts. There will be discussion of writing process and time for Q&A. \n\n\n\nDay 2 Sunday: \n\n\n\nWe will pivot to projects in development and new writing\, working with writing prompts\, discussion and Q&A. \n\n\n\nNOTE: Enrolled participants will receive their unique link to the online event the day before the workshop. \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenters: \n\n\n\nNovuyo Masakhane MFA s an interdisciplinary artist: writer\, dancer/choreographer\, filmmaker\, and educator. Masakhane is a graduate of Lesley University’s creative writing program. She’s the founder and producer of String of Pearls Creative Writing Salon. Last but surely not least\, Novuyo is mother and grandma\, and makes her home in Santa Monica\, California. She’s currently working on her novel\, ‘House of Jewels’ and a short story collection. Her work appears in the Milvia Street Art and Literary Journal. \n\n\n\nLeah Young MFA teaches English Rhetoric & Composition at College of Southern Nevada\, is a visual artist and published author. She is the founder and director of The Art of Women Foundation and owner of Powher Books. Leah created and taught an online blogging course for beginners and The Creative Fire writing workshop. Leah is also a graduate of Lesley University’s creative writing program. She lives in Las Vegas\, Nevada.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/blurred-lines-writing-workshop-with-novuyo-masakhane-and-leah-young/
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SUMMARY:Powher Books LIVE with Celeste Mohammed
DESCRIPTION:Join Powher Books (founded by Nonfiction alum Leah Young) and Celeste Mohammed (Fiction\, June 2016) for a discussion of Celeste’s debut novel\, Pleasantview\, along with guest author panelists Suzanne Edison (Poetry\, June 2016)\, and Benjamin Roesch (Fiction\, January 2016). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCeleste has been a lawyer since 2001 but she has been telling stories all her life. A native of Trinidad and Tobago\, in 2016\, she graduated from Lesley University with an MFA in Creative Writing. Celeste’s goal is to dispel all myths about island-life and island-people\, and to highlight the points of intersection between Caribbean and North American interests. In particular\, she aims to showcase Trinidad’s entrenched political\, racial\, and class alliances; the generosity (and yet\, cruelty) of the average Trini; the sense of optimism (and yet\, harsh reality) which permeates everyday interaction; and the musicality and resonance of Caribbean creole (kriol) expression. She currently resides in Trinidad with her family.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/powher-books-live-with-celeste-mohammed/
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