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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in May
DESCRIPTION:The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dogs Writers Guild will present “A Writer’s Night” with Beth Filson. Join us on Thursday\, May 18 from 6:45-7:45pm at The Longmeadow Adult Center.. Beth is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop\, local bookseller\, writer and self-taught artist. While her background is in poetry\, she’s devoted a good chunk of the last ten years completing her first novel. Her poetry and prose have appeared in The Los Angeles Review\, Spoon River Poetry Review\, Naugatuck River Review\, Meat for Tea\, and others. Beth was the 2015 winner of the Wild Light Poetry contest featured by Red Hen Press and the Los Angeles Review. Her art has appeared on the cover of The Florida Review and most recently was included in a show at the Hosmer Gallery\, most recently. Beth says\, “Coming back to my writing after so many long years without it is proof of the indestructibility of hope and dreams.” \nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. You may also come without registering.\nThe Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-may
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:A Writer's Night,Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in April
DESCRIPTION:The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild present writer\, linguist\, and humorist Alexis Johnson. Co-founder of the much acclaimed International Language Institute\, for over forty years Lexi has taught Spanish\, Italian\, Esperanto\, Catalan as well as Arabic and Chinese. Her first book\, Playing With a Full Deck\, is a (mostly) humorous look at life. At present she is working on two books: I Was Going to Write a Book but I Forgot What I Wanted to Say\, a story about caring for her mother with dementia. The second book is Dancing with Words\, informative and humorous essays on language. Lexi is a graduate of Georgetown University\, a master Language Trainer\, and former commissioner for the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training.\nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. Or tell the person at the desk you’re going to “A Writer’s Night.”\nThe Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-april
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:A Writer's Night,Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in March
DESCRIPTION:The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers’ Guild are proud to present “A Writer’s Night” with award winning poet Joshua Michael Stewart\, author of three poetry collections: Break Every String\, The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums\, and Love Something. His poems have appeared in the Massachusetts Review\, Salamander\, Plainsongs\, Brilliant Corners\, South Dakota Review\, and many other publications. He lives in Ware\, Massachusetts. \nStewart writes with a clarity of image and pacing which allows joining his pain\, anecdotes\, celebrations and humor to feel irresistible and welcome. Reading Love Something is as natural as curiosity and says love all you are able. ~Jody (Pamela) Stewart\, author of Infrequent Mysteries\, The Red Window & Ghost Farm. \nJoin us on Thursday\, March 16\, 6:45-7:45pm at The Longmeadow Adult Center. You may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. Or tell the person at the desk you’re going to “A Writer’s Night.” The Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow (Note: this event was rescheduled from January.)
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-march
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:A Writer's Night,Events for Members,Readings
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in February
DESCRIPTION:The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild will present “A Writer’s Night” with Rick Paar on Thursday\, February 16\, from 6:45pm-7:45pm. (Please note that Beth Filson needed to cancel and so Rick Paar is graciously stepping in.) \nRick Paar is the author of God Bless America and Breakfast Burritos to Go. He is also a psychologist who chaired the Department of Psychology at Springfield College where he taught courses in counseling and psychotherapy. He served on the Executive Board of the Massachusetts Psychological Association. His stories have been published in Meat for Tea\, Blue Nib\, Aethelon\, Voices\, Psychotherapy Patient\, and The International Journal of Play among others. He has been a columnist for three newspapers/journals and is on the board of Straw Dogs Writers Guild. His academic writing has appeared in a variety of journals with topics ranging from the metaphysical\, to play and creativity. He is currently working on his next book. \nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. You may also come without registering.\nThe Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-february
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:A Writer's Night,Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in December
DESCRIPTION:The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild present “A Writer’s Night” with Gail Thomas on Thursday\, December 15 from 6:45-7:45pm. Her new books of poetry are Trail of Roots\, winner of the A.V. Christie award\, and Leaving Paradise. She has published four other books and her poems are widely published in journals and anthologies. Her awards include the Charlotte Mew Prize from Headmistress Press for Odd Mercy\, Narrative Poetry Prize from Naugatuck River Review\, and the Massachusetts Center for the Book’s “Must Read” for Waving Back. She teaches poetry for Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshops\, and volunteers resettling refugees from Afghanistan and visiting libraries with her “Reading Buddy” therapy dog\, Sunny.\nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. Or tell the person at the desk you’re going to “A Writer’s Night.”\nThe Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-december
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:A Writer's Night,Events for Members,Readings
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SUMMARY:A Writer’s Night in November
