BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Writer's Garret - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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: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:20231108T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231108T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T230338 CREATED:20230911T144154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231019T202258Z UID:14728-1699471800-1699479000@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:Inner Moonlight - Courtney LeBlanc 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 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 proud to present poet Courtney LeBlanc!\nCourtney LeBlanc is the author of the full-length collections Her Whole Bright Life; Exquisite Bloody\, Beating Heart; and Beautiful & Full of Monsters. She is the Arlington County Poet Laureate\, a Virginia Center for Creative Arts fellow\, and the founder and editor-in-chief of Riot in Your Throat\, an independent poetry press. She loves nail polish\, tattoos\, and a soy latte each morning. Find her online at www.courtneyleblanc.com.\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 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-courtney-leblanc/ LOCATION:The Wild Detectives\, 314 W 8th St\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IM-COURTNEY-LEBLANC-FB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231109T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231109T203000 DTSTAMP:20260604T230338 CREATED:20231003T051755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T052459Z UID:14777-1699556400-1699561800@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:LitTalk: A DFW Author Panel Series - Poetry DESCRIPTION:Join Writing Workshops Dallas & The Writer’s Garret  for LitTalk: A DFW Author Panel Series at Whose Books on Thursday\, November 9th at 7 pm. Novelist & series creator Alex Temblador will moderate a panel featuring James Davis\, Luisa Melania Marte and Laura Neal as they discuss the craft and business of writing\, publishing\, and performing poetry. \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  \n  \n \n  \nJames Davis is the author of the poetry collection Club Q\, which Edward Hirsch selected for the Anthony Hecht Prize. His poetry has been featured on NBC News and CBC Radio and anthologized in two installments of Best New Poets: 2011\, selected by D. A. Powell; and 2019\, selected by Cate Marvin. Recent work has appeared in The Sewanee Review\, DIAGRAM\, swamp pink\, The Gettysburg Review\, and the Bennington Review. He is a PhD candidate in creative writing at the University of North Texas\, where he is finishing his second book and serving as Editor-in-Chief of American Literary Review. \n  \n \n  \n  \nMelania Luisa Marte is an American writer\, poet\, and musician from New York living between the Dominican Republic and Texas. Marte´s debut collection of poetry\, PLANTAINS AND OUR BECOMING will be published by Tiny Reparations\, an imprint of Plume and Penguin Random House Summer 2023. You can follow her journey on social media: @MelaTocaTierra. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \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. \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n URLThis 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 \n Enter Email\n \n \n \n Confirm Email\n \n \n How many in your party?(Required)12345678 URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/littalk-poetry/ LOCATION:Whose Books\, 512 W. Davis\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Copy-of-LitTalk-Pres-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231111T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231118T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T230338 CREATED:20230911T143720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T143720Z UID:14717-1699711200-1700323200@writersgarret.org SUMMARY:T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land with Gregg Thompson DESCRIPTION:One of the most iconic works of 20th century literature\, T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land remains a widely discussed and studied text to this day. Across two afternoons\, Gregg Thompson will lead a discussion regarding the poet behind the text\, interpretations of what it offers readers\, and the controversy surrounding the editing process that lead to the poem that was ultimately published. \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. \nNote: This discussion group will meet on two consecutive Saturdays\, November 11 and 18. \nStep 1: RSVP (required)\n\nStep 2: Suggested Donation $25 (optional) URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/the-waste-land/ LOCATION:The Writer’s Garret\, 215 S. Tyler St.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersgarret.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/The-Waste-Land-169.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR