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SUMMARY:Poetry Ritual 2023
DESCRIPTION:On July 13 at 6:30pm join 15 poets from the Poetry Critique Meet-up for a group reading\, hosted by Michael Favala Goldman. Each poet gets five minutes\, for a varied and moving experience. Free. Request the zoom link by emailing poetryritual2023@gmail.com.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-ritual-2023
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in July
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, July 11\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer  Anne Pinkerton at Forbes Library. NOTE the date change due to the July 4 holiday. \nNo 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 the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson. \nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement \nBio: Anne Pinkerton studied poetry at Hampshire College and received an MFA in creative nonfiction from Bay Path University. Her writing often focuses on making sense of challenging life experiences; significant themes include loss\, illness\, grief\, and coping. She has been published in Modern Loss\, Hippocampus Magazine\, The Bark\, the anthology The Pandemic Midlife Crisis: Gen X Women on the Brink\, and elsewhere. Pinkerton lives in western Massachusetts where she works as a marketing communications professional.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-july
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in June
DESCRIPTION:Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and The Longmeadow Adult Center are pleased to present Gary Metras\, Easthampton’s first Poet Laureate and author of twenty-one collections of poetry. Join us on Thursday\, June 15 from 6:45-7:45pm at The Longmeadow Adult Center. \nGary’s latest book\, Vanishing Points\, was selected as a Must Read 2022 Poetry by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. His essays\, reviews\, and poems have appeared in over 300 journals ranging from Boston Review of Books to American Angler\, the Connecticut Poetry Review\, and Yankee Magazine. He has taught high school and college\, is a master printer specializing in hand-crafted limited editions of poetry and has two books of poems inspired by his experiences fly fishing. He is past president of Pioneer Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited. \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-june
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:Voices for Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Join co-hosts Straw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library for our annual Voices for Resistance on Wednesday\, June 14th\, 7:00-8:30pm via Zoom. \nRegister HERE. \nReader Bios: \nSejal Shah is the author of award-winning debut essay collection\, This Is One Way to Dance (University of Georgia Press). Her writing has appeared in Brevity\, Conjunctions\, the Guardian\, Guernica\, the Kenyon Review\, Lit Hub\, and others. Her short story collection\, How to Make Your Mother Cry: fictions\, a genre queer book with images\, poems\, & a soundtrack\, is forthcoming from West Virginia University Press in 2024. The aim of Sejal’s work is to hold space for questions and healing\, especially around grief\, memory\, and mental health. She lives on unceded Haudenosaunee land in Western New York\, also known as Rochester\, New York. \nDiane Gilliam has published four poetry collections: Dreadful Wind & Rain\, Kettle Bottom\, One of Everything\, and Recipe for Blackberry Cake\, a chapbook. Her first novel\, Linney Stepp\, came out in February 2023 from Saddle Road Press. Her work has earned a Pushcart Prize\, the Ohioana Library Association Book of the Year in Poetry\, the 2008 Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing\, and the Gift of Freedom for the A Room of Her Own Foundation. \nOghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki is an African speculative fiction writer\, editor & publisher from Nigeria. He has won the Nebula\, Otherwise\, Nommo\, British & World Fantasy awards and been a finalist in the Hugo\, Locus\, Sturgeon\, British Science Fiction and NAACP Image awards. His works have appeared in Asimov’s\, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction\, Uncanny Magazine\, Tordotcom\, Galaxy’s Edge\, and others. He edited the Bridging Worlds\, Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction anthology and co-edited the Dominion\, and Africa Risen anthologies. He was a guest of honour at the Afrofuturism themed\, 44th International Conference For The Fantastic In the Arts where he announced the new genre he created\, Afropantheology. \nLisbeth White is a writer and ritualist living on S’klallam and Chimacum lands of Port Townsend\, WA. She is the author of the poetry collection American Sycamore (Perugia Press) and co-editor of the anthology Poetry as Spellcasting: Poems\, Essays\, and Prompts for Manifesting Liberation and Reclaiming Power (North Atlantic Books). \nKelly Link is the author of the collections Stranger Things Happen\, Magic for Beginners\, Pretty Monsters\, and Get in Trouble. Her short stories have been published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction\, The Best American Short Stories\, and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She is a 2018 MacArthur