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SUMMARY:Kim Stafford book event at Broadway Books (Portland\, OR)
DESCRIPTION:Virtual reading from SINGER COME FROM AFAR and conversation with John Morrison \nMore details to come!
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/kim-stafford-book-event-at-broadway-books-portland-or/
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Risher\, Book Passage Corte Madera
DESCRIPTION:More information to come!ssa
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/jennifer-risher-book-passage-corte-madera/
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SUMMARY:Khalisa Rae and Friends Celebrate Ghost in a Black Girl's Throat!
DESCRIPTION:For more info: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/khalisa-rae-and-friends/register \n  \n\n\n\n\nAPR 13th 4:30pm \n\nKhalisa Rae and Friends Celebrate Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat\nBy Charis Books and More/Charis Circle \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharis and The Rumpus celebrate the launch of Khalisa Rae’s debut collection\, GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT\, featuring readings about the ghosts that awaken BIPOC women each day\, and the haunting feelings of sexism\, racism\, and bigotry.  Khalisa Rae will be joined by Mahogany Browne\, Jihyun Yun\, Maya Marshall\, Gaia Rajan\, and Ayanna Albertson. Hosted by The Rumpus\, with emcee Dasan Ahanu and a special introduction from Caitlin Taylor. \nWhat happens when a Midwestern girl migrates to a haunted Southern town\, whose river is a graveyard\, whose streets bear the names of Southern slave owners? How can she build a home where Confederate symbols strategically stand in the center of town? Can she sage the chilling truths of her ancestors? What will she do to cope with the traumatizing ghostliness of the present-day South? \nGhost in a Black Girl’s Throat is a heart-wrenching reconciliation and confrontation of the living\, breathing ghosts that awaken Black women each day. This debut poetry collection summons multiple hauntings–ghosts of matriarchs that came before\, those that were slain\, and those that continue to speak to us\, but also those horrors women of color strive to put to rest. Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat examines the haunting feeling of facing past demons while grappling with sexism\, racism\, and bigotry. They are all present: ancestral ghosts\, societal ghosts\, and spiritual\, internal hauntings. This book calls for women to speak their truth in hopes of settling the ghosts or at least being at peace with them. \nTHE PANEL \nKhalisa Rae is a poet\, journalist\, and educator in Durham\, North Carolina\, who speaks with fierce rebellion. She is a graduate of the Queens University MFA program\, where she studied under renowned authors\, Claudia Rankine and Ada Limon. In 2012\, her poetry chapbook\, Real Girls Have Real Problems was published by Jacar Press. Her love for poetry and performance has led her to be an active member of the National Poetry Slam(NPS) community since 2010\, and the host of various poetry open mics. \nKhalisa went on to start the women and femme poetry organization\, Poet.she Performing Arts in Greensboro\, NC after graduating from N.C. A&T University in 2011. Upon relocating to Wilmington\, NC\, she started the Athenian Press- a BIPOC bookstore and resource center for women\, femme\, non-binary\, and trans writers and artists.  There she taught as an English professor and held the role of Community Outreach Director at the YWCA\, among other advocacy titles with various nonprofits. Her work has been published widely and speaks to womanhood\, anti-racism\, identity\, and generational trauma. Recent work can be seen in Sundog Lit\, Occulum\, Flypaper Lit\, Crab Fat\, Damaged Goods\, All Female Menu\, Marias y Sampaguitas\, Glass Poetry\, Homology\, Hellebore\, Tishman Review\, the Obsidian\, Anchor Magazine\, Roses Lit\, among others. She was a finalist in the Furious Flower Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize and a winner of the Fem Lit Magazine Contest\, White Stag Publishing Contest\, and the Bright Wings Poetry Contest. Currently\, she serves as the Managing Equity and Inclusion Editor for Carve Magazine and Poetry consultant for Kissing Dynamite. \nHer debut poetry collection\, Ghost in a Black Girls Throat is forthcoming from Red Hen Press April 2021 and Unlearning Eden from White Stag Publishing. She is now the Writing Center Director at Shaw University and also the newest news writer for NBC-BLK and Black Girl Nerds. \nAyanna Albertson is a writer and spoken word poet from North Carolina. From early childhood\, Ayanna has enjoyed the art of storytelling through poetry\, singing and performing arts theatre. In 2015\, Ayanna received her BA in broadcast journalism from Oakwood University in Huntsville\, AL\, further investing into her passion for creative writing. Ayanna is a part of the Bull City Slam team and has participated in various national poetry competitions using her gift of words in order to impact\, empower and inspire others. She’s been crowned the Bull City Grand Slam Champion for three consecutive years\, and after competing against 93 poets at the 2020 Women of the World Poetry slam\, Ayanna was ranked 2nd best woman slam poet in the world. Ayanna is very passionate about “a(rt)dvocacy” including women’s rights and black advancement and liberation. In her spare time\, she enjoys singing and dancing\, and in the last year has found a new joy in TikTok\, where she’s garnered over 250\,000 followers. Ayanna’s ultimate motto for her work is “I don’t wish to be famous\, I just want to be heard”. \nGaia Rajan (Rah-JOHN) (she/her) is the Web Editor of Honey Literary and the Poetry Editor of Saffron Literary. Her work has previously appeared or is forthcoming in DIALOGIST\, Up the Staircase Quarterly\, Split Lip Magazine\, Hobart\, and elsewhere. Her chapbook\, “Moth Funerals\,” is out now from Glass Poetry Press\, and she is a National Student Poet semifinalist. And a fact that always blows me away; she is only sixteen years old. \nJihyun Yun is a Korean American poet from the San Francisco Bay Area. A Fulbright research fellow and National Poetry Series finalist\, her debut collection Some Are Always Hungry won the 2019 Prairie Schooner Prize and was published by the University of Nebraska Press. Her work has appeared in Best New Poets\, Adroit\, Poetry Northwest and elsewhere. \nCaitlin Rae Taylor is a writer\, editor\, and designer based in the southern United States. She earned her MFA in fiction from the University of North Carolina Wilmington where she served as the fiction editor for Ecotone magazine and the publishing assistant for Lookout Books. She has worked with nonprofit press Milkweed Editions and has been a resident at the Taleamor Park Writers and Artists Residency near LaPort\, Indiana. She is currently the managing editor for the literary magazine Southern Humanities Review and the layout and interior design editor for Press Pause Press. Her work has been nominated for Best of the Net and can be found or is forthcoming in Cotton Xenomorph\, Pacifica\, Adroit\, Hobart\, Moon City Review\, the Alabama Writers Forum\, Southern Humanities Review online\, and Germ Magazine. She is at work on a novel. \nMahogany L. Browne is a writer\, organizer & educator. Executive Director of Bowery Poetry Club & Artistic Director of Urban Word NYC & Poetry Coordinator at St. Francis College. Browne has received fellowships from Agnes Gund\, Air Serenbe\, Cave Canem\, Poets House\, Mellon Research & Rauschenberg. She is the author of most recent works: Chlorine Sky\, Woke: A Young Poets Call to Justice\, Woke Baby\, & Black Girl Magic. She lives in Brooklyn\, NY. \nMaya Marshall\, a writer and editor\, is cofounder of underbellymag.com\, the journal on the practical magic of poetic revision. As an educator\, Marshall has taught at Northwestern University and Loyola University Chicago. She holds fellowships from MacDowell\, Vermont Studio Center\, Callaloo\, The Watering Hole\, Community of Writers\, and Cave Canem. She is the author of Secondhand (Dancing Girl Press\, 2016). Her writing appears in Best New Poets 2019\, Muzzle\, RHINO\, Potomac Review\, Blackbird\, and elsewhere. Her first full-length collection of poems\, All the Blood Involved in Love\, is forthcoming from Haymarket Books. \nDasan Ahanu is a poet\, cultural organizer\, scholar and performing artist born and raised in Raleigh\, North Carolina. In addition to performing across the country\, Dasan has hosted or coordinated many Poetry\, Jazz\, Hip Hop\, and Cultural Arts events. His work has been featured on National Public Radio (NPR) where he is noted for his appearances on “News and Notes with Ed Gordon” and “State of Things with Frank Stasio.” His writing is featured online and in print publications. He has been showcased on NBC 17\, featured on the third season of Lexus Verses and Flow aired on TV One\, and in a documentary entitled\, “Poet Son” that aired on WUNC-TV as a part of the North Carolina Visions film series. He has worked with a variety of North Carolina Hip Hop and Jazz artists and released a number of spoken word recordings. Dasan is a resident artist with the St\, Joseph’s Historic Foundation/Hayti Heritage Center in Durham\, NC where he has developed poetry and spoken word programming for youth and adults. He has competed regionally and nationally in poetry slam as a founding member and coach of Durham\, NC’s own Bull City Slam Team. The team has won two regional championships and achieved a third-place finish nationally. Dasan is co-founder and managing director of Black Poetry Theatre\, a Durham based theatre company that creates and produces original poetry and spoken word based productions. He is the author of four poetry collections that include The Innovator (HWJW Publishing 2010)\, Freedom Papers (HWJW Publishing 2012)\, Everything Worth Fighting For (Flowered Concrete 2016)\, and Shackled Freedom: Black Living in the Modern American South (Willow Books 2020). \nDasan is also an alumni Nasir Jones Fellowship with the Hip Hop Archive at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. His scholarly work is focused on art interventions\, creative expression\, Hip Hop and popular culture. Currently\, Dasan is a visiting professor at UNC-Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill and a consultant working with organizations on art based strategies. He is also the Rothwell Mellon Program Director for Creative Futures with Carolina Performing Arts. \nThis event is free and open to all people\, especially to those who have no income or low income right now\, but we encourage and appreciate a solidarity donation in support of the work of Charis Circle\, our programming non-profit. Charis Circle’s mission is to foster sustainable feminist communities\, work for social justice\, and encourage the expression of diverse and marginalized voices. https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/CharisCircle?code=chariscirclepage \nWe will be archiving this event and adding closed captioning as soon as possible after airing so that it will be accessible to deaf and HOH people. If you have other accessibility needs or if you are someone who has skills in making digital events more accessible please don’t hesitate to reach out to info@chariscircle.org. We are actively learning the best practices for this technology and we welcome your feedback as we begin this new way of connecting across distances. \nBy attending our virtual event you agree to our Code of Conduct: Our event seeks to provide a harassment-free experience for everyone\, regardless of gender\, gender identity and expression\, age\, sexual orientation\, disability\, physical appearance\, body size\, race\, ethnicity\, religion (or lack thereof)\, class\, or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment in any form. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate. Anyone violating these rules will be expelled from this event and all future events at the discretion of the organizers. Please report all harassment to info@chariscircle.org immediately.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/khalisa-rae-and-friends-celebrate-ghost-in-a-black-girls-throat/
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SUMMARY:Kim Stafford book event at Annie Blooms Bookstore (Portland\, OR)
DESCRIPTION:Annie Bloom’s welcomes back Portland poet Kim Stafford for the livestream launch of his new collection\, Singer Come from Afar. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrc-2pqDMoH93TxVGmcBF_eI0EZTefpRt9
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/kim-stafford-book-event-at-annie-blooms-bookstore-portland-or/
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SUMMARY:Unmaking the Patriarchy of the Mind w/ Kristen Millares Young
DESCRIPTION:The Get Lit festival! \nDuring this reading and discussion\, five award-winning women writers will share poetry and prose\, and discuss writing against patriarchal expectations—both overtly and implicitly—within their work and in their writing lives. From persona poems in the voice of the Russian fairytale witch Baba Yaga commenting on contemporary America\, to centering the Latina experience in tales of settler colonialism\, to autobiographical poems that recount and confront sexism in the workplace\, to personal essays about a mother fighting to wring out the “toxic” from her son’s masculinity\, these writers subvert the narrative to form a more powerful female identity. \nFeaturing: \nKristen Millares Young\n\nKristen Millares Young is the author of the novel Subduction\, a Paris Review staff pick called “whip-smart” by the Washington Post\, a “brilliant debut” by the Seattle Times and “utterly unique and important” by Ms. Magazine. Subduction is a finalist for two International Latino Book Awards for best novel and best first novel. From 2018 to 2020\, Kristen served as Prose Writer-in-Residence at Hugo House. Her prize-winning investigations\, essays and reviews appear in the Washington Post\, Literary Hub\, the Guardian\, and elsewhere\, as well as the anthologies Latina Outsiders: Remaking Latina Identity\, Pie & Whiskey\, a New York Times New & Noteworthy Book\, and Alone Together: Love\, Grief\, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19. She was the researcher for the New York Times team that produced “Snow Fall\,” which won a Pulitzer Prize. From 2016 to 2019\, she was board chair of InvestigateWest\, a nonprofit newsroom she co-founded to protect vulnerable peoples and places of the Pacific Northwest.