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  • Bringing Home Metaphors - From Stars to Constellations with Javon Rustin
    Bringing Home Metaphors - From Stars to Constellations with Javon Rustin
    Membership Offer
    Sat, Sep 07
    Zoom
    Sep 07, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    Zoom
    Sep 07, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    Zoom
    A workshop to help us plot the images and metaphors in our poems so they are as clear as the night sky revealing constellations.
  • Vocal Fry Slam
    Vocal Fry Slam
    Thu, Sep 26
    Omaha
    Sep 26, 2024, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Omaha, 2401 N 24th St, Omaha, NE 68110, USA
    Sep 26, 2024, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Omaha, 2401 N 24th St, Omaha, NE 68110, USA
    An open mic and poetry slam with a special feature by Bianca Swift. Hosted by Jewel Rodgers and Nathan Lachner.
  • Jon Volkmer Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Jon Volkmer Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Tue, Oct 01
    Zoom
    Oct 01, 2024, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
    Zoom
    Oct 01, 2024, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
    Zoom
    Jon is a prolific writer spanning genres of fiction, non-fiction, and YA. Tonight, we'll hear his poetry and have an opportunity to talk with Jon about his literary career.
  • Infecting the Text: Letting Trauma Take its Necessary Shape with Lisa Fay Coutley
    Infecting the Text: Letting Trauma Take its Necessary Shape with Lisa Fay Coutley
    Membership Offer
    Sat, Oct 26
    Zoom
    Oct 26, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    Zoom
    Oct 26, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    Zoom
    A workshop that will give you permission and a way in so you can write about difficult topics in an imaginative and informative way.
  • Glorious Dailiness with Erica Reid
    Glorious Dailiness with Erica Reid
    Membership Offer
    Sat, Nov 02
    Zoom
    Nov 02, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    Zoom
    Nov 02, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    Zoom
    What do we lose when we fail to celebrate — or worse, ignore! — the wondrous details of ordinary life? Join us for a generative workshop that celebrates the details of our everyday lives.
  • Kassandra Montag Poetry Reading & Disccusion
    Kassandra Montag Poetry Reading & Disccusion
    Tue, Nov 05
    Zoom
    Nov 05, 2024, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Zoom
    Nov 05, 2024, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Zoom
    Kassandra’s poetry is equal parts meditation, lamentation, and celebration with an unflinching look at how, for many women, our deepest desires are almost always at odds with the lives we’ve chosen or been given.
  • Julie S. Paschold Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Julie S. Paschold Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Tue, Dec 03
    Zoom
    Dec 03, 2024, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Zoom
    Dec 03, 2024, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Zoom
    Julie's inaugural poetry book is a collection of eco-poetry with deep roots in Nebraska soil. She's an award-winning poet whose ready to share her journey to success with you.
  • Mapping Our Poems
    Mapping Our Poems
    Membership Offer
    Sat, Dec 14
    Zoom
    Dec 14, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Zoom
    Dec 14, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Zoom
    We will gain inspiration from other poets and poems as seeds for our own poems in this generative writing session.
  • Carolina Hotchandani Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Carolina Hotchandani Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Mon, Jan 06
    Free, Virtual and Open to the Public
    Jan 06, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Free, Virtual and Open to the Public
    Jan 06, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Free, Virtual and Open to the Public
    Hotchandani's poems interrogate what it means to be full or empty (of words, of the past, of another human being). She examines shifts in identity due to Partition, immigration, illness, and birth.
  • Lisa Fay Coutley Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Lisa Fay Coutley Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Tue, Feb 04
    Virtual, on Zoom
    Feb 04, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Virtual, on Zoom
    Feb 04, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Virtual, on Zoom
    Host explores parasitic relationships — between men and women, sons and mothers, and humans and the earth — and considers their consequences. How much control do we have over our lives? To what extent are we being controlled?
  • Hybridity: Poems that Cross the Line with MK Chavez
    Hybridity: Poems that Cross the Line with MK Chavez
    Membership Offer
    Sat, Feb 22
    Virtual on Zoom
    Feb 22, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Virtual on Zoom
    Feb 22, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Virtual on Zoom
     By engaging with the fluid and transformative nature of hybrid forms, we’ll delve into how our identities can be authentically reflected in our writing. Participants will create works that capture the richness of their experiences, exploring themes of identity, place, and the self in all its dimens
  • Elizabeth Clark Wessel Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Elizabeth Clark Wessel Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Tue, Mar 04
    Free, Virtual, and Open to the Public
    Mar 04, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Free, Virtual, and Open to the Public
    Mar 04, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Free, Virtual, and Open to the Public
    Wessel unspools layers of mythology—of places, people, historical and ahistorical time—and finds their entanglements with everyday life, revealing marvelous influences encoded in the ordinary.
  • Steve Langan Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Steve Langan Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Tue, Apr 01
    Virtual, On Zoom
    Apr 01, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    Virtual, On Zoom
    Apr 01, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    Virtual, On Zoom
    Modern-day parables that take stock of our society at the turn of the century.
  • Jeff Alessandrelli Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Jeff Alessandrelli Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Tue, May 06
    Virtual on Zoom
    May 06, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
    Virtual on Zoom
    May 06, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
    Virtual on Zoom
    Jeff's poetry interrogates how deep senselessness runs in a post-truth and truthiness world.
  • John Brehm Poetry Reading & Discussion
    John Brehm Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Tue, Jun 03
    Free, Virtual and Open to the Public
    Jun 03, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
    Free, Virtual and Open to the Public
    Jun 03, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
    Free, Virtual and Open to the Public
    Brehm’s poems explore the darkest and brightest moments of our lives. Some show a path forward and others simply acknowledge and empathize with where we are, but all touch deep inside our hearts and into a greater connection with the world around us.
  • Hadara Bar-Nadav Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Hadara Bar-Nadav Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Tue, Jul 01
    Virtual, on zoom
    Jul 01, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
    Virtual, on zoom
    Jul 01, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
    Virtual, on zoom
    Hadara Bar-Nadav's latest book casts spells and confronts illusions, ignites grief and awe, and challenges our assumptions about what it means to heal our bodies, our families, and our shared histories.
  • Janice N. Harrington Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Janice N. Harrington Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Tue, Aug 05
    Virtual, On Zoom
    Aug 05, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
    Virtual, On Zoom
    Aug 05, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
    Virtual, On Zoom
    Harrington writes descriptive, lyrical, and experimental poems that speak to the Black American Imagination in all its multiplicity, advocating for a future that celebrates pleasure and self-fulfillment within Black communities.
  • Jewel Rodgers Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Jewel Rodgers Poetry Reading & Discussion
    Tue, Sep 02
    Free, Virtual and Open to All
    Sep 02, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
    Free, Virtual and Open to All
    Sep 02, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
    Free, Virtual and Open to All
    Rodgers spoken word poetry is electric and engaging. Her poetry inspires audiences to dig into the wells of our lives for beauty and connection.
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