Fellow and has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She and Gavin J. Grant have co-edited a number of anthologies\, including multiple volumes of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and\, for young adults\, Steampunk! and Monstrous Affections. She is the co-founder of Small Beer Press and co-edits the occasional zine Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet. She lives with her husband\, daughter\, dog\, and chickens in Northampton\, MA.. \nJames Tate Hill is the author of a memoir\, Blind Man’s Bluff (W. W. Norton)\, a New York Times Editors’ Choice and a Washington Independent Review of Books Favorite Book of 2021. His fiction debut\, Academy Gothic\, won the Nilsen Literary Prize for a First Novel. \nAnd our emcee for the evening is Neema Acashia: Neema Avashia is the daughter of Indian immigrants\, and was born and raised in southern West Virginia. She has been an educator and activist in the Boston Public Schools since 2003\, and was named a City of Boston Educator of the Year in 2013. Her first book\, Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place\, published by West Virginia University Press in March\, has been called “A graceful exploration of identity\, community\, and contradictions” by Scalawag. The book was named Best LGBTQ Memoir of 2022 by BookRiot\, was one of the New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2022\, and is a Lambda Literary Award finalist. She lives in Boston with her partner\, Laura\, and her daughter\, Kahani.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/voices-for-resistance-2
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in June
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, June 6\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Shanta Lee Gander at Forbes Library. \nNo 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 the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson. \nBio: Shanta Lee is also the author of the poetry collection\, GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA: Dreamin of Mama While Trying to Speak Woman in Woke Tongues\, winner of the 2020 Diode Press full-length book prize and the 2021 Vermont Book Award. Black Metamorphoses\, 2023\, has been named a finalist in the 2021 Hudson prize\, shortlisted for the 2021 Cowles Poetry Book Prize and longlisted for the 2021 Idaho poetry prize. Shanta Lee is the 2020 recipient of the Arthur Williams Award for Meritorious Service to the Arts and the 2020 gubernatorial appointee to the Vermont Humanities Council’s board of directors. Her work within the humanities includes Shanta Lee giving lectures on the life of Lucy Terry Prince (c. 1730-1821) — considered the first known African-American poet in English literature — as a member of the Vermont and New Hampshire Humanities Council Speakers Bureaus. Shanta Lee also serves on the advisory for Jay Craven’s film\, Lost Nation which prominently features the life of Lucy Terry Prince. She is also a regular contributor to Ms. Magazine and Art New England. Her contributing work on several investigative journalism pieces for The Commons received a number of New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA) awards. Shanta Lee teaches poetry at Wilkes University and media studies at The Putney School. She has an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction and Poetry at the Vermont College of Fine Arts\, an MBA from the University of Hartford and an undergraduate degree in Women\, Gender and Sexuality from Trinity College.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-june-3
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Readings,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
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SUMMARY:Small Publishing in a Big Universe
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild for our May craft workshop “Small Publishing in a Big Universe” with writer Steven Radecki on Sunday\, May 21\, 4:00-5:30pm via Zoom. \nBetween traditional publishing and self-publishing there is small publishing. We discuss the place that independent publishers play in the publishing ecosystem\, comparing and contrasting the submissions processes\, benefits\, and challenges authors might encounter as they follow each publishing path. \nRegister HERE for this free online workshop. \nBio: Steven Radecki has been writing for almost as long as he can remember. He is the author of Building Baby Brother\, a small handful of short fiction\, several technical papers\, and the non-fiction book\, Multimedia with QuickTime. Steven is also the co-founder and managing editor of Paper Angel Press and its imprints\, Water Dragon Publishing (science fiction and fantasy) and Unruly Voices (non-fiction and poetry)\, and the executive producer of the Small Publishing in a Big Universe podcast. Steven is also a member of the SFWA Independent Authors Committee. He is a technical writer by trade\, with more years in the technology industry that he cares to admit.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/small-publishing-in-a-big-universe
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops
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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:Writers Night Out in May
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, May 2\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Simon Hunt  at Forbes Library. \nNo 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 the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson. \nBio: Simon Hunt lives in Ashburnham\, Massachusetts\, after having lived in Monterey\, California\, for 20 years and Las Vegas\, Nevada\, for three years. He has been a teacher for more than three decades\, predominantly in California and predominantly at the high school level. Simon’s poems have been published widely in print and online journals. 2018 saw the publication of his first collection of poems\, Lesser Magi\, and in 2019 his first play\, “Re-run\,” was performed. Simon was born in what is now Zimbabwe and also lived in South Africa and the United Kingdom as well as the USA during his childhood. The father of two\, he served the Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation in Carmel\, California\, as a volunteer tour docent and trustee for over a decade. A second collection of his poems\, Endlings\, is scheduled for publication in 2023.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-may-2
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
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SUMMARY:Viking Runestone Literary Magazine Launch
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join us for a celebration of artists and writers from Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. We are excited to announce the launch of The Viking Runestone\, Spring 2023 Volume 5 at Forbes Library\, Thursday\, April 27 at 6 pm. \nStraw Dog Writers Guild is proud to collaborate with the staff of Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School to shine a light on the creative energy of these talented students. \nLight refreshments offered. Please RSVP to Kim Keough at kkeough@smithtec.org. \nWarm regards\, \nKim Keough and Tracey Burke\, Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School\nJacqueline Sheehan\, President\, Straw Dog Writers Guild
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/viking-runestone-literary-magazine-launch
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230416T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230416T153000
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SUMMARY:Uneven Characters: Filling in the Cracks
DESCRIPTION:Writing characters can be difficult\, but it doesn’t have to be! In this workshop\, we will go over what makes a character three-dimensional\, using inspiration from ourselves and the people around us to create realistic characters (positive and negative traits\, dynamic vs. static characters\, etc.)\, and dialogue vs. action and how to utilize both to create our characters. Half of the workshop will be an overview of the topic\, and the latter half will consist of a series of short writing exercises. \nJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild for this craft workshop on Sunday\, April 16 from 2:00 – 3:30pm\nUPDATE: This workshop will take place via Zoom. Register HERE. \nBio: Regine Jackson is a writer who was born and raised in Springfield\, Massachusetts. Being an avid reader since she was a child\, Jackson has always wished to write\, specifically stories where the main characters looked like her and the people around her. While Jackson mainly writes within the science-fiction\, horror\, and fantasy genres\, she also writes prose and poetry revolving around her life living in an inner city. Being the recipient of the 2020 Straw Dog Emerging Writer Fellowship\, she hopes to not only hone her own craft but also bring more creative work to her city and encourage more black and brown women to write their truths.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/uneven-characters-filling-in-the-cracks
LOCATION:The Artist Cafe\, 1365 Main Street\, Springfield\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T200000
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out April
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, April 4\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Joshua Michael Stewart at our NEW HOME: Forbes Library.* \nNo 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 the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson. \nBio: Joshua Michael Stewart is the 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\, Permafrost\, and many others. He lives in Ware\, Massachusetts. www.joshuamichaelstewart.com \n*Straw Dog Writers Guild is thrilled to announce our new partnership with Forbes Library. Beginning in April\, Forbes Library became the official home of Writers Night Out\, meeting upstairs in the Coolidge Room. On the first Tuesday of every month\, we will offer the same opportunity for writers to share five minutes of their work during Open Mic\, followed by a presentation by a recently published Featured Reader. We needed to alter our meeting time to coincide with the Forbes Library. We will begin at 6 and end at 8PM. \nForbes Library is truly a supportive partner for writers. Many of us have made use of their resources for research and pleasure\, found a quiet nook to write in\, or joined with the Writing Room on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. Now we can add Writers Night Out to the generous support of our beloved community library. Thank you\, Forbes!”