\n\nBrooke Matson\nI am a poet\, writer\, book designer\, and educator in Spokane\, Washington\, where I am the founding executive director of Spark Central\, a non-profit dedicated to igniting creativity\, innovation\, and imagination. I am a National Board Certified Teacher and the sole proprietor of Matson Creative\, a boutique book design service focused on creating innovative books and brands. \nSonora Jha\n\nSonora Jha was born in India\, where she had a successful career as a journalist in Mumbai and Bangalore before moving to Singapore and then the United States to earn a Ph.D. in Political Communication. She is now a professor of journalism at Seattle University. She is the writer of an essay collection\, How to Raise a Feminist Son\, and a novel\, Foreign. She is the 2016-18 Writer in Residence at the Richard Hugo House and is an alumna and Board President for Hedgebrook Writers’ Retreat.\n\n\n& More!\nFor more information visit\nhttps://getlitfestival2021.sched.com/event/i8ET/unmaking-the-patriarchy-of-the-mind
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/unmaking-the-patriarchy-of-the-mind-w-kristen-millares-young/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:ONLINE EVENT - The Loom Zoom - Major Jackson & Didi Jackson in a Live Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:The Toadstool Bookshop and the Loom Poetry Series are excited to partner once again to host a live\, online reading from two poets\, Major Jackson and Didi Jackson. This event will be free and open to the public and will offer an opportunity for readers to listen to\, experience\, and discuss new\, contemporary poetry. \nThe Loom Poetry Series is a Harrisville-based initiative to highlight and celebrate the best in contemporary poetry. They will be presenting these two contemporary poets from our twin state of Vermont.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/online-event-the-loom-zoom-major-jackson-didi-jackson-in-a-live-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Toadstool Bookshop\, 12 Emerald St\, Keene\, NH\, 03431\, United States
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SUMMARY:Kim Stafford book event at North Plains Public Library (North Plains\, OR)
DESCRIPTION:A North Plains’ evening of fabulous conversation with author Kim Stafford and special guest Bethany Lee. Please join us for a magical night of poetry\, music\, and conversations. \nhttps://wccls.bibliocommons.com/events/search/q=kim%20stafford&local_start=2021-04-09%20TO%20/event/604a42cb09e02c3a009c789c \n 
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/kim-stafford-book-event-at-north-plains-public-library/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210407T160000
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SUMMARY:NEH Reading and Conversation Series: Brynn Saito and David Mason
DESCRIPTION:Continuing our poetry lecture and conversation series are Brynn Saito and David Mason\, with conversation moderated by Jason Schneiderman\, on narrative forms and the ballad in poetry. \nWith the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities\, Red Hen Press is proud to bring a unique lecture and conversation series to the public\, focusing on the history and future of formalism in poetry.  \nThe unifying thread of this conversation series is exploring formalist poetry and the role it plays in our culture as poetry continues to evolve. Why do we as readers and listeners to poetry continue to love the sound and rhythm of formal poetry? Why does it create a kind of heartbeat for us?  \nOur series is organized with a movement from the traditional to the contemporary\, bringing in diverse experiences and voices. Speakers will discuss poetry’s formal foundation and how teaching these building blocks allows for growth. In order for young people to do experimental poetry\, they have to know what rules to break; to play with form\, they have to know what form is. In poetry\, traditional forms are the way we learn technique. If poetry were dance\, form is ballet. \nStreamed live on redhen.org\, facebook.com/redhenpress\, and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZCe601kxiY
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/neh-reading-and-conversation-series-brynn-saito-and-david-mason/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:MAGIC CITY CONVERSATIONS: RACHEL ELIZA GRIFFITHS AND KHALISA RAE [Virtual]
DESCRIPTION:For full info: https://pen.org/event/magic-city-conversations-rachel-eliza-griffiths-and-khalisa-rae/ \n  \nJoin PEN America Birmingham and the Magic City Poetry Festival for a conversation between Khalisa Rae\, author of Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat\, and Rachel Eliza Griffiths\, author of Seeing the Body. The authors will read their latest works and discuss how identity and place inform the craft of their poetry. \nREGISTER HERE \n\nKhalisa Rae is a poet\, activist\, and journalist living in Durham\, NC. She is the author of Real Girls Have Real Problems chapbook. Her poetry can be seen in Frontier Poetry\, Rust + Moth\, Damaged Goods Press\, Hellebore\, Flypaper\, Sundog Lit\, PANK\, Luna Luna\, Tishman Review\, Occulum\, All Female Menu\, and Obsidian\, among others. She is the winner of the Bright Wings Poetry Contest\, Furious Flower Poetry Prize\, White Stag Publishing Contest\, among others. Currently\, she serves as founder of Think in Ink (a BIPOC collective) and the Women of Color Speak Reading series. Her debut collections are Ghost in a Black Girls Throat (forthcoming from Red Hen Press in April 2021) and Unlearning Eden (forthcoming from White Stag Publishing in January 2022). \nRachel Eliza Griffiths is a poet\, novelist\, and photographer. Her most recent book is Seeing the Body (W. W. Norton & Company\, 2020)\, which was nominated for the 2021 NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Literary Work. Griffiths’s visual and literary work has appeared widely\, including in The New York Times\, The New Yorker\, The Paris Review\, The New York Review of Books\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, Ms. Magazine\, Kenyon Review\, and many others. She is the recipient of fellowships\, including from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation\, Cave Canem Foundation\, Kimbilio\, and Yaddo. Her debut novel\, Promise\, is forthcoming from Random House. Griffiths lives in New York City.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/magic-city-conversations-rachel-eliza-griffiths-and-khalisa-rae-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Khalisa Rae @ Variety Pack — Comedy of Errors: Poetry Reading!
