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SUMMARY:Black Writers Read: Margo Gabriel
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Saturday\, December 4 at 1 p.m. ET when we host Margo Gabriel (Food\, travel\, culture\, wine\, music\, art\, lifestyle\, self-care). She’ll read the opening essay\, Where Food\, Culture and People Meet\, from her debut cookbook\, The Expat Kitchen. We’ll also chat about her expansive writing career.\nMargo Gabriel is originally from Miami\, FL and grew up in Boston\, MA. She is a freelance writer who centers her work on art\, food\, music and travel. She is the author of The Expat Kitchen cookbook. She is based in Lisbon\, Portugal.\nMargo has written for Cuisine Noir\, Edible Boston\, Boston Art Review\, ButcherBox\, Fodor’s Travel\, Solstice Literary Magazine and more.\nMargo is the Coordinator and Correspondent at Bokamundo\, an arts and culture organization for the lusophone speaking communities based in Lisbon\, Portugal. She is a member of Comissão da Carteira Profissional de Jornalista. She is a contributing food writer at Cuisine Noir. \nProduced and Hosted by Nicole M. Young-Martin\nWATCH LIVE\nhttps://www.facebook.com/valleysociety413\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3uDYbx65zxBiCeBg6nfqzA
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/black-writers-read-margo-gabriel
LOCATION:zoom
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SUMMARY:Exploring Some Japanese Poetry Forms: Writing Haiku and Tanka
DESCRIPTION:Straw Dog Writers Guild presents: Exploring Some Japanese Poetry Forms: Writing Haiku and Tanka with Eileen P. Kennedy on Wednesday\, November 17\, 2021 from 6:30 – 8:00pm. \nHaiku and Tanka are traditional Japanese poetry forms. How do we go about developing our creative thoughts into these highly structured styles of poetry? In this short workshop\, we’ll begin to answer this question. Through a brief talk\, reading and discussion of some traditional and modern texts\, and in-session writing\, we’ll explore these classic forms of syllabic poetry. Participants may come away with a better understanding of the structure of these two types of poetry\, how they differ from other forms\, how constraints can enhance creativity\, and how Haiku and/or Tanka may be crafted. \nThis workshop will be on Zoom. Registration required. Register HERE. Registrations are approved manually and it may take up to 48 hours for you to receive your email Zoom link. Your Zoom link will be re-sent to you on the day of the event so don’t worry if you lose it. Do not share your unique Zoom link with anyone. Anyone who has not gone through registration will not be admitted to the event. Please be sure to register no later than the day of the event. \nBio: Eileen P. Kennedy is a writer\, poet and academic. She is the author of two collections of poetry: Banshees (Flutter Press\, 2015)\, which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and won Second Prize in Poetry from the Wordwrite Book Awards\, and Touch My Head Softly (Finishing Line Press\, 2021.) which Literary Titan has called “a collection of emotionally-charged poetry that explores life with observant poems.” Her poetry has appeared in more than 25 literary journals and anthologies. She taught writing for many years on the faculty of the City University of New York. She has been awarded writing residencies at the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild\, Air ‘Le Parc’ and the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences. More at EileenPKennedy.com.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/exploring-some-japanese-poetry-forms-writing-haiku-and-tanka
LOCATION:zoom
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SUMMARY:Writers Read Hilltowns November
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Read / Hilltowns on Sunday\, November 7 from 2-4pm. Our featured reader is Rebecca Hart Olander. \nTo attend\, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the Zoom meeting. \nBio: Rebecca Hart Olander’s poetry has appeared recently in Crab Creek Review\, The Massachusetts Review\, and Tinderbox Poetry Journal\, and her collaborative work has been published in multiple venues online and in They Said: A Multi-Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing (BLP). Rebecca is a Women’s National Book Association poetry contest winner and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Her chapbook\, Dressing the Wounds\, was published in 2019 by dancing girl press\, and her full-length collection\, Uncertain Acrobats\, was just released by CavanKerry Press. Rebecca teaches writing at Westfield State University and is editor/director of Perugia Press. Find her at rebeccahartolander.com and @rholanderpoet.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-november
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic
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SUMMARY:SDWG Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:PUBLIC NOTICE: Straw Dog Writers Guild Annual Meeting\nThursday\, November 4\, 7:00 – 8:00pm. \nAgenda: \n\nWelcome and accomplishments\nVote in Board of Directors\nSDWG Programs and Committees\nA Path Forward\nWebsite performance for this past year\nHear from the Membership\n\nSDWG members who are interested in participating in the Annual Meeting\, please email admin@strawdogwriters.org to request zoom link for registration. \nIf you are not able to participate in Thursday’s member\, you can still vote for BOD officer. UPDATE: Voting has closed.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/sdwg-annual-meeting-2
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out/In November
