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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out
DESCRIPTION:FEATURED READER – \nGail Thomas has published three books of poetry\, Waving Back\, No Simple Wilderness: An Elegy for Swift River Valley\, and Finding the Bear.  Published in 2105\, Waving Back was awarded Honorable Mention by the New England Book Festival and includes poems that won the James Hearst Prize and the Pat Schneider Prize. \nHer work has appeared in many journals and anthologies\, and she was awarded residencies at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire and Ucross in Wyoming. \nHer book\, No Simple Wilderness\, about the drowning of towns and villages in Western Massachusetts in the 1930’s to provide drinking water for Boston has been used as a text in college courses.  As one of the original teaching artists for the state’s Elder Arts Initiative\, Gail has collaborated with musicians\, dancers\, and storytellers across the state.  She is a frequent presenter at conferences and a featured reader at libraries\, bookstores\, cafes\, and schools. \nDoors open at 7 – with an open mic. \nIf you’d like a chance to read\, place your name in the hat up until 7:10. Ten names will be randomly selected. The reading starts at 7:15\, and each reader will have five minutes. \nAdmission is free; participants are encouraged to buy a drink in support of the venue. \nPlease join us! Further information: Beth Filson at WNO@gmail.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-2
LOCATION:The Basement
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SUMMARY:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill \nSunday – November 5\, 2017 \n3:00–5:00 pm. \n10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA \nFEATURED READER: Eric Laursen \nEric Laursen will talk about his upcoming publication\, The Duty to Stand Aside\, Nineteen Eighty-four and the Wartime Quarrel of George Orwell and Alex Comfort. \nEric is an independent journalist\, activist\, and commentator. He is the author of The People’s Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan (AK Press\, 2012)\, a BookList Editor’s Choice selection; and co-author of Understanding the Crash (Soft Skull Press\, Spring 2010)\, which tells the story of the 2008 economic meltdown in text-and-graphics format. His work has appeared in a wide variety of publications\, including The Nation\, The Village Voice\, In These Times\, Z Magazine\, The Indypendent\, HuffingtonPost.com\, and The Arkansas Review. He is currently writing a biography of Alex Comfort. A graduate of Columbia University\, he lives in Buckland\, Massachusetts. \nBring Your Poetry! Bring Your Prose! Find Your Public! Uplift Our Souls! \nHosted by Jane Roy Brown \nThe featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication\, followed by Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers. If you want to read\, put your name in the hat before 3:15. (Hint: you get about three minutes.) \nCo-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild\, Elmer’s Store & The Inn at Norton Hill.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/5312
LOCATION:The Inn at Norton Hill\, 10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry Workshop at The Great Falls Word Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Easy Way to  \nWrite 30 Poems in 30 Days \n For Fun and Your Favorite Non-Profit!*  \n(namely – *The Center for New Americans) \nA Workshop for Poets and Non-Poets Alike \nby Tommy Twilite \n  \nSaturday Noon-2pm\, October 14th\, 2017 \nGreat Falls Discovery Center\, Turners Falls MA \nas part of the \nThe Great Falls Word Festival in Turners Falls\nUsing simple prompts\, found objects\, family photographs\, musical compositions\, blind luck\, and a small amount of consistent effort and imagination\, Tommy will demonstrate some of the “tricks of the trade” he used to complete his wildly successful 2016 campaign to write “30 Poems In November” and how he was able to lead the Center For New Americans effort to far surpassing its fundraising goals.  The emphasis of this 90-minute workshop will be on having fun\, and on using your creativity and positive energy to fulfill your own dream of writing 30 Poems in 30 Days. Feedback\, discussion\, and participation from the group is expected and strongly encouraged.   \n\nTommy Twilite\, a.k.a. Tom Clark\, is a retired Fire Captain\, former EMT\, woodworker\, amateur chef\, vintage car enthusiast\, musician\, songwriter and poet who lives in Florence\, Massachusetts.  He is the Co-founder and Director of the Florence PoetsSocietyy and Executive Editor of Silkworm.  Tommy broadcasts a weekly radio show on WXOJ-FM Valley Free Radio called the Twilite Poetry Pub which features an eclectic selection of music\, poetry\, and guests.  He was also the 2016 chairperson for “30 Poems In November”\, a fundraising event for the Center For New Americans.  Tommy believes that poetry has the power to change the world.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-workshop-great-falls-word-festival
LOCATION:Great Falls Discovery Center\, 2 Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Featured Reader & Open Mic @ The Great Falls Word Festival
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URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/5194
LOCATION:Shea Theater\, 71 Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01076
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SUMMARY:Sidewalk Typewriters @ The Great Falls Word Festival
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URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/sidewalk-typewriters-great-falls-word-festival
LOCATION:Shea Theater\, 71 Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01076
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SUMMARY:WRITERS NIGHT OUT
DESCRIPTION:Oct. 3rd\, 2017 – 7-9pm \nFeatured Reader: Naila Moreira\nI am a writer\, journalist\, and naturalist living in western Massachusetts. My published work includes science journalism\, nature writing\, and poetry. I also write for children.\nI teach in the Jacobson Writing Center at Smith College and am a lecturer in the English department. During the summer\, I have taught science writing to high school girls in Smith’s Summer Science and Engineering Program. \nI am serving as the Writer-in-Residence at the Northampton Forbes Public Library for 2015-2018. You can read brief interviews with me here and here.\nI received my Ph.D. in geosciences from the University of Michigan.\nDoors open at 7 – with an open mike. If you’d like a chance to read\, place your name in the hat up until 7:10. Ten names will be randomly selected. The reading starts at 7:15\, and each reader will have five minutes. \nAdmission is free; participants are encouraged to buy a drink in support of the venue. \nPlease join us! Further information: Beth Filson at WNO@gmail.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out
LOCATION:The Basement
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SUMMARY:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill \nOctober 1st\, 2017 \n3:00–5:00 pm. \n10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA \nFEATURED READER: Mary V. Dearborn\nMary V. Dearborn is the author of six books\, the most recent a biography of Peggy Guggenheim. She received a B.A. in English and Classics from Brown University and a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University\, where she was a Mellon Fellow in the Humanities. She lives in Buckland\, Massachusetts. Her Ernest Hemingway: A Biography was published by Knopf in May 2017. \n  \n  \nBring Your Poetry! Bring Your Prose! Find Your Public! Uplift Our Souls! \nHosted by Jane Roy Brown \nThe featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication\, followed by Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers. If you want to read\, put your name in the hat before 3:15. (Hint: you get about three minutes.) \nCo-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild\, Elmer’s Store & The Inn at Norton Hill.
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LOCATION:The Inn at Norton Hill\, 10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:STRAW DOG AUTHOR SHOWCASE 2017
DESCRIPTION:Forbes Library Coolidge Museum – Straw Dog Author Showcase 2017 \n2017 SD Showcase Co-sponsored by the Forbes Library\, includes short readings from newly-published books by members of the Straw Dog Writers Guild\, including Dick Bentley\, Michael Goldman\, Tzivia Gover\, Richard Wayne Horton\, Jan Maher\, Ellen Meeropol\, Leslea Newman\, Elaine Reardon\, Jacqueline Sheehan\, and Gail Thomas. \nEvery year\, Straw Dog Writers Guild offers members the opportunity to dazzle the public with short excerpts read from their recently published books. This year\, the Straw Dog Author Showcase is co-sponsored by the Forbes Library and will be held in the gorgeous Coolidge Museum room. \nRefreshments will be served\, and participating authors will have the opportunity to sell their books and network with other writers.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-author-showcase-2017
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
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