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Writers Night Out

June 4 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Writers Night Out in June with Jessica Jobb at Forbes Library

Writers Night Out in June with Jessica Jobb at Forbes LibraryJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday June 4, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Jessica Jopp 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.
Masks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution.
Hosted by Jacqueline Sheehan, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.
Sponsored by Valley Home Improvement.

From the Longing Orchard Cover by Jessica JoppJessica Jopp holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Her novel, From the Longing Orchard, won the Quill Prose Award from Red Hen Press, an award given annually to a work of prose by a queer writer. Also a poet, Jopp has published in numerous journals, among them Poetry and The Progressive. Her poetry collection, The History of a Voice, was awarded the Baxter Hathaway Prize in Poetry, and it was published by Headmistress Press. Jopp teaches at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.

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Date:
June 4
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Organizer

Straw Dog Writers Guild
Email
admin@strawdogwriters.org
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Venue

Forbes Library
Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street
Northampton, 01060
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