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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat.\nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up-3
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat.\nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up-2
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240109T180000
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in January
DESCRIPTION:WNO CANCELLED! Due to inclement weather SDWG is cancelling Writers Night Out for this evening. Stay home. Stay safe.\nWe will reschedule Cherryl Jensen for another month. \nCherryl Jensen grew up among the cornfields of Eastern Iowa\, and has lived across the country from Washington on the West Coast to New Hampshire and Massachusetts in Northeastern U.S. She received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2022. Her mentor was Sue William Silverman. Cherryl’s writing has appeared in Past Ten\, Persimmon Tree\, Concrete Wolf\, Northern New England Review\, Psychiatric Services\, and more. She lives in Easthampton\, Massachusetts. \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. \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-january
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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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240103T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240103T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20240103T183003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240103T185101Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat.\nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231221T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231221T194500
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231106T175159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T180422Z
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in December
DESCRIPTION:Join Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild on Thursday\, December 21\, 6:45-7:45pm for A Writer’s Night with featured reader Jovonna Van Pelt. \nBio: Jovonna Van Pelt\, poet and essayist\, is the author of a gorgeous book of poetry Unrelated Questions (published in 2019) and an endearing book of Christmas Stories (published last fall). Her holiday tales and poems are a wonderful mix of smart\, funny\, and touching; just what we all need. Please come and get the Holiday Spirit! (And there might be elves.) \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\, MA.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-december-2
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:20231220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231013T173626Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Online Weekly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday at 7pm\, whenever there is not another scheduled Straw Dog event\, any Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat. \nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \nThis weekly meeting is on a trial basis and will run from Wednesdays\, September 27 – December 20.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-online-weekly-meetup-12
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231216T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231216T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231027T150235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231027T154230Z
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SUMMARY:Roundtable Discussion - Your Writing Practice: Pitfalls and Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild for a community-based roundtable discussion to share your best ideas and most stubborn blocks with fellow writers to gain insight into your writing process and community resources. This craft workshop with Michael Favala Goldman and Lindsay Rockwell will take place on Saturday\, December 16\, from 10:30am-12pm at Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St. Northampton\, MA \nDuring this roundtable we will explore such questions as: \n\nHow do I create time to write?\nAre there resources to help organize my writing?\nWhere should I send my work?\nDo I need an editor/mentor/agent?\nWhat do I do with my manuscript?\n\nBring your own questions\, too. No registration is required for this in-person event. \nMichael Favala Goldman is an award-winning poet\, jazz clarinetist\, and translator of Danish literature. Michael’s seven 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. \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 forthcoming\, in Calyx\, Carve\, Gargoyle\, Radar\, The Dewdrop\, among others. Her first collection\, GHOST FIRES\, was published by Main Street Rag\, April 2023. Lindsay is also an oncologist.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/roundtable-discussion-your-writing-practice-pitfalls-and-solutions
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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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231013T173422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231013T173422Z
UID:10000604-1702494000-1702501200@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Online Weekly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday at 7pm\, whenever there is not another scheduled Straw Dog event\, any Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat. \nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \nThis weekly meeting is on a trial basis and will run from Wednesdays\, September 27 – December 20.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-online-weekly-meetup-11
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231013T173121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231013T173121Z
UID:10000603-1701889200-1701896400@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Online Weekly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday at 7pm\, whenever there is not another scheduled Straw Dog event\, any Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat. \nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \nThis weekly meeting is on a trial basis and will run from Wednesdays\, September 27 – December 20.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-online-weekly-meetup-10
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231205T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231205T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231023T173015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T173355Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in December
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, December 5\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Carolyn A. Cushing 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. \nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \nBio: Carolyn A. Cushing is a lyric poet inspired by nature and currently focused on the places where life and death meet. Her poems have been published in local\, regional\, and national poetry journals. She seeks out ways to collaborate with fellow writers and artists as well as share poetry in dynamic formats\, resulting in projects such as the Poetry Oracle (2020) and Chapbook in the Street (2022). Carolyn is a recipient of grants from the Easthampton Cultural Council and Massachusetts Cultural Council\, and was a finalist for the Philbrick Poetry Award of the Providence Athenaeum (2012) and the Tarantula Poetry Contest of Pilgrimage Journal (2018). She is the 2023-2025 Poet Laureate of Easthampton\, Massachusetts.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-december-2
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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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231129T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231013T172241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231013T172241Z
UID:10000602-1701284400-1701291600@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Online Weekly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday at 7pm\, whenever there is not another scheduled Straw Dog event\, any Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat. \nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \nThis weekly meeting is on a trial basis and will run from Wednesdays\, September 27 – December 20.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-online-weekly-meetup-9
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231130
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231108T181909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T182019Z
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SUMMARY:Support Straw Dog Writers Guild on Giving Tuesday
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Straw Dog Writers Guild on #GivingTuesday November 28\, 2023. \nGive a Straw Dog Writers Guild membership as a holiday gift. At only $50\, it would make a great gift to a writer you care about\, or yourself!
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/support-straw-dog-writers-guild-on-giving-tuesday
LOCATION:MA
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231122T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231013T172038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231013T172038Z
UID:10000601-1700679600-1700686800@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Online Weekly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday at 7pm\, whenever there is not another scheduled Straw Dog event\, any Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat. \nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \nThis weekly meeting is on a trial basis and will run from Wednesdays\, September 27 – December 20.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-online-weekly-meetup-8
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231117T182022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231117T184541Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our Annual Meeting on Sunday\, November 19 at 4pm. Meet the Board of Directors and Officers. Learn about current and future projects and how you can be involved. Register for our Annual Meeting HERE.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/annual-meeting
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20230911T165720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231030T163434Z
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SUMMARY:Every 4th Reader is Listening: Getting Your Book into Their Ears
DESCRIPTION:Narrator Scott Ellis shares\, “As an audiobook narrator and retired teacher\, I am always looking for ways to engage more people with audiobooks. I am looking forward to being with your group to walk through the entire process of audiobook production: from searching for the right narrator on the right platform\, understanding the lingo used in the industry especially as it relates to pricing and royalties\, the step by step process of how to vet narrators\, what your responsibilities are as the author and answering all your many questions except\, “Why is the sky blue?” and “What is the meaning of life?”” \nJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild for this craft workshop on Saturday\, November 18\, 10:30-12noon at the Athol Public Library and learn about how to turn your written book into an audiobook. This will be a hybrid event. Please register through the Athol Public Library.   \nBio: Scott Ellis\, an award-winning audiobook narrator and producer. has narrated over 90 audiobooks and coached several authors through the production or narration of their first audiobook. Being a retired teacher\, he loves to teach and have an online classroom where he instructs people who would like to become narrators and voice actors in everything they need to know to be successful. Scott Ellis Reads\, an audiobook production company\, started in 2019 and has a team of 15 people that work in narrating\, editing\, marketing and managing the business.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/every-4th-reader-is-listening-getting-your-book-into-their-ears
LOCATION:Athol Public Library\, 568 Main St\, Athol\, MA\, 01331\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231116T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231116T194500
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231002T173358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T174907Z
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in November
DESCRIPTION:Join Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild on Thursday\, November 16\, 6:45-7:45pm for A Writer’s Night with featured reader Justine Dymond. \nBio: Justine Dymond’s short story collection The Emigrant and Other Stories (Sowilo Press) won the 2018 Eludia Award from Hidden Rivers Arts. Other awards and honors include a 2020 Mass Cultural Council finalist grant\, 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 stories have appeared in Pleiades\, The Massachusetts Review\, The Briar Cliff Review\, Meat for Tea\, Lowestoft Chronicle\, and Cargo Literary. Demeter Press issued her co-edited collection Motherhood Memoirs: Mothers Creating/Writing Lives in 2013. She has been honored with grants and residencies from the Vermont Studio Center\, Writers OMI at Ledig House\, and Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. On faculty in the department of Literature\, Writing\, & Journalism at Springfield College since 2008\, she is currently working on a novel tentatively titled “Upper Crust.” \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\, MA.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-november-2
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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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231013T171828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231013T171828Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Online Weekly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday at 7pm\, whenever there is not another scheduled Straw Dog event\, any Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat. \nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \nThis weekly meeting is on a trial basis and will run from Wednesdays\, September 27 – December 20.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-online-weekly-meetup-7
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T120000