DESCRIPTION:For full info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/variety-pack-presents-comedy-of-errors-poetry-reading-w-khalisa-rae-tickets-147347266641\n\n\nSaturday\, April 3rd\, from 6-7PM where Khalisa Rae will read w/ Mike\, Jazz\, Rita\, Sofia\, and Chris B.\, for some laughter & poetry!\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nJoin our fearless emcees\, Ben\, & Maddie\, for our second featured event\, “Comedy of Errors\,” a funny reading filled with poetry and laughter as we celebrate Khalisa Rae’s debut poetry collection\, Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat from Red Hen. Join her and our amazing opening poets\, Chris Butler\, Sofia Fey\, Rita Mookerjee\, Jazz De Nero\, and Mike Chin. \nSpend an hour with us in stitches as we lighten the heavy load of the pandemic\, and celebrate with a pre-release reading with award-winning author\, Khalisa Rae! \n\nBelow is the zoom link and info for our reading: \nhttps://us04web.zoom.us/j/76174800959?pwd=L3gvZkc5YkJvUkpFMFFVOS9UM2RDZz09 \nMeeting ID: 761 7480 0959 \nPasscode: agU5IJOD! \nWant to attend her big book bash? RSVP to her official launch party hosted by the Rumpus and Charis Books\, April 13th: \nhttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/khalisa-rae-and-friends/register
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/khalisa-rae-variety-pack-comedy-of-errors-poetry-reading/
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SUMMARY:Kim Stafford book event at Lewis & Clark College (Portland\, OR)
DESCRIPTION:April is National Poetry Month and we are excited to bring you this special event with poet Kim Stafford. Please join us as he shares from his new book\, Singer Come from Afar. \nFind more about the event and register here to join online: \nhttps://college.lclark.edu/calendars/events/#!view/event/event_id/326561
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/kim-stafford-book-event-at-lewis-clark-college/
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Risher\, CBS Lectures
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US on Wednesday\, March 31\, 2021 at 5:30 PM PT for a CPS Lecture with Jennifer Risher on We Need To Talk: A Memoir About Wealth. Zoom link will be given to those who RSVP. \nCPS Lectures is a free discussion series that normally takes place in San Francisco\, however events are being hosted virtually at this time. It is a program of the nonprofit The diaTribe Foundation. The series honors the memory of Cyril Patrick Shaughnessy\, Jr.\, Kelly Close’s father\, who loved discussions\, conversation\, and being in community and learning from one’s peers. \n– Please support our local Haigh-Ashbury bookstore\, The Booksmith and purchase this book online here. For those on the East Coast\, Politics and Prose is another wonderful option. Also\, please leave a review on Amazon! \n– RSVP required for this free event. You will be given a chance to donate to The diaTribe Foundation when you register – this is completely optional. Thank you to all those who have given to date. We are searching for wine and other items to donate for the silent auction – please email Katie Brauer at cps@diatribe.org if you have any grand ideas or small donations! \n– Please share our series with others – you can forward this invite or invite people to sign up at www.cpslectures.org\, they can also join our mailing list to receive future invites. Zoom link will be given to those who RSVP. \n– Follow @cpslectures on Instagram and Facebook \nThank you so much for your encouragement and support. We hope to see you on Wednesday\, March 31 at 5:30 pm PT\, and we look forward to what we know will be a most compelling discussion.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/jennifer-risher-cbs-lectures/
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SUMMARY:LIVE ON - ZOOM: Poetry & Practice Spring Reading Series - Danielle Vogel\, Wesleyan University
DESCRIPTION:Mar 31\, 2021 04:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada) \nJoin us for poetry and conversation about creative\, research\, and transformative practices. Featuring contemporary poets reading from their recent books and in dialogue with KU student writers and artists. In collaboration with this spring’s graduate poetry seminar (ENGL 752) and the Global Grasslands CoLABorative’s Encounter + Engagement workshop. \nFor more information\, contact Professor Megan Kaminski at kaminski@ku.edu \nRegister in advance for this webinar: \nhttps://kansas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u3A–kBeQMW9WjNktX264w \nClick here to read more.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/live-on-zoom-poetry-practice-spring-reading-series-danielle-vogel-wesleyan-university/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210330T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210330T210000
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SUMMARY:Curated Conversation(s): Jacqueline Balderrama with CYNTHIA HOGUE
DESCRIPTION:Jacqueline Balderrama discusses her debut poetry collection\, Now In Color\, with Cynthia Hogue. Curated Conversation(s): a Latinx Poetry Show is a monthly interview with a Latinx poet who has recently published their first book. The debut poets themselves have selected their interlocutors. \nRegister HERE to be notified when this episode premieres! You’ll receive an email with instructions for viewing the video. After the premiere\, you can find all the videos here. \nWe encourage you to purchase a copy of our poets’ books from our partner bookseller\, Duende District.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/curated-conversations-jacqueline-balderrama-with-cynthia-hogue/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210324T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210324T130000
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Risher\, UBS Client Event
DESCRIPTION:More information to come!
