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SUMMARY:After Hours: An Evening with Cindy House
DESCRIPTION:Join Cindy House (Fiction\, June 2017) at Atticus Bookstore Café for an evening discussing her memoir Mother Noise.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/after-hours-an-evening-with-cindy-house/
LOCATION:Atticus Bookstore Cafe\, 1082 Chapel Street\, New Haven\, Connecticut\, 06511\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:In-Person Launch Week Event! with Sara Farizan and Karen M. McManus
DESCRIPTION:Join The Silver Unicorn Bookstore as they host award-winning author Sara Farizan (WFYP\, MFA Faculty\, January 2012) and her newest release  Dead Flip\, and New York Times bestselling author Karen M. McManus and her newest release Nothing More to Tell.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/in-person-launch-week-event-with-sara-farizan-and-karen-m-mcmanus/
LOCATION:The Silver Unicorn Bookstore\, 12 Spruce Street\, Acton\, Massachusetts\, 01720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Craft Talk: Celeste Mohammed
DESCRIPTION:Writers Flock presents a virtual event celebrating the work of Celeste Mohammed (Fiction\, June 2016)\, Trinidadian author of novel-in-stories\, Pleasantview\, winner of the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and the American CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction in 2022. Join Strange Birds host and Bahamian-born writer Christi Cartwright in an hour-long conversation and readings with Celeste\, followed by an audience Q&A. Celeste discusses her writing process\, choice to write dialogue in patois and writing against stereotypes. \n\n\n\nA trained lawyer\, Celeste graduated from Lesley University\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, with an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction). She was born and still lives in Trinidad. Much of her work seeks to dispel myths about island-life and island-people. In Pleasantview\, set during election season\, Celeste rips through a cacophony of Trinidad’s entrenched political\, racial\, and class alliances with all the musicality and resonance of Caribbean creole.  \n\n\n\nThis event will take place online via Zoom directly after the Opening Address. Places are limited.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/craft-talk-celeste-mohammed/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Andrea Wang in conversation with Crystal Chen
DESCRIPTION:Join AAPI Communities in Conversation for their next event on Tuesday\, September 6\, 2022\, at 1:00 pm ET with Andrea Wang (WFYP\, June 2011)\, author of The Many Meanings of Meilan in conversation with librarian Crystal Chen\, New York Public Library.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/andrea-wang-in-conversation-with-crystal-chen/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
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SUMMARY:Poem Lab\, with Michael Mercurio (8-Week Sessions)
DESCRIPTION:Why a Lab and not a Workshop? Because this class is an opportunity to play “mad scientist” with your poems\, to experiment in free-writing and to discover your voice through revision. Each of our 8 sessions will start off with a brief reflection on the craft of writing poetry\, as well as a poem to serve as inspiration/prompt. Writers will have ample time to generate new work and share it with the group in a conversational and reflective fashion. As appropriate to the interests of the group\, we will also leave time for talking about the challenges and rewards particular to the poetry life\, including specific craft elements\, publishing\, and the ever-popular question: How much rhyme is too much rhyme?
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/poem-lab-with-michael-mercurio-8-week-sessions/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Intro to Fiction with David Farrow (6-Week Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:Ready to get the stories in your head onto paper? If there’s a story you want to tell\, but you have no idea where to begin (or you need a refresher)\, this course is for you. Over six weeks\, you will learn the essentials of fiction and put them into practice by starting to write your own short stories. Each week\, we will focus on a different aspect of fiction––such as character\, dialogue\, setting\, and more––and explore it through published short stories by authors like Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\, Mariana Enriquez\, Ken Liu\, and Ottessa Moshfegh to illuminate that topic and inspire our own writing. We’ll put what we learn into practice through weekly exercises and writing prompts\, and in the second half of class\, you will have the opportunity to submit a full short story to receive feedback from the instructor and your fellow writers\, to help you get a sense of what your strengths are\, and how to build on them. \n\n\n\nAny and all fiction genres are welcome. By the end of class\, you’ll not only be versed in the fundamentals of fiction\, but you’ll walk away with at least one story draft and the tools to continue developing it.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/intro-to-fiction-with-david-farrow-6-week-workshop/
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SUMMARY:Blowin' My Mind Like a Summer Breeze CCW Book Launch with Benjamin Roesch
DESCRIPTION:Join Cambridge Common Writers as we celebrate Benjamin Roesch’s debut novel with a reading and conversation with special guests. \n\n\n\nOrder now!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/blowin-my-mind-like-a-summer-breeze-ccw-book-launch-with-benjamin-roesch/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Courtney Summers & Sara Farizan
DESCRIPTION:Join Brookline Booksmith for a conversation with Courtney Summers (I’m the Girl) and Sara Farizan (WFYP\, January 2012) (Dead Flip). \n\n\n\nCopies of Dead Flip purchased on the registration page will be signed & personalized by the author! Copies of I’m the Girl will include a signed bookplates and a special indies-only pink art print.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/in-conversation-with-courtney-summers-sara-farizan/
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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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SUMMARY:Start with a Bang: The Art of Outstanding Openings with David Farrow
DESCRIPTION:As writers\, we’re all familiar with this particular bit of wisdom: a story has to “hook” the reader from the beginning. Excellent first pages (and first lines!) are the best way to immerse our audience and keep them reading. However\, this is often easier said than done. In this course\, students will study exemplary story openings – and share some of their favorites – to make the process of starting a story a little less daunting. They will also have the opportunity to participate in small group workshops for their own opening lines. Our goal is to leave the course with a variety of strategies to help achieve that elusive “hook.” \n\n\n\nThis course is geared toward fiction writers of any level (both short fiction and novels\, in any genre) who struggle with opening their stories.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/start-with-a-bang-the-art-of-outstanding-openings-with-david-farrow/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Befriend Your Inner Critic: Skills for a Productive Writing Practice with Deborah Sosin
DESCRIPTION:You might be familiar with your Inner Critic—the voice that says you’re not good enough. Or compares yourself to others. Or expects nothing but perfection. Our instinct is to push that voice away. But\, paradoxically\, we can find more inner peace and free up creative energy by moving toward that voice\, with curiosity and compassion. The first part of this workshop will cover the roots and purpose of the Inner Critic and how it affects writers\, both novices and veterans. Through lecture\, discussion\, and written exercises\, we’ll look at seven types of Inner Critics\, including the Perfectionist\, the Task Master\, and the Guilt Tripper. Finally\, you’ll learn and practice specific skills and strategies for managing your Inner Critic so that you can move happily forward in your writing and artistic life. 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/befriend-your-inner-critic-skills-for-a-productive-writing-practice-with-deborah-sosin/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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