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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in December with Darlene Elias
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday December 1st\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer and former Emerging Writing Fellow\, Darlene Elias\, at Forbes Library. No 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. \nWriters Night Out is now in the Community Room at Forbes! \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson. \nDarlene Elias is a writer and poet from Western Massachusetts whose work lives at the intersection of identity\, resistance\, and radical imagination. She uses literature\, poetry\, and spoken word to elevate and affirm her experiences as part of the Puerto Rican diaspora in the United States. Through her writing\, Darlene challenges dominant narratives\, reclaims voice\, and creates space for stories that are often unheard but deeply felt. Her work centers truth\, vulnerability\, and liberation\, inviting others to imagine new possibilities for themselves and their communities. \nDarlene is the co-founder of the Writing Sisters\, a collective of BIPOC and LGBTQ women who work to nurture their craft\, amplify their voices\, and build community through storytelling and activism. Darlene is also the recipient of the 2026 Kent Alexander Radical Imagination award\, the 2026 Multi Cultural Council and Valley Creates Capacity Building Grants\, and the proud 2025 Emerging Writer Straw Dog Writer’s Guild Fellow.  She takes pride in actively giving back to her community and learning from her peers. Darlene is currently working on her memoir.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-december-with-darlene-elias
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Readings,Writers Night Out
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