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/jennifer-risher-ubs-client-event/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210320T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210320T130000
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SUMMARY:SHAPING A BOOK OF ESSAYS w/ SEBASTIAN MATTHEWS & REBECCA MCCLANAHAN
DESCRIPTION:Nonfiction and memoir writers\, learn to shape your essays into a book with Sebastian Matthews and Rebecca McClanahan.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nThe nonfiction writer who creates a book from independent pieces encounters challenges that the writer of a single-arc narrative does not. Though each essay can stand alone\, each should also relate to the other essays in significant ways to form a whole greater than the sum of its parts. In other words\, the writer (and\, later\, the reader) needs to see the forest\, not just the separate trees. \nIn this workshop\, we’ll explore basic shaping principles and combine our discussion with brief in-class writing prompts and take-away exercises. \nYou are encouraged\, though not required\, to bring to the workshop: \n1) A list of your essays or drafts (in-process or completed) that you imagine could be part of a book of essays or a memoir-in-essays. \nAND/OR \n2) Notes on essay collections or memoirs-in-essays that you admire\, paying close attention to how the books are structured to create an effective whole. \nThis class meets online via Zoom videoconferencing Saturday March 20\, 2021\, 1pm-4pm (Eastern time). \nCost: $75 General Admission. Partial need-based scholarships are available for this workshop. Registration is through Eventbrite only: we are no longer accepting registrations by check. \nSebastian Matthews is the author of the memoir In My Father’s Footsteps and three books of poems\, Beginner’s Guide to a Head-on Collision\, We Generous\, and Miracle Day. Beginner’s Guide won the Independent Publisher Book Award’s silver medal. Matthews also co-edited\, along with Stanley Plumly\, Search Party: The Collected Poems of William Matthews (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize). He currently serves on the board at Vermont Studio Center and on the advisory board for Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts & Letters. His recently completed books\, Beyond Repair: Encounters in a Fractured World (a memoir in essays) and The Life & Times of American Crow (a collage novel)\, are both due out in the Fall of 2020. \nRebecca McClanahan’s eleventh book\, In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays\, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press in fall 2020. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays\, Best American Poetry\, Georgia Review\, Gettysburg Review\, Boulevard\, Brevity\, The Sun\, River Teeth\, and in anthologies published by Simon & Schuster\, Beacon\, Norton\, and Bedford/St. Martin\, among others. Recipient of two Pushcart prizes\, the Glasgow Award in Nonfiction\, the Wood Prize from Poetry Magazine\, (twice) the Carter Prize for the Essay\, and the N.C. Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education\, she teaches in the MFA programs of Rainier Writing Workshop and Queens University\, and in the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. She can be reached at www.RebeccaMcClanahanWriter.com. \nREFUND POLICY: The Flatiron Writers Room reserves the right to cancel this workshop if not enough people sign up\, in which case you will receive a full refund. You may request a refund up until one week before the class starts via Eventbrite or email to flatironwritersroom[at]gmail.com for a full tuition refund (Eventbrite will not refund its fees). After that date\, no refunds will be made. We do not give credit for future classes/events in lieu of refunds under this policy. \n\n\n\n\nFor more information visit: \n https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shaping-a-book-of-essays-w-sebastian-matthews-rebecca-mcclanahan-tickets-128682269131
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/shaping-a-book-of-essays-w-sebastian-matthews-rebecca-mcclanahan/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210309T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210309T130000
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Risher and Ventura County Community Foundation
DESCRIPTION:More information to come!
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/jennifer-risher-and-ventura-county-community-foundation/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210225T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210225T160000
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SUMMARY:The History and Future of Black Literature: A Black History Month Event
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Khalisa Rae\, Dexter L. Booth\, Nordette Adams\, Karisma Price\, and Tée V. Smith\, with conversation moderated by Maurice Carlos Ruffin\, Red Hen Press is excited to bring this reading and conversation to your viewing screens!\n\nJoin us for a reading and conversation on the history and future of Black literature\, especially in the context of the effect Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman is having on poetry and visibility in this country. Highlighting our partnership with the Peauxdunque Writer’s Alliance and our new Ann Petry Award\, which awards book publication\, a $3000 award\, and a four-week residency at The Community Library’s Ernest and Mary Hemingway House in Ketchum\, Idaho for a Black prose writer\, we also bring in Khalisa Rae and Dexter L. Booth\, two Black poets with forthcoming books from Red Hen Press\, due out this spring.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/the-history-and-future-of-black-literature-a-black-history-month-event/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210224T160000
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SUMMARY:Shirley Lim & Dana Gioia on Formalism in Poetry! Moderated by Kate Gale
DESCRIPTION:Red Hen Press Poetry Lecture and Conversation Series: Shirley Lim and Dana Gioia \nStreamed live on redhen.org\, facebook.com/redhenpress\, and youtube.com/redhenpressbeats \nWith the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities\, Red Hen Press is proud to bring a unique lecture and conversation series to the public\, focusing on the history and future of formalism in poetry. \nThe unifying thread of this conversation series is exploring formalist poetry and the role it plays in our culture as poetry continues to evolve. Why do we as readers and listeners to poetry continue to love the sound and rhythm of formal poetry? Why does it create a kind of heartbeat for us? \nOur series is organized with a movement from the traditional to the contemporary\, bringing in diverse experiences and voices. Speakers will discuss poetry’s formal foundation and how teaching these building blocks allows for growth. In order for young people to do experimental poetry\, they have to know what rules to break; to play with form\, they have to know what form is. In poetry\, traditional forms are the way we learn technique. If poetry were dance\, form is ballet. \nKicking off our series are Shirley Lim and Dana Gioia\, with conversation moderated by Red Hen Press cofounder and Managing Editor Kate Gale\, on the history and future of West Coast Formalism. \nShirley Geok-lin Lim’s first poetry collection\, Crossing the Peninsula\, received the British Commonwealth Poetry Prize\, a first for a woman and an Asian. She’s published ten poetry collections\, most recently The Irreversible Sun\, Ars Poetica for the Day\, and Do You Live In? Her poetry has been widely anthologized\, published in journals like the Hudson Review\, Feminist Studies and The Virginia Quarterly. It has been featured on television by Bill Moyers\, in Tracey K. Smith’s podcast “The Slowdown\,” and set to music as libretto for various scores performed\, for example\, at Oxford University. Her poem\, “Learning to Love America” is regularly performed as part of the NEH Poetry Out loud program. The recipient of two American Book awards\, the second for her memoir\, Among the White Moon Faces\, the Multiethnic Literatures of the United States Lifetime Achievement Award\, and University of California Santa Barbara Faculty Research Lecture Award\, she has also published three short story collections; two novels (Joss and Gold and Sister Swing); a children’s novel\, Princess Shawl; and The Shirley Lim Collection. Her books and poems have been translated into Chinese\, Spanish\, French\, Bahasa and other languages. Currently a Professor Emerita and Research Professor at the University of California Santa Barbara\, she served as Chair of Women’s Studies there\, and also as Chair Professor of English at University of Hong Kong. \nDana Gioia is an internationally acclaimed poet and writer. Former California Poet laureate and  Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts\, Gioia was born in Los Angeles of Italian and Mexican descent. The first person in his family to attend college\, he received a B.A. and M.B.A. from Stanford and an M.A. from Harvard in Comparative Literature. For fifteen years he worked as a businessman before quitting at forty-one to become a full-time writer. \nHis surname is pronounced Joy-a. \n 
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/shirley-lim-dana-gioia-on-formalism-in-poetry-moderated-by-kate-gale/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210218T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210218T180000
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Risher and Parley House
DESCRIPTION:More information to come!
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/jennifer-risher-and-parley-house/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210211T130000
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Risher with UBS\, All Bar None Women’s Group
DESCRIPTION:More information to come!
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/jennifer-risher-with-ubs-all-bar-none-womens-group/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Juneau:20210207T150000
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SUMMARY:Felicia Zamora\, Peggy Shumaker & Maurya Simon AQR Benefit Reading Series!
DESCRIPTION:Felicia Zamora\, Peggy Shumaker & Maurya Simon\n\nFebruary 7 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm AKST\n\n\n\nWatch this event online at https://aqreview.org/aqr-benefit-reading-series/. \nAbout Pièces de Résistance\nYou can help AQR reach new literary milestones. Please mark your calendars for Pièces de Résistance\, an extraordinary benefit series celebrating AQR’s 40th anniversary.  Join us for 21 free\, live online readings and conversations\, featuring 58 exceptional new\, emerging\, and established poets and writers who have appeared in AQR.  Pièces de Résistance runs from October 4\, 2020 to May 2\, 2021 hosted by the Anchorage Museum and moderated by author Heather Lende and AQR Co-Founder and Editor Ronald Spatz. \nWhile all of the Pièces de Résistance events are free\, we hope you’ll consider making a tax-exempt donation to support AQR through our 501c3 affiliate\, the Center for the Narrative & Lyric Arts. \n\n 
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/felicia-zamora-peggy-shumaker-maurya-simon-aqr-benefit-reading-series/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210204T190000
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SUMMARY:Charlotte Writers Club North: Rebecca McClanahan
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 4th\, 2021\, 7:00-8:30pm\nIn the Key of New York City: A Virtual Event with Rebecca McClanahan and Gilda Morina Syverson \nHosted by Main Street Books and Charlotte Writers’ Club North\, this reading and conversation features the newest book by Rebecca McClanahan\, In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays. Memoirist Gilda Morina Syverson will interview Rebecca about the process of writing the book\, in particular how she created a cohesive memoir-in-essays from individual essays. \nRebecca McClanahan\, the author of eleven books\, has received two Pushcart prizes\, the Glasgow Award in Nonfiction\, the Wood Prize from Poetry Magazine\, and the Carter Prize for the Essay. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays\, Best American Poetry\, Georgia Review\, Kenyon Review\, Boulevard\, The Sun\, and in anthologies published by Simon & Schuster\, Beacon\, Norton\, and Bedford/St. Martin\, and numerous others. She lives in Charlotte with her husband\, video producer Donald Devet\, and teaches in the MFA programs of Rainier Writing Workshop and Queens University. \nGilda Morina Syverson is the author of two poetry books and the memoir\, My Father’s Daughter\, From Rome to Sicily. Her memoir was a Novello Literary Award Finalist\, a Nominee for the Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction\, Runner-Up for Autobiography in the Great Southeast Book Festival\, and Best Seller at Amazon.com. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies\, and she has been interviewed on various podcasts and tv programs. Gilda has taught memoir writing for over 20 years\, including 15 years at Queens University of Charlotte. \nVirtual Meeting: REGISTER HERE.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/charlotte-writers-club-north-rebecca-mcclanahan/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T210000
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SUMMARY:Writers on the Bay Reading Series (a reading and conversation with Rebecca McClanahan)
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca McClanahan kicks off the spring Writers on the Bay reading series as their author of Creative Non Fiction. \n  \nRegister here!
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/writers-on-the-bay-reading-series-a-reading-and-conversation-with-rebecca-mcclanahan/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210125T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210125T180000
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SUMMARY:Kate Gale\, Co-founder & Managing Editor holding 6-week prose masterclass!
DESCRIPTION:Transform your manuscript in this six week class\, led by Red Hen Press\, Managing Editor\, Kate Gale.  Each week we will discuss work for every member of the workshop\, so we’re keeping this group small and workable.  You are writing a story or creative non-fiction book that needs first readers and we are here for you to help your work find shape\, pacing\, and its own place in the galaxy.  Whether your work is near completion or in early stages\, you need a writing community. \nStarting January 25th\, this class runs six weeks on Mondays from 4 – 6 pm Pacific Standard Time. \nWriting Workshop Dates and Times: Mondays: 4-6\, \nJanuary 25th\, February 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, March 1st \nSix weeks–$300 \nClasses will be held on all dates from 4 – 6. pm Pacific Standard Time. \nCost is $300 and Kate accepts Venmo \nPlease contact Kate at Kate@redhen.org for more information! \nPlease pay Kate Gale @the-Kate-Gale
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/kate-gale-co-founder-managing-editor-holding-6-week-prose-masterclass/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210120T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210120T150000
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CREATED:20210113T185431Z
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Risher\, author of WE NEED TO TALK: A MEMOIR ABOUT WEALTH at The London Library!
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, January 20th 2021   1:00 P.M start (EST)/ 6:00 P.M start (GMT) \nFor full details on how to join via Zoom please email:   rsvp@londonlibrary.co.uk \nWe hope you can join us for a very special event hosted by The London Library. Join London Library trustee  Isabelle Dupuy\, in discussion with Jennifer Risher\, a donor and patron through the International Friends of the London Library\, to discuss her memoir ‘We Need to Talk’. \n2020 will go down in history for the Covid-19 pandemic but will also be remembered as the year online technology took over our lives – and provided a lifeline. Companies like Amazon\, Alphabet and Zoom have become essential to our confined lives and have allowed millions of people to keep working\, learning\, and shopping while in lockdown or quarantine. Access to WiFi has become the equivalent to having running water in a home. The pandemic has laid bare the inequalities in our society while exacerbating the differences – we have more food banks and tech millionaires in 2021 than ever before.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/jennifer-risher-author-of-we-need-to-talk-a-memoir-about-wealth-at-the-london-library/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210113T193000
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SUMMARY:Hugo House Reading with Kristen Millares Young
DESCRIPTION:https://hugohouse.org/events/uw-castalia-37-2020-11-11-2021-01-13/2021-01-13/\nUW Castalia\nJanuary 13 at 7:30 PM \n\nCastalia is a monthly reading series featuring graduate students\, faculty\, and alumni from the University of Washington MFA program. Use the “Tickets” button above to register for the Zoom meeting. Readings begin at 7:30 pm. \nAbout the Readers\n\nAnna Ciummo is an unsocialized homeschool graduate\, cat mom\, tea addict\, knitter\, and poet. She received a BA in English at Washburn University (Topeka\, KS). Her poems have been published in Plainsongs\, Passaic / Völuspà\, Infinity’s Kitchen\, and more. \nAlly Ang is a gaysian poet hailing from the unceded lands of the Western Nehântick people and an MFA candidate at the University of Washington in Seattle. Their work has been published in the Journal\, AAWW’s The Margins\, Muzzle Magazine\, Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color\, and elsewhere. Ally is the author of the chapbook Monstrosity (Damaged Goods Press 2016) and their poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Bettering American Poetry. \nKristen Millares Young is the author of the novel Subduction\, a Paris Review staff pick called “whip-smart” by the Washington Post\, a “brilliant debut” by the Seattle Times and “utterly unique and important” by Ms. Magazine. Subduction was a finalist for two International Latino Book Awards in 2020. Forthcoming in the Rumpus\, PANK Magazine\, and Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology\, her essays appear in the Washington Post\, Literary Hub\, the Guardian\, and elsewhere\, as well as the anthologies Latina Outsiders\, Pie & Whiskey\, and Alone Together: Love\, Grief\, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19. An award-winning investigative journalist and book critic\, Kristen served as prose writer-in-residence at Hugo House from 2018-2020. \nRichard Kenney teaches in the MFA Program at UW.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/hugo-house-reading-with-kristen-millares-young/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210109T200000
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SUMMARY:Kristen Millares Young: First Reading of 2021! [Virtual Event]
DESCRIPTION:Auntie’s Bookstore:\n[Zoom Event] Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore\, Kristen Millares Young\, and Elissa Ball\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCelebrating The Freezer Door and Subduction\, with a special guest appearance by Elissa Ball  \nJoin us for an evening with Mattilda Berstein Sycamore and Kristen Millares Young. Sycamore and Young will discuss their books\, The Freezer Door (longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award named one of the most anticipated books of 2020 in Oprah Magazine\, The Millions and Lit Hub!) and Subduction (“highly recommended” by Luis Alberto Urrea)\, respectively. Their conversation will be preceded by a reading from Elissa Ball\, author of The Punks Are Writing Love Songs. \nThe event is free to attend. Use this link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtf–rqDIuHdWT4W6cTXHX6LP0WmIL45Zy \n  \nAbout the writers:  \nMattilda Bernstein Sycamore is the author of two nonfiction titles and three novels\, and the editor of five nonfiction anthologies. Her memoir\, The End of San Francisco\, won a Lambda Literary Award\, and her anthology\, Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity\, Objectification\, and the Desire to Conform\, was an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book. Her most recent novel\, Sketchtasy\, was one of NPR’s Best Books of 2018. Her new book\, The Freezer Door\, was just longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award\, and is one of Oprah Magazine’s Best LGBTQ Books of 2020. Sycamore lives in Seattle. \nKristen Millares Young is the author of the novel Subduction\, a Paris Review staff pick named a finalist for two International Latino Book Awards. A prize-winning journalist and essayist\, Kristen served as 2018-2020 Prose Writer-in-Residence at Hugo House in Seattle. Her essays\, reviews and investigations appear in the Washington Post\, Literary Hub\, the Guardian\, and the anthologies Latina Outsiders\, Pie & Whiskey\, and Alone Together: Love\, Grief\, and Comfort in the Time of COVID-19. \nElissa Ball is the author of two humor books\, a few zines\, and a collection of poetry (The Punks Are Writing Love Songs\, 2012). Originally from Yakima\, WA\, she now lives in Spokane. Elissa performs stand-up comedy\, reads Tarot cards\, and dotes on her dog. Her writing has appeared in The Inlander\, Seattle Weekly\, The Spokesman-Review\, and The Yakima Herald-Republic.  \n  \nPraise for The Freezer Door  \n“I really love Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s The Freezer Door. In a happy paradox common to great literature\, it’s a book about not belonging that made me feel deeply less alone. I so admire its appetite to get down and dirty\, to wield non sequitur with grace and power\, to ponder the past while sticking with the present\, to quest unceasingly. I stand deeply inspired and instructed by its great wit\, candor\, inventiveness\, and majesty.”—Maggie Nelson \n“[An] underline-every-sentence compendium of queer desire”—Oprah Magazin \n“The Freezer Door is a story about queerness\, belonging\, loneliness\, desire\, and the utter havoc of capitalism.”—Literary Hub \n  \nPraise for Subduction  \nWith dreamlike\, salt-water-laced prose that feels born of the Salish Sea\, Kristen Millares Young’s Subduction lyrically examines relationships strained and forged by place and belonging. Intelligently addressing womanhood\, community\, lust\, and loss\, this is a novel as deep as it is intoxicating\, as intricate as it is powerful. Like Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping\, Subduction is a novel to be celebrated for both its poetry and wisdom.–-Sharma Shields\, author of The Cassandra \nKristen Millares Young’s Subduction is the powerful debut novel from a writer that comes to us fully formed. This book is as unforgettable as it is timely\, a story that keeps us riveted from beginning to end\, written with abundant grace and lyric intensity. Beautiful\, smart\, and urgent. Read this book now.\n—Robert Lopez\, author of Good People\, Kamby Bolongo Mean River\, Part of the World\, All Back Full\, and Asunder \nKristen Millares Young’s Subduction is a taut\, atmospheric tale that gave me what I hope for in a novel: characters that I can care about\, in a place that seems real\, with stakes that really matter. This is an enormously impressive debut. I’ll eagerly await more from this writer.\n–Steve Yarbrough: PEN/Faulkner finalist\, winner of a Richard Wright Award and a California Book Award. The Unmade World\, The Realm of Last Chances\, The End of California\, Prisoners of War. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nSaturday\, January 9\, 2021 – 7:00pm
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/kristen-millares-young-first-reading-of-2021-virtual-event/
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SUMMARY:Writing & Publishing the Personal Essay Workshop w/ Kristen Millares Young
DESCRIPTION:The University of Washington’s Professional & Continuing Education sector is hosting this workshop with author of SUBDUCTION\, Kristen Millares Young. \nABOUT THIS COURSE\nWhat is a personal essay\, and how do you write one in a way that engages your reader? In this course\, you’ll learn the careful art of crafting a compelling personal essay. \nWe’ll work our way through each essential phase of the process: generating topic ideas\, developing a first draft\, workshopping in class\, revising and editing\, and submitting for publication. Together we’ll explore the thriving market for personal essays and analyze the various outlets for your writing. Guest speakers from online and print publications will offer strategies and insider tips for pitching and submitting your work. \nDESIGNED FOR\nThose interested in crafting personal essays and getting them published. \nSEE REQUIREMENTS  \nWHAT YOU’LL LEARN\n\nHow to shape a basic concept into a viable essay subject\nEffective types of essay structures\nHow to collect and apply feedback in the revision process\nWays to foster relationships with editors and pitch your work to publications\nTechniques for navigating the process of selling and promoting your work\n\nGET HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE\n\nDevelop a solid draft of your personal essay\nCraft a pitch letter that you can send to editors and publishers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCOURSE DETAILS\n\n\nLOCATION:ONLINE\nDURATION:9 WEEKS\nTIMES:EVENINGS\nCOST :$779\n\n\nNEXT START DATE: \nJANUARY 5\, 2021 \nThis course is part of a certificate program. You can also take it without enrolling in the program. \nGET DETAILS & REGISTER 
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/writing-publishing-the-personal-essay-workshop-w-kristen-millares-young/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201217T180000
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SUMMARY:Part IV of the Poetry Stage Redux\, the 2020 L.A. Times Festival of Books Poets & New Writers! W/ Didi Jackson & Tess Taylor!
DESCRIPTION:Join Red Hen authors Tess Taylor (RIFT ZONE) & Didi Jackson (MOON JAR) for readings this Thursday\, Dec. 17th 6 pm PT!  \n  \n \n\n\n\nBeyond Baroque presents Part IV of The Poetry Stage Redux\, a series of readings by poets from the LA Times Festival of Books Poetry Stage.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nBeyond Baroque presents the forth installment of The Poetry Stage Redux\, a series of readings by nationally acclaimed poets from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Poetry Stage. Featured readers for December 17 include Joshua Bennett\, Gillian Conoley\, Heid E Erdrich\, Forrest Gander\, Carmen Giménez Smith\, Mark Irwin\, Didi Jackson\, Elizabeth Jacobson\, Patricia Smith\, Page Starzinger\, & Tess Taylor. \nThe full series will take place over four weeks in November and December and will feature over 40 poets. Every year\, the Poetry Stage at the Festival of Books forms a major part of Los Angeles’ literary calendar. Poets with new or recent books gather from across the country to read from their work. This year\, due to COVID-19\, the Festival of Books\, and the Poetry Stage\, had to be canceled. \nIn the spirit of keeping new poetry visible during COVID-19\, Beyond Baroque and the L.A. Times Festival of Books Poetry Stage curator and moderator\, Elena Karina Byrne\, present a majority of the festival’s originally scheduled lineup along with a selection of additional writers celebrating their new books. Click here to see the lineup for the full series\, and to reserve tickets for additional installments. \nThis event will be streamed live via Crowd Cast. Participants will receive a link to the program after registering. All events will be free. \nNote: though the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is supportive of the Poetry Stage Redux\, this presentation is not produced or funded by the Festival.
URL:https://redhen.org/event-calendar/part-iv-of-the-poetry-stage-redux-the-2020-l-a-times-festival-of-books-poets-new-writers-w-didi-jackson-tess-taylor/
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