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SUMMARY:Mina Loy's The Last Lunar Baedeker: A Guided Discussion With Gregg Thompson
DESCRIPTION:Join Gregg Thompson for a guided discussion of modernist poet Mina Loy’s The Last Lunar Baedeker. \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 MAs in Literature and Philosophy. 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  \n\nStep 1 RSVP (Required)\n\nStep 2 Donate (Suggested)
URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/last-lunar-baedeker/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Garret\, 215 S. Tyler St.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States
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SUMMARY:Haiku & Senryu with Joan Canby
DESCRIPTION:Most of us are familiar with the Haiku poetic form–or at least we think we are. \nHaiku are 3 lined short poems about nature with a serious theme and have a Japanese kigo (seasonal word) or a kireji (a cutting word).  Senryu are 3 lined short poems about the human condition\, often humorous or cynical that do not use kigo or kireji words. In this 2 hour workshop\, we’ll divide the time roughly in half between reading and composition\, with the opportunity to share before the end of the workshop. \nJoan Canby is a member of the Haiku Society of America.  Her haiku/senryu have been published in Modern Haiku\, Frogpond and Ouachita Life.  Her website is: joancanby.com. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nStep 1 RSVP (Required)\n\nStep 2 Donate (Suggested)
URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/haiku-senryu-with-joan-canby-2/
LOCATION:The Cultured Cup\, 13731 Omega Rd.\, Farmers Branch\, TX\, 75244\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetic Expression: Discovering Your Voice Through Verse with Linda Jones
DESCRIPTION:Designed for both beginners and seasoned writers\, workshop will introduce you to unique styles of poetry that allow you to express your emotions\, thoughts\, and experiences in creative and impactful ways. \nWhat You’ll Learn: \n\nTechniques for crafting poetry that captures emotions and ideas in powerful\, concise forms.\nHow to use structured poetic forms to enhance creativity and focus your expression.\n\nThis workshop is perfect for anyone looking to explore the expressive potential of poetry and deepen their writing practice. \n \nLinda Jones is a writing doula\, transformational coach\, journalist\, author\, certified grief recovery specialist\, creative artist and owner of ManeLock Communications\, LLC. She helps clients give birth to writing that helps them tell better stories\, preserve legacy\, and maintain their emotional health and well-being. \nLinda has worked as a journalist for several daily newspapers (i.e.\, The Detroit News\, Dallas Morning News\, Ft. Lauderdale News and Sun Sentinel) and has contributed to several print and online publications (i.e.\, The Daily Beast\, USA Today (Sunday)\, People\, Heart & Soul and Essence magazines). Highlights of her news career included coverage of the Black Hebrew Israelites\, the expatriate Black American community in Dimona\, Israel\, the historic U.S. tour of South African activist Nelson Mandela when he was released from prison after 27 years\, and the historic 1994 election when he became that country’s first Black president. \nShe is author of: Family Scribes: Writing Memories for Your Family Tree\, Final Story Obituary Planner\, It’s Only Temporary: A Journal for Surviving Loved Ones and Nappyisms: Affirmations for Nappy-Headed People and Wannabes! Her work has also appeared in Chicken Soup for the African American Woman’s Soul\, and Tenderhanded: A Comb-bending Collection of Hair Stories.
URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/poetic-expression/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Garret\, 215 S. Tyler St.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lyceum Series: David Hopkins – 32 Ways To Add A Little Shakespeare To Your Story
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the lyceum.\nThese free\, monthly workshops are held on the third Saturday of the month\, and offer writers of every genre and skill level an opportunity to learn\, experiment and develop their craft. We hope you’ll join us!\nSuccession drama\, high stakes tension\, and fascinating characters! There’s a lot we can learn from the Bard—especially if you write long-form fiction. In this workshop\, we’re going to cover 32 ways you can enhance your stories with some Shakespearean flair. \nDAVID HOPKINS is a fantasy novelist with an interest in Shakespeare (hence the workshop)\, medieval history\, fairy tales\, and myth. He is the author of The Dryad’s Crown\, a story set in the vast world of Efre Ousel. David is married to artist and designer\, April Hopkins. They have two daughters\, Kennedy and Greta\, and a dog named Moose. David is a full member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association and founder of Cake and Prose. David teaches classes through WritingWorkshops.com. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRSVP\n\n\n                \n                        \n                             \n                        \n                        X/TwitterThis 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/lyceum-series-david-hopkins/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Garret\, 215 S. Tyler St.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States
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SUMMARY:"A Deep And Human Look:" Gwendolyn Brooks' Annie Allen at 75 – Presentation By Quraysh Ali Lansana and Reading
DESCRIPTION:Miss Gwendolyn Brooks offered a voice for Black women in literature in the early 1950’s at a time when Black women characters were relegated to maids and nannies. Annie Allen\, her second book of poetry\, is the groundbreaking work which made her the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize in any category. These poems introduce you to Annie Allen and her community as she grows from childhood to womanhood and is faced with poverty\, despair\, racial discrimination\, war and\, somehow\, hope. October 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of Annie Allen. Lansana will share stories and anecdotes from ten years with Miss Brooks as her last protégé. \nQuraysh Ali Lansana is author of over twenty books in poetry\, nonfiction and children’s literature. Lansana is currently a Tulsa Artist Fellow and a Visiting Associate Professor of English/Creative Writing at the University of Tulsa. He was formerly a Lecturer in Africana Studies at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa where he also served as Director of the Center for Truth\, Racial Healing & Transformation. Lansana is Executive Producer of KOSU/NPR’s Focus: Black Oklahoma monthly radio program\, which is a recipient of a 2022 duPont-Columbia Award\, a 2022 NAACP Image Award\, a 2022 Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists Award and was a Peabody Award nominee. Lansana is also the recipient of a 2022 Emmy Award\, a 2022 Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Award and a 2022 National Educational Telecommunications Association Public Media Award for his roles as host and consultant for the OETA (PBS) documentary film “Tulsa Race Massacre: 100 Years Later.” Lansana is a three-time International Regional Magazine Award-winning Contributing Editor for Oklahoma Today magazine. A former faculty member of both the Writing Program of the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago
and the Drama Division of
The Juilliard School\, Lansana served as Director of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center
for Black Literature and
Creative Writing at Chicago State University from 2002-2012 and was Associate Professor of English/Creative Writing there until 2014. His most recent books include Killing the Negative: A Conversation in Art & Verse (with Joel Daniel Phillips)\, Opal’s Greenwood Oasis\, the skin of dreams: new and collected poems\, 1995-2018\, The Whiskey of Our Discontent: Gwendolyn Brooks as Conscience & Change Agent) and The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip Hop. \nForthcoming titles include a children’s biography of Ralph Ellison\, a memoir on the last decade of his mentor\, Miss Gwendolyn Brooks\, and a series of books on the Black Rodeo. Lansana’s work appears in Best American Poetry 2019. He is a founding member of Tri-City Collective and serves on the Board of Directors of the Philbrook Museum of Art\, Oklahoma Humanities and the Tulsa Press Club. Lansana is a Curatorial Scholar for The Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art and a Curatorial Board Co-Chair for the Ragdale Foundation. He is a Cave Canem Fellow and a member of the first cohort of the Culture of Health Leadership for Racial Healing Fellowship. \nRSVP
URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/gwendolyn-brooks-annie-allen/
LOCATION:South Dallas Cultural Center\, 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75210\, United States
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SUMMARY:The City That Killed The President – A Reading By Author Tim Cloward
DESCRIPTION:The assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22\, 1963\, shocked America. Instantly\, Dallas was blamed for the killing\, labeled “the City of Hate.” In the half century since the president’s murder\, this city’s artists and writers have produced important\, if often overlooked\, work that speaks to the difficult burden of our civic shaming. \nHere are the works of poetry\, theater\, journalism\, art\, the actions of our citizens and political leaders\, all the fragments of our cultural life that address this tortured local history. The City That Killed the President is a window into the soul of Dallas\, a city reluctant to grapple with its past. \n“Tim Cloward has his nerve. The very idea of taking on the psyche of a city as rambunctious and complex—and troubled and tragic—as Dallas would be beyond the courage of most of us\, but Cloward more than rises to the challenge he sets for himself.  The City that Killed the President is a brilliant dissection of this most American of cities\, a particular kind of history in which names\, dates\, and events are merely starting points for peeling back our collective id and ego. The City that Killed the President is one of the best books you will ever read about Dallas\, but you won’t find it on the Chamber of Commerce reading list.” \nBen Fountain\, author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk and Devil Makes Three \n Tim Cloward is a writer/educator who lives in Dallas\, Texas. He holds a Ph.D. in Aesthetic Studies from the University of Texas at Dallas. The founder of the poetry/performance troupe Dancing Tongue\, he has also worked with Poetry Circus and Question Authority\, both acclaimed multi-disciplinary performance ensembles. His work has been seen in a number of publications and he\, along with Patty Turner and David Davis\, published the influential chapbook Three Dallas Poets in 1986. A prominent arts organizer\, he is the former board chair of the North Texas Literary organization\, WordSpace. He teaches Theory of Knowledge classes at Uplift Atlas Academy\, where he is helping establish an International Baccalaureate program for underserved urban students. The first volume of his The City That Killed the President: A Cultural History of Dallas was published by Deep Vellum Press in Sept. 2023. \n  \nRSVP
URL:https://writersgarret.org/event/the-city-that-killed-the-president-a-reading-by-author-tim-cloward/
LOCATION:The Wild Detectives\, 314 W 8th St\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States
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