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Night Out/In Open Mic on Tuesday\, November 2\, 7:00pm. Registration required. Our featured writers are Jason Montgomery and Alexandra Woolner\, joint poet laureates of Easthampton. \nRegister in advance for this meeting: Click HERE to register. \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email (within 24 – 48 hours) containing information about joining the meeting. For security purposes\, all attendees must register via this link. Names not on the registration list will not be admitted at the time of the event. \nBio: Jason R. Montgomery\nJason R. Montgomery\, or JRM\, is a Chicano/Indigenous Californian writer\, painter\, community artist and engagement artist from El Centro\, California. In 2016\, along with Poet Alexandra Woolner\, and illustrator Jen Wagner\, JRM founded Attack Bear Press in Easthampton\, MA. Jason’s work engages the cross-section of Chicano/Indigenous identity\, cultural hybridization\, post-colonial reconstruction\, and political agency. His writing and visual art bridges the aesthetics and feel from the early cubist collage movement and the Russian abstract movement of the 1920s with living and historical Native/Indigenous Californian and Chicano art traditions to explore the Post-colonial narrative through active synthesis and guided (re)construction. JRM’s work has appeared in Split Lip Magazine\, Storm Cellar\, Ilanot Review\, Cosmonauts Avenue and other publications. Jason is one of 2021 Newell Flather Awards for Leadership in Public Art outstanding nominees and 2021-2023 Easthampton Poets Laureate. \nJason R. Montgomery is a Chicano/Indigenous Californian activist\, writer\, painter\, and playwright from El Centro\, California. Jason is the co-founder of the police transformation group “A Knee is Not Enough” (AKINE) in Easthampton\, MA. In 2016 he founded the arts activism collective Attack Bear Press. JRM’s work has appeared in Split Lip Magazine\, Storm Cellar\, Ilanot Review\, and other publications. In 2021\, Jason was selected as one of two Poets Laureate for 2021-2023. \nBio: Alexandra Woolner\nAlex is a poet\, international educator\, and typewriter enthusiast originally from Worcester County\, Massachusetts. In 2016 Alex co-founded Attack Bear Press with Jason R. Montgomery\, and deeply enjoys organizing typewriter drop-ins and type-ins where she gets her typewriter nerd on with an unsuspecting public. When not writing or reading poetry\, she can be found convincing brave youth to spend a good chunk of their academic careers abroad\, lurking in the Sergio Aragones section of comic book shops\, and gently annoying her cat (TJ\, the original attack bear). Alex received her B.A. in English from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in 2007\, and her M.A. in International Education from SIT Graduate Institute in 2014.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-november
LOCATION:zoom
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SUMMARY:Darling You’re Making a Scene
DESCRIPTION:Straw Dog Writers Guild presents: “Darling\, You’re Making a Scene” with Áine Greaney on Saturday\, October 16\, 2021 10:30 – 12:00. This workshop will be on Zoom. Registration required. Register HERE. \nWhether you write fiction or nonfiction\, learn how to craft lively\, memorable scenes that draw the reader in and make them care about your story and your real or imagined characters. \nIn this workshop\, participants will learn: \n\nMacro and micro issues of scene building\nThose opening and closing scenes\nShow don’t tell; but when you *must* tell\, learn how to balance “live” scenes and narrative paragraphs\nAchieving vividness.\nMaking your readers care\nDialog in your scene\n\nBio: Áine Greaney is an Irish-born author who never published anything until she emigrated from Ireland to America\, alone\, at age 24. Since then (1986)\, she has published four books and a chapbook collection of short stories. Her features\, essays and stories have been published and broadcast in the U.S.\, Ireland\, the U.K. and Canada in publications such as Creative Nonfiction\, NPR/WBUR\, PBS The World\, The Boston Globe Magazine\, The New York Times\, Litro\, Salon and The Drum. She is also the author of the popular instructional book\, Writer with a Day Job (Writers Digest Books). Her awards and shortlists include a citation in Best American Essays and a Pushcart Prize nomination. Her second novel\, Dance Lessons\, was one of 20 chosen by the National Women’s Book Association for National Reading Group Month and a runner up in the Rubery International Awards. In addition to writing\, she has facilitated creative writing workshops and presented or co-presented at national and regional conferences\, including the Writers Digest Conference in New York City\, the Cape Cod Writers Conference\, the International Women’s Writing Guild and the Examined Life Conference at U. Iowa School of Medicine.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/darling-youre-making-a-scene
LOCATION:zoom
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out/In October
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Night Out/In Open Mic on Tuesday\, October 5\, 7:00pm. Registration required. Register HERE. Our featured writer is María Luisa Arroyo. \nChanges to registration have been made for security purposes. You will now receive your link after your registration has been approved within 24 to 48 hours. On the day of the event\, your link will be re-sent for ease of access. Contact strawdogevents@gmail.com for questions. See you soon!  \nBio: Educated at Colby\, Tufts and Harvard in German\, her third language\, María Luisa Arroyo will share poems from her 2018 chapbook\, Destierro Means Means More than Exile. There\, she pays tribute to 32 women poets who inspire her as a multilingual Boricua poet and intersectional feminist educator. Her poems appear in many journals such as One\, The Common\, and Multiplicity\, and anthologies\, including Boricua en la Luna. As Assistant Professor of Writing & First-Year Studies at Bay Path University\, María Luisa joyfully teaches undergraduate students to claim their creative voices as they write academic research papers.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-october
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic
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SUMMARY:Writers Read Hilltowns October 2021
