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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes New Online Program
DESCRIPTION:The Straw Dog Program Committee announces a new initiative: Straw Dog Writes. Starting Sept 27\, 2023\, each Wednesday at 7pm\, whenever there is not another scheduled Straw Dog event\, any Straw Dog 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. To register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com \nIn the members survey conducted last fall\, a common theme was members wanting to meet other members and write together. And to have more events that didn’t require driving after dark. We hope this new initiative will respond to those interests and we hope to see many of you there.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-new-online-program
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T194500
DTSTAMP:20260404T042719
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in September
DESCRIPTION:Join Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild on Thursday\, September 21\, 6:45-7:45pm for A Writer’s Night with featured reader Tommy Twilite (aka Thomas Clark)\, a poet\, songwriter and performer who lives in Florence MA. He is the Co-founder and Director of the Florence Poets Society\, and the Executive Editor of Silkworm. Tommy is the current Beat Poet Laureate of Massachusetts and the host of the Twilite Poetry Pub on WXOJ-FM Valley Free Radio. His first full length collection\, Fifty Words for Rain was published in 2021. \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-september-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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T042719
CREATED:20230712T192601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230712T194206Z
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SUMMARY:How to Become an Engaging & Dynamic Reader of Your Written Work and Wow Your Audience
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for anyone who wants to learn (and practice) reading the written word aloud (whether your own or that of others)\, with power\, flair\, and dynamism! \nJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild on Wednesday\, September 13\, 6:00 – 8:00 pm for How to Become an Engaging & Dynamic Reader of Your Written Work and Wow Your Audience (The Four P’s)\, a craft workshop with Joy Baglio of Pioneer Valley Writers Workshop. \nThe skill of engaging an audience (or listener) and keeping them on the edge of their seat is a completely different one from that of the writing itself\, yet it’s also one that most of us will use at some point in our lives\, and as such a sense of confidence\, comfort\, and attention to what I’ve begun calling The Four P’s can go a long way. The Four P’s are the essential tools we use when reading anything aloud\, tools that we can look at\, understand\, and practice\, thus gaining comfort and confidence as readers of written work. They are 1) Projection (or volume\, voice modulation)\, 2) Pathos (or the feeling we bring to what we read\, our sense of expression)\, 3) Pacing (the power of speeding up and slowing down)\, and 4) Posture (everything from how you’re standing\, body language\, gestures\, and eye contact). Through lecture and discussion\, we’ll break down each of these elements; then\, we’ll use short example texts (as well as our own) to practice each element while reading aloud – in pairs\, small groups\, and eventually (for those who’d like to) in front of the larger group. Whether you’re about to embark on a book tour\, are a regular at open mics\, or read Harry Potter aloud to your kids every night\, this workshop aims to give useful\, practical tips that will increase your confidence and power as a reader of your own (or any) written work. This workshop is for writers of all levels / genres and may also be of interest to teachers\, parents\, care-givers\, or anyone who reads aloud to others regularly! Optional: If there is a particular text or a piece of your original writing you’d like to practice reading aloud\, have the first paragraph of that on hand during the workshop. \nTo register for this free workshop on Zoom\, click HERE. \nJoy Baglio is a Northampton MA-based fiction writer and the founder / director of the literary arts organization Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop\, where she frequently teaches and hosts readings and events. Her short stories have appeared widely\, in journals such as? The Missouri Review\, ?American Short Fiction\, Conjunctions\, ?Tin House\, The Iowa Review\, Gulf Coast\, TriQuarterly\, Fairy Tale Review\, and elsewhere. Recent honors include fellowships\, scholarships\, residencies\, and/or grants from Yaddo\, The Elizabeth George Foundation\, Ragdale\, The Speculative Literature Foundation\, Vermont Studio Center\, Bread Loaf Writers’ and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences\, and The Kerouac Project. Joy holds an MFA from The New School and is a contributing editor at the literary magazine West Branch. She is at work on two novels and a short story collection and is represented by Peter Steinberg at United Talent Agency (UTA). Joy loves reading any text aloud and is currently in the middle of a family read-through of all the Harry Potter books\, wherein she voices all the characters. Find her online at www.JoyBaglio.com and www.PioneerValleyWriters.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/how-to-become-an-engaging-dynamic-reader-of-your-written-work-and-wow-your-audience
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230905T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230905T200000
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in September
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, September 5 \, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Howie Faerstein 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: Howie Faerstein is the author of 5 books Play a Song on the Drums He Said (Owl’s Head Press)\, Out of Order (Main Street Rag) & two full-length collections: Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklyn and Googootz and Other Poems\, published by Press 53. STAY\, a recent collection (Human Error Publishing) was published in February 2023. His poetry & reviews can be found in numerous journals including Great River Review\, Nimrod\, Off the Coast\, Rattle\, upstreet\, Banyan Review\, Nine Mile\, Verse Daily\, Nixes Mate\, On the Seawall\, Hole in the Head Review\, Gyroscope\, Peacock Journal\, & Connotation. He’s read at venues throughout New England\, the Mid-Atlantic & the Southwest. Howie also facilitates a weekly poetry discussion group through the Northampton\, MA Forbes Library. A multiple Pushcart nominee\, Cutthroat Discovery Poet\, & recipient of the NOVA 2022 poetry prize\, he’s co-poetry editor of Cutthroat & lives in Florence\, MA. https://howiefaerstein.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-september-2
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230816T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230816T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T042719
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SUMMARY:One Hot Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:It’s so darn hot that even the poetry is sizzling! \nOn Wednesday\, August 16 from 6:30 – 8:00pm\, join writer and poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building for an evening of speaking your truth through poetry. August’s Poetry Share challenge is to find and read your poems that illustrate summer\, hot weather\, and passion. Or if you’re feeling too darn hot read a poem that involves ways to cool down. (And if you don’t have any poems\, read someone else’s.) \nWine 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. \nBio: Arianna Alexsandra Collins: Naturalist. Writer. Poet. Wild Edibles Enthusiast. Arianna holds a M.S. in Environmental Administration and has over twenty years of experience in teaching\, community engagement\, and public ritual. She is a writer and poet and has a bi-monthly column “Into the Outside” in The Ashfield News. She has featured articles on learning wild edible and medicinal flora in MassWildlife\, Ecological Landscape Alliance\, and Northern Woodlands. You can find examples of her poetry and articles on her blog Hearken to Avalon. She is also the author of the historical fantasy novel Hearken to Avalon. Through her business Offerings for Community Building she offers a variety of services in community engagement activities\, outdoor immersion experiences\, and administrative support.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/one-hot-poetry-share
LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Poetry Share
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230801T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230801T200000
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in August
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, August 1\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer D.K. McCutchen 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: D.K. McCutchen lives on a river with two brilliant daughters and a flightless Kiwi. Publications include LGBTQIA-friendly gender-bender-post-apocalyptic-speculative-fiction\, JELLYFISH DREAMING (JFD)\, winner of the 2022 Leapfrog Press Global Fiction Prize with publication in the US & UK. WHALE ROAD\, a Kiriyama Prize Notable Book & Pushcart nominee about sailing with whale researchers through the South Pacific\, also has an update forthcoming with JackLeg Press Oct. 16\, 2023. She’s published short work in Fourth Genre\, Hayden’s Ferry Review\, Rosebud\, Identity Theory\, LCRW and others\, and is currently working on JFD’s companion novel ICE\, winner of a Speculative Literature Foundation grant.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-august-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:20230720T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230720T194500
DTSTAMP:20260404T042719
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in July
DESCRIPTION:Join Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild on Thursday\, July 20\, 6:45-7:45pm for A Writer’s Night with featured reader Howie Faerstein. Howie is the author of 5 books (Play a Song on the Drums He Said\, Out of Order\, Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklyn\, Googootz and Other Poems and STAY). His poetry & reviews can be found in numerous journals. A multiple Pushcart nominee\, Cutthroat Discovery Poet\, & recipient of the NOVA 2022 poetry prize\, he’s co-poetry editor of Cutthroat & lives in Florence\, MA. \nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. You may also come without registering.\nThe Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-july-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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T042719
CREATED:20230621T174914Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230711T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230711T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T042719
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T194500
DTSTAMP:20260404T042719
CREATED:20230428T145209Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230614T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230614T203000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230606T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230606T200000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230521T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230521T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T042719
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230502T180000
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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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