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SUMMARY:Open Writer's Labs
DESCRIPTION:These peer-driven workshops\, held the last Monday of each month\, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry\, flash fiction\, and short creative non-fiction.\n \n  \n\n\nOnline Via Zoom\nFor the online workshop\, sign up the day before the class to ensure you receive the Zoom link. \nThis workshop is facilitated by Kevin Ramos. Originally from the northeast\, Kevin studied theater arts at Rutgers University and The University of Washington. He’s lived all over the country before making his home in San Antonio\, Texas. Kevin has written several novels and short stories. Most recently\, publishing a short memoir called Enough about addiction\, mothers\, and missing graves. And a novel\, Hayley’s Sense of Fire (DLG Publishing Partners)\, a modern re-telling of the classic fairy tale\, The Little Matchgirl. \n\nIn-Person at Gemini Ink\n \nJoin our in-person Open Writer’s Lab with Robert Allen at Gemini Ink’s office\, 1111 Navarro St.\, San Antonio\, TX 78205. \nRobert Allen has worked as a librarian and an electrical contractor for most of his life. Many moons ago\, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin\, where he studied poetry under David Wevill. Allen has been active in local writer’s groups and open mics\, including the Sun Poets Society. He’s been published in The Ocotillo Review\, the Texas Poetry Calendar\, Voices de la Luna\, di-verse-city\, the San Antonio Express-News\, and Poetry on the Move. In 2006\, he started attending Gemini Ink’s free Monday night writing classes and has attended regularly ever since. With more than a decade of attending writers’ groups\, classes\, and open mics\, he now co-facilitates Gemini Ink’s Open Writer’s Lab. \nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/open-writers-lab-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25/2024-06-24/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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SUMMARY:The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 22\, 2024 10am-1pm CST\, via Zoom\nInstructor: Amanda Eke\nNonmember: $100; Member: $85; Student/Educator/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\n \n  \nRhythm\, dynamic words\, dramatic flow–these are some of the core elements of spoken word poems. But what if you infuse this type of poetry with aspects of storytelling and other oral traditions? This cross-genre approach to writing and performance can open us up to a whole new art form. \nThe goal of this one-day workshop is to engage in a unique combination of personal story and poetry. We will start by learning about Nigerian and Igbo oral storytelling traditions of rhyme and verse. Then we’ll fuse this storytelling with the contemporary art of spoken word to create our own poems. Theater and choral reading techniques will also be covered to help students prepare poems for stage performance. \nThis course is open to writers of all skill levels\, 18+. \nBy the end of the class students will have:  \n\nNew strategies for incorporating storytelling and other oral traditions into crafting spoken word pieces\nExperimentation with beats and rhymes\n1 drafted spoken word poem\n\nRead Amanda’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n\nAmanda Eke is an award-winning Nigerian American Artist\, Poet\, Filmmaker\, Educator and Scholar. A Fulbright and UN Award winner and author\, she uses both her love for writing and music to address socio-political issues\, and contemporary culture prevalent in society today. Amanda has lived and worked with young adults in Malta\, Nepal\, United States and Nigeria.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/the-poet-speaks-with-amanda-eke/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240605T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240605T203000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
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SUMMARY:Delving into Latin America: Inspiration from International Poets with Veronica Golos
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, June 5\, 12\, 19 & 26\, 2024\, from 6:30-8:30pm cst via Zoom\nInstructor: Veronica Golos\nNonmember: $145; Member: $125; Student/Educator/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \nClass Full \nIn a time of worldwide strife and disconnection\, poetry reacquaints us with humanity in a way that transcends borders\, time zones\, and languages. Join master poetry teacher Veronica Golos on an international poetry tour. First stop: Latin America! \nIn this four-week generative poetry workshop we will explore four international poets: Conceiҫão Evaristo (Brazil)\, Coral Bracho (Mexico)\, Pablo Neruda (Chile) and Juan Gelman (Argentina). Each week we will read deeply\, explore each poet’s craft tools\, and apply these techniques to our own work. A packet with poems will be sent to participants\, along with suggestions for developing your own work. \nThis class is open to writers of all skill levels 18+. \nBy the end of the class students will have:  \n\nStudy and analyze the work of 4 contemporary poets\nWrite poems that follow the selected poet’s structure and theme\nReceive on-the-spot feedback for written work \n\n\nVeronica Golos is the author of four poetry books: GIRL\, awarded the Naji Naaman Honor Prize in 2019; Rootwork\, winner of the 2016 Southwest Book Design Award in Poetry; Vocabulary of Silence\, a 2011 New Mexico Book Award winner that was translated into Arabic\, Spanish and Persian; and A Bell Buried Deep\, a Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize winner. She teaches poetry for Hugo House\, Gemini Ink\, and SOMOS. She reviews poetry books for Tupelo Press and works as a manuscript editor. She lives in Taos\, New Mexico\, with her husband\, David Pérez.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/delving-into-latin-america/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240604T203000
