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SUMMARY:Crash Course on Using Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:A Crash Course on Using Dialogue. Or\, how to avoid “Hi\, how are you?” / “I’m fine\, thanks. And yourself?” / “Just wonderful.” / “That’s great to hear. Have a nice day.” / “You as well!” with Morgan Talty will be held virtually via Zoom on Saturday\, November 19\, from 10:30am-12noon. \nRegister HERE. \n“Don’t ever start a story with dialogue\,” an undergraduate professor once said to me in workshop. I didn’t listen to him\, and the revision I submitted began with the very dialogue he encouraged me to move. Was he right? Should I have not started my piece with dialogue? \nYes and no. \nDialogue is an important part of storytelling\, yet so many writers either shy away from it or overindulge in it in such a way that it either impedes a story’s narrative momentum or comes across as too “unrealistic.” In this seminar\, we will examine writers whose use of dialogue is masterful in order to strengthen our understanding of dialogue\, particularly when and how to use it. After exploring the “rules” that tend to dictate dialogue’s usage\, we will then put our discoveries to the test by revising our own work. \nBio: Morgan Talty is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation where he grew up. His story collection Night of the Living Rez was published on July 5\, 2022\, and his work has appeared in Granta\, The Georgia Review\, Shenandoah\, TriQuarterly\, Narrative Magazine\, LitHub\, and elsewhere. A winner of the 2021 Narrative Prize\, Talty’s work has been supported by the Elizabeth George Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts (2022). Talty teaches courses in both English and Native American Studies\, and he is on the faculty at the Stonecoast MFA in creative writing as well as the Institute of American Indian Arts. Talty is also a Prose Editor at The Massachusetts Review. He lives in Levant\, Maine. 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/crash-course-on-using-dialogue
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Workshops
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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:Straw Dog Writers Arrive at 5
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, November 2 at 5:00pm\, Forbes Library and Straw Dog Writers Guild will host November’s Arrive at 5 with the Northampton Chamber of Commerce. Be there to network and talk with Straw Dog members.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writers-arrive-at-5
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221101T190000
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out November
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, November 1\, 7-9pm at Big Bear Used Books & Café for Writers Night Out with featured writer Ellen Meeropol. Big Bear Used Books & Café is located in the Keystone Building\, 122 Pleasant Street\, Easthampton\, MA. There is ample parking right across the street. Food & beverage available for sale. No registration required. Suggested donation $5 to help cover space use fee. 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/writers-night-out-november
LOCATION:Big Bear Used Books & Cafe\, Keystone Building\, 122 Pleasant Street\, Easthampton\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221021T120000
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SUMMARY:Calling Straw Dog Authors for the 9th Annual Author Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Calling Straw Dog authors with books published in the last year\nStraw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library invite Straw Dog Writers Guild members with a book published in 2022 to read as part of the 2023 annual Author Showcase. If interested in being part of the Showcase\, please indicate your interest by emailing strawdogsubmission@gmail.com. \nThe deadline to express interest is midnight December 11th. We will let authors know by December 16th. Authors will be selected at random by drawing names from a hat. \nTen readers will have five minutes each to read from their work. If we’re in person\, you will have a chance to sell your books\, and if on Zoom\, we can put links to your books in the chat. \nOnce chosen\, you will then need to provide a brief bio and photograph for publicity and Showcase program. \n9th Annual Author Showcase: A Celebration of Members’ Books\n6:30 – 8:00 p.m.\, Wednesday\, January 18\, 2023\nForbes Library and/or on Zoom (tbd)
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/calling-straw-dog-authors-for-the-9th-annual-author-showcase
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES: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
CATEGORIES:A Writer's Night,Events for Members,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221019T190000
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Publishers Panel and Marketplace
