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Writing the Queer in Hostile Times: A Pride Month Literary Panel

Gemini Ink 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX, United States

Join Gemini Ink on Thursday, June 29th, to wrap up Pride Month 2023 with a timely and intimate literary discussion about current events and their relationship to the written and spoken word.

This event, including featured authors Chibbi Orduña, Kit Curá, and Anel Flores, will offer a safe space to discuss how these divisive times affect LGBTQ+ writers and how these writers wield the literary arts to push back against current hostilities, celebrate who they are, and question societal expectations.

Free

How to Use Lists to Generate Endless Writing Ideas with Nathan Brown

Gemini Ink 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX, United States

Master the art of the list and never get caught without something to write about! Many writers, from Dickens to Twain, and Hemingway on up to Stephen King, had (or have) a daily writing practice, and many say this discipline was their ‘great teacher’ when it comes to the craft of writing. 

$140

TELLING A STORY OF YOUR LIFE: A Personal Essay Workshop with Kendra Allen

Gemini Ink 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX, United States

When writing a personal narrative, how do writers select what will most speak their truth and resonate with readers? In this 4-week course, we’ll focus on demystifying the personal narrative process by figuring out what’s a snapshot and what’s a story.

$150

The Poetry of Food with Eddie Vega 

In this 4-session workshop, we will dig up memories we associate with food, and use these recollections to explore writing about the delectable in different poetic forms, including haiku, odes, sonnets, lists, etc. Each session will include mentor texts and generative work. This course is open to adult writers of all skill levels. 

$125

Generative Flash Fiction with Andrew Porter 

Gemini Ink 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX, United States

In this introductory workshop, participants will study different types of flash fiction, discuss effective strategies for working within the constraints of this form, and complete in-class writing prompts with the goal of developing these exercises into more polished flash pieces. Finally, for those interested in sharing, time will be set aside during the second class for students to share their flash-in-progress with the group.

$145

Strange Family Stories: An Adult Picture Book Writing Class with Xavier Garza

Gemini Ink 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX, United States

In this three-week class, students will draw from their family stories, popular folklore, superstitions, and creepy creature legends to create their own picture book for adults. Participants will take these entertaining stories, divide them into sections, align the story with drawings and other media, and create a memento to pass down. The class will also touch on bookbinding and publishing. 

$140

Poetry of Food Final Celebration Reading

Dakota Ice House 433 S Hackberry St, San Antonio, Texas

Students from Eddie Vega's workshop, The Poetry of Food, share their work.

Free
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Veteran’s Writing Collective with Sarah Colby

Online via Zoom

The Veteran’s Writing Collective 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.

Free