Monday, September 14: 7:15-8:30
SPC Monday Night Socially Distant Verse, Open Mic, hosted by Stuart Canton
7:30-8:30 PDT. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7638733462
Meeting ID: 763 873 3462 (“P O E T R E E I N C”)/ Password: spcsdv2020
Tues., September 15: 7:30-9 pm
SPC Tuesday night workshop, hosted by Danyen Powell. Bring a poem for critique.
Contact mostoycoff@gmail.com for availability and Zoom info.
Wednesday. September 16: 1:00-2:30 pmPandemic//Planet//Protests: Poetry of Place
A Free 8 Week Zoom Writing Workshop with Califragile Editor Wren Tuatha
Wednesdays, 8/19-10/7/2020 1-2:30pm Pacific; 4-5:30pm Eastern
To Register: Email Wren at mexicoroad@consensus.net
Sponsored by Sacramento Poetry Center
How is our Western Sense of Place serving us in our time of change? How do we as poets shepherd our urgent messages in such cacophony? “Place” is more than creating a setting for your story. We’ll explore writing and reading poetry through a holistic filter of Place, blending approaches from literature and other fields.
We’ll visit several forms of contemporary poetry and examine work by well-known writers—Claudia Rankine, Bhanu Kapil, Joy Harjo, Gary Snyder, Jericho Brown, Sandra Cisneros, Solmaz Sharif, Terry Tempest Williams, Natalie Diaz, and more. We’ll share our own work from prompts and receive supportive feedback.
FOR MORE INFO OR TO REGISTER, EMAIL WREN AT:
mexicoroadATconsensusDOTnet
Wren Tuatha is author of Thistle and Brilliant (FLP) and founding editor of Califragile, Journal of Climate and Social Justice. Wren and her partner, author/activist C.T. Butler, are survivors of Hurricane Sandy and the Paradise Fire. She was artist-in-residence at Heathcote Center, where she directed the nature-and-arts-based Open Classroom. Her poetry has appeared in The Café Review, Canary, Lavender Review, California Fire & Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology, and elsewhere. She’s a frequent guest poet on KZFR. Wren studied Education at University of Louisville, and Film, Poetry, and Gay and Lesbian Studies at Towson University. She received grants to perform her poetry from TU’s Women’s Center and Office of Diversity. She is an alum of Community of Writers, where she studied poetry with Camille Dungy, Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Major Jackson, Ada Limón, and Matthew Zapruder. Wren is pursuing her MFA at Goddard College. Her thesis, Terrariumville, is a collection of poetry and essays on Sense of Place during crisis. This workshop is a teaching practicum for her degree.
Wed., September 16: 6:00 pm
MarieWriters – Write to prompts and share poems in a supportive group
led by Patricia Wentzel. https://zoom.us/j/671443996
Fri., September 18: 4 pm
Writing from the Inside Out, weekly prompt writing course facilitated by Nick LeForce, Register and receive a weekly writing prompt on Monday and then join a read-around group on Fridays at 4 to share your work. To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/upwkde-opjkpnyQECAVBKolY4hKCdl61uA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing zoom instructions.
