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
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
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! Join 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
Straw Dog Writers Guild announces our new community partner, Valley Home Improvement. Along with Forbes Library, Valley Home Improvement now sponsors Writers Night Out, our monthly Open Mic. Steven Silverman, President of VHI, said, “It feels good to sponsor the writing community.” SDWG is grateful for their generosity. SDWG believes that writers should be paid Read More
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.
Join us on Tuesday, August 1, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer D.K. McCutchen 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
It’s so darn hot that even the poetry is sizzling! On 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,
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
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. 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
On April 27, Straw Dog Writers Guild collaborated with Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School to launch Volume 5 of The Viking Rune Stone at Forbes Library. The literary journal contains poetry and prose, and artwork by the students. Advisors Tracey Burke and Kim Keough (SDWG member) did all the heavy lifting to make this Read More
