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SUMMARY:Veterans Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veteran’s Writing Collective (VWC) encourages the art of writing in a workshop environment where participants are offered honest\, positive\, and constructive peer-to-peer and mentor feedback. The workshop is open to all active-duty military\, veterans\, retirees\, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome. \nThe VWC meets monthly online via Zoom.\nIf you would like an invitation to this class\, send an email to veteranscollective@geminiink.org\n\nSarah Colby was born in northern New Mexico and raised in the Rocky Mountains. She is married to a retired Army Chaplain and is mother to a son in the Navy. Sarah has an MFA in Creative Writing from Sierra Nevada College and an exuberant interest in making the ordinary luminous. Her war-time experiences have motivated her to be a voice for the mostly untold stories of families and loved ones during these years of protracted conflict. She is currently working on a manuscript of poems about her experiences as a military family member.\n \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/veterans-writing-collective-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2025-01-15/
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SUMMARY:The Big Texas Author Talk featuring Kimberly Garza
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, Jan 15th\, 2025 online for a conversation with Kimberly Garza\, author of The Last Karankawas. Moderated by Elizabeth Gonzalez James.\n\n\n\n(Zoom Readings Monthly @ 7pm CST) \nRSVP for the Google Meet link\n“Beautiful\, complex\, and subversive\, The Last Karankawas is an important book about Texas from a powerful new voice in American fiction. I loved it. These characters and their stories will stay with me.”\n— Elizabeth Wetmore\, New York Times–bestselling author of Valentine \n“Garza debuts with an accomplished account of the ties between members of a Filipino and Mexican community… This is a worthy love letter to Galveston.”\n— Publishers Weekly \n“Devastating in its own clarity and nuance. The Last Karankawas has the power to change the way we see where we’ve been and what we may have left behind. A stunning debut from a talented writer.”\n— Oscar Cásares\, author of Where We Come From \nWelcome to Galveston\, Texas\, a popular tourist destination and major shipping port with a population of 50\,241. While millions visit each year\, few venture beyond the boulevards to Fish Village\, home to generations of island residents. Carly Castillo has only known Fish Village\, her grandmother claiming their family descended from the Karankawas\, an indigenous Texas people. As she grows older\, she dreams of a life undefined by her family’s history. Her boyfriend\, Jess\, a former all-star shortstop turned seaman\, cherishes the salty\, familiar air of Galveston and has turned down opportunities to leave. When news of Hurricane Ike spreads\, residents face a tough choice: stay and protect their homes or flee inland. The Last Karankawas weaves together the lives of these characters\, creating a powerful portrait of survival\, familial ties\, and the histories we create\, reminding us that true bonds are forged\, not by blood\, but by fire. \n\nKimberly Garza (she/her) is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her work has appeared in Copper Nickel\, Puerto del Sol\, Creative Nonfiction\, TriQuarterly\, and elsewhere. She holds degrees in English\, Spanish\, and creative writing from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of North Texas\, where she earned a PhD in 2019. A native Texan—born in Galveston\, raised in Uvalde—she is the daughter of a Filipina immigrant mother and a Mexican-American father from the Rio Grande Valley. She lives in San Antonio\, where she is an associate professor of creative writing and literature at the University of Texas at San Antonio. The Last Karankawas is her first novel. \n\nElizabeth Gonzalez James is a screenwriter and bestselling author of the novels\, Mona at Sea and The Bullet Swallower\, as well as the chapbook\, Five Conversations About Peter Sellers. She has taught fiction writing at Grub Street\, Pioneer Valley Writers Workshop\, Story Studio\, and elsewhere. Originally from South Texas\, Elizabeth now lives with her family in Massachusetts.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/tbtat-kimberly-garza/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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