Here's a quick excerpt from our
community calendar! If you've got an upcoming literary event, we invite you to add it to the page.
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Event title
Writing Our Identity Through Pop: Poems and Pop Music
Start time
8/15/2024 11:00pm UTC
End time
8/16/2024 12:30am UTC
Location
Virtual Workshop
Description
A virtual class taught by Asela Lee Kemper where we look into works by Barbara Jane Reyes, Brenda Shaughnessy, and Rosebud Ben-Oni on using pop music to explore themes of grief and identity through poetry. We will be listening to various songs from the pop genre while writing poems based on the music we listen to during class. We will have time to share our work.
Link
Cost
Tickets are Pay-What-You-Want, minimum $10.
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Event title
Bookstore Romance Day at Main Point Books
Date & Time
8/17/2024 4:00pm-7:00pm UTC
Location
Main Point Books 116 W. Wayne Ave Wayne PA 19087
Description
It's Bookstore Romance Day - a celebration of strong women, tender men, and Queer folks who get to be any way they want and still find true love! Please help us plan by registering via Eventbrite - walk-ins and drop-bys are welcome all day.
Schedule
12:00 pm on - Romance Book Swap, hosted by Jamie Brenner. Bring your books to wrap and give away, and find treasures to take home!
1:00 - 2:00 pm Humor in Romance with Betty Corrello and Nisha Sharma, hosted by Kirsten and Jackie of Beyond the Bookends
2 :00 - 3:00 pm YA Romance with Eric Smith and Farah Naz Rishi
Link
Cost
Free
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Event title
Chronic Poets Society
Date & Time
8/14/2024 10:00pm-11:30pm UTC
Location
Zoom
Description
How can you find the energy to write about chronic illness while living in a chronic body? How does anyone else manage this, either?
We’ll look at the poets Camisha Jones, Gwyneth Lewis, and Valerie Witte, whose form and content are vastly different from each other. However, they’re each creating works centered on the body despite their own health challenges.
Then, we’ll do a multi-part mindfulness activity to both center yourself and expand your thoughts to add depth to your work. You can reuse the exercise anytime you need to feel better in the moment and as a generative activity to create new work. We’ll share works that spring from this exercise and talk about how to stay connected to your craft even on the worst days.
Link
Cost
Free
(While there is no fee to participate in this workshop, those who are able and appreciative may make donations directly to Christa Fairbrother via Venmo: @cfairbro (Phone #: (727) 418-7623) or CashApp: $christa@christafairbrotherwrites.com)