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Read / Hilltowns on Sunday\, October 3 from 2-4pm. Our featured reader is Michael Favala Goldman. To attend\, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the Zoom meeting. \nBio: Michael Favala Goldman (b.1966) is a poet\, jazz clarinetist and widely-published translator of Danish literature. Among his sixteen translated books are The Water Farm Trilogy by Cecil Bødker and Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen (a Penguin Classic). His first book of original poetry\, Who has time for this? was published in 2020. He lives in Northampton\, MA\, where he has been running bi-monthly poetry critique groups since 2018. www.hammerandhorn.net \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-october-2021
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210912T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210912T160000
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SUMMARY:Writers Read Hilltowns September 2021
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Read / Hilltowns on Sunday\, September 12th from 2-4pm. Our featured reader is David Wyman. To attend\, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the Zoom meeting. \nDavid Wyman’s second poetry collection\, Violet Ideologies\, was published in 2020 by Kelsay Books. His first book Proletariat Sunrise\, also published by Kelsay Books\, came out in 2017. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Dissident Voice\, Blazing Stadium\, BlazeVOX\, Clockwise Cat\, Picaroon Poetry\, Squawk Back\, Tuck Magazine\, Zombie Logic Review\, S/WORD and Genre: Urban Arts among other publications. He’s a fan of Noam Chomsky\, jazz guitar and the visionary poetry of William Blake. He lives in Massachusetts where he teaches American Literature and writing at Mount Wachusett Community College.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-september-2021
LOCATION:zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210908T183000
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SUMMARY:7th Annual Author Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library for an online Author Showcase on Wednesday\, September 8 at 6:30pm\nBrief readings from new books by members of Straw Dog Writers Guild: Dusty J. Miller\, Eileen P. Kennedy\, Howie Faerstein\, Kathryn Holzman\, Meg Thacher\, Jane McPhetres Johnson\, Celia Jeffries\, Rebecca Hart Olander.\, J.A. McIntosh\, Lesléa Newman\, Ellen Meeropol\, Stephanie Shafran. \nRegistration required. To register\, click HERE.\nThis event is co-sponsored by SDWG and Forbes Library. \n  \n  \n  \nMeet the Authors\nDusty J. Miller is an internationally published author and speaker. After publishing five nonfiction books\, including Women Who Hurt Themselves\, she wrote the Alice Ott mystery series\, now in its second edition. She has recently published her fifth Alice Ott mystery\, Danger Within. Dusty is a member of the Raging Grannies in MA and Central Florida. She is a pickleball instructor and volunteers with hospice. For information on her books\, go to: https://www.dustyjmiller.com \nEileen P. Kennedy is the author of two collections of poetry: Banshees (Flutter Press\, 2015)\, which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and won Second Prize in Poetry from the Wordwrite Book Awards\, and Touch My Head Softly (Finishing Line Press\, 2021.) Her poetry has appeared in more than 25 literary journals and anthologies. She has published nonfiction widely. More at EileenPKennedy.com.\nLinks to Touch My Head Softly: at Finishing Line Press\, Amazon\, Goodreads. \nHowie Faerstein’s latest collection is Out of Order (Main Street Press). His previous books\, Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklyn and Googootz are available from Press 53. His poetry can be found in On the Seawall\, Nine Mile\, Nixes Mate\, Banyan Review\, Rattle\, upstreet\, Verse Daily and Connotation. Howie is co-poetry editor of CutThroat\, and lives in Florence\, Massachusetts. https://howiefaerstein.com The 2 full-length books can be purchased from www.press53.com/poetry-collections/ and mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/out-of-order-howard-faerstein/\,  or contact Howie directly at hfaerstein@aol.com \nKathryn Holzman’s short fiction has appeared in over twenty online literary magazines and print anthologies. She is the author of a collection of short fiction\, FLATLANDERS\, Shire Press 2019. Her first novel REAL ESTATE was published by Propertius Press in Fall\, 2020. She received the Grand Prize in the 2020 Eyelands International Short Story Contest. Links to her work can be found at kathrynholzman.com. Link for purchase info: https://www.propertiuspress.com/our-bookstore \nMeg Thacher teaches astronomy at Smith College\, where she has also taught physics and writing. In 2012\, inspired by a half-formed picture book idea\, she joined SCBWI (the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators). Since then\, she has published 30 articles in children’s magazines like Highlights\, Muse\, Ask\, and Cricket. Meg loves to share the wonders of the night sky with kids and their grown-ups. She lives in West Springfield in a newly empty nest. Sky Gazing is her first book. Go to the Book Shop to purchase.  \nJane McPhetres Johnson: War Baby. Boulder CO principal’s daughter. English teacher. Married a C.O. musician. Quaker. Arrested at W’s White House. Humanities programmer for libraries. Got hearing aids when one son started talking. Got my Goddard MFA the day my second son was born. Moved into Amherst cohousing after Transition Town awakening. Raging Granny. Got twin grandchildren 2017. Published my first book during a pandemic: Maven Reaches Mars! Finally. BUY: www.levellerspress.com (Both e-book and paper).\nNOT AVAILABLE ON AMAZON. EVER! \nCelia Jeffries’s work has appeared in numerous newspapers and literary magazines including Westview\, Solstice Literary Magazine\, and Puerto del Sol\, as well as the anthology Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper. She has received grants from Turkey Land Cove Foundation\, The Massachusetts Cultural Council\, and La Muse. BLUE DESERT is her first novel. For more information see her website:  www.celiajeffries.com \nRebecca Hart Olander’s poetry has appeared recently in Jet Fuel Review\, The Massachusetts Review\, and Tinderbox\, and her collaborative work has been published in multiple print and online venues. She has a chapbook\, Dressing the Wounds (dancing girl press\, 2019)\, and a full-length collection\, Uncertain Acrobats (CavanKerry Press\, 2021). Rebecca teaches writing at Westfield State University and is editor/director of Perugia Press. https://www.cavankerrypress.org/product/uncertain-acrobats/ \nJ. A. McIntosh\, author and recovering attorney\, writes the Meredith\, Massachusetts novels\, about imperfect people seeking justice. The second book in the series\, Judge Hartwell\, was published in March 2020 and the third installment\, Grampa Leary\, is due in the fall of 2021. Crimes happen in her novels\, but the emphasis is on how people define and dispense justice. You can purchase her work on Amazon\, Apple\, Barnes and Noble\, Kobo and from Stillwater Press. \nLesléa Newman has created 78 books for readers of all ages including the double memoir-in-verse\, I Carry My Mother and I Wish My Father; and the children’s books\, Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale With A Tail; Sparkle Boy; and Heather Has Two Mommies. She has received poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation and is a past poet laureate of Northampton.  https://lesleanewman.com/books-for-adults/poetry/i-wish-my-father/ \nEllen Meeropol is the author of the novels Her Sister’s Tattoo\, Kinship of Clover\, On Hurricane Island\, House Arrest\, and The Lost Women of Azalea Court (forthcoming in 2022) and recent essays in Lilith\, Ms. Magazine\, and Lit Hub. Her work has been honored by the Sarton Women’s Prize\, Women’s National Book Association\, and the Massachusetts Center for the Book. To purchase Elli’s books:  https://www.broadsidebooks.com/book/9781597098441 \nStephanie Shafran lives in Western MA. Her writing has appeared in several anthologies and journals. An active member and officer of Straw Dog Writers Guild\, Stephanie is also a Florence Poets Society member. She published Awakening in 2020. “After ‘Story’ by Richard Blanco” was recently published in the anthology “A 21st Century Plague: Poetry from a Pandemic\,” edited by Elayne Clift. Stephanie’s chapbook is available from Broadside Books. Her website is stephanieshafran.wordpress.com. \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/7th-annual-author-showcase
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out/In September 2021
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Night Out/In Open Mic on Tuesday\, September\, 7:00pm. Registration required. Register HERE. Our featured writer is Lanette Sweeney. If you have any trouble registering\, contact Beth at: strawdogevents@gmail.com \nLanette Sweeney’s debut collection\, What I Should Have Said: A Poetry Memoir About Losing A Child to Addiction\, is being published by Kentucky-based Finishing Line Press in August of 2021. The book is divided into the stages of grief and features alongside her own poems 20 poems by Sweeney’s late son\, Kyle Fisher-Hertz\, who died of an overdose five years ago at the age of 26. Sweeney has two messages she hopes to share with the collection: first\, that medication-assisted treatment saves addicts lives and should not be stigmatized\, and second\, that all of us can go on to have lives rich with joy and peace\, even after surviving the most tragic losses. Sweeney’s work has been featured in many publications\, including Rattle\, Blue Collar Review\, Please See Me\, Amethyst Review\, Silkworm (the annual publication of the Florence Poets Society\, of which she is a member)\, and in several editions of McGraw Hill’s popular Women’s Studies anthology Women: Images and Reality. Sweeney has worked as a college teacher of writing and Women’s Studies at SUNY New Paltz\, where she earned her degrees in Women’s Studies and English Literature\, and as a college fund-raiser for Hampshire College. She also cocktail waitressed\, sold real estate\, and served as a United Way vice president. She is now a full-time writer thanks to her wife’s support.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-september-2021
LOCATION:zoom
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out/In August
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Night In Open Mic on Tuesday\, August 3\, 7:00pm. Registration required. Click HERE to register. Our featured writer is Adam Grabowski. \nAdam Grabowski is the author of the chapbook Go on Bewilderment (Attack Bear Press\, 2020) and his poems have appeared in such journals as Sixth Finch\, Rust + Moth\, Hobart\, jubilat\, and elsewhere. A two-time 2021 Pushcart nominee and the recipient of a 2020 Parent-Writer Fellowship from the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing\, Adam is Associate Managing Editor for The Maine Review and lives with his wife and two children in Holyoke\, Massachusetts.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-august
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210711T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210711T160000
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SUMMARY:Writers Read Hilltowns July
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Read / Hilltowns! On Sunday\, July 11 from 2-4 pm our featured reader is Dr. Jim Brosnan. To attend\, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the meeting. \nReader Bio: Dr. Jim Brosnan holds the rank of full professor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence\, RI. Jim is the author of Nameless Roads (2019)\, a volume of poetry depicting New England and accompanied by original color photographs. His poems have appeared in the Aurorean (US)\, Crossways Literary Magazine (Ireland)\, Eunoia Review (Singapore)\, Nine Muses (Wales\,) Lakeview International Journal of Literature & Arts (India)\, Scarlet Leaf Review (Canada)\, Strand (India)\, and Voices of the Poppies (United Kingdom). He has won several awards in the National Federation of Poetry Society’s yearly contests. This past year I won first prize in the Rhoda Wheeler Sheehan Poetry Contest. In 2012\, he placed second in the Poet of the Year competition sponsored by the New England Teachers of English. \nVisit him at: https://www.drjimbrosnan.com/
