BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Writer's Garret - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Writer's Garret X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://writersgarret.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Writer's Garret REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230422T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230422T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20230210T213534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T191241Z UID:14270-1682172000-1682179200@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Cavafy: A Guided Discussion with Gregg Thompson DESCRIPTION:The works of C. F. Cavafy\, since his death in 1933\, have garnered his legacy increasing attention and acclaim as the most distinguished Greek poet of the 20th century. Observing and commenting on matters sacred and sensual\, his poetry uniquely invites conversations spanning topics as diverse as historical civilizations\, anxiety\, homosexual desire\, and spiritual curiosity. Join us as Gregg Thompson leads a 2-part discussion of Cavafy’s writing and how they continue in enduring relevance. \nNote: The discussions of Cavafy’s works will take on 2 consecutive Saturdays\, April 22nd and 29th. \nGregg Thompson makes his living as a real estate investor\,  having previously worked in investment banking and the printing industry. He has a BA in History from one land grant college and a MA in Literature from another. He is currently completing another MA in Philosophy at the University of Dallas. He writes poetry\, some of which has been published\, and has been engaged with The Writer’s Garret in one capacity or other over several years. Gregg is a father of three grown children. \n  \n  \nStep 1: RSVP (Required)\n\n  \nStep 2: Make A Donation (Optional) URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/cavafy-a-guided-discussion-with-gregg-thompson/ LOCATION:The Writer’s Garret\, 215 S. Tyler St.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Cavafy-A-Guided-Discussion-with-Gregg-Tompson.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230412T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230412T210000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20230403T200415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T200415Z UID:14437-1681327800-1681333200@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Inner Moonlight - Graham Barnhart DESCRIPTION:Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry series for the Wild Detectives! RSVP to meet us in the backyard at 7:30pm on Wednesday April 12th for a live reading from one featured writer\, with a brief open mic to follow. Don’t worry\, podcast fans! We will record the live show and release it as a podcast episode for y’all. This month we are excited to feature poet Graham Barnhart! \n  \nGraham Barnhart is a US Army veteran\, and author of the poetry collection The War Makes Everyone Lonely. His poetry has been recognized with a Pushcart Prize\, The Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award for Veterans\, and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at The University of North Texas and lives in Denton. \n  \n  \n  \nInner Moonlight is presented by The Writer’s Garret on the second Wednesday of every month. Mark your calendar and we’ll see you there! \n“Follow your inner moonlight\, don’t hide the madness.”\n–Allen Ginsberg\, from On Being A Writer \n\n\n \n \n Lyceum Series RSVP - Apr\n \n \n NameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n How many in your party?(Required)12345678Zip Code(Required) \n \n \n \n Please Enter Your Home Zip Code URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/inner-moonlight-graham-barnhart/ LOCATION:The Wild Detectives\, 314 W 8th St\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FB-Cover-Feature_Barnhart.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230325T120000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20230210T213407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T190932Z UID:14267-1679734800-1679745600@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Writing In Nature with Lisa Huffaker DESCRIPTION:Teaching Artist in Residence Lisa Huffaker leads an immersive writing trek showcasing a pocket of wilderness tucked away in central Dallas\, designed to illuminate the possibilities inherent in the beauty of our natural landscape. Whether you write poetry\, prose\, or just enjoy the delights of the outdoors\, good walking shoes and an a sense of adventure are all you need for this workshop. The first half of the workshop will take place outdoors; then we’ll return to The Garret to write and share. \nNote: the location of this workshop will be emailed following sign up. \nLisa Huffaker creates poetry\, collage\, and assemblage. A finalist for Dallas’ Poet Laureate\, she is a frequent visiting artist at the Nasher Sculpture Center\, a recent C3 Visiting Artist at the Dallas Museum of Art\, and creator of White Rock Zine Machine\, a micropublishing project offering artist’s books through sculptural vending machines. Her poetry appears or is forthcoming in 32 Poems\, Diode\, Spillway\, THRUSH\, Tupelo Quarterly\, and elsewhere. Her multimedia installation\, Code Room\, is currently on view at Ro2 Art. Her book in progress\, a collage/erasure transformation of an antifeminist marriage manual written in 1963\, was recently featured at TU Delft and Cornell Tech’s 3rd Workshop on Obfuscation. \n  \nStep 1: RSVP (Required)\n\n  \nStep 2: Make A Donation (Optional) URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/writing-in-nature-with-lisa-huffaker/ LOCATION:The Writer’s Garret\, 215 S. Tyler St.