April’s Writers Night Out at Forbes Library in Northampton was a hit. Our featured reader was the amazing, brilliant, powerhouse of a poet, Michael Joshua Stewart reading from three of his collections, Break Every String, Love Something and The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums. It seems we’ve hit on the right spot for our monthly Read More
Beth Filson
A Writer’s Night in May
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
The (less obvious) Keys To Publishing Success By Amy Laprade
I’ve been submitting my work to literary journals since 2013 and have, thus far, made moderate progress—while operating under the belief that the act of doing so is a cut and dried task: familiarize yourself with the style of writing each journal publishes, follow what it is editors are looking for, edit the heck out Read More
December 27, 2012
To celebrate the first six months of Writers Night Out, we asked guest reader Beth Filson if we could share the piece she read at our December gathering. Beth graciously agreed to share this excerpt from her memoir, which is a work in progress. It is a fine sample of the work we are privileged Read More