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"The Shape of Memoir is an intimate exploration of personal narrative. Think of it as an exercise in personal archeology. We’ll look at your stories about self, family and friends through a poetic, fiction and nonfiction lens and discuss and experiment with the many possibilities for sharing your work with others. Individual direction on your […]
Reuben Jackson and artist Alex Muck will host a writing salon for Vermont's Young Writers Project. The event will be held over Zoom. In order to attend, you must have a Young Writers Project account. More info here: https://youngwritersproject.org/node/38146
From a Great Good Place for Books: Please join us on Monday, January 25, 2021 at 7 PM PST for an online book launch of the new collection of travel writing, WANDERING IN GREECE, with editors Joanna Biggar and Linda Watanabe McFerrin. Our discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88625831342. (Order your copy of WANDERING IN GREECE at http://bit.ly/ggpWanderingInGreece.) … […]
Alan Squire Publishing is a supporting press for the first ever Barrelhouse Books virtual writing conference on Feb 6th. Elizabeth Hazen and Rose Solari will also be participating in 10-minute editor meetings (similar to speed-dating).
A FREE webinar presentation of a procession of poets laureate from Ireland, Canada, and across the USA. Readings and panel discussion, including special video readings by former U.S. Poet Laureate TED KOOSER. Featuring our very own Grace Cavalieri!
Join Reuben Jackson, Zoe Brigley, and Jacob Sunderlin for a virtual poetry reading hosted by Piedmont College. You must use the QR code below to register -- sorry
Poets vs The Pandemic will present Grace Cavalieri along with guest poets ASP's Rose Solari and PG County's Diane Wilbon Parks. The reading will start at 7:00pm (EST). Registration is free but required to get the Zoom link for the event. Registration at the BOTTOM of the webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/cafe-muse-events/home
Reuben will teach the class through Politics and Prose bookstore Producer/arranger Quincy Jones is best known (and celebrated) for his work with mega-stars like Michael Jackson and vocalist Donna Summer. This class will spotlight Jones's equally compelling work as a Big Band leader, arranger for jazz vocalists like Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra," as well as music […]
Join professional translators Katherine E. Young, Aviya Kushner, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Sharon Dolin, and Andrea Jurjević as they discuss "systems of exclusion which permeate literary culture." This panel is available for all AWP attendees.
From Wadnerland Writers: Please join us on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 5PM PST for an online book event featuring the 8th anthology of award winning travel writing from Wanderland Writers: WANDERING IN GREECE: ATHENS, ISLANDS AND ANTIQUITIES with editors Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Joanna Biggar and some of their contributors. Once again workshop leaders […]
From Mendocino Art Center: Open to all levels, Making a Scene: In Print and On Screen is a fast-moving introduction to that most crucial of elements in the creation of great stories: the scene. Whether you are working on the page, on the stage or on screen, scenes are the means to bring the excitement […]
From VSO.org VSO’s newest project serves the present moment with streamed chamber ensemble performances, and our March offering is a unique combination of classical and jazz music, visual art and poetry by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) artists. Reuben Jackson, known for presenting VPR’s Friday Night Jazz and curating the Smithsonian Institution’s Duke Ellington […]
From the event website: Talented writers and poets from across the area, including the incomparable Rose Solari, will convene online to discuss fiction and poetry that highlight the ongoing health crisis, social justice, and other timely observations. We invite you to join us for an evening of thought provoking conversation. Please RSVP on this page […]
Katherine E. Young and Elizabeth Hazen launch their respective poetry collections, Woman Drinking Absinthe and Girls Like Us, from the Writer's Center. RSVP HERE, and you’ll receive an email on or before April 17 with instructions for joining the chat via our video conferencing platform, Zoom. FREE and open to the public, all times Eastern. Limited space. https://www.writer.org/event/hazen-young/
Enoch Pratt will host Reuben and a small panel of other authors included in their anthology This is What America Looks Like for a virtual reading and discussion. All are welcome.