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-april
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230402T140000
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SUMMARY:Author Showcase at Word Fest
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild for our 9-1/2th Annual Author Showcase at Word Fest* on April 2\, 2023 1:00-2:00pm at the Gateway City Arts\, 92 Race Street\, Holyoke\, MA. Featured authors are: Lindsay Rockwell\, D. Dina Friedman\, Michael Favala Goldman. Kelsey Socha. Grant Carrington\, and Ellen Meeropol. \n* The Entire Word Fest event runs from 10-5. See schedule HERE. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLindsay Rockwell is poet-in-residence for the Episcopal Church of Connecticut and hosts their Poetry and Social Justice Dialogue series. She’s published\, or is forthcoming in\, CALYX\, Gargoyle\, River Heron Review\, Iron Horse Literary Review\, among others. Her collection GHOST FIRES is forthcoming from Main Street Rag Press\, spring/summer ’23. She’s received writing fellowships from Vermont Studio Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild/Edith Wharton The Mount. Lindsay holds a Master of Dance from New York University’s Tisch School of Arts and is an oncologist. \nD. Dina Friedman has published in many literary journals and received two Pushcart Prize nominations. She is the author of two YA novels\, Escaping Into the Night (Simon and Schuster) and Playing Dad’s Song (Farrar Straus Giroux)\, and one book of poetry\, Wolf in the Suitcase (Finishing Line Press). Her short story collection\, Immigrants\, will be published by Creators Press in Fall 2023. To learn more about Dina\, visit her website at www.ddinafriedman.com and subscribe to her blog on living a creative life in a creatively challenged universe at ddinafriedman.substack.com. \nMichael Favala Goldman (b.1966) is an award-winning poet\, jazz clarinetist\, and translator of Danish literature. Michael’s five books of original poetry include Small Sovereign\, which took first place at the 2022 Los Angeles Book Festival. He has been running poetry critique groups since 2018. MORE \n  \nKelsey Socha once wrote and staged a performance piece about lobsters before subsequently quitting theatre to become a librarian. She is originally from Kalamazoo\, Michigan\, but now lives in western Massachusetts with her wife and two cats. \n  \n  \nGrant Carrington is the author of 4 sci fi books from Brief Candle Press of Beaverton\, Ore.\, 2 CDs of original songs\, 5 plays given full productions\, and 40-50 published stories\, mostly sci fi (one of which was a Nebula finalist). Member Clarion 68-69\, Tulane 71. Associate Editor Amazing/Fantastic 1972-74\, Contributing Editor Eternity 1977-79. Computer programmer for Goddard Space Flight Center\, the US Navy\, University of Florida\, Savannah River Ecology Lab\, Westinghouse\, and the US Treasury Department. BA (NYU) and MA (Univ. of Fla.) in mathematics. \nEllen 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\, and guest editor of the anthology Dreams for a Broken World. Essay and short story publications include Ms. Magazine\, Lilith\, The Writer Magazine\, Lit Hub\, Guernica\, and The Boston Globe. Her work has been a finalist for the Sarton Prize\, longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award\, and a Group Reads selection of the Women’s National Book Association. Ellen is a founding mother of Straw Dog Writers Guild and coordinator of the revived WriteAngles Writers Conference.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/author-showcase-at-word-fest
LOCATION:Gateway City Arts\, 92-114 Race Street\, Holyoke\, Massachusetts\, 01040
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T183000
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SUMMARY:March Madness Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:March Madness Poetry Share\nWednesday\, March 29\, 6:30-8pm\nHares are getting frisky. Owls are hooting up a storm. Humans are getting stuck in the mud. Meanwhile there is poetry to be shared!\nJoin writer and poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building for an evening of speaking your truth through poetry. The goblet has been thrown down\, wine spilling across the table cloth\, and we dare you to find and read your racy\, spring-beckoning\, rich & loamy poems. (And you don’t have any\, read someone else’s.) Wine and chocolate will be served. \nHeld in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room. 344 Main St.\, Ashfield\, MA\nThis program is free and open to the public. Please register by contacting Belding Memorial Library at bmlashfield@gmail.com or 413-628-4414.\nSponsored by Belding Memorial Library and Straw Dog Writers Guild
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/march-madness-poetry-share
LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Poetry Share,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T130805
CREATED:20230206T161542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T183652Z
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SUMMARY:WriteAngles Writers Conference Tea with Edith at the Mount
DESCRIPTION:WriteAngles Writers Conference needs your suggestions and ideas! \nStraw Dog Writers Guild is bringing back the WriteAngles Writers Conference (April 6\, 2024). The planning committee has been meeting for six months and we’re now ready for your program suggestions. We hope to elicit comments and ideas from writers all across western Massachusetts. \nWays to share your ideas: \n\n\n\n\n\nAttend an in-person discussion on March 18 in Greenfield. See details here.\n\n\n\n\nAttend a virtual discussion on March 19 via Zoom. Register HERE.\nAttend an in-person tea on March 26 in Lenox.\nGive us your ideas and suggestions via this survey.\n\nThis in-person pop-up is at The Mount Edith Warton’s Home\, 2 Plunkett Street (at the corner of Route 7) Lenox\, MA. \nMask-wearing is suggested but not required.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writeangles-writers-conference-tea-with-edith-at-the-mount
LOCATION:The Mount | Edith Wharton’s Home\, 2 Plunkett Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T130805
CREATED:20230127T215156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230210T190346Z
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SUMMARY:WriteAngles Writers Conference Pop-up Virtual Brainstorm
DESCRIPTION:WriteAngles Writers Conference needs your suggestions and ideas! \nStraw Dog Writers Guild is bringing back the WriteAngles Writers Conference (April 6\, 2024). The planning committee has been meeting for six months and we’re now ready for your program suggestions. We hope to elicit comments and ideas from writers all across western Massachusetts. \nWays to share your ideas: \n\n\n\nAttend one of the pop-up conversations: March 18 in Franklin County (in-person at the LAVA Center) OR a virtual discussion on March 19 via Zoom with Steven D. Brewer and Ellen Meeropol. Register HERE. OR March 26 Tea with Edith at the Mount in Lenox\nGive us your ideas and suggestions via this survey.\n\n\n\nPlease be sure to register for this virtual discussion on Sunday\, March 19 at 1pm via Zoom.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writeangles-writers-conference-pop-up-virtual-brainstorm
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230318T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230318T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T130805
CREATED:20230127T214446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230215T192432Z
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SUMMARY:WriteAngles Writers Conference Pop-up In-person Brainstorm
DESCRIPTION:WriteAngles Writers Conference needs your suggestions and ideas! \nStraw Dog Writers Guild is bringing back the WriteAngles Writers Conference (April 6\, 2024). The planning committee has been meeting for six months and we’re now ready for your program suggestions. We hope to elicit comments and ideas from writers all across western Massachusetts. \nWays to share your ideas: \n\nAttend one of the pop-up conversations: March 18 in Franklin County (in-person at the LAVA Center) OR a virtual discussion on March 19 via Zoom. Register HERE. OR March 26 Tea with Edith at the Mount in Lenox\nGive us your ideas and suggestions via this survey.\n\nThis in-person pop-up is at the LAVA Center\, 324 Main Street\, Greenfield\, MA. \nMask-wearing is required.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writeangles-writers-conference-pop-up-in-person-brainstorm
LOCATION:The LAVA Center\, 324 Main Street\, Greenfield\, 10301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230318T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230318T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T130805
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SUMMARY:Historical Research: Fact and Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Historical Research: Fact and Fiction will review methods of historical research\, with emphasis on first-person\, or primary\, sources. The presenters will be at the Swift River Valley Historical Society and will have access to their archive room. The presentation will include on-line research and problems and obstacles with historical records. The presenters will also discuss local historical societies and their role in presenting realistic thoughts\, actions\, and lifestyles\, in both fiction and nonfiction works. \nRegistration is required for this free online workshop. Register HERE. \nBio: J. A. McIntosh\, a recovering attorney\, writes the Meredith\, Massachusetts series of novels. She is presently working on the “Swift River Secrets”\, a contemporary crime novels whose motives were planted in the flooding of the Swift River valley and the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir in the early twentieth century. She is the president of the Swift River Valley Historical Society. \nBio: Elena Palladino is the author of Lost Towns of the Swift River Valley: Drowned by the Quabbin\, which was published in October 2022. Lost Towns is a historical account of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir told through the stories of three individuals from Enfield\, one of the valley towns. Elena is a member of the Swift River Valley Historical Society.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/historical-research-fact-and-fiction
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230316T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230316T194500
DTSTAMP:20260405T130805
CREATED:20221129T165249Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230307T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230307T210000
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out March
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, March 7\, 7-9pm at Forbes Library for Writers Night Out with featured writer and poet Gail Thomas. \nNOTE: WNO has moved to Forbes Library at 20 West St\, Northampton\, MA for this March event. Parking is available at the library. \nNo registration required. \nBio: Gail Thomas has published six books\, most recently Trail of Roots and Leaving Paradise. Her poems have been widely published in journals and anthologies. Among her awards are the Charlotte Mew Prize from Headmistress Press\, the Narrative Poetry Prize from Naugatuck River Review\, the Massachusetts Center for the Book’s “Must Read”\, the Quartet Journal’s Editor’s Choice Prize\, and Seven Kitchen Press’s chapbook award. She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony and Ucross\, and several poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She teaches poetry with Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshops\, visits schools and libraries with her therapy dog\, and works with immigrant and refugee communities in Western Massachusetts.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-march
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Readings,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230218T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230218T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T130805
CREATED:20230106T210746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230106T212923Z
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SUMMARY:Make it New (Again): An Introduction to Radical Revision
DESCRIPTION:Do you have a poem that you just can’t get right? Sometimes the best way to get past a creative block is to throw caution to the wind and destroy what you’ve built. Join Straw Dog Writers Guild and author Adam Grabowski on Saturday\, February 18 from 10:30am-12:30pm at Lilly Library in Florence\, MA for Make it New (Again): An Introduction to Radical Revision. \nIn this class we’ll look at various forms of radical revision and the ways in which it can liberate you\, provide new perspective on your work\, and show you that\, in the end\, poetry is a silly\, silly business. “Make it new (again): an introduction to radical revision” will consist of writing exercises\, group dialogue\, Sylvia Plath\, and creative critique. So\, bring in your most stubborn poem and let’s see if we can’t have you walking out the door with more answers than questions. Poets are asked to arrive with five\, double-spaced copies of their poem\, a highlighter\, and an open mind. Open to writers of all levels. \nThere is no registration for this in-person workshop. \nBio: Adam Grabowski is the author of the chapbook Go on Bewilderment (Attack Bear Press\, 2020) and the recipient of a Parent-Writer Fellowship from the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. He holds an MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and his poems have appeared in such journals as Ninth Letter\, New Ohio Review\, OVERSOUND\, Sixth Finch\, Night Coffee\, and elsewhere. Adam lives in Massachusetts where he is the associate managing editor for The Maine Review. Visit Adam at www.adamgrabowskipoetry.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/make-it-new-again-an-introduction-to-radical-revision
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:20230216T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T194500
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230212T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230212T163000
DTSTAMP:20260405T130805
CREATED:20230109T193733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T194043Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writers Guild WriteAngles Conference Ideas Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Straw Dog Writers Guild WriteAngles Conference Ideas Exchange\nSunday\, February 12\n3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.\nThe Artist Cafe | 1365 Main Street\, Springfield\, MA\nFree to Attend\nRegister HERE! \nLocal writers are invited to join us at this FREE EVENT to contribute ideas towards the 2024 Straw Dog Writers Guild WriteAngles Conference\, which is scheduled for Saturday\, April 6\, 2024. A facilitated conversation\, your ideas and suggestions will be used to design next year’s conference including sessions\, workshops\, and other events. \n***Space is limited for this event. Please register early!