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Writing-In-Nature-with-Lisa-Huffaker.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230322T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230322T203000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20230213T182656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230307T153318Z UID:14295-1679511600-1679517000@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:LitTalk: An Author Panel Series DESCRIPTION:Join Writing Workshops Dallas & The Writer’s Garret  for LitTalk: A DFW Author Panel Series at Whose Books on Wednesday\, March 22nd at 7 pm. Novelist & series creator/moderator Alex Temblador will lead a panel addressing the challenges and rewards of creative risk in writing. Panelists include Patrice Caldwell\, Will Clarke\, and Lori Ann Stephens. \n  \n \nAlex Temblador is the creator and host of LitTalk. \nAlex Temblador is the award-winning author of Half Outlaw and Secrets of the Casa Rosada. St. Martin’s Essentials acquired Alex’s first non-fiction book\, Writing an Identity Not Your Own\, in 2022. Her creative work has appeared in PALABRITAS and D Magazine\, as well as anthologies like Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America and Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology. In addition to teaching creative writing classes and seminars\, Alex is an award-winning journalist published in the likes of Travel + Leisure\, Outside\, Conde Nast Traveler\, among many others. \n  \n  \nPatrice Caldwell is a graduate of Wellesley College and the editor of two anthologies published by Penguin Random House: A Phoenix First Must Burn: 16 stories of Black Girl Magic\, Resistance\, and Hope and Eternally Yours\, a Paranormal Romance anthology. Her debut novel\, Where Shadows Reign—the first in a YA fantasy duology—is out in 2024 from Macmillan. \nThough she started her career as a children’s book editor at two major publishing houses\, she’s now a literary agent. For her work in the book publishing industry—as the founder of People of Color in Publishing\, a grassroots organization dedicated to supporting\, empowering\, and uplifting racially and ethnically marginalized members of the industry—she’s been named to to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list\, a Publishers Weekly Star Watch honoree\, and featured on Bustle’s inaugural “Lit List” as one of ten women changing the book world. Visit Patrice online at patricecaldwell.com. \n  \n \nWill Clarke is the author of several works of fiction\, including the novels\, Marigold and The Neon Palm of Madame Melancon. Will holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and was named The New York Times Editors’ Choice and Rolling Stone’s “Hot Pop Prophet.” He lives in Dallas\, Texas with his wife and family. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nLori Ann Stephens is the author of Blue Running (published in the UK\, 2021)\, Some Act of Vision (winner of the National Reader’s Choice Award)\, Pierre François: 5th Grade Mishaps\, Novalee and the Spider Secret\, and other novels. Her award-winning short stories have also been published in The Chicago Tribune\, Glimmer Train Stories\, among other literary journals. She was shocked to win the English National Opera’s Miniopera Contest\, judged by Neil Gaiman\, and has since seen her libretti performed in London\, Minneapolis\, and Dallas. She loves listening to operas\, remodeling her house with reckless optimism\, and holding anyone’s babies. She lives just north of Dallas and teaches writing at Southern Methodist University. \n  \nRSVP to attend LitTalk here URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/lit-talk-an-author-panel-series/ LOCATION:Whose Books\, 512 W. Davis\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/LitTalk-IG-no-bar-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230318T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230318T120000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20230210T213651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T192003Z UID:14273-1679133600-1679140800@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:The Poetry of Rumi: A Guided Discussion with Joan Canby DESCRIPTION:Rumi’s poetry is some of the most widely read and translated in history. Spiritual and profound\, the universality of his writing remains immensely popular today. Join Joan Canby for a discussion of his works\, including