“Writing. Witnessing. Wishing.” A Nonfiction Workshop with Award-Winning Author Norma Cantú
OnlineA Zoom Nonfiction Workshop with Norma Cantú (in English) Sat, March 27 in English, 10am-3pm...
$125
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The Big Texas Read featuring Heather Harper Ellett
Online via ZoomUnplug from the outside world and join us at The Big Texas Read (TBTR) brought to you by Writing Workshops Dallas and Gemini Ink. This month we're reading and discussing Heather Harper Ellett's Ain't Nobody Nobody
Free
Taller de Creación Literaria. A Nonfiction Workshop with Award-Winning Author Norma Cantú
OnlineEl taller de creación literaria no-ficción se enfocará en la idea del "tiempo": pasado, presente, y futuro. Los integrantes del taller serán guiados a realizar una serie de escritos que subrayaran discusiones de tiempo, punto de vista, y navegar lo personal o privado al lado de lo público.
$125
Writing for Heroic Power: Homer, Dante & Virgil in Light of Modern Realities
Online via ZoomJoin Gemini Ink Board president Charles Massiatte on a contemporary exploration of Greek epics that will fuel the reader and writer in you. Dip back into the classics to re-envision our contemporary moment and discover templates for writing your own narratives, even epic ones, in new ways.
$25
Autograph Series featuring New York Times Bestselling Author Ben Fountain
Autograph Series featuring New York Times Bestselling Author Ben Fountain.
Four Ways to Develop as a Fiction Writer: A One-day Workshop with National Book Critics’ Circle Award Winner Ben Fountain
Online via ZoomIn this workshop we’ll focus on four specific areas in the craft of writing fiction and will discuss the more general questions of fiction’s role in society, and how we as aspiring writers might also aspire to keep our bodies, souls, and sanity intact while developing as artists. The four craft sections will deal with character, plot, dialogue, and scene, with examples drawn from modern and contemporary fiction, and occasionally nonfiction. Along the way, we’ll discuss work routines, what to do when we’re stuck, where to submit our work, and what—and how—to read as writers.
$175
Writing Towards the Future: A Discussion and Reading by Award-winning poets Patricia Spears Jones, Megan Peak, and Laura Van Prooyen
Online via ZoomJoin three lyrically gutsy poets, each at the top of their craft, as they discuss their current work and how it is taking on the future, poem by poem—that ethereal yet continuous possibility in our lives. What questions is their poetry asking that interrogate new ways of looking at ourselves, our American culture, and society? What current hopes, despair, and losses do their poems account for and how is this transforming their vision of who we want to be in the future and how our culture will reflect this? Can praise be protest? Can new myths and images of ourselves be created? Join us for this author reading and talk to find out!
Free
Poems for the Future — Myth and Spirit Make for Vision and Community
Online via ZoomJoin acclaimed New York City poet Patricia Spears Jones in a master class that explores the connection of myth and spirit in the creation of poems for and about the future. Whitman in his essay, “Democratic Vistas” charged poets with sustaining a credible and expansive democracy. But his road map and the myths he relied on no longer suffice.
$135
The Best of Both Worlds: Welcoming Poetry and Poetic Elements into Your Prose—A Workshop with Jasminne Mendez
Online via ZoomOne of the greatest pieces of advice I received from a mentor once was: "You don't have to give up being a poet to write prose." In this generative writing workshop, we will explore the lyric and braided essay form and how poetry and poetic elements can be integrated into the narrative of a piece in creative and interesting ways. We will look at examples of essays that incorporate poetic strategies such as repetition, alliteration, imagery and even rhyme, and we will use prompts to create our own lyric or braided essays.
$125
Navigating Craft and the Writing Life in 2021 with Reginald Gibbons, Urayoán Noel and Jasminne Mendez
Online via ZoomJoin this line-up of groundbreaking authors to hear from their recent work and enjoy a conversation on how they are navigating questions of identity, voice, form, and more, while making sure their stories flourish and have a place at the literary table in these complex, fraught times. How do their craft decisions infuse how they are creating their voices on the page? How are they initiating important conversations, asking pivotal questions, and renegotiating what kinds of stories can be heard? An audience Q&A will be a part of this event. Kick-off your weekend with this rich literary exchange and conversation.
Free
The Big Texas Read featuring Jenny Browne
Online via ZoomWe're reading and discussing poet Jenny Browne's Fellow Travelers: New and Selected Poems, Vol 17, from the TCU Poet Laureate Series. This conversation will be moderated by Dallas-based poet Dr. Mag Gabbert.
Free
Writing for Heroic Power: Homer, Dante & Virgil in Light of Modern Realities
Online via ZoomJoin Gemini Ink Board president Charles Massiatte on a contemporary exploration of Greek epics that will fuel the reader and writer in you. Dip back into the classics to re-envision our contemporary moment and discover templates for writing your own narratives, even epic ones, in new ways.
$25