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writers-guild-writeangles-conference-ideas-exchange
LOCATION:The Artist Cafe\, 1365 Main Street\, Springfield\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230212T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230212T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T130805
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SUMMARY:Black Writers Read with Regine Jackson
DESCRIPTION:Black Writers Read: Regine Jackson\nSunday\, February 12\n2 p.m.\nThe Artist Cafe | 1365 Main Street\, Springfield\, MA\nPresented in Collaboration with Straw Dog Writers Guild \nJoin us for an IN PERSON podcast event! We’ll be hosting Springfield-based author and current Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writer Fellow\, Regine Jackson! During the event\, Regine will read an excerpt from horror science-fiction manuscript\, BlackBerry D’Lite\, a novel that she’s been working on. Afterwards Nicole and Regine will engage in a discussion about her work and life as an author and what it means to create as a Black writer during these times. A Q&A will follow after the discussion. \nThis event will be recorded and will be broadcasted on a future audio podcast episode of Black Writers Read. \nHosted and Produced by performance poet\, playwright\, pop culture critic\, and educator\, Nicole M. Young-Martin\, Black Writers Read showcases\, celebrates\, and honors the words\, work and traditions of Black writers from across the country\, across genres\, across experiences and across the African Diaspora. \nThis event is free to attend but with limited capacity. Please RSVP early. \nThere are also sponsorship opportunities available for this event. Details are provided on the Eventbrite page. \nTo register\, please click HERE.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/black-writers-read-with-regine-jackson
LOCATION:The Artist Cafe\, 1365 Main Street\, Springfield\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T130805
CREATED:20230114T193417Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out February
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, February 7\, 7-9pm at our new WNO home at Big Bear Used Books & Café for Writers Night Out with featured writer Roxanne Bogart. \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: Roxanne E. Bogart is a wildlife biologist and writer\, whose poems have appeared in The Tiny Seed Literary Journal\, The Burlington Poetry Journal\, The Silkworm\, and Poetry Quarterly. Her first full-length book of poetry is entitled All That Sustains\, published by Off the Common Books. She spends her personal time hiking in the woods and meadows of Western Massachusetts\, where she gathers inspiration and momentum for her writing. She is a member of the International League of Conservation Writers\, the Academy of American Poets\, Straw Dog Writers Guild\, and the Florence Poets Society\, and lives in Amherst\, MA with her family. Visit Roxannebogart.com to order her book of poetry
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-february
LOCATION:Big Bear Used Books & Cafe\, Keystone Building\, 122 Pleasant Street\, Easthampton\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230121T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230121T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T130805
CREATED:20221108T161510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221129T181146Z
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SUMMARY:Comes the Dark Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:Come share winter and darkness-themed poems. This can be your own work or favorite poems by others.\nHerbal brews and treats will be provided.\nHeld in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room in Ashfield\, MA. (Main Street/Rt 116) on Saturday\, January 21\, from 1:30-3:00pm. Registration requested. Call 413-628-4414 or email bmlashfield@gmail.com.\nFacilitated by Poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building. Sponsored by Belding Memorial Library and Straw Dog Writers Guild.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/comes-the-dark-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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230118T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T130805
CREATED:20221101T152057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230102T191257Z
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SUMMARY:9th Annual Author Showcase: A Celebration of Members’ Books
DESCRIPTION:9th Annual Author Showcase: A Celebration of Members’ Books \nJoin us on Wednesday\, January 18\, 2023 via Zoom from 6:30-8:00pm. Register HERE for this online event. \nBrief readings from new books by members of Straw Dog Writers Guild: Steven D. Brewer\, Audrey Child\, Roxanne E. Bogart\, Martha McCollough\, Rick Paar\, Bela Breslau\, Sharon Tracey\, Cheryl J. Fish\, Heather Kamins\, Joshua Michael Stewart. \nCo-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild and The Forbes Library. \n  \n  \nAuthors Reading:\nSteven D. Brewer teaches scientific writing and scientific instrument creation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His series “Better Angels” and “Revin’s Heart” are being published by Water Dragon Publishing. As an author\, Brewer identifies diverse obsessions that underlie his writing: deep interests in natural history\, life science\, and environmentalism; an abiding passion for languages; a fascination with Japanese culture; and a mania for information technology and the Internet. Brewer lives in Amherst\, Massachusetts with his extended family. \nAfter being a full-time mom and wife for many years and a small business owner and photographer in Ireland\, Audrey Child returned to the US and started Loose Ends\, doing “Business Housekeeping for Elders.” In her later years she also began to write: stories of her childhood\, her family and the small town where she grew up. Those stories\, and a lot of therapy\, helped her come to terms with her early years. Over Home is the result of that process. \nRoxanne E. Bogart is a wildlife biologist and writer\, whose poems have appeared in The Tiny Seed Literary Journal\, The Burlington Poetry Journal\, The Silkworm\, and Poetry Quarterly. Her first full-length book of poetry is entitled All That Sustains\, published by Off the Common Books. She is a member of the International League of Conservation Writers\, the Academy of American Poets\, Straw Dog Writers Guild\, and the Florence Poets Society\, and lives in Amherst\, MA with her family. \nMartha McCollough lives in Amherst\, MA. She is the author of Wolf Hat Iron Shoes (Lily Poetry Review Books 2022). Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Qwerty\, The Bear Review\, Radar Poetry\, and Tampa Review\, among others. She lives in Amherst\, MA \nRick Paar is a psychologist who writes novels\, short stories\, essays\, and creative nonfiction. He lives in Western Massachusetts. He has two grown children\, Nick and Chelsea\, and a grandson\, Wyatt. \nBela Breslau is part of a writing team with her husband\, Stephen Billias. Theirs is a “literary marriage!” They recently published Pilgrim Maya\, a novel about a young woman who\, after suffering a devastating loss\, transcends her grief and embarks on a life of recovery and healing. They are currently working on a fantasy novel together. Stephen has been a published creative writer for more than 40 years. Bela is working on short stories and continuing with a non-fiction project about her father\, inspired by interviews and family stories. \nSharon Tracey lives and writes in Amherst\, Massachusetts and is the author of three poetry collections: Land Marks (Shanti Arts 2022)\, Chroma: Five Centuries of Women Artists (Shanti Arts 2020)\, and What I Remember Most is Everything (All Caps Publishing 2017). Her poems have appeared in Radar Poetry\, Lily Poetry Review\, Aji\, Terrain.org\, The Banyan Review\, The Ekphrastic Review\, and elsewhere. She previously served as a director of research communications and environmental programs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. \nCheryl J. Fish’s debut novel Off the Yoga Mat\, the story of three characters coming-of-middle age\, was published by Livingston Press/UWA. She is the author of The Sauna is Full of Maids\, poems and photographs celebrating Finnish sauna culture\, the natural world\, and friendships\, and Crater & Tower\, poems reflecting on trauma and ecology after the Mount St. Helens Volcanic eruption and the terrorist attack of 9/11. Fish has been a Fulbright professor and is a co-editor of A Stranger in the Village: Two Centuries of African-American Travel Literature. \nHeather Kamins is the recipient of an Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, and her short fiction has appeared in Guernica and elsewhere. The Moth Girl is her first novel. She lives in Western Massachusetts with her husband\, two cats\, and the variety of woodland creatures who stroll through her yard. \nJoshua Michael Stewart is the 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\, Permafrost\, and many others. He lives in Ware\, Massachusetts. \nRead these authors’ books!\n  
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/9th-annual-author-showcase-a-celebration-of-members-books
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out January
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, January 3\, 7-9pm at Big Bear Used Books & Café for Writers Night Out with featured writer Rick Paar. \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 to help cover space use fee. \nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nBio: Rick 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.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-january
LOCATION:Big Bear Used Books & Cafe\, Keystone Building\, 122 Pleasant Street\, Easthampton\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Readings,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
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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:Workshop: Anyone Can Write About Food
DESCRIPTION:In the beloved Pixar movie\, Ratatouille’s muse\, Chef Gusteau\, has a motto: Anyone Can Cook! With this as our inspiration for food writing\, we’ll learn about the genre\, explore story types\, identify comment elements\, try our hand at writing and sharing food vignettes\, and workshop food story pitches for publication. You’ll take home resources and exercises\, and more than an inkling as to why attending to food writing can elevate all writing. \nJoin us on Wednesday\, December 7 from 6:30-8:00pm at Forbes Library in Northampton. Registration is not required\, but if you know you’re going to come\, please let us know by writing to strawdogreg@gmail.com so that we can anticipate how much food and how many copies of materials to bring. Please complete THIS pre- workshop questionnaire \nCarol Connare bio: By necessity\, Carol Connare learned to write and to cook at a relatively young age. Years later\, as food editor for Yankee magazine\, she gleefully discovered she could combine two of her favorite things (enjoy food and write about it) and earn a living! Educated by way of Boston College\, University of New Hampshire\, Boston University\, and UMass Amherst\, yet somehow never managing to earn a master’s degree\, Connare teaches advanced writing at UMass Amherst\, since 2011. She first came to UMass in 2003 as editor of the alumni magazine\, and\, since 2010\, has been director of communication for the largest publicly-supported research library in New England\, including serving as editor of the library’s Bookmark magazine\, where you usually can find a food story or two.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/workshop-anyone-can-write-about-food
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops
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