major themes and inspirations\, as well as the situational context in which he lived\, worshipped and wrote. \nJoan Canby has her degrees (BA\, MA) in Comparative Literature with an emphasis on the Renaissance (French\, Italian\, English\, Spanish and Latin literature). She has her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Poetry. She has been widely published\, to include: Frogpond\, Modern Haiku\, Poetry South\, Forage\, Place Journal\, Cape Rock\, Comstock Review\, Broken Plate\, Main Street Rag\, and Presence. Her chapbook Metaxe was published in 2010. Her chapbook Cascades was published spring 2022 by Assure Press. \n\n\n  \n  \nStep 1: RSVP (Required)\n\n  \nStep 2: Make A Donation (Optional) URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/the-poetry-of-rumi-a-guided-discussion-with-joan-canby/ LOCATION:The Writer’s Garret\, 215 S. Tyler St.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The-Poetry-of-Rumi-with-Joan-Canby.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230308T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230308T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20230210T213220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T181646Z UID:14264-1678303800-1678311000@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Inner Moonlight: Lauren Brazeal Garza DESCRIPTION:Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry series for the Wild Detectives! RSVP to meet us in the backyard at 7:30pm on Wednesday March 8th for a live reading from one featured writer\, with a brief open mic to follow. Don’t worry\, podcast fans! We will record the live show and release it as a podcast episode for y’all. This month we are excited to feature poet Lauren Brazeal Garza!\n\nLauren Brazeal Garza is a disabled writer and Ph.D. candidate in literature at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her published poetry collections include Gutter (YesYes Books\, 2018)\, which chronicles her homelessness as a teenager. She has also published three chapbooks\, including Santa Muerte\, Santa Muerte: I was Here Release Me (Tram Editions\, 2023)\, which is a series of fictional interviews with ghosts and is inspired by her experiences as a translator and collector of oral histories. Her work has appeared in Poetry Northwest\, Waxwing\, and Verse Daily among many other journals. She can be found haunting her website at www.lbrazealgarza.com\n\n\nInner Moonlight is presented by The Writer’s Garret on the second Wednesday of every month. Mark your calendar and we’ll see you there!\n\n“Follow your inner moonlight\, don’t hide the madness.”\n—Allen Ginsberg\, from On Being a Writer\n\nRSVP Here\n\n \n \n \n \n CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n How many in your party?(Required)12345678Zip Code(Required) \n \n \n \n Please Enter Your Home Zip Code URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/inner-moonlight-lauren-brazeal-garza/ LOCATION:The Wild Detectives\, 314 W 8th St\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Inner-Moonlight-IG-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230208T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230208T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20230118T194106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T194106Z UID:14235-1675884600-1675891800@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Inner Moonlight - Jenny Bhatt DESCRIPTION:Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry series for the Wild Detectives! RSVP to meet us in the backyard at 7:30pm on Wednesday February 8th for a live reading from one featured writer\, with a brief open mic to follow. Don’t worry\, podcast fans! We will record the live show and release it as a podcast episode for y’all. This month we are excited to feature Jenny Bhatt!\n\n\n  \n\nJenny Bhatt is a writer\, literary translator\, book critic\, and the founder of Desi Books\, a global forum that showcases South Asian literature from the world over. She teaches creative writing at Writing Workshops Dallas and the PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship Program. She resides in the Dallas\, Texas area. Find her at https://jennybhattwriter.com.\n\n\n  \n\nInner Moonlight is presented by The Writer’s Garret on the second Wednesday of every month. Mark your calendar and we’ll see you there!\n\n\n\n“Follow your inner moonlight\, don’t hide the madness.”\n—Allen Ginsberg\, from On Being a Writer\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n \n \n Lyceum Series RSVP - Apr\n \n \n FacebookThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n How many in your party?(Required)12345678Zip Code(Required) \n \n \n \n Please Enter Your Home Zip Code URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/inner-moonlight-jenny-bhatt/ LOCATION:The Wild Detectives\, 314 W 8th St\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Inner-Moonlight-FB-Bhatt.