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Upcoming Events

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Infecting the Text: Letting Trauma Take its Necessary Shape with Lisa Fay Coutley
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.
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Glorious Dailiness with Erica Reid
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.
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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.
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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.
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Mapping Our Poems
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.
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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.
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The Poem's Interior Landscape
Sat, Jan 25
Virtual on Zoom
Jan 25, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST
Virtual on Zoom
Jan 25, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST
Virtual on Zoom
Discover how the landscapes you've lived in shape your thoughts and creativity. In this workshop, we'll explore the connection between the physical world and your inner life, and learn to transform your experiences into poetry. Let your surroundings inspire your words!
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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?
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Hybridity: Poems that Cross the Line with MK Chavez
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
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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.
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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.
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From Rage to Page: The Role of Anger in Poetry of Witness
Sat, Apr 05
Virtual on Zoom
Apr 05, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
Virtual on Zoom
Apr 05, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
Virtual on Zoom
A workshop to channel your fury into powerful poetry! We will explore the evolution of poetry of witness and the response poem. Together, we'll embrace righteous indignation and write against the forces of oppression. This is not fine—let’s whine, resist, and create!
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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.
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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.
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Playlist: Turning Songs Into Poetry
Sat, Jun 14
Virtual on Zoom
Jun 14, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
Virtual on Zoom
Jun 14, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
Virtual on Zoom
Turn the songs that shaped you into poems. Some songs are a way of time travel where we listen to a song from our youth and hear it both right now and in those moments years ago. In this workshop, we'll explore how those moments spark with memory and experience.
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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.
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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.
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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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