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SUMMARY:Calling Straw Dog Authors for the 10th Annual Author Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Call to SDWG members who published a book in 2023…\nSubmit your name for the drawing of readers at the 10th Annual Author Showcase: A Celebration of Members’ Books.\nMark your calendars: Saturday\, January 20\, 2024\, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.\, on Zoom \nStraw Dog Writers Guild invites Straw Dog Writers Guild members with a book published in 2023 to read as part of the 2024 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 18th. We will let authors know by December 21st. Authors will be selected at random by drawing names from a hat. \nTen readers will have five minutes each to read from their work. While you won’t have the chance to sell you books in person\, we put links to your books in the chat. \nOnce chosen\, you will need to provide a brief bio and photograph for publicity and Showcase program. \nThis event is co-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/calling-straw-dog-authors-for-the-10th-annual-author-showcase
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231108T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231013T171555Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Online Weekly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday at 7pm\, whenever there is not another scheduled Straw Dog event\, any Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat. \nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \nThis weekly meeting is on a trial basis and will run from Wednesdays\, September 27 – December 20.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-online-weekly-meetup-6
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231107T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231107T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230927T173832Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in November
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, November 7\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Richard Michelson 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. \nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \nBio:RICHARD MICHELSON’s most recent poetry collection is Sleeping as Fast as I Can (Slant Books\, 2023). Previous collections include More Money than God (U of Pittsburgh Press)\, Battles and Lullabies (U of Illinois)\, Tap Dancing for the Relatives (U of Central Florida)\, and two fine-press collaborations\, Masks\, and Semblant with the artist Leonard Baskin’s Gehenna Press. Michelson’s children’s books have been named among the 10 Best of the Year by The New York Times\, Publishers Weekly\, and The New Yorker\, and among the Best Dozen of the Decade by Amazon.com  Michelson has received a National Jewish Book Award\, two Sydney Taylor Gold Medals from the Association of Jewish Libraries\, and two Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowships. His work was chosen to represent the Commonwealth at the  Library of Congress National Book Festival.  Michelson served two terms as Poet Laureate of Northampton\, Massachusetts\, where he hosts Northampton Poetry Radio and owns R. Michelson Galleries.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-november-2
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231101T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231101T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Online Weekly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday at 7pm\, whenever there is not another scheduled Straw Dog event\, any Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat. \nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \nThis weekly meeting is on a trial basis and will run from Wednesdays\, September 27 – December 20.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-online-weekly-meetup-5
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231013T170739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231013T171220Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Online Weekly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday at 7pm\, whenever there is not another scheduled Straw Dog event\, any Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat. \nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \nThis weekly meeting is on a trial basis and will run from Wednesdays\, September 27 – December 20.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-online-weekly-meetup-4
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T200000
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SUMMARY:A Spooky Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:Join writer and poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building for an evening of speaking your truth through poetry. October’s Poetry Share challenge is to find and read your poems that illustrate what you consider spooky or scary\, from critters to creatures to the state of our world. (And you don’t have any poems\, read someone else’s.) \nHeld in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room at 344 Main St.\, Ashfield\, MA on Wednesday\, October 25\, 6:30-8:00pm. Wine and chocolate will be served. \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/a-spooky-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:20231019T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231019T194500
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in October
DESCRIPTION:Join Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild on Thursday\, October 19\, 6:45-7:45pm for A Writer’s Night with featured reader Margaret Lloyd\, poet and visual artist. Born in Liverpool\, England\, of Welsh parents\, Margaret grew up in a Welsh immigrant community in central New York State. She attended the University of Rochester as an undergraduate and received her Ph.D. at the University of Leeds\, England. In addition to publishing a book on William Carolos Williams\, she has published four collections of poems. She has held several art exhibitions\, as well as published paintings and painting/poem pairs in journals\, nationally and internationally. Lloyd lives in Florence\, Massachusetts\, and is Professor Emeritus of English at Springfield College.\n \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\, MA.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-october-2