DESCRIPTION:Join SDWG on Wednesday\, October 19\, from 7:00-8:30pm for our Publishers Panel and Marketplace. Eight publishers from Western MA have signed on to talk about their work\, what they are seeking\, and how to submit your work. They will also have merchandise for sale. No registration. Free to SDWG members. $5 entrance fee for non-members. \nPublishers include: \n\nHuman Error – Franklin County\nGallery of Readers Press – Northampton\nMeat for Tea – Holyoke\nAttack Bear Press – Easthampton\nLevellers Press – Florence/Amherst\nSlate Roof Press- Franklin County\nPerugia Press – Florence\nHaley’s Publishing – Athol\n\nThe event will take place at the Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley St. Northampton.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-publishers-panel-and-marketplace
LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in October
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, October 4\, 7-9pm at Big Bear Used Books & Café for Writers Night Out with featured writer Janet E. Aalfs. Big Bear Used Books & Café is located in the Keystone Building\, 122 Pleasant Street\, Easthampton\, MA. There is ample parking right across the street. Food & beverage available for sale. No registration required. Suggested donation $5 to help cover space use fee. Masks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nBio: Janet E. Aalfs’ 3rd full-length collection of poems\, What the Dead Want Me to Know\, appeared in April 2022 (Human Error Publishing). She is the author of several chapbooks\, and her writing is widely published in journals\, anthologies\, and online sites. Janet enjoys sharing movement/poetry pieces she calls Poemotion©.  A 7th degree black belt\, master Taiji/Qigong instructor\, founder of Lotus Peace Arts at Heron’s Bridge/VWMA\, and former poet laureate\, she has been offering integrative arts education locally\, nationally\, and internationally since 1977.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-october-2
LOCATION:Big Bear Used Books & Cafe\, Keystone Building\, 122 Pleasant Street\, Easthampton\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
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SUMMARY:Fall Harvest Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, October 1\, from 1:30-3:00pm for a Fall Harvest Poetry Share. We will circle up and share autumn-themed poems at Belding Memorial Library in Ashfield\, MA. This can be your own work or favorite work by others. Weather permitting\, we will be outside under a tent. Refreshments will be provided. (Arianna\, your SDWG admin\, always brings a sampling of her wild-crafted herbal teas.)\nThe Library is located at: 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, MA \nThis is event is co-facilitated by Belding Memorial Library\, Offerings for Community Building\,  and Straw Dog Writers Guild. \nTo register for this free program contact Belding Memorial Library:\n413-628-4414 bmlashfield@gmail.com \nThis free program is brought to you with grant funding. American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries is an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/fall-harvest-poetry-share
LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Share,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T200000
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SUMMARY:Valley Society: Black Writers of the Pioneer Valley
DESCRIPTION:Join Valley Society\, a program of SDWG\, and the Leverett Library for Black Writers of the Pioneers Valley on Tuesday\, September 27 at 6:30pm for a literary reading of poetry\, fiction\, and works in progress by three local authors. \nRegine Jackson is a Straw Dog Writer’s Guild Fellow who writes poetry and Young Adult fantasy\, science fiction\, and horror. \nDashaun Washington is a poet and teacher at the UMass Writing Program. Look for his work in Poetry Magazine\, The Nation\, and American Poetry Review. \nChristopher Sparks is a writer and Founder of the Valley Society and is committed to building a safe space for black writers to focus on their craft. \nPlease come to this in-person reading and learn more about this vibrant local community. \nThis program is supported in part by a grant from the Leverett Cultural Council\, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, a state agency. \nQuestions contact: leverettlibrary@gmail.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/valley-society-black-writers-of-the-pioneer-valley
LOCATION:Leverett Library\, 75 Montague Rd\, Montague\, MA
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:Writing Funny Workshop with Terianne Falcone
DESCRIPTION:Whether you want to write comedy or just punch up your writing with humor\, there are tips and tricks that you’d want under your belt. In fact\, some of these “rules” transfer into any and all types of writing. \nIn this two-hour free workshop\, Terianne Falcone shares some of the standard techniques such as “The Rule of Three” and the “callback” but also others that she’s gleaned from writing and performing comedy. There will be a number of exercises to allow participants to deduce and practice some of these strategies. \nJoin us on Saturday September 17\, 2022 from 10:30am-12:30pm at Lilly Library in Florence\, MA.\nPlease register with the author at: tfgottalaugh@gmail.com. Registration is not required but helpful to the presenter.\nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nBio: Terianne Falcone recently won an honorable mention with this comic personal essay in the publication\, “The Memoirist.” She is an experienced\, enthusiastic\, and fun teacher. She has taught improvisation\, English as a Second Language\, as well as writing. She’s coached comedians in all three countries she’s lived in\, one of whom is now signed with Eddie Izzard’s manager. One of her favorite activities is organizing\, curating\, and hosting comedy nights. She knows funny. And she’s very good at getting concepts across and clarifying any confusion. She also finds humor to be a powerful tool because of its ability to open the reader’s mind to concepts that might otherwise be uncomfortable. www.teriannefalcone.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writing-funny-workshop-with-terianne-falcone