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-july
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Readings,Writers Read/Hilltown
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210706T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210706T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210611T161018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210618T184617Z
UID:10000428-1625598000-1625605200@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:Writers Night Out/In July
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Night In Open Mic on Tuesday\, July 6\, 7:00pm. Registration required. Click HERE to register. Our featured writer is JoAnne Silver Jones. \nWriter Bio: In her first book\, a memoir\, Headstrong: Surviving a traumatic brain injury\, JoAnne Silver Jones tells of her journey from suffering an act of random violence that left her with a severe traumatic brain injury\, to the publication of her memoir\, at age 73\, and entry into the world of writing. She is Professor Emeritus at Springfield College\, an avid sports fan\, news junky\, ocean lover and dog worshiper. She and her wife divide their time between Santa Cruz\, California and Northampton\, MA. She continues to write and is waiting on her muse to guide her into her next book. \nVisit her at: https://joannejonesauthor.com/
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-june-2
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T200000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210510T183212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T145816Z
UID:10000424-1623868200-1623873600@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:An Exploration of Flash Fiction & Flash Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Join us online on June 16 from 6:30 – 8:00pm for An Exploration of Flash Fiction & Flash Memoir. \nFlash takes everything we love about compelling stories – the complexity\, nuance\, characters\, emotion\, tension\, stakes – and delivers it all in an impossibly short high-wire act that leaves us deeply affected and that resonates long after. But how do we go about writing\, crafting\, and editing down our stories into these sparkling fictional (or memoiristic) gems? In this short workshop\, we’ll attempt to answer that question. Through a short craft lecture\, exploration and discussion of two example texts\, and several in-class exercises\, we’ll pry open the door to this exciting form that rewards the playful experimenters and the meticulous crafters and challenges the rest of us to become more like them. Writers will leave with a better understanding of the flash form\, how it differs from longer fiction\, and the beginnings of two new pieces. \nRegistration required. Click HERE to register. \nBio: Joy Baglio is a fiction writer\, editor\, and founder of Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop\, a Northampton MA-based (now virtual) writing center\, offering a wide-array of one-day and multi-week workshops in all genres. Her short stories have appeared in American Short Fiction\, Tin House\, Gulf Coast\, The Iowa Review\, SmokeLong Quarterly\, and elsewhere. She’s received fellowships/awards from Yaddo\, Bread Loaf\, The Elizabeth George Foundation\, Vermont Studio Center\, Ploughshares Emerging Writers Contest (Runner-Up)\, among others. Joy holds an MFA from The New School and lives in Florence MA. F ind her at: joybaglio.com.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/an-exploration-of-flash-fiction-flash-memoir
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210610T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210610T193000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210430T211404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T211404Z
UID:10000418-1623348000-1623353400@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:Poetry Ritual 2021
DESCRIPTION:On the three-year anniversary of the Poetry Critique Meet-up\, co-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers and the Northampton Center for the Arts\, twenty poets who have participated in the meet-ups this past year will give short readings. Join us for this gala event by writing for the zoom link at poetryritual2021@gmail.com.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-ritual-2021
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210606T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210606T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210504T192926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T192926Z
UID:10000422-1622988000-1622995200@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:Writers Read / Hilltowns June
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Read / Hilltowns! On Sunday\, June 6 from 2-4 pm our featured reader is Howie Faerstein. To attend\, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the meeting. \nBio: Howie Faerstein is the author of two chapbooks: Play a Song on the Drums\, he said and Out of Order (Main Street Rag) and two full-length collections: Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklynand Googootz and Other Poems\, both published by Press 53. His poetry and reviews can be found in Great River Review\, Nimrod\, CutThroat\, Off the Coast\, Rattle\, upstreet\, Nine Mile and on-line in Verse Daily\, Nixes Mate\, Gris-Gris\, Peacock Journal\, and Connotation. A five-time Pushcart Prize nominee\, he volunteers as a mentor at the Center for New Americans\, is co-poetry editor of CutThroat\, A Journal of the Arts\, and lives in Florence\, MA.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-june
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210504T185404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T145710Z
UID:10000420-1622574000-1622581200@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:Writers Night Out/In June
