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Nearly 400 readers, writers and literary admirers came out to pay tribute to our co-founder, Jack Myers, at the Jack Myers Memorial Celebration, held on January 30th, 2010, on the SMU campus. Click here to learn more.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts "For Jack" may be made by calling Grace at (214) 828-1715, sending a check to The Writer's Garret / P.O. Box 140530 / Dallas, TX 75214-0530.
Reading: RICHARD WIRICK / JONATHAN WOODS
McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC), Tuesday, September 28 2010, 6:30 PM
Richard Wirick's most recent book is Kicking In (Soft Skull, 2010.) His first book of linked stories, One Hundred Siberian Postcards, was released to wide acclaim in 2007. His other stories and articles have appeared in a number of publications, including The Los Angeles Times, Playboy, Fiction, Chicago Review, and PEN Quarterly. He is is co-founder and editor of the journal Transformation, and he lives in Southern California.
Jonathan Woods is the author of Bad Juju & Other Tales of Madness and Mayhem (New Pulp Press, 2010.) He resides in Dallas, Texas with his spouse, the artist Dahlia Woods, and a shih tzu named Sweet Pea. He holds degrees from McGill University, New England School of Law and New York University School of Law. Several years ago woods gave up his law practice with a multi-national high-tech company to write full-time. Woods' noir crime stories and other writings have appeared in 3:AM Magazine, Dogmatika, Plots With Guns, Thuglit, Pulp Pusher and elsewhere. Visit his website at: www.southernnoir.com.
Language, Uncanned Now Available
Copies of Language, Uncanned, a chapbook featuring contributions from writers affiliated with our The Writer's Garret, are now available for purchase both in paperback and as a digital download, via Lulu.com.
"Like all literary ventures, Language, Uncanned aims to locate what is fresh, unexpected, vibrant and stirring in words and expressions that have become otherwise stagnant, predictable, drab or ineffectual. To that end, each of the nine contributors to this publication accepted a challenging assignment: to write a new poem, story or personal essay in response to a cliché assigned to him / her."
Language, Uncanned was conceived, designed, constructed, printed and bound by the class members of the Spring 2010 "Intermediate - Advanced Creative Writing" course offered by The Writer's Garret in Dallas, Texas. The course was taught by Lead Instructor Joe Milazzo (Director of Community Education and Outreach at The Writer's Garret) and Apprentice Instructors Claudia Meyer and Trey Smith.
Copies of the signed, first edition of Language, Uncanned are also still in stock locally, but in limited quantities (50 books total were produced), from We Are 1976 and the Lakewood location of Paperback Plus. Please check with these fine vendors as to current availability.
Announcing Online Courses for Summer 2010
The Elements Of Fiction with Lisa Lenard-Cook
8 weeks: Mondays, July 12 - August 30, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Online, via WiZiQ
$50 Members / $75 Others per session; $360 Members / $480 Others for entire series;
Members save $40 off full series if registered by the Early Bird Deadline of July 4th
Blogs And Blogging: Expressing Yourself Online with Brad Eubanks
5 weeks: Wednesdays, June 2 - June 30, 7 PM - 9 PM
Location: Online, via WiZiQ
$125 Members / $150 Others;
Members save $15 if registered by Early Bird deadline of May 19th
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