LOCATION:Lilly Library\, 19 Meadow Street\, Florence\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T184500
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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:Writers Night Out in September
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, September 6\, 7-9pm at Big Bear Used Books & Café for Writers Night Out with featured writer and SDWG Emerging Writer Fellow Regine Jackson. Big Bear Used Books & Café is located in the Keystone Building\, 122 Pleasant Street\, Easthampton\, MA. There is ample parking right across the street. Food & beverage available for sale. No registration required. Suggested donation $5 to help cover space use fee. Masks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nBio: Regine Jackson is a 25-year-old writer\, born and raised in Springfield\, Massachusetts. Being an avid reader since she was a child\, Jackson always wished to bring all the elements of her imagination to life\, specifically stories where the main characters looked like her and the majority of the people around her. While not having any of her works professionally published (so far)\, Jackson is currently working on two YA horror novels\, as well as taking the tentative steps to create a dark fantasy/horror trilogy series.\nWhile Jackson mainly writes within the science-fiction\, horror\, and fantasy genres\, she has also taken on writing prose and poetry revolving around her life living in an inner city. Thankful for the opportunities being the 2022 Straw Dog Writers’ Guild recipient has presented to her\, she hopes to not only hone her own craft but to bring more creative work to her city and encourage more BIPOC women to write their truths.”
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-september
LOCATION:Big Bear Used Books & Cafe\, Keystone Building\, 122 Pleasant Street\, Easthampton\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
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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
CATEGORIES:A Writer's Night,Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220813T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220813T150000
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SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:Join Arianna Alexsandra Collins\, SDWG admin and business owner of Offerings for Community Building\, for a summertime poetry share on Saturday\, August 13\, 1:30-3:00pm at the Belding Memorial Library in Ashfield. We will circle up\, share summertime themed poems – this can be your own work or favorite work by others –  and sip sun-tea! Weather permitting\, we will be outside under the tent. This event is co-facilitated and sponsored by Belding Memorial Library\, Offerings for Community Building\, and Straw Dog Writers Guild. \nTo register\, contact Belding Memorial Library: email bmlashfield@gmail.com or call 413-628-4414 to reserve a spot. Belding Memorial Library is located at 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, MA \nThis event is brought to you free with grant funding from the American Rescue Plan. The Humanities Grants for Libraries is an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/summer-poetry-share
LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220802T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220802T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out August
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, August 2\, 7-9pm at our new WNO home at Big Bear Used Books & Café for Writers Night Out with featured writer Chris O’Carroll. \nBig Bear Used Books & Café is located in the Keystone Building\, 122 Pleasant Street\, Easthampton\, MA. There is ample parking right across the street. Food & beverage available for sale. \nNo registration required. Suggested donation $5 to help cover space use fee. \nBio: Chris O’Carroll has been a Light magazine featured poet\, and frequently contributes topical satire to that journal’s “Poems of the Week.” His work has also appeared in New York City Haiku\, Extreme Sonnets\, Love Affairs at the Villa Nelle\, and The Great American Wise Ass Poetry Anthology\, among other collections. Chris is a member of Actor’s Equity\, and has performed widely as a stand-up comedian. He is the author of two books of poems\, The Joke’s on Me\, which appeared in 2019\, and the newly published Abracadabratude.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-august-2
LOCATION:Big Bear Used Books & Cafe\, Keystone Building\, 122 Pleasant Street\, Easthampton\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220628T145610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220628T145610Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Ritual
DESCRIPTION:Join the esteemed writers of the Poetry Critique Meet-up for their Third Annual virtual group reading: The Poetry Ritual 2022. The event will take place on Zoom\, Thursday\, July 28 at 6pm\, and will be hosted by the Meet-up moderator and SDWG Program Committee Chair\, Michael Favala Goldman. \nYou can register by sending an email to poetryritual2022@gmail.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-ritual
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220721T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220721T194500
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220701T151553Z
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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
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220705T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220705T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220607T150003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220701T145613Z
UID:10000548-1657047600-1657054800@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:Writers Night Out July
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, July 5th from 7-9pm at our NEW WNO HOME at Big Bear Used Books & Café for Writers Night Out with featured writer Kevin O’Hara. \nBig Bear Used Books & Café is located in the Keystone Building\, 122 Pleasant Street\, Easthampton\, MA. There is ample parking right across the street. Food & beverage available for sale. No registration required. Suggested donation $5. \nBio: Kevin O’Hara\, a retired RN following a 30-year career at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield\, MA\, is the proud recipient of the 2012 John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Award for his first two books\, Last of the Donkey Pilgrims\, and. A Lucky Irish Lad. In addition\, Kevin is a longtime columnist for The Berkshire Eagle\, and the 2020 Writer-in-Residence at Herman Melville’s farmhouse\, Arrowhead.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-july
LOCATION:Big Bear Used Books & Cafe\, Keystone Building\, 122 Pleasant Street\, Easthampton\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220626T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220626T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220518T190637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220520T145547Z
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SUMMARY:Writers in Residence Reception
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, June 26th\, 5 – 7 p.m. enjoy an evening reception on the Terrace as we celebrate the Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writers-in-Residence! Our 2022 recipients will share excerpts of their creative work inspired by their immersion at The Mount. Tickets include a wine and cheese reception. FREE for Mount/Straw Dog Writers Guild Members; $15 General Admission. Tickets are limited. For more information and to register visit The Mount Edith Wharton’s Home. \nTo register for free\, Straw Dog members must use the code: mbrsale2022 \nLearn more about the 9 residents Yasmine Ameli\, Jody Callahan\, Elyse Durham\, Cheryl Isaac\, Ella Jacobson\, Liana Mack\, Jessica Provenz\, Sarah Wang\, and Dashaun Washington HERE.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-in-residence-reception
LOCATION:The Mount | Edith Wharton’s Home\, 2 Plunkett Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220616T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220616T194500
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220601T192837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220607T171337Z
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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
CATEGORIES:A Writer's Night,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220615T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220615T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220405T151411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220615T173037Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Voices for Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library in Celebrating Voices for Resistance on Wednesday\, June 15\, 7:00-8:30pm.  On Zoom. Register HERE. \nVoices for Resistance panel:\nReaders: Daisy Hernández\, Thérèse Chehade\, Dahlma Llanos Figueroa\, Steve Edwards\, Neema Avashia\nEmcee: Andrea Hairston\nHonorary Host: Kim Gerould \n  \n  \n  \nBios: \nNeema Avashia was born and raised in southern West Virginia to parents who immigrated to the United States from India in the late 1960s. She has been a middle school teacher in the Boston Public Schools since 2003. Her first book\, Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place\, was published by WVU Press in March 2022. www.neemaavashia.com \nThérèse Soukar Chehade is a Massachusetts-based teacher of English Language Learners. She was born in Beirut\, Lebanon\, and came to this country in 1983. She holds an M.F.A. from UMass\, Amherst. Her novel\, Loom\, won the 2011 Arab American Award in the fiction category. \nSteve Edwards is the author of Breaking into the Backcountry\, the story of his seven months of solitude along the Rogue National Wild and Scenic River in Oregon. His work can be found in Orion\, The Sun\, Literary Hub\, Longreads\, and elsewhere. He teaches\nwriting at Fitchburg State University. \nDahlma Llanos-Figueroa was born in Puerto Rico and raised in New York City. She is a product of the Puerto Rican communities on the island and in the South Bronx. Her first novel Daughters of the Stone was shortlisted as a 2010 Finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize. She lives in New York City. www.DahlmaLlanosFigueroa.com \nKim Gerould is a retired educator who has taught bilingual education and ESL. She is a co-founder of Families with Power and has been an activist since marching against the Vietnam War. She is now digging deep into African American and local history as a board member and tour guide of the David Ruggles Center for History and Education. \nAndrea Hairston’s novels include: Master of Poisons\, Will Do Magic For Small Change\, NY Times Editor’s pick\, finalist for the Mythopoeic\, Lambda\, and Otherwise Awards\, and Redwood and Wildfire\, an Otherwise Award winner. She bikes at night year round\, meeting bears\, multi-legged creatures of light and breath\, and the occasional shooting star. \nDaisy Hernández is the author of The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family\, an Insect\, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease\, which won the 2022 PEN /Jean Stein Book Award. She is also the author of the award-winning memoir A Cup of Water Under My Bed and coeditor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism. \nRecent books by the authors: \n \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/celebrating-voices-for-resistance
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220607T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220607T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220408T170103Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out June
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, June 7 from 7-9pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Magdalena Gómez at the Michelson Gallery in Northampton\, MA. This is the first in-person WNO since spring of 2020. So let’s celebrate in gratitude of being able to get back together and see and listen to one another in-person! \nBio: Magdalena Gómez is Poet Laureate of Springfield\, MA\, where she co-founded Teatro V!da\, a performing arts collective; she is also an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow\, the author of Shameless Woman (Red Sugarcane Press) and the co-editor of Bullying: Replies\, Rebuttals\, Confessions\, and Catharsis (Skyhorse\, 2012). In 2019 she received the Latinas 50 Plus Literature Award at Fordham University\, and the Latinx Excellence on the Hill Award from the Black and Latino Legislative Caucus of MA at the State House. The nationally acclaimed musical\, Dancing in My Cockroach Killers\, based on a dozen of her poems\, has been performed in Los Angeles\, DC\, Massachusetts\, and Off-Broadway in New York City. Her memoir noir\, from which she will be reading this evening\, Mi’ja was released in May of this year\, by Heliotrope Books in New York City. You can visit Magdalena at www.latinapoet.com \nExciting news: The Michelson Gallery is donating 20% of all purchases on June 7th to Straw Dog Writers Guild for our annual fundraiser. If you’ve been thinking of buying art from Michelson’s\, June 7th is the time. And come to our first in-person Writers Night Out! \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-june
LOCATION:Michelson Gallery\, 132 Main St\, Northampton\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220521T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220521T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220316T003721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T153249Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Writing: Strategies for Finding Voice Through Life Experience with Ron Welburn
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild in person on Saturday\, May 21\, 2022 from 10:30am – 12:00pm for a craft workshop: Poetry Writing: Strategies for Finding Voice Through Life Experience with Ron Welburn. This is the long-awaited rescheduled event from last year. And it’s being held by our co-sponsor the Northampton Center for the Arts. \nNo matter how much poetry we have written\, we all experience snags and dry spells. I would like to share some strategies for writing which include listening\, perceiving what’s around us\, understanding situational ironies\, socio-political issues\, and cosmic laughter. I encourage each participant to have ready one poem by a favored poet that raises difficulty of comprehension\, and a draft of one personal poem you like but don’t know how to finish. \nThis in-person event is free and open to the public. To register\, please email strawdogreg@gmail.com. Masks may be required. \nClick HERE for links to the poems Ron will be addressing. While registration is not required\, if you let us know you’ll be attending\, we will send you the downloaded poems. \nBio: Calling Berwyn\, PA. his hometown although raised in West Philadelphia\, Ron Welburn began seriously writing poetry while majoring in psychology and English at Lincoln University where he twice won the Silvera Poetry Prize. He also earned degrees from Arizona (M.A.) and NYU (Ph.D)\, taught at Syracuse\, SUNY Albany\, and WestConn before retiring from UMass Amherst in 2018 after 27 years and where he served as co-founder and director of Native Studies. Ron held three Poet-in-Residencies under the NYS Council on the Arts. His seven poetry books are: Peripheries; Brownup; The Look in the Night Sky; Heartland; Council Decisions; Coming Through Smoke and the Dreaming; and Council Decisions: Revised & Expanded. His love of jazz and life as an Urban Indian (a “Saltwater Cherokee” whose roots run deep in the Delmarva and Chesapeake Basin) characterizes much of his poetry. To read more about Ron\, go to: www.umass.edu/english/member/ron-welburn
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-writing-strategies-for-finding-voice-through-life-experience-with-ron-welburn
LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220519T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220519T194500
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220510T163908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220511T195238Z
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SUMMARY:A Writers Night with Jacqueline Sheehan
DESCRIPTION:The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dogs Writers Guild will present “A Writers Night” with New York Times Best Selling Author\, psychologist\, and teacher\, Jacqueline Sheehan. Her books include The Comet’s Tale\, based on the life of Sojourner Truth. Lost & Found and Now & Then\, (New York Times bestsellers)\, Picture This\, The Center of the World\, and The Tiger in the House. Her stories have been published in many Literary Journals as well as the New York Times. She teaches writing workshops and has lead writing retreats in places ranging from Guatemala to The Czech Republic to Scotland. Please come and hear this amazing writer read from her work\, speak about creating stories\, and what it’s like to be a full time writer. Thursday\, May 19\, 6:45-7:45pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center.\nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1.\nThe Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-with-jacqueline-sheehan
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220503T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220503T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220329T212855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220405T235305Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out/In May
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, May 3 from 7-9pm for Writers Night Out/In with featured writer Rebecca Hart Olander. \nRegistration is required. Register HERE. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nBio: Rebecca Hart Olander’s writing and collaborations have appeared recently in Bracken\, Jet Fuel Review\, Massachusetts Review\, Tinderbox\, Tiny Spoon\, and others. Books include a chapbook\, Dressing the Wounds (dancing girl press\, 2019)\, and Uncertain Acrobats (CavanKerry Press\, 2021). Rebecca teaches at Westfield State University and in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. She is the editor/director of Perugia Press.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-may
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220503T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220503T185500
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220405T141559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220405T235421Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night In with Wine and Chocolate WNO Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:Join us live on Zoom from 6:30-6:55 p.m. on Tuesday\, May 3rd for “Wine and Chocolate with the Founders and MCs of WNO.” (You’ll have to bring your own wine and chocolate.) Registration is required. Register HERE. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The registration ink is the same as WNO in May with Rebecca Hart Olander starting at 7:00pm. So come for the camaraderie with you wine and chocolate. Make your donation.  And stay for the readings. \nOur WNO fundraiser is the perfect way to celebrate yourself and those you love while supporting the Straw Dog Writers Guild. PLEASE DONATE TODAY! \nAnd just for fun: watch Chris O’Carroll list Straw Dog writers Guild programs and shenanigans. Enjoy! \n \n \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-in-with-wine-and-chocolate-wno-fundraiser
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220423T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220423T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220315T233651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T233651Z
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SUMMARY:Character Whispering: Strategies for Further Insight with Justine Dymond
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, April 23\, 10:30am – 12:00pm for a Straw Dog Writers Guild Craft Workshop: Character Whispering: Strategies for Further Insight with Justine Dymond\, \nWhether you are playing with possibilities for new stories or trying to get closer to a character you’ve known for a while\, this workshop will offer a variety of strategies and prompts for deepening your understanding of the people in your writing life. Their voices can call to us from observations\, dreams\, art\, and a multitude of other ways. Sometimes we hear these voices with a stunning clarity; other times\, they remain muted to our ears–by differences in culture\, history\, language\, or less weighty barriers\, such as appeal and attraction. \nDecide which of these people to invite to the workshop\, warm up your writerly curiosity\, and plan to spend a couple hours chatting up your characters. \nThis is a free online workshop and open to the public. Registration is required for this Zoom event. Click HERE to register. \nBio: Justine Dymond’s short story collection The Emigrant and Other Stories (Sowilo Press) won Hidden Rivers Arts’ 2018 Eludia Award. Her stories have appeared in Pleiades\, The Massachusetts Review\, The Briar Cliff Review\, Meat for Tea\, Lowestoft Chronicle\, and Cargo Literary. She co-edited Motherhood Memoirs: Mothers Creating/Writing Lives (Demeter Press). Other honors and awards include a 2020 Mass Cultural Council finalist\, second place in the New South prose writing contest for her memoir about breast cancer “Brave of Worms\,” a 2007 O. Henry Prize\, a “distinguished” story in The Best American Short Stories 2006\, two Pushcart Prize nominations\, and a nomination for The Best American Travel Writing. Her writing has earned grants and residencies from the Vermont Studio Center\, Writers OMI at Ledig House\, and Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. She teaches literature and writing at Springfield College and is currently working on a novel set in Boston in 1733.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/character-whispering-strategies-for-further-insight-with-justine-dymond
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220421T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220421T194500
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220408T161421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220408T162705Z
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SUMMARY:A Writers Night with Michael Favala Goldman
DESCRIPTION:Join us for A Writers Night on Thursday\, April 21\, 6:45 – 7:45pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center at 211 Maple Rd\, in Longmeadow\, MA\, where Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dogs Writers Guild will present “A Writers Night” with award winning poet\, writer\, translator\, carpenter\, and jazz musician Michael Favala Goldman. His translation of Danish author\, Tove Ditlevsen’s memoirs “The Copenhagen Trilogy\,” was recognized by the New York Times as one of the ten best books of 2021. \nFrom the New York Times 1/19/2021:\nThe first two volumes were translated by Tiina Nunnally\, the final one — the most sublime and harrowing — by Michael Favala Goldman. Now published together in one handsome volume as “The Copenhagen Trilogy\,” they are a portrait of an artist and a portrait of an addict — and the product of a terrifying talent. Ditlevsen\, who died in 1976\, is beloved in her native Denmark; today her work is taught in schools and her life is the subject of reverent plays. Danish editions of her work often feature her photograph on the cover — her head cocked\, a cigarette between her fingers\, looking amused and conspiratorial. “Loved by generations of women and put down by generations of men\,” the Danish writer Dorthe Nors has described her. \nPlease come to hear this amazing writer read from this book and his newly translated\, “The Trouble With Happiness\,” answer questions\, and speak to the life of a writer.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-with-michael-favala-goldman
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220416T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220416T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T015158
CREATED:20220408T163441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220408T164742Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Tonic Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Spring Tonic Poetry Share with Poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins on Saturday April 16\, 1:30 – 3:00pm. \nWe will welcome in spring with the auditory tonic of listening to one another read poetry while sipping ephemeral teas. We are sharing poetry inspired by spring – this can be your own work or favorite work by others. We will gather in a circle outside behind Belding Memorial Library in Ashfield\, MA. \nThis event is co-sponsored by Offerings for Community Building and Straw Dog Writers Guild and hosted at the Belding Memorial Library in Ashfield\, MA. \nTo Register\, please contact Belding Memorial Library at: 413-628-4414 or bmlashfield@gmail.com. \nThe Library is located at 344 Main Street\, Ashfield.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/spring-tonic-poetry-share
LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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