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230111T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230111T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20230103T211128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230103T211128Z UID:14187-1673465400-1673472600@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Inner Moonlight - Laura Neal DESCRIPTION:Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry series for the Wild Detectives! RSVP to meet us in the backyard at 7:30pm on Wednesday January 11th for a live reading from one featured writer\, with a brief open mic to follow. Don’t worry\, podcast fans! We will record the live show and release it as a podcast episode for y’all. This month we are excited to feature poet Laura Neal! \nLaura Neal is a poet\, greatly influenced by social and environmental narratives. She earned an MFA from the University of Maryland College Park and a BA from Bowie State University. Her work is published in Academy of American Poets and Birmingham Poetry Review\, among others. She has received fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center\, CALLALOO\, and the Juanita Craft Artist-in-Residence Program. Her poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and finalist for the Cave Canem Poetry Prize. She currently teaches creative writing at the University of Texas at Dallas and is a contributing writer for Southwest Contemporary magazine and BURNAWAY magazine. She is also co-member of the artist collaborative\, CALCIUM. \nInner Moonlight is presented by The Writer’s Garret on the second Wednesday of every month. Mark your calendar and we’ll see you there! \n“Follow your inner moonlight\, don’t hide the madness.”\n—Allen Ginsberg\, from On Being a Writer \n\n \n \n Lyceum Series RSVP - Apr\n \n \n LinkedInThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n How many in your party?(Required)12345678Zip Code(Required) \n \n \n \n Please Enter Your Home Zip Code URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/inner-moonlight-laura-neal/ LOCATION:The Wild Detectives\, 314 W 8th St\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Inner-Moonlight-FB-Neal.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221214T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221214T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20220926T223030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221202T180246Z UID:14091-1671046200-1671053400@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Inner Moonlight - Tarfia Faizullah DESCRIPTION:Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry series for the Wild Detectives! RSVP to meet us in the backyard at 7:30pm on Wednesday December 14th for a live reading from one featured writer\, with a brief open mic to follow. Don’t worry\, podcast fans! We will record the live show and release it as a podcast episode for y’all. This month we are excited to feature poet Tarfia Faizullah!\n\nTarfia Faizullah is the author of two poetry collections\, Seam (SIU 2014) and Registers of Illuminated Villages (Graywolf 2018). Her poems have appeared widely both here and abroad\, and have been translated into several languages. In 2016\, Tarfia was recognized by Harvard Law School as one of 50 Women Inspiring Change.\nInner Moonlight is presented by The Writer’s Garret on the second Wednesday of every month. Mark your calendar and we’ll see you there!\n“Follow your inner moonlight\, don’t hide the madness.”\n—Allen Ginsberg\, from On Being a Writer\n\n \n \n Lyceum Series RSVP - Apr\n \n \n InstagramThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n How many in your party?(Required)12345678Zip Code(Required) \n \n \n \n Please Enter Your Home Zip Code URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/inner-moonlight-tarfia-faizullah/ LOCATION:The Wild Detectives\, 314 W 8th St\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FB-Cover-Feature-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221112T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221112T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20220924T135157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T234259Z UID:14043-1668261600-1668268800@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Finding Your Inner Scribe With Linda Jones DESCRIPTION:Finding your Inner Scribe will take participants on a journey in the art of expressive and creative writing as a viable practice to maintain a healthy mindset and emotional well-being. Taught by writing doula and certified grief recovery specialist Linda Jones\, this generative workshop is appropriate for writers of all skill levels\, and will focus on personal narrative and self expression. \n  \nLinda Jones is an award-winning old school journalist who navigates new media\, and she is a global citizen who celebrates diversity through advocacy. As a freelance writing consultant\, and owner of Mane Lock Communications\, LLC. She is known professionally as a “writing doula\,” and specializes in writing that helps clients tell better stories\, preserve legacy and promote emotional well-being and self-care. Linda’s has been a staff writer or freelance contributor for many publications\, including the Detroit News\, Daily Beast\, BlackAmericanNews.com\, Dallas Morning News\, USA Today Weekend\, People\, Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel\, AOL News\, and Agence France Press. \nWriting about ordinary people making differences in underserved communities has been her most gratifying work\, as well as writing culturally oriented stories with an African-centered and global reach. She has written about Jamaican Rastafarians\, Trinidadian Calypsonians\, Afro Germans in East Berlin\, Black Hebrews in Israel\, Afro Cubans in Havana and Haitian residents\, refugees\, and would-be revolutionaries. She covered the historic South Africa nonracial elections in 1994. As a young summer volunteer for Operation Crossroads Africa\, Linda worked on agricultural and construction projects in Gh \nana\, clearing farmland using machetes to making bricks for use in building a foundation for a village school. \nAs founder of A Nappy Hair Affair\, Linda has encouraged self-appreciation and promotes the choice to wear natural and African-inspired hairstyles without discriminatory backlash. In her spare times Linda enjoys engaging in a more rhythmic form of communication – playing African drums. \nStep 1: RSVP here\n\nStep 2: Make a Donation (optional) URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/finding-your-inner-scribe-with-linda-jones/ LOCATION:The Wild Detectives\, 314 W 8th St\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221109T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221109T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20220926T222835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T190040Z UID:14087-1668022200-1668029400@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Inner Moonlight - Melissa Ginsburg DESCRIPTION:Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry series for the Wild Detectives! RSVP to meet us in the backyard at 7:30pm on Wednesday November 9th for live reading from one featured writer\, with a brief open mic to follow. Don’t worry\, podcast fans! We will record the live show and release it as a podcast episode for y’all. This month we are excited to feature poet Melissa Ginsburg! \nMelissa Ginsburg is the author of the poetry collections Doll Apollo and Dear Weather Ghost\, the novels The House Uptown and Sunset City\, and three poetry chapbooks\, Arbor\, Double Blind\, and Apollo. Her poems have appeared in the New Yorker\, Image\, Guernica\, Kenyon Review\, Fence\, Southwest Review\, and other magazines. Originally from Houston\, Texas\, Melissa studied poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her work has been recognized by the Mississippi Arts Commission and the Texas Writers’ League. She is an associate professor of creative writing and literature at the University of Mississippi\, and serves as Associate Editor of Tupelo Quarterly. She lives in Oxford\, Mississippi. \n  \nInner Moonlight is presented by The Writer’s Garret on the second Wednesday of every month. Mark your calendar and we’ll see you there! \n“Follow your inner moonlight\, don’t hide the madness.”\n—Allen Ginsberg\, from On Being a Writer \n\n \n \n Lyceum Series RSVP - Apr\n \n \n NameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n How many in your party?(Required)12345678Zip Code(Required) \n \n \n \n Please Enter Your Home Zip Code URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/inner-moonlight-melissa-ginsburg/ LOCATION:The Wild Detectives\, 314 W 8th St\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Inner-Moonlight-FB-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221105T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221105T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20220926T184412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T234324Z UID:14059-1667653200-1667664000@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Poetry & Philosophy: A Guided Discussion With Gregg Thompson DESCRIPTION:Should one begin at the beginning\, at least as far as one can see it\, know it? Or is it right and proper\, dulce et decorum est to begin somewhere else? But in any case\, let us try to begin at the beginning. Perhaps we can almost see the first philosophers\, the first poets when we read of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh asks perhaps the first question\, perhaps the last question. In a deathful world\, a world that ends\, why live? Why live after the death of love\, after the death of Enkidu? In the face of the Gods of Perversion\, what is the point? Perhaps we should first begin near the end of the Iliad? In the speeches of Priam and Achilles over the defaced corpse of that almost perfect beauty of Hector? Should we then move closer to us\, where we see better and may know more? Try to remember the fires of Heraclitus\, the logos of John\, the first scene of the Birds\, Plato’s joke\, is he serious\, “first kill all poets.” \n              In any case this is the play of a lifetime\, at least my lifetime. And in three hours\, how much can de done\, how much pleasure can be squeezed out? Certainly\, we should play with Wally Stevens\, take some pleasure with Old Doc Bill and his roses. Touch on and dance with the old Possum and his song of fire\, \nWill we have time to steep ourselves in Bunting’s Chomei at Toyama? Laugh with\, laugh at Ezra the Mad? Consider his Homage of Sextius? Almost certainly not. But I want us\, if any join me\, to ask and maybe begin to answer the questions. What is poetry and what is it for? \n  \nStep 1: RSVP\n\nStep 2: Make a Donation (optional) URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/poetry-philosophy-a-guided-discussion-with-gregg-thompson/ LOCATION:The Writer’s Garret\, 215 S. Tyler St.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221101T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221101T203000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20220926T221514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T202844Z UID:14069-1667329200-1667334600@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:LitTalk: A DFW Author Panel Series DESCRIPTION:Join Writing Workshops Dallas & The Writer’s Garret In-Person for LitTalk at Whose Books at 7 pm. Novelist & series creator/moderator Alex Temblador will lead a panel that includes DFW-based writers Logen Cure\, Tarfia Faizullah\, and Daniel Peña. We’ll be discussing How Creative Writing Can Reflect the Larger Issues of Society. \nBIOS: \nLogen Cure is a queer poet and professor. She curates Inner Moonlight\, the monthly podcast reading series for The Wild Detectives in Dallas. She’s an editor for Voicemail Poems. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her debut full-length poetry collection\, Welcome to Midland (Deep Vellum Publishing\, 2021) was shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Awards. Learn more at www.logencure.com. \n\n\n \nTarfia Faizullah is the author of two poetry collections\, Seam (SIU 2014) and Registers of Illuminated Villages (Graywolf 2018). Her poems have appeared widely both here and abroad\, and have been translated into several languages. In 2016\, Tarfia was recognized by Harvard Law School as one of 50 Women Inspiring Change. \n  \nDaniel Peña is a Pushcart Prize-winning writer and Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas.  Formerly\, he was based out of the UNAM in Mexico City where he worked as Fulbright-Garcia Robles Scholar. A graduate of Cornell University and a former Picador Guest Professor in Leipzig\, Germany\, his writing has appeared in Ploughshares\, The Rumpus\, the Kenyon Review\, Texas Monthly\, NBC News\, and The New York Times Magazine among  other venues. He’s currently a regular contributor to the Guardian and the Ploughshares blog. His novel\, Bang\, is out now from Arte Publico Press. He lives in the beautiful Dallas-Fort Worth area. \n\n  \n  \nRSVP Here URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/littalk-a-dfw-author-panel-series/ LOCATION:Whose Books\, 512 W. Davis\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/LitTalk-Pres.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221029T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221029T120000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20220926T185949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T234349Z UID:14047-1667034000-1667044800@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Nature Writing With Lisa Huffaker DESCRIPTION:Back by popular demand\, teaching artist in residence Lisa Huffaker will lead an immersive writing trek showcasing a pocket of wilderness tucked away in central Dallas\, designed to illuminate the possibilities inherent in the beauty of our natural landscape. Whether you write poetry\, prose\, or just enjoy the delights of the outdoors\, good walking shoes and an a sense of adventure are all you need for this workshop. Afterwards\, join us for a brown bag lunch! \nNote: the location of this workshop will be emailed following sign up. \nLisa Huffaker creates poetry\, collage\, and assemblage. A finalist for Dallas’ Poet Laureate\, she is a frequent visiting artist at the Nasher Sculpture Center\, a recent C3 Visiting Artist at the Dallas Museum of Art\, and creator of White Rock Zine Machine\, a micropublishing project offering artist’s books through sculptural vending machines. Her poetry appears or is forthcoming in 32 Poems\, Diode\, Spillway\, THRUSH\, Tupelo Quarterly\, and elsewhere. Her multimedia installation\, Code Room\, is currently on view at Ro2 Art. Her book in progress\, a collage/erasure transformation of an antifeminist marriage manual written in 1963\, was recently featured at TU Delft and Cornell Tech’s 3rd Workshop on Obfuscation. \n  \n  \nStep 1: RSVP here\n\nStep 2: Make a Donation (optional) URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/nature-writing-with-lisa-huffaker-2/ LOCATION:TX ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221022T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221022T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20220924T134254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T234426Z UID:14035-1666447200-1666454400@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:On