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Night In Open Mic on Tuesday\, June 1\, 7:00pm. \nRegistration required. Click HERE to register.  \nOur featured writer is Shanta Lee Gander. \nBio: Shanta Lee Gander’s work has been featured in many publications and is the 2020 recipient of the Arthur Williams Award for Meritorious Service to the Arts and 2020 and named as Diode Editions full-length book contest winner for her debut poetry compilation\, GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA: Dreamin of Mama While Trying to Speak in Woke Tongues forthcoming in June 2021. Shanta Lee gives lectures on the life of Lucy Terry Prince as a member of the Vermont Humanities Council Speakers Bureau and is the 2020 gubernatorial appointee to their board of directors. To learn more\, visit\, Shantaleegander.com.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-june
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210522T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210522T120000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210325T193201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210406T140044Z
UID:10000507-1621677600-1621684800@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:Writing About Politics and Current Events: Opportunities and Obstacles
DESCRIPTION:Politics often seems like a faraway\, abstract subject that has little to do with our everyday lives. Current events have always been complex and difficult but\, in recent years\, seem even more divisive and frustrating than ever. So how can we write about important issues in ways that won’t drive us apart? This workshop will focus on writing that bridges the gaps between our personal values and the larger world in ways that empower our voices as agents for connection and change. We’ll explore how we can bring politics into our favorite forms of writing and explore some unlikely publishing methods that can take us from the written word to activism. (For best results\, come to the workshop with a few notes on what you consider your most important personal values and/or a list of important political issues that you care about.) \nRegister in advance of this event HERE.\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nAuthor Bio: John Sheirer (pronounced “shy-er”) lives in Northampton\, Massachusetts\, with his wonderful wife Betsy and happy dog Libby. He has taught writing and communications for 28 years at Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield\, Connecticut\, where he also serves as editor and faculty advisor for Freshwater Literary Journal (submissions welcome). He writes a monthly column on current events for his hometown newspaper\, the Daily Hampshire Gazette\, and his books include memoir\, fiction\, poetry\, essays\, political satire\, and photography. His most recent book is Positively Toward the Negative: Surviving the Trump-Led Attack on American Values and Basic Human Decency. Find him at JohnSheirer.com.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writing-about-politics-and-current-events-opportunities-and-obstacles
LOCATION:zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210504T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210504T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210326T153324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T184746Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night In May 2021
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Night In Open Mic on Tuesday\, May 4\, 7:00pm. \nRegistration required. Register HERE. \nOur featured writer is Celia Jeffries. \nCelia Jeffries is a writer\, editor\, and teacher whose work has appeared in numerous newspapers and literary magazines including Westview\, Solstice Literary Magazine\, and Puerto del Sol\, as well as the anthology Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper. She has received grants from Turkey Land Cove Foundation\, The Massachusetts Cultural Council\, and La Muse. Jeffries holds an MA from Brandeis and worked in news and educational publishing before earning an MFA from Lesley University. She has worked with writers at all levels\, from elementary school to university both here and abroad\, and in many different communities\, including incarcerated\, literacy\, and ESL programs. Her own writing has been nurtured in the community of writers in Western Massachusetts\, where she is on the steering committee of Straw Dog Writers Guild\, and where she offers workshops at Pioneer Valley Writers Workshop. Blue Desert is her first novel.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-in-may-2021
LOCATION:zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210502T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210502T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210326T152219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210326T153514Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Read / Hilltowns\, May 2021
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Read / Hilltowns! On Sunday\, May 2 from 2-4 pm our featured reader is Suzanne Rancourt. To attend\, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the meeting. \nBio: Sundress Best of the Net Nominee\, Suzanne S. Rancourt\, is of Abenaki/Huron descent. Author of Billboard in the Clouds\, Northwestern UP\, received the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas First Book Award\, and murmurs at the gate\, Unsolicited Press\, released in 2019. Old Stones\, New Roads\, Main Street Rag Publishing\, is forthcoming Spring 2021. She is a USMC and Army Veteran who holds degrees in psychology\, writing and expressive arts therapy. She continues to serve as a Mentor for the Saratoga County Veterans’ Peer to Peer program.\nSuzanne is widely published. Please visit her website for a complete publication list: https://www.expressive-arts.com/Artists–Page.html \n“My workshops\, artist salons\, and readings are known for humor\, and authenticity.” Ms. Rancourt states. Her metaphors are rich with sensuality and honesty\, reaffirming her connectedness to nature and the power of place. Inspired by the multiracial poetess\, Ai\, Ms. Rancourt remarks\, “poetry isn’t always pastoral fantasy\, sometimes it is the skill of finding the beauty in a single moment\, a single gesture\, and the courage to write about that truth no matter where you are or what is happening around you. Artists have a responsibility.”
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-may-2021
LOCATION:zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210411T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210411T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210222T210403Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Read Hilltowns\, April 2021
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Read / Hilltowns! On Sunday\, April 11 from 2-4 pm our featured reader is Ann Averill. To attend\, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the meeting. \nBio: Ann C. Averill is the author of Teacher Dropout\, Finding Grace in an Unjust School based on her true story of teaching in an urban school. Excerpts appeared in a Writer’s Digest’s best of short short stories collection. Her flash memoir has appeared in WriteAngles Journal and on her blog @anncaverill.com. Ann is passionate about finding the narrative arc in her real-life experiences and selecting the details that bring them alive for others. \nNOTE the Sunday’s change. April’s Writers Read will be on the 2nd Sunday instead of the 1st Sunday this month.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-april-2021
LOCATION:zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210410T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210410T120000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210302T165533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210302T165533Z
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SUMMARY:How To Injure Your Characters
DESCRIPTION:Dr. David Page will cover how\, when\, what\, where in a story to place a trauma scene\, as well as how to construct the scene with appropriate details. Specifics of head and neck\, chest\, abdomen and extremity injuries will be briefly covered. Also\, the U.S. trauma system will be described to permit the writer to accurately determine what level of care is available and warranted\, as well as the health care personnel who participate. \nRegister in advance for this meeting by clicking HERE.\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nBio: Dr. Page is a retired Professor of Surgery\, Tufts University School of Medicine\, who has accumulated 30 plus teaching and mentoring awards over a four-decade career\, including two national recognition awards as a surgical educator. He has published two reference books for writers\, a 2017 book on the laparoscopic surgery revolution and its implications for patients\, and over 20 peer reviewed journal papers.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/how-to-injure-your-characters
LOCATION:zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210406T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210406T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210309T184214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210309T184214Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night In: April 2021
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Night In Open Mic on Tuesday\, April 6\, 7:00pm. To Register\, email wno@strawdogwriters.org to request the Zoom link. Include your first and last name and zip code. \nOur featured writer is Sharon Tracey. \nBio: Sharon Tracey is a poet and editor and author of two full-length poetry collections: Chroma: Five Centuries of Women Artists (Shanti Arts Publishing\, 2020) and What I Remember Most is Everything (All Caps Publishing\, 2017). In her newest book\, Chroma\, she takes the reader through a series of galleries inspired by the work of forty-seven women artists painting across five centuries as she explores what it means to be human\, a woman\, a creator. Her poems have also appeared in Terrain.org\, The Worcester Review\, Mom Egg Review\, Tule Review\, The Ekphrastic Review\, and elsewhere. She lives and writes in Amherst\, Massachusetts. sharontracey.com \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-in-april-2021
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Writers Night Out
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210313T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210313T123000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210204T195220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210204T195220Z
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SUMMARY:Jump-Start a Story: A Sisters in Crime Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Surrealists used to pool their money and buy a one-way ticket to the furthest destination they could afford. They’d send one person off on an adventure and they’d have to make their way back somehow\, and tell the others all about it when they returned. Along the way\, they’d collect talismans that helped them navigate the dark places they encountered. \nIn this workshop\, we’ll be sending each of you off on an adventure and when you get back\, you’ll have the outline of a short story. We’ll begin by randomly selecting your destination. You’ll choose a souvenir and explore its significance to your character. Then we’ll do a brief tarot card reading to guide you along your way from the opening conflict to the resolution of your story. \nHere’s how it works: \n\nIntroduction to the exercise\nA screen share at the beginning for all participants that will allow them to select from among various situations (as depicted in movie stills)\, locations\, and souvenir objects.\nTen minutes of free writing in response to the question: who are you\, where are you\, and what does the object you brought back mean to you?\nSending participants into one of three breakout rooms\, each hosted by one of of the workshop leaders\, where they will get a short tarot card reading to give them the essential aspects of their story arc.\nReconvening as a group to share results.\n\nSpaces are limited to 21 participants. Registration is required. To register email strawdogreg@gmail.com. You will receive a confirmation reply with a Zoom link. \nPresenter bios: \nLisa Lieberman writes the Cara Walden series of historical mysteries based on old movies and featuring blacklisted Hollywood people on the lam in dangerous international locales. She is President of the New England chapter of Sisters in Crime. \nCarolyn Marie Wilkins is an author\, a musician and a psychic medium. She is the author of\nthree mystery novels: Death at a Séance\, Melody for Murder and Mojo for Murder.\nTo find out more about Carolyn: www.carolynwilkins.com \nSharon Healy Yang is passionate about mysteries from the golden age\, whether in a book or on the screen. Her series of Jessica Minton Mysteries include Bait and Switch and Letter from a Dead Man. The third entry\, Always Play the Dark Horse\, is forthcoming in 2021
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/jump-start-a-story-a-sisters-in-crime-workshop
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210307T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210307T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210212T163645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210223T163513Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Read Hilltowns March 2021