DESCRIPTION:The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild are delighted to present “A Writer’s Night” with poet and memoirist Stephanie Shafran on Thursday\, November 17 from 6:45-7:45pm. \nAwakening\, Stephanie’s chapbook\, was published in 2020. Her work has appeared in journals such as Earth’s Daughters\, Slant\, Persimmon Tree\, and Silkworm. Anthologies featuring Stephanie’s writing include A 21st Century Plague: Pandemic Poetry\, published in 2021\, and Compass Roads\, published in 2018. Please come and hear this terrific writer read from her work\, speak about creating poems\, and learn how she made the transition from school counselor to poet. \nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. Or tell the person at the desk you’re going to “A Writer’s Night.”\nThe Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-november
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:A Writer's Night,Events for Members,Readings
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in October
DESCRIPTION:Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and the Longmeadow Adult Center present poet\, actor\, comedian\, Chris O’Carroll\, Thursday\, October 20 from 6:45-7:45pm. \nChris was a virtually unknown stand-up comic in the year 2000 when he self-published Take These Rhymes . . Please: Rude Limericks and Other Crimes Against Literature and began hawking that volume after the show at comedy clubs. From toking on limericks\, it was a short step to mainlining sonnets\, and he quickly became a virtually unknown poet. Chris has been Light magazine’s featured poet\, and his work also appears in New York City Haiku\, Love Affairs at the Villa Nelle\, Extreme Sonnets\, and The Great American Wise Ass Poetry Anthology\, among other collections.  He is the author of two books of poems\, The Joke’s on Me and Abracadabratude. He is also a member of Actors Equity\, whose favorite stage roles have included Frank in Educating Rita\, Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet\, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol\, and Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh. \nLongmeadow Adult Center is located at 231 Maple Road. Admission is free.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-october
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in September
DESCRIPTION:The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild present “A Writer’s Night” with Ellen Meeropol\, Thursday\, September 15\, 6:45-7:45pm.\nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. (Or just show up.) The Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow. Masks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nBio: Ellen Meeropol is the author of the novels The Lost Women of Azalea Court\, Her Sister’s Tattoo\, Kinship of Clover\, On Hurricane Island\, and House Arrest\, the play Gridlock\, and is guest editor for the new anthology Dreams for a Broken World. Recent essay publications include Ms. Magazine\, Lilith\, The Writer Magazine\, Guernica\, Lit Hub\, and Mom Egg Review. Her work has been a finalist for the Sarton Women’s Prize\, longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award\, and selected by the Women’s National Book Association. Ellen is a founding member of Straw Dog Writers Guild.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-september
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:A Writer's Night,Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in August
DESCRIPTION:The Longmeadow Adult Center & Straw Dogs Writers Guild present “A Writer’s Night” with Michael C. White on Thursday\, August 18\, 6:45-7:45pm. \nMichael is the author of seven novels\, including Soul Catcher (Harper Collins)\, which was a Booksense and Historical Novels Review selection\, as well as a finalist for the Connecticut Book Award; A Brother’s Blood (William Morrow)\, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book\, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers nominee\, and an Edgar Award Finalist; The Garden of Martyrs (St. Martins)\, also a Connecticut Book Award finalist and which was made into an opera and performed in Northampton at the Academy of Music; Beautiful Assassin (Harper Collins)\, winner of the Connecticut Book Award for Fiction; and Resting Places\, which won the $5000 National Tuscany Prize for the Novel. He was one of the founding members of Stonecoast’s MFA\, as well as the founder and director of the Fairfield University MFA program (for further info about the author\, see www.michaelcwhite.com). \nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. Or tell the person at the desk you’re going to “A Writer’s Night.”\nThe Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-august
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in July
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Thursday\, July 21\, 6:45-7:45pm at the The Longmeadow Adult Center for “A Writer’s Night” with author Ed Orzechowski. \nIn 2016\, Ed published You’ll Like It Here—The Story of Donald Vitkus\, Belchertown Patient #3394\, and is nearing completion of a book about another former state school resident\, this time a woman. Ed is a retired teacher\, radio news reporter\, and freelance writer. Please come to hear him read selections from his work\, learn a bit of history of the former Belchertown State School\, and how he came to be an advocate for\npeople with developmental disabilities. \nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. You may also come without registering. \nThe Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-july
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:A Writer's Night,Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night with Jovonna Van Pelt
DESCRIPTION:The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dogs Writers Guild will present “A Writer’s Night” with Jovonna Van Pelt\, poet and essayist on Thursday\, June 16\, 6:45-7:45pm. \nJo is the author of “Unrelated Questions” a gorgeous book of poetry published in 2019\, and her endearing book of Christmas Stories\, “Merry and Bright\,” will be published this fall. Over the years her writing has served everything from corporation to puppeteers. Please come and hear this terrific writer read from her work\, speak about creating stories and poems\, and learn how she made the transition from the corporate world to poetry. \nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. Or you can just show up.\nThe Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-with-jovonna-van-pelt
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
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