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:20231018T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231018T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Online Weekly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday at 7pm\, whenever there is not another scheduled Straw Dog event\, any Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat. \nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \nThis weekly meeting is on a trial basis and will run from Wednesdays\, September 27 – December 20.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-online-weekly-meetup-3
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231014T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231014T123000
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SUMMARY:Let's Make a Scene
DESCRIPTION:Scenes are the building blocks of screenplays. Like Legos\, each one is strong and intact on its own — but its purpose is to be part of a larger structure. This is a seminar for anyone interested in the many ways screenwriting differs from prose. To get the most from our time together\, read a few scripts online\, jot some notes\, and be ready to write a scene of your own. Please bring pen and paper: We’re going old school for a couple hours. \nJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild for Let’s Make a Scene craft workshop with Pamela Marin on Saturday\, October 14\, 10:30am – 12:30pm at Lilly Library. Free. No registration necessary. \nBio: Pamela Marin was a staff writer for the Orange County Register\, and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and The Tribeca Trib. Her reporting and essays have appeared in Playboy\, Redbook\, Parents and Ladies’ Home Journal. One essay caught the eye of a producer for The Oprah Winfrey Show; Pamela wrote and recorded a piece that was featured on the show in 2001. Her memoir\, Motherland\, was named one of the Chicago Tribune’s best books of 2005. Her adaptation of the book Tommy’s Honour opened the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2016 and won the Scottish BAFTA for Best Feature Film.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/lets-make-a-scene
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:20231011T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20231004T190750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T190846Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Online Weekly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday at 7pm\, whenever there is not another scheduled Straw Dog event\, any Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat. \nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \nThis weekly meeting is on a trial basis and will run from Wednesdays\, September 27 – December 20.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-online-weekly-meetup-2
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20230922T163739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230922T163739Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Online Weekly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday at 7pm\, whenever there is not another scheduled Straw Dog event\, any Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions\, a 45 minute writing session\, have a 15 minute discussion\, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards\, the Zoom room will remain open for a half hour for discussion and chat. \nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \nThis weekly meeting is on a trial basis and will run from Wednesdays\, September 27 – December 20.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-online-weekly-meetup
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in October
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, October 3\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Joan Livingston 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. \nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \nBio: Joan Livingston is the author of novels for adult and young readers\, including the Isabel Long Mystery Series\, which will have the seventh\, Missing the Deadline\, released by darkstroke books later this year. Her most recent release is Northern Comfort\, set like most of her books\, including The Sacred Dog and Northern Comfort\, in the fictional hilltowns of Western Massachusetts. She is currently writing a sequel to The Sacred Dog called the Unforgiving Town. She relies on her deep knowledge of rural Western Massachusetts\, where she lives and once covered as a long-time journalist\, to create realistic characters and settings.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-october-3
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231001T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231001T171500
DTSTAMP:20260405T203709
CREATED:20230804T170511Z
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SUMMARY:Writers-in-Residence Reading
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Sunday\, October 1\, 4:00-5:15pm  on Zoom\, for a reading by the nine emerging writers who received residencies in our collaborative program with Edith Wharton’s The Mount last March. They will be joined by Straw Dog Writers Guild’s Emerging Writer Fellow who spent a week at The Mount with the last cohort of writers in residence. Each reader will have a few minutes to share some of their work in progress with us\, and then they will have a conversation about the impact of the residencies and their time at The Mount. \nThe 2023 Writers-in-Residence include Cat Wei\, Emily Atkinson\, Emily Kiernan\, Katherine Easer\, Keeonna Harris\, Lindsay Rockwell\, Mario Giannone\, Martha Pham\, Parvati Ramchandani\, and Emerging Writer Fellow Regine Jackson. \nPlease invite your friends. Register HERE. \n  \nBios: \nCAT WEI is a poet working in healthcare in Brooklyn\, New York; she is an active advocate for poetry in her community as the organizer of East Village Poetry Salon\, a reading series that centers on female\, queer\, and trans poets of color. She is the recipient of a Bread Loaf Katharine Bakeless Nason Contributor Award\, an Idyllwild Writers Week Fellow\, and Tin House Workshop alumni. Wei’s writing was Best of the Net nominated and appears in Gulf Coast\, Vagabond City\, Sundog Lit\, and Lantern Review. \n  \nEMILY ATKINSON is a writer and public defender born and raised in Illinois; she earned her MFA in Playwriting from Smith College and a J.D. and M.A. in English Literature from Boston University. She is currently working on a novel workshopped at the Colgate Writers’ Workshop\, two Tin House Summer Workshops\, and a Tin House Winter Workshop. Atkinson’s published work appears in Electric Literature\, PopMatters\, and HuffPost. She lives in western Massachusetts with her dog\, Marlowe. \n  \nEMILY KIERNAN is the author of the novel\, Great Divide (Unsolicited Press). Her work has appeared in American Short Fiction\, Pank\, The Collagist\, Redivider\, Quarterly West\, X-R-A-Y\, and numerous other journals. She has received support from MacDowell\, The Ucross Foundation\, The Sewanee Writers’ Conference\, The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, The Tin House Summer Workshop\, and The Community of Writers. She holds an MFA from The California Institute of the Arts and serves as a prose editor at Noemi Press. \n  \nKATHERINE EASER was born in Kansas City\, Kansas\, the daughter of a Chinese mother from Taiwan and an American father of European ancestry. After earning a BA from Smith College\, she studied creative writing in The Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension. In 2011\, her young adult novel\, Vicious Little Darlings\, was published by Bloomsbury. Her short story\, “Parade of Cats\,” a third-place winner in Glimmer Train’s 2017 Fiction Open\, appeared in the magazine’s Winter 2018 issue. She lives and writes in Los Angeles. \n  \nKEEONNA HARRIS is a writer\, storyteller\, mother of five\, and prison abolitionist. She received her Ph.D. at Arizona State University. Her dissertation\, “Everybody Survived but Nobody Survived: Black Feminism\, Motherhood\, and Mass Incarceration\,” used ethnography and autoethnography to document the experiences of Black mothers navigating the process of visitation and incarceration. Her memoir\, Mainline Mama\, forthcoming in 2024 from Amistad Press\, draws from her experiences as a Black woman\, a teen mother\, and twenty years of raising children with an incarcerated partner\, building community in the borderlands of the prison. An excerpt from her memoir is available on Salon.com. \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 forthcoming in\, BlazeVOX\, Connecticut River Review\, Amethyst Review\, Iron Horse Literary Review\, and Willawaw\, among others. Her first collection of poems\, GHOST FIRES\, is forthcoming from Main Street Rag press in spring/summer 2023. She won first prize in the October Project Poetry Contest and 81st Moon Prize from Writing in a Woman’s Voice. Lindsay holds a Master of Dance and Choreography from NYU’s Tisch School of Arts and is an oncologist. \n  \nMARIO GIANNONE received a Bachelor’s in English with a minor in Creative Writing from Rutgers University-Camden and an MFA in Creative Writing from Cornell University. Giannone served as an assistant fiction editor for Epoch Magazine and taught creative writing and composition for Cornell University’s Department of Literatures in English and the Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines. He teaches writing for Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth. Giannone’s short fiction appears in Third Coast\, Indiana Review\, and Blue Mesa Review\, and his story “Heaven is a Disk\,” published in Indiana Review\, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. \n  \nMARTHA PHAM is a writer from Massachusetts. A 2022 Tin House Scholar\, she holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is an incoming writer-in-residence at the The Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Writers Guild Residency Program and soon after the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts where she will tend to a novel-in-progress. Her writing has appeared in Electric Literature\, Nurture\, Serious Eats and elsewhere. Find her at marthapham.com \n  \nPARVATI RAMCHANDANI is a recently retired physician looking forward to bringing long-stalled writing projects to fruition. She has published short fiction and creative nonfiction pieces in literary magazines\, including Peregrine\, Asian Pacific American Journal\, and Bucks County Writer. Ramchandani won an award from the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts for fiction writing. Two of her creative nonfiction pieces relating to her work as a physician are slated for publication in an anthology of writings by Women Physicians titled This Side of Doctoring (Eliza Chin\, MD\, and Anju Goel\, Eds.)\, to be published by Oxford University Press in 2023. \n  \nREGINE JACKSON is a black writer born and raised in Springfield\, MA. 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. While 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.” Find her at reginejackson.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-in-residence-reading
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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