Imagery: Poetry Workshop With Logen Cure DESCRIPTION:This poetry workshop will focus on the power of imagery. We will discuss specificity\, sensory detail\, emotion\, mood\, symbolism\, and more. This workshop is appropriate for writers of all levels. If you’re just getting started with poetry\, I’ll help you hone your skills. If you’re an experienced poet\, this will challenge you to approach your work in new ways. We will look at example poems with well-done imagery and try out some strategies ourselves. Come prepared to write! \nNote: This in-person workshop will take place indoors\, and for the safety of all participants\, masks will be required without exception. We appreciate your cooperation. \nLogen Cure is a queer poet and professor. She curates Inner Moonlight\, the monthly podcast reading series for The Wild Detectives in Dallas. She’s an editor for Voicemail Poems. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her debut full-length poetry collection\, Welcome to Midland (Deep Vellum Publishing\, 2021) was shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Awards. Learn more at www.logencure.com. \n  \n\n\n  \nStep 1: RSVP here\n\nStep 2: Make a Donation (optional)\n  URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/on-imagery-with-logen-cure/ LOCATION:The Writer’s Garret\, 215 S. Tyler St.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221015T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221015T120000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20220924T140105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T225626Z UID:14045-1665828000-1665835200@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Dante's Divine Comedy: A Guided Discussion With Joan Canby DESCRIPTION:Over two Saturday mornings\, join poet Joan Canby to explore Dante’s Divine Comedy\, and its resonance in the contemporary world.  Drawing on the grand allegories present in his work\, the conversations will touch on the themes\, audacity and poetry of Dante’s work\, and how they continue to inspire writers\, as well as his place in the geographical and literary context of his own time. \nNote: The discussion will take place over 2 Saturday mornings\, October 15th and October 22nd. \nJoan Canby has her degrees (BA\, MA) in Comparative Literature with an emphasis on the Renaissance (French\, Italian\, English\, Spanish and Latin literature). She has her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Poetry. She has been widely published\, to include: Frogpond\, Modern Haiku\, Poetry South\, Forage\, Place Journal\, Cape Rock\, Comstock Review\, Broken Plate\, Main Street Rag\, and Presence. Her chapbook Metaxe was published in 2010. Her chapbook Cascades was published spring 2022 by Assure Press. \n  \n  \n  \nStep 1: RSVP here\n\nStep 2: Make a Donation (optional) URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/dantes-divine-comedy-a-guided-discussion-with-joan-canby/ LOCATION:The Writer’s Garret\, 215 S. Tyler St.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/3-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221012T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221012T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T100110 CREATED:20220920T190507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220921T160050Z UID:14006-1665603000-1665610200@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Inner Moonlight - James Davis DESCRIPTION:Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry series for the Wild Detectives! RSVP to meet us in the backyard at 7:30pm on Wednesday October 12th for live reading from one featured writer\, with a brief open mic to follow. Don’t worry\, podcast fans! We will record the live show and release it as a podcast episode for y’all. This month we are excited to feature poet James Davis!\nJames Davis is the author of Club Q\, which was selected by Edward Hirsch for the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize and published by The Waywiser Press in Fall 2020. He is the recipient of an MFA from the University of Florida\, as well as support from the Lighthouse Writer’s Workshop in Denver\, Colorado\, and The Mastheads in Pittsfield\, Massachusetts. His poems have appeared in two editions of Best New Poets (2011 & 2019)\, as well as in journals such as Bennington Review\, Copper Nickel\, 32 Poems\, The Gay & Lesbian Review\, and American Literary Review. He lives in Denton\, Texas\, where he acts as Poetry Editor of American Literary Review while pursuing his PhD in creative writing at the University of North Texas. \n\nInner Moonlight is presented by The Writer’s Garret on the second Wednesday of every month. Mark your calendar and we’ll see you there! \n\n“Follow your inner moonlight\, don’t hide the madness.”\n—Allen Ginsberg\, from On Being a Writer URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/inner-moonlight-james-davis/ LOCATION:The Wild Detectives\, 314 W 8th St\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Inner-Moonlight-FB-Davis.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR