Events for Members
Events
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Poetry Critique Meet Up in September
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesPoetry Critique Meet-up on Zoom is a chance for poets to give and receive immediate constructive feedback on their poems by everyone in attendance. Learn what is working in your poems, and what may need revision. Contribute your observations to other poets. Be fascinated by the breadth of the written word. Register for September 28th, Read More
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Annual Member Celebration!
Florence Civic Center Florence Civic Center, Park St., Florence, MA, United StatesMembers are the heart of Straw Dog Writers Guild and we want to celebrate you! Join us for our annual member appreciation party. Get to know other members and help us celebrate 16 years of Straw Dog Writers Guild! Monday, September 28, 5-7 pm The Florence Civic Center, 90 Park Street (next to Lily Library), Read More
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Straw Dog Writes
ZOOM MAStraw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions, a 45 minute writing session, have a 15 minute discussion, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards, the Zoom room will remain open for a Read More
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How to Write a Memoir with Pamela Marin author of Motherland
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Do you have a memoir brewing but need a little guidance to help get in on the page? Join acclaimed author and memoirist Pamela Marin Saturday October 3rd from 10:30-12:30 to help you jumpstart your own memoir or get back to the project you’ve been trying to finish. After a brief discussion of the differences Read More
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Writers Night Out in October with Jason Prokowiew
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday October 6th, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Jason Prokowiew, at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of Read More
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Straw Dog Writes
ZOOM MAStraw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions, a 45 minute writing session, have a 15 minute discussion, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards, the Zoom room will remain open for a Read More
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A Writer’s Night in October
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesOn Thursday, October 8th, 6:45-7:30pm Straw Dog Writers Guild and The Longmeadow Adult Center present A Writer’s Night with Jendi Reiter. Jendi Reiter is the author of nine books of poetry and prose, including the poetry collection Introvert Pervert (The Word Works, 2026) and the novels Two Natures and Origin Story, both from Saddle Road Press. Recent awards include two Read More
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Voices for Resistance: Poetry, Queer Identity, and Changing the World: A Reading by Jendi Reiter and K.G. Keough-Huff
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Join poets Jendi Reiter and Karen (Q) Keough-Huff for an afternoon of poetry and resistance. Jendi will read from their newest book of poetry Introvert Pervert that Denise Duhamel calls, "politically personal and personally political, bursting with post-confessional wit and tenderness.” Q will be reading from her newest books of poetry, When I was 8 Read More
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Second Sundays Virtual Open Mic
Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom. Please contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com Format Focus: EVERYONE READS! Co-create and reading and listening experience that is generous, dynamic, and heart-felt. Read a 3-minute piece Brief positive responses after readers share Listeners Read More
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Straw Dog Writes
ZOOM MAStraw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions, a 45 minute writing session, have a 15 minute discussion, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards, the Zoom room will remain open for a Read More