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SUMMARY:LitMinds Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the LitMinds Book Club at Gemini Ink. We’re reading My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.\nRegister\n\nNow an HBO series\, book one in the New York Times bestselling Neapolitan quartet about two friends growing up in post-war Italy is a rich\, intense\, and generous-hearted family epic by Italy’s most beloved and acclaimed writer\, Elena Ferrante\, “one of the great novelists of our time.” (Roxana Robinson\, The New York Times) \nBeginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples\, Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years\, as its protagonists\, the fiery and unforgettable Lila\, and the bookish narrator\, Elena\, become women\, wives\, mothers\, and leaders\, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflictual friendship. Book one in the series follows Lila and Elena from their first fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence. \nThrough the lives of these two women\, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood\, a city\, and a country as it is transformed in ways that\, in turn\, also transform the relationship between her protagonists. \n“An intoxicatingly furious portrait of enmeshed friends\,” writes Entertainment Weekly. “Spectacular\,” says Maureen Corrigan on NPR’s Fresh Air. “A large\, captivating\, amiably peopled bildungsroman\,” writes James Wood in The New Yorker \nFerrante is one of the world’s great storytellers. With My Brilliant Friend she has given her readers an abundant\, generous\, and masterfully plotted page-turner that is also a stylish work of literary fiction destined to delight readers for many generations to come. \n\n\nAbout the Author\n\nElena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (Europa\, 2005)\, Troubling Love (Europa\, 2006)\, The Lost Daughter (Europa\, 2008) and the Neapolitan Quartet (Europa 2012-2015). She is also the author of a children’s picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri\, The Beach at Night.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/litminds-book-club-2/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
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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-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2025-07-16/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Colby":MAILTO:veteranscollective@geminiink.org
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SUMMARY:Poets & Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Join Us for Coffee & Conversation\nJoin Gemini Ink’s Executive Artistic Director\, Alexandra van de Kamp\, for a relaxed and insightful discussion about the current landscape of poetry. Explore what’s happening now in the world of contemporary verse. \nWe’ll have the coffee ready—just bring a friend and settle in among fellow poetry lovers. Alexandra will share a few of her current favorite poems and spotlight contemporary poets who are making waves both on the page and on the stage. \nThis is your chance to join the conversation! Share the poems that have moved you and tell us why poetry matters in your life. You’ll leave with a sense of community\, a fresh collection of poems to explore\, and creative prompts to spark your own writing journey. Whether you’re a seasoned poet or simply curious\, everyone is welcome at our poetic gathering. \n__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \n​​Alexandra van de Kamp is the Executive Director for Gemini Ink\, San Antonio’s Writing Arts Center. Her third book of poems\, Ricochet Script\, was published by Next Page Press in 2022. Her previous full-length collections include: Kiss/Hierarchy (Rain Mountain Press 2016) and The Park of Upside-Down Chairs (CW Books 2010). She has also published several chapbooks\, including A Liquid Bird Inside the Night (Red Glass Books 2015) and Dear Jean Seberg (2011)\, which won the 2010 Burnside Review Chapbook Contest. Her poems have been published in journals nationwide\, such as The Cincinnati Review\, Connecticut Review\, The Texas Observer\, and Denver Quarterly. 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/poets-coffee/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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SUMMARY:Rosemary Catacalos: On the Life and Work of an American Master
DESCRIPTION:Gemini Ink\, URBAN-15\, and the University of Houston / Unsung Masters are proud to present a book launch event in celebration of Rosemary Catacalos: On the Life and Work of an American Master\, the 17th volume of the Unsung Masters Series.\nJoin us to honor Rosemary’s life and legacy with an afternoon of readings by contributors to the book\, including Naomi Shiab Nye\, ire’ne lara silva\, and Jim LaVilla-Havelin. Books will be available for purchase\, and refreshments will be served. \nJoin us:\nSunday July 20th\, 2-4pm CST\nURBAN-15 Studios 2500 S. Presa\nLearn more at urban15.org
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/rosemary-catacalos-an-american-master/
LOCATION:Urban-15\, 2500 S. Presa\, San Antonio\, Texas\, 78212
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