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Read / Hilltowns! On Sunday\, March 7th from 2-4pm our featured reader is Stephanie Shafran. To attend\, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the meeting. You can sign up for Zoom video conferencing for free HERE. \nBio: Stephanie Shafran lives in Western MA. Her poetry and prose have appeared in anthologies such as Straw Dog’s Compass Roads and Ophelia’s Mom\, edited by Nina Shandler. And in journals such as Earth’s Daughters\, Whirlwind Review\, Slant and Silkworm. Her poem Pears received an honorable mention in Writers’ Digest’s 2001 non-rhyming poetry competition. Last year\, Stephanie’s poem After “Since Unfinished” by Richard Blanco won 3rd place in the Robert P. Collén Poetry Competition; recently she was a semi-finalist in River Styx’s Microfiction Contest. Stephanie published a chapbook entitled Awakening this spring.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-march-2021
LOCATION:zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210302T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20210209T205604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210209T210012Z
UID:10000502-1614711600-1614718800@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:Writers Night Out/In March 2021
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Night In Open Mic! March’s featured reader is Sally Bellerose. \nTo Register\, email wno@strawdogwriters.org to request the Zoom link. Include your first and last name and zip code. \nBio: In her writing\, Sally Bellerose (she/her) loves to mess with rhythm\, rhyme\, and awkward emotion.\nBellerose writes about caste\, sex\, illness\, absurdity\, and lately\, growing old. Her novel\nFishwives with Bywater Books comes out this month!  This novel features old women behaving badly. Fishwives is also available on Amazon.\nHer novel The Girls Club won many awards including an NEA Fellowship. Her poetry is featured in Lady Business\, Sibling Rivalry Press.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-march-2021
LOCATION:zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210207T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210207T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20201216T172744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201216T172744Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Read/Hilltowns on Zoom with Featured Reader Dr. Jane Fleishman
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read will meet in the Virtual Hilltowns via Zoom on Feb 7\, 2-4 p.m. \nFeatured Reader – Dr. Jane Fleishman \nJane Fleishman\, PhD\, MEd\, MS\, AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator\, is an award-winning educator\, writer\, program developer\, and sexuality researcher. She co-hosts a regular podcast on sex in the second half of life at www.ourbetterhalf.net and recently completed a TEDx talk\, Is It OK for Grandma to Have Sex? She holds a PhD and MEd in Human Sexuality from Widener University\, Center for Human Sexuality Studies. Her curious nature has led her to research sexual satisfaction in older adults. Her latest accomplishment\, The Stonewall Generation: LGBTQ Elders on Sex\, Activism\, and Aging is a collection of contributions from a wide diversity of LGBTQ elders. She is a proud Jewish mother of two amazing twenty-somethings and lives in Northampton\, MA. You can reach her at www.janefleishman.com. \nWe hope you will consider donating any amount here to this and other programs offered by Straw Dog Writers Guild: http://strawdogwriters.org/fund-drive \nHere’s how it works: To attend\, email Jane Roy Brown for a link to the meeting: brownjaneroy@gmail.com.  You can sign up for Zoom video conferencing for free HERE.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-on-zoom-with-featured-reader-dr-jane-fleishman
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill,Writers Read/Hilltown
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210130T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210130T120000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20201216T165224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210114T193911Z
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SUMMARY:Premise\, Plot\, Poetry:  Three Keys to the Novel (Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:Premise\, Plot\, Poetry: Three Keys to the Novel with Debra Jo Immergut \nRegister in advance for this meeting! After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nAn energy-packed premise\, a fluid plot\, and artful prose:  these are three ingredients to a successful work of fiction. In this workshop\, we’ll consider work by authors as varied as Otessa Mossfegh\, Ian McEwan\, Toni Morrison\, and John LeCarre. By reading excerpts and dissecting structure and style\, we’ll identify the essential components for creating a narrative of momentum\, meaning and beauty. You’ll leave the workshop with an arsenal of strategies for plotting a surprising and satisfying page-turner with a distinctive voice. Our session will benefit writers working on literary or commercial fiction\, at any stage of development\, from a vague notion to a towering stack of pages.You’ll have a chance to get feedback on your ideas and you’ll take home plenty of inspiration for your future work. \nDebra Jo Immergut is the author of the novels You Again\, a New York Times Editors Choice\, and The Captives\, nominated for a 2019 Edgar Award.  She has published nonfiction in the New York Times\, Narrative\, The Boston Globe\, and many other publications. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/premise-plot-poetry-three-keys-to-the-novel-workshop
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210110T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210110T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T034938
CREATED:20201116T203724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T222838Z
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SUMMARY:How to Speak in Public with Nicole M. Young
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, January 10\, 2-4 p.m. on Zoom. Pre-registration required. There is a cap of 15 participants\, so sign up early.   \nThere is a limited number of attendees (15) and then there will be a waiting list. \n\nTo Register please send your First and Last Name\, and zip code in an email to strawdogreg@gmail.com   \n\nYou will receive a link to attend the workshop or confirmation you are on the waitlist. \n\n\nWant to build up the confidence to share your writing at public readings?  Join local performance poet and actor\, Nicole Young\, to learn how to properly prepare yourself to read your work aloud.  She’ll provide workshop participants with a toolkit on how to approach the fear of speaking to large crowds and how to handle situations that might get derailed whether by making a mistake or even the audience joining you in unexpected glee.  Please bring a sample of your work that you’d like to practice. \nBiography \nNicole M. Young has over 20 years of experience as a theatre practitioner and performer.  Nicole possesses undergraduate and graduate degrees in theatre and has studied with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Canada) and Royal Shakespeare Company.  She also offers writing workshops on creative writing and theatre-making for youth and educators. \n  \nHeadshot Photo Credit:  Photo by Samm Smith Design and Photography \nThis event will be held on Zoom. Pre-registration is required. Because there is a cap of 15 participants for this workshop\, you will receive a Zoom link if your registration has been successful\, or we will let you know that we have put your name on a waitlist. 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/how-to-speak-in-public-with-nicole-m-young
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members
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