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SUMMARY:No More Excuses: Submission Bootcamp with Lyzette Wanzer
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, June 4\, 11\, 18\, 25  & July 2\, 9\, 2024 from 6:30-8:30pm cst via Zoom\nInstructor: Lyzette Wanzer\nNonmember: $155; Member: $135; Student/Educator/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \nClass Full\nAre you on the verge of submitting your writing for publication\, but are you too nervous or afraid to follow through? Have you submitted your work\, just for it to end up in the rejection pile? Or does submitting your work keep falling to the bottom of your to-do list? \nIn this workshop\, you’ll learn how to plan a submission strategy\, research publishing markets\, and identify the publications most aligned with your work. We will also review proper submission etiquette and protocols plus suggestions for avoiding pitfalls that mark you as an amateur before editors even read your submission. \nStudents will be strongly encouraged to actively submit short stories\, articles\, poems\, essays\, novel excerpts\, and/or creative nonfiction pieces for publication while enrolled in the workshop. \nThis course is for writers of all levels—from those who are ready to learn about the submission process to those who are in the submission trenches. \nStudents will leave this class with:  \n\nAn understanding of how the submission and publication process works\nBest practices for organizing and tracking submissions\nStrategies for getting your work accepted\n\nRead Lyzette’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n\nLyzette Wanzer is a San Francisco writer\, editor\, and writing workshop instructor. She received her MFA in Fiction from Mills College. A flash fiction connoisseur and essay aficionado\, her work has appeared in Natural Bridge\, The Los Angeles Review\, Callaloo\, Tampa Review\, The MacGuffin\, Ampersand Review\, Journal of Advanced Development\, Fourteen Hills\, Journal of Experimental Fiction\, Pleiades\, Flashquake\, Glossalia Flash Fiction\, Potomac Review\, International Journal on Literature and Theory\, Fringe Magazine\, and many others. She is a contributor to Lyric Essay as Resistance: Truth From the Margins (Wayne State University Press 2022)\, The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays (Wyatt-MacKenzie 2012)\, Civil Liberties United: Diverse Voices from the San Francisco Bay Area (Pease Press 2019)\, and 642 Tiny Things to Write About (Chronicle Books 2015). Her articles have appeared in Essay Daily\, The Naked Truth\, and the San Francisco University High School Journal. Lyzette is the current judge of the Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition’s Intercultural Essay category and of the Women’s National Book Association’s Effie Lee Morris Writing Contest’s nonfiction category. \nLyzette has been invited to present her work and/or panels at conferences across the country\, including the American and Popular Culture Association\, Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)\, College English Association (CEA)\, Louisville Conference on Literature & Culture Since 1900\, Litquake Festival\, San Francisco Writers Conference\, and others.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/submission-bootcamp/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240527T203000
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SUMMARY:Open Writer's Labs
DESCRIPTION:These peer-driven workshops\, held the last Monday of each month\, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry\, flash fiction\, and short creative non-fiction.\n \n  \n\n\nOnline Via Zoom\nFor the online workshop\, sign up the day before the class to ensure you receive the Zoom link. \nThis workshop is facilitated by Kevin Ramos. Originally from the northeast\, Kevin studied theater arts at Rutgers University and The University of Washington. He’s lived all over the country before making his home in San Antonio\, Texas. Kevin has written several novels and short stories. Most recently\, publishing a short memoir called Enough about addiction\, mothers\, and missing graves. And a novel\, Hayley’s Sense of Fire (DLG Publishing Partners)\, a modern re-telling of the classic fairy tale\, The Little Matchgirl. \n\nIn-Person at Gemini Ink\n \nJoin our in-person Open Writer’s Lab with Robert Allen at Gemini Ink’s office\, 1111 Navarro St.\, San Antonio\, TX 78205. \nRobert Allen has worked as a librarian and an electrical contractor for most of his life. Many moons ago\, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin\, where he studied poetry under David Wevill. Allen has been active in local writer’s groups and open mics\, including the Sun Poets Society. He’s been published in The Ocotillo Review\, the Texas Poetry Calendar\, Voices de la Luna\, di-verse-city\, the San Antonio Express-News\, and Poetry on the Move. In 2006\, he started attending Gemini Ink’s free Monday night writing classes and has attended regularly ever since. With more than a decade of attending writers’ groups\, classes\, and open mics\, he now co-facilitates Gemini Ink’s Open Writer’s Lab. \nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/open-writers-lab-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25/2024-05-27/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240511T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240511T120000
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SUMMARY:Wellness for Writers with Jen Knox
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 11 & 18\, 10am-12pm; via Zoom\nInstructor: Jen Knox\nNonmember: $145; Member: $125; Student/Educator/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE.\nClass cancelled (will be rescheduled)\nBetween writer’s block\, rejection letters\, and tough critiques\, the writing process can be an emotionally taxing experience. It’s easy for a writer to get discouraged. Many even abandon their practice completely. How do we support ourselves so we keep our creative engines burning\, tell the truth without injuring ourselves\, and manage the ups and downs of the writing life? \nIn this two-session workshop\, we will combine writing and wellness practices to help writers develop a more mindful approach to their work. We’ll use meditation to tap creativity\, explore the connection between self-compassion and craft\, and look at how to mine raw personal material in a safe but effective way. By the end of this workshop\, we’ll put these techniques into practice in order to write with momentum and heart\, then revise with craft and focus. \nThis course is open to writers of all genres\, backgrounds\, and skill level\, 18+ who write on a regular basis.  \nWhat you can expect in this workshop:  \n\nA nurturing and fun space to explore your deepest stories.\nWellness techniques for managing the ups and downs of the writing life and writing through and about difficult times.\nPractice using these tools to generate authentic raw material to create a piece of work after the workshop.\nPiece of authentic work.\n\n\nJen Knox teaches at Ohio State University and is the founder of Unleash Creatives. She combines her love of creativity with personal development and leadership in workshops she hosts around the world. Jen’s debut novel\, We Arrive Uninvited\, won the Steel Toe Books Award\, and her collection\, The Glass City\, won the Press Americana Prize. Jen’s short writing appears in over a hundred journals and magazines\, including McSweeney’s Internet Quarterly and The Saturday Evening Post. 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/wellness-for-writers-with-jen-knox/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240510T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240510T200000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
CREATED:20240422T175153Z
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SUMMARY:From Madness to Heaven: An Evening with Gemini Wahhaj and Chaitali Sen\, followed by a Community Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Gemini Wahhaj and Chaitali Sen\nJoin Gemini Ink on Friday\, May 10th\, for a night of prose and literary celebration as we partner with our friends at Poetic Republic Cafe to create an inviting space for the writing community to share words\, wine\, and wisdom\, with a little latte or espresso on the side. \nLet’s honor Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month with the compelling fiction of Gemini Wahhaj and Chaitali Sen\, who capture the human experience through the lens of immigration and political unrest and do so with power and elegance. Following the featured reading\, we will host a community open mic. Bring your poems\, stories\, and thoughts to share (there will be a 3-minute limit for each reader). Open mic sign-up in person\, starting at 6pm. \n\nGemini Wahhaj is the author of the novel The Children of this Madness (7.13 Books\, Fall 2023) and the short-story collection Katy Family (Jackleg Press\, Spring 2025). \nChaitali Sen is the author of the novel The Pathless Sky (Europa Editions 2015) and the story collection A New Race of Men from Heaven (Sarabande Books 2023)\, chosen by Danielle Evans as the winner of the 2021 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. Her stories and essays have been published by American Short Fiction\, Boulevard\, Catapult\, Colorado Review\, Ecotone\, Electric Literature\, LitHub\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, New England Review\, Shenandoah\, and many other publications. Born in India and raised in New York and Pennsylvania\, she currently lives in Austin\, Texas.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/from-madness-to-heaven/
LOCATION:Poetic Republic Coffee Co.\, 2330 S. Presa St\, San Antonio\, Texas\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240504T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240504T160000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
CREATED:20231207T191319Z
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SUMMARY:First Page Fiction Bootcamp with Chaitali Sen
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 4\, 10am-4pm CST (with 30-minute lunch); Hybrid (students can take this class online or in-person at Gemini Ink)\nInstructor: Chaitali Sen\nNonmember: $140; Member: $120; Student/Educator/Mil $75 \nClass Canceled. \nA formidable first page of fiction grabs the reader\, sets the tone for what’s to come\, and captures the essence of the entire work. But how do we create an opening that keeps the reader turning the page? \nIn this one-day workshop\, we will study and discuss various examples of compelling first pages to see what works; we will review craft elements such as character\, setting\, point-of-view\, and narrative voice; and we will write and examine our own first pages in a safe\, supportive environment.  \nThis course is open to fiction writers of all skill levels\, 18+. \nStudents will leave this class with: \n\nAn understanding of what makes for a strong first page\nTechniques for writing strong openings\nA strong first page of fiction\n\n\nChaitali Sen is the author of the novel The Pathless Sky (Europa Editions 2015) and the story collection A New Race of Men from Heaven (Sarabande Books 2023)\, chosen by Danielle Evans as the winner of the 2021 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. Her stories and essays have been published by American Short Fiction\, Boulevard\, Catapult\, Colorado Review\, Ecotone\, Electric Literature\, LitHub\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, New England Review\, Shenandoah\, and many other publications. Born in India and raised in New York and Pennsylvania\, she currently lives in Austin\, Texas. \n\nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/first-page-fiction-bootcamp/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240420T143000
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SUMMARY:From Description to Discovery: Personal Essays on Art with Jehanne Dubrow
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 20\, 10am-2:30pm CST (with 30 min lunch)\, via Zoom\nInstructor: Jehanne Dubrow\nNonmember: $140; Member: $120; Student/Educator/Mil $75 \nClass Cancelled.\nEkphrasis teaches us that in standing back to study a work of fine art\, we can find a way to step back and examine ourselves as if we are the art. For many writers\, ekphrasis is a literary device that provides a visual springboard for unlocking stories you didn’t even know were inside of you. \nIn this one-day course\, participants will read examples of ekphrastic writing from across genres and go through the process of creating an ekphrastic essay. They’ll learn how to write about art using the five senses and concrete\, specific details and how to research the history of an art piece. Participants will then weave their description\, research\, and a personal experience together to generate an ekphrastic personal essay. \nStudents should come to class with an image of a piece of art that has personal meaning to them. This course is open to writers of all genres and skill level\, 18+.  \nStudents will leave this class with: \n\nA first draft of an essay that engages with a work of art\nAn understanding of how ekphrasis can be used to break through writer’s block\nConcrete strategies for blending research with personal stories\n\n\nJehanne Dubrow is the author of nine poetry collections and three books of creative nonfiction\, including most recently Exhibitions: Essays on Art & Atrocity (University of New Mexico Press\, 2023)\, and Taste: A Book of Small Bites (Columbia University Press\, 2022). Her next book of poems\, Civilians\, will be published by Louisiana State University Press in 2025. Her writing has appeared in New England Review\, POETRY\,  and The Southern Review\, among others. She is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of North Texas.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/from-description-to-discovery/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240330T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240330T120000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
CREATED:20231129T201057Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flurry with Typewriter Rodeo!
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 30\, 2024 10am-12pm CST\, in person at Gemini Ink\nNonmember: $115; Member: $100; Student/Educator/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE\n  \nCLASS FULL. To have your name added to the waitlist\, email joshua@geminiink.org. \nGet your creative juices flowing for National Poetry Month 2024 with Typewriter Rodeo!\nWhether you’re a poet or not\, this workshop has something for everyone\, including a room full of typewriters to play with. Clacking away on those keys with no way to correct your mistakes is freeing and just darn fun! \nIn this one-day\, fast-paced workshop\, you’ll write between 12 to 21 short poems in less than 2 hours. Yes\, really! And\, along the way\, discover a bit more about the creative voice that’s been waiting inside you\, patiently\, to peek out. Participants will respond to a wide range of highly creative prompts and generate new poetry. The techniques we’ll learn apply to crafting poetry\, stories\, and even non-fiction (you need a voice for that\, too). \nThis course is open to writers of all genres and skill levels\, 16+. \nStudents will leave this class with the following: \n\n12-21 new poems\n3 techniques to spark your writing at any point (hey there\, writer’s block)\ntypewriter experience (oh yeah)\n\n \n\nSean Petrie & Rebecca Bendheim are part of the nationally renowned Typewriter Rodeo\, where they’ve written thousands of poems for strangers on the spot\, and do weekly radio poems for NPR. Both have MFAs in Writing for Children from Vermont College of Fine Arts\, are writing teachers (Sean at UT\, Rebecca at Trinity Episcopal School)\, and authors. Sean’s books include Typewriter Rodeo\, the award-winning Pet Poems (also not just pets)\, and the Jett Ryder series for kids. Rebecca is represented by Patricia Nelson and has multiple books in the works. \n\nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/poetry-flurry-with-typewriter-rodeo/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240318T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240318T203000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
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SUMMARY:Fiction Never Lies: Turning Personal Experience into Emotional Truth with Nan Cuba
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, March 18\, 25 & April 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, 2024\, 6:30-8:30pm CST\, Hybrid (available in-person and online via Zoom)\nInstructor: Nan Cuba\nNonmember: $155; Member: $135; Student/Educator/Military $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n  \nCLASS FULL. To have your name added to the waitlist\, email joshua@geminiink.org. \nPeople we’ve known\, moments we’ve witnessed\, conversations we’ve overheard\, places we’ve been\, something we’ve read: these influence aspects of our fiction. Sometimes an experience is so profound\, we decide to use that memory as inspiration for a story. But how do writers free themselves from the restrictions of facts in order to create a story with emotional truth? This six-week class will introduce techniques for identifying real events\, people\, or places that can be adapted into fiction. Examples will be shared\, participants will be guided through a sample exercise\, and each person’s story will receive feedback from the instructor and fellow classmates. Workshop discussions will honor individual styles\, voices\, intended audiences\, and perceived intents. \nThis course is open to writers of all genres and skill level\, 18+.  \nBy the end of the class students will:  \n\nHave strategies for successfully adapting personal experience into fiction.\nLearn and practice skills for giving sensitive critical feedback on manuscripts.\nHave a completed story draft with ideas for revision.\n\nThe Writer’s Desk with Nan Cuba \n \n\nNan Cuba is the author of Body and Bread\, winner of the PEN Southwest Award in Fiction and the Texas Institute of Letters Steven Turner Award; it was listed as one of “Ten Titles to Pick Up Now” in O\, Oprah’s Magazine and was a “Summer Books” choice from Huffington Post. Other work has appeared in Antioch Review\, Harvard Review\, Columbia\, Quarterly West\, and Chicago Tribune’s Printer’s Row. As an investigator of the causes of extraordinary violence\, she is a featured journalist in the Netflix documentary\, The Confession Killer\, and another by Hulu\, Wild Crimes: Murder in Yosemite. Cuba is included in Texas Monthly’s “Ten to Watch (and Read)” and has received a Dobie Paisano Fellowship and an artist residency at Fundación Valparaiso in Spain. She is co-founder and executive director emeritus of Gemini Ink\, a nonprofit writing arts center\, and was Writer in Residence at Our Lady of the Lake University. \n\nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/fiction-never-lies-with-nan-cuba/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240302T120000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
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SUMMARY:Loss\, Memory\, and Mortality: A Mixed Genre Workshop with 2023 Texas Poet Laureate ire’ne lara silva
DESCRIPTION:Saturdays\, March 2\, 9\, 16\, & 23\, 2024\, 10am-12pm CST\, in-person at Gemini Ink\nInstructor: ire’ne lara silva\nNonmember: $150; Member: $125; Student/Educator/Military $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n  \nCLASS FULL. To have your name added to the waitlist\, email joshua@geminiink.org. \nOur lives are marked by losses small and great. Dreams that don’t materialize; relationships that fail; bodies that age and get sick; friends\, spouses\, parents\, children\, and other loved ones that die. In these turbulent times\, the world seems filled with tragedy and death. Few have the tools to handle these losses as individuals\, much less as artists\, yet many of us are expected to ‘move on’ from our grief without having the space to process what happened. \nIn this four-week workshop\, we will read and discuss grief-focused poetry\, fiction\, and nonfiction written by ire’ne lara silva. We will explore strategies for writing about loss\, memory\, and mortality and apply them when responding to on-theme writing prompts. This workshop will create an open and empathetic space to discuss loss in our lives\, so we can move forward with acceptance. \nThis course is open to writers of all genres\, backgrounds\, and skill level\, 18+.  \nBy the end of the class students will:  \n\nstudy grief-focused poetry\, fiction\, and nonfiction written by ire’ne lara silva\nexplore strategies for writing about loss\, memory\, and mortality\nrespond to 3-4 writing prompts per class regarding our workshop themes\n\n\nire’ne lara silva\, the 2023 Texas State Poet Laureate\, is the author of four poetry collections\, furia\, Blood Sugar Canto\, CUICACALLI/House of Song\, and FirstPoems\, two chapbooks\, Enduring Azucares and Hibiscus Tacos\, and a short story collection\, flesh to bone\, which won the Premio Aztlán.ire’ne is the recipient of a 2021 Tasajillo Writers Grant\, a 2017 NALAC Fund for the Arts Grant\, the final Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award\, and was the Fiction Finalist for AROHO’s 2013 Gift of Freedom Award. Most recently\, ire’ne was awarded the 2021 Texas Institute of Letters Shrake Award for Best Short Nonfiction. ire’ne is currently a Writer at Large for Texas Highways Magazine and is working on a second collection of short stories titled\, the light of your body. A new poetry collection\, the eaters of flowers\, is forthcoming from Saddle Road Press in January 2024. \n  \n\nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/loss-memory-and-mortality/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240222T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240222T203000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
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SUMMARY:Rev Up Your Writing in the New Year:  Gemini Ink’s Spring Open House  
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to introduce our dynamic roster of teaching artists who can help you take your writing to the next level. \nCome connect with talented writers from San Antonio and beyond as they share new work and discuss the classes they’ll be teaching. We will hear from award-winning fiction writer and founder of Gemini Ink Nan Cuba\, poet and Zoeglossia Fellow Jonathan Fletcher\, and other instructors. We’ll also get a sneak peek at Typewriter Rodeo and their on-the-spot-generated poetry!   \nThe presentation will be followed by time to mix and mingle with fellow literature lovers and to enjoy light refreshments. Our evening will culminate with a community open mic. Bring your latest work and arrive early to grab a spot. The list is capped at 6 readers.  \nIt all happens at Gemini Ink’s downtown writing arts center at 1111 Navarro Street. Don’t leave without our spring calendar of classes and events! \n\nSean Petrie & Rebecca Bendheim are part of the nationally-renowned Typewriter Rodeo\, where they’ve written thousands of poems for strangers on the spot\, and do weekly radio poems for NPR. Both have MFAs in Writing for Children from Vermont College of Fine Arts\, are writing teachers (Sean at UT\, Rebecca at Trinity Episcopal School)\, and authors. Sean’s books include Typewriter Rodeo\, the award-winning Pet Poems (also not just pets)\, and the Jett Ryder series for kids. Rebecca is represented by Patricia Nelson and has multiple books in the works. Join Sean and Rebecca for Poetry Flurry with Typewriter Rodeo! on March 30th\, and get ready for National Poetry Month in April. \nNan Cuba is the author of Body and Bread\, winner of the PEN Southwest Award in Fiction and the Texas Institute of Letters Steven Turner Award; it was listed as one of “Ten Titles to Pick Up Now” in O\, Oprah’s Magazine and was a “Summer Books” choice from Huffington Post. As an investigator of the causes of extraordinary violence\, she is a featured journalist in the Netflix documentary\, The Confession Killer\, and another by Hulu\, Wild Crimes: Murder in Yosemite. She is founder and executive director emeritus of Gemini Ink\, a nonprofit writing arts center. Nan is teaching a 6-week class in fiction beginning on March 18: Fiction Never Lies: Turning Personal Experience into Emotional Truth. \nOriginally from San Antonio\, Texas\, Jonathan Fletcher holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Columbia University School of the Arts.  He has been published in The Adroit Journal\, Arts Alive San Antonio\, FlowerSong Press\, riverSedge\, and The Thing Itself. He has served as a Columbia Artist/Teacher for iHOPE\, a specialized school for students with traumatic brain injury\, as well as a poetry editor for Exchange\, Columbia’s literary magazine for incarcerated writers and artists. Currently\, he serves as a Zoeglossia Fellow. Jonathan is teaching a Poetry for Beginners in April; a 4-session workshop for newbie poets who are ready to learn more about the genre.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/spring-open-house/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240212T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240212T203000
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SUMMARY:Unexplored Greats: A Study of Lesser Known African American Authors with Arrie Porter
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, February 12 & 19\, 2024\, 6:30-8:30pm CST\, Hybrid (in-person at Gemini Ink and online via Zoom)\nInstructor: Arrie Porter\nNonmember: $135; Member: $115; Student/Educator/Military $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n  \n  \n \n  \nTupac Shakur\, Toni Morrison\, Nicki Giovanni\, Richard Wright\, and Maya Angelou. These gifted authors are all household names who have put African American literature on the map. However\, so many Black writers outside of pop culture have contributed to the lexicon of settings\, spaces\, imagery\, and poetics found in Black literature. Such authors include Henry Dumas\, Rita Dove\, Lucille Clifton\, Christopher Gilbert\, Yusef Komunyakaa\, and others. Delving into their work is vital to gaining an expansive view of literature and our shared history as Americans.  \nIn this two-session workshop\, participants will study the works of non-mainstream African American authors who have made valuable literary contributions. Participants will explore the narrative and lyrical license\, devices\, and history of these authors\, while learning to craft our own dynamic works in poetry and fiction. Join us and get acquainted with these Black authors! \nThis course is open to writers of all genres and skill level\, 18+.  \nStudents will leave this class with: \n\nA greater appreciation for lesser-known African American authors\nAn understanding of these writers’ craft techniques\nA listing of anthologies where undiscovered writers may be found\nSeveral beginnings to new creative work \n\nRead Arrie’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n\nArrie Porter is a poet and fiction writer with publications in The Windward Review\, Voices de la Luna\, RiverSedge\, The Thing Itself\, and other noteworthy periodicals. She has reviewed books of fiction for Angelo State University and serves as a Gemini Ink Teaching Artist. She is the former host of the Coffee Loft Open Mic in Atlanta Georgia\, and performs at various open mics. She is the creator of “Voices\,” a DreamWeek San Antonio event\, and creator and publisher of Nubian Notes\, a magazine now maintained as a special collection at the John Peace Library\, Institute of Texas Cultures. Her interviews and articles have appeared in the San Antonio Report and the San Antonio Express-News. Arrie has developed commentaries for Texas Public Radio\, including “The George Floyd Protests in the Pandemic” and “Juneteenth–It’s Complicated.” She oversees the Poetry Ministry at Agape Christian Church and holds a MA/MFA degree in Literature\, Creative Writing\, and Social Justice. Arrie is a Professor of English at Our Lady of the Lake University. \n  \n\nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/unexplored-greats-with-arrie-porter/
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240203T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240203T120000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
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SUMMARY:The Art of Zine Making with Caesar Morales
DESCRIPTION:Saturdays\, February 3 & 10\, 2024\, 10am-12pm CST\, in-person at Gemini Ink\nInstructor: Caesar Morales\nNonmember: $100;  Member: $85; Student $75.\n \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n  \nWant to get your work out there but don’t want to wait for traditional publication? A zine is a quick\, easy way to distribute your writing in a format that’s one of a kind and easily digestible. These small independent publications are usually handmade and combine a collection of photos\, text\, illustrations\, poems\, etc.\, around a common theme. Because there is no definitive structure or layout for a zine\, this allows for highly creative book-making that can turn the publication itself into a work of art.  \nIn this two-session workshop\, we will use short writing prompts to generate new work around specific themes\, add visual elements through photos and drawings\, receive feedback\, and complete a mini-zine. We will also learn how best to distribute hard copy or digital zines. \nBasic supplies\, including construction paper\, writing utensils\, scissors\, glue\, and collage materials will be provided. Students are encouraged to bring in their own clip art\, magazines\, or photos that fit on 5.5” x  8.5” paper.  \nThis course is open to writers of all genres and skill level\, 18+.  \nStudents will leave with the following:  \n\n\n\nNew creative writing pieces\nOne handmade mini-zine\nInstructions on how to make more zines independently\nIdeas on how to distribute zines\n\n\n\nLearn more about Caesar at his Writer’s Desk Q&A.\nCaesar Morales has an MA in Playwriting and Screenwriting from City University of London in the UK. Prior to that\, he obtained a BSc from the University of Greenwich\, also in the UK. His photo essays have been published in Private Photo Review\, and he will have an original short story published in the upcoming anthology\, The 42 Anthology\, featuring 42 stories from 42 different writers\, each writing in 42 different genres/categories. Caesar’s story “The Outlaw Gerald Dorris” will be published in the Western category. He’s also taught podcast production\, photography\, filmmaking\, zine publishing and screenwriting at Wac Arts College in London\, UK and at the Institute for the Urban Arts in New York City. He’s also had two feature-length screenplays workshopped at the London Screenwriter’s Festival. \n\n\nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/the-art-of-zine-making-with-caesar-morales/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240117T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20240117T203000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
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SUMMARY:So\, You Want to Write Romance with Laura Castoro
DESCRIPTION:Wed\, January 17\, 24\, 31 & February 7\, 6:30-8:30pm CST\, Hybrid (in-person at Gemini Ink and online via Zoom)\nInstructor: Laura Castro\nNonmember: $155; Member: $130; Student/Educator/Military: $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE\nClass Full\nCompelling lovers\, an emotionally driven plot\, and steamy sex scenes–these are the ingredients of every great romance story. If you’ve always wanted to write a romance but didn’t know how\, now is your chance! Bring your story idea to life with award-winning romance author Laura Castoro (aka Laura Parker).  \nIn this 4-session\, generative workshop\, we will guide writers through the creation of an emotionally resonant plot with a unique slant and irresistible characters for a fascinating and unforgettable romance. Yes\, there will be sex scenes! Writers will build on a story concept by constructing a synopsis and a first chapter while also learning about potential problems that can derail the creative process. By the end of the workshop\, each writer will have the good bones of a riveting romance. \nThis course is open to fiction writers 18+ who want to write or finish a romance manuscript. \nBy the end of the class\, students will have:  \n\nA story synopsis with characters and plot\nThe story structure and a good starting place\nIdeas on how to keep the creative process going\n\nRead Laura’s Writer’s Desk Interview!\n\nLaura Castoro\, a USA Today\, Amazon top 100\, and Apple Books bestseller\, has published 47 novels with major publishing houses such as Dell Books\, Berkley\, Avon\, Warner\, MIRA\, Harlequin\, Kensington\, Pocketbooks\, St\, Harper Collins\, Martins Press\, and William Morrow. She has also contributed to several fiction anthologies and has published non-fiction YA and short fiction in Good Housekeeping. Under the name Laura Parker\, she writes historical and contemporary romance\, westerns\, and sagas. As Laura Castoro\, she writes contemporary African American and contemporary women’s fiction. Writing as D. D. Ayres\, she publishes a romantic suspense series called the K-9 Rescue Series. Her current release as Laura Castoro is Love On The Line (2021) through William Morrow. Laura has won multiple national writing awards. In 2005\, she was inducted into the Arkansas Writers’ Hall of Fame. She is a past president of Novelists\, Inc. (2013)\, an international professional fiction writers’ organization. She is a past president and board member of the Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow\, a writer residency program in the AR Ozarks. She speaks at numerous conferences and workshops in the U.S. and abroad. Laura currently lives in San Antonio\, TX. Visit Laura at www.ddayres.com. \n\nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/so-you-want-to-write-romance/
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20231218T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20231218T203000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
CREATED:20191105T141203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T145410Z
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SUMMARY:Open Writer's Labs
DESCRIPTION:These peer-driven workshops\, held the last Monday of each month\, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry\, flash fiction\, and short creative non-fiction.\n \n  \n\n\nOnline Via Zoom\nFor the online workshop\, sign up the day before the class to ensure you receive the Zoom link. \nThis workshop is facilitated by Kevin Ramos. Originally from the northeast\, Kevin studied theater arts at Rutgers University and The University of Washington. He’s lived all over the country before making his home in San Antonio\, Texas. Kevin has written several novels and short stories. Most recently\, publishing a short memoir called Enough about addiction\, mothers\, and missing graves. And a novel\, Hayley’s Sense of Fire (DLG Publishing Partners)\, a modern re-telling of the classic fairy tale\, The Little Matchgirl. \n\nIn-Person at Gemini Ink\n \nJoin our in-person Open Writer’s Lab with Robert Allen at Gemini Ink’s office\, 1111 Navarro St.\, San Antonio\, TX 78205. \nRobert Allen has worked as a librarian and an electrical contractor for most of his life. Many moons ago\, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin\, where he studied poetry under David Wevill. Allen has been active in local writer’s groups and open mics\, including the Sun Poets Society. He’s been published in The Ocotillo Review\, the Texas Poetry Calendar\, Voices de la Luna\, di-verse-city\, the San Antonio Express-News\, and Poetry on the Move. In 2006\, he started attending Gemini Ink’s free Monday night writing classes and has attended regularly ever since. With more than a decade of attending writers’ groups\, classes\, and open mics\, he now co-facilitates Gemini Ink’s Open Writer’s Lab. \nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/open-writers-lab-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25/2023-12-18/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20231216T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20231216T130000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
CREATED:20230816T211102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231208T203220Z
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SUMMARY:Exploring Your Cultural Inheritance through Poetry with Ebony Stewart
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 16\, 10am-1pm CST\, via Zoom\nInstructor: Ebony Stewart\nNonmember: $100; Member: $85; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n  \nWhen we think of cultural inheritance\, we often think of language\, music\, food\, holidays\, and maybe even sports. But what about the way a culture approaches central concepts like race\, religion\, patriotism\, literacy\, and integrity?  \nIn this workshop\, we will explore the idea of our own unique heritage as a museum of poetic artifacts\, reflect on spoken word pieces\, and generate writing. In the discussion portion\, we will explore the concrete and intangible elements of culture\, any logical or illogical fears these may evoke\, and the impact of that. We will study how “Hairitage\,” “Fear\,” and Nina Simone’s “Four Women” depict culture and use literary devices to create memorable pieces. We will use all of our explorations of culture and fear to create new poems that use some of the literary techniques covered.  \nParticipants can expect a safe workshop space where they can take risks\, be vulnerable\, and give and receive feedback for future revisions. \nThis course is open to writers of all skill levels\, 18+.  \nStudents will leave this workshop with: \n\nA deeper understanding of your own culture\nKnowledge of literary devices\nOne complete poem that captures your cultural inheritance\n\n\n \nEbony Stewart is a poet\, writer\, and performance artist. Her work speaks to the Black experience\, with emphasis on gender\, sexuality\, womanhood\, queer-positivity\, and race\, with the hopes to remove shame\, heal minds\, encourage dialogue\, and inspire folks in marginalized communities. Ebony is a respected coach & mentor\, one of the top touring poets in the country\, and the 2017 Woman of the World Poetry Slam Champion. She has performed in 48 states\, at over 200 colleges and universities across the country\, as well as featured internationally in Canada\, Australia\, and Ghana. She is the author of BloodFresh\, Home.Girl.Hood.\, and Love Letters to Balled Fists. Her work has been featured in Button Poetry\, AfroPunk\, For Harriet\,  Teen Vogue\, The Texas Observer\, plus countless others. \nLearn more about Ebony at her Writer’s Desk Q&A.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/exploring-your-cultural-inheritance-through-poetry/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20231202T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20231202T143000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
CREATED:20230816T210348Z
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SUMMARY:Creating Scenes that Move the Story with Desiree Kannel
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, Dec 2\, 10am-2:30pm CST (with 30-minute lunch)\, Hybrid (via Zoom and in-person at Gemini Ink)\nInstructor: Desiree Kannel\nNonmember: $105; Member: $90; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n  \nGreat novels and short stories use scenes to gain momentum\, escalate conflict\, and reveal character. But how do writers decide which scenes push the action forward and which ones stagnate the story with unnecessary details? \nIn this 4-hour workshop\, writers will analyze scenes from their own work and learn how to decide what to cut and what to revise. We will discuss scene structure\, effective transitions\, and how to let character motivation drive the plot instead of the author’s agenda. Writers will leave with a better sense of what may be missing from their work in progress and tips on how to move forward. \nThis workshop will include exercises on dialogue and setting. Each student will be asked to bring a scene from their own work to be revised in class. \nThis course is open to fiction writers of all skill levels\, 18+. Writers who have written the first draft are encouraged to attend. \nYou will leave this workshop with: \n\nA new approach to scene writing with purpose and movement\nIdeas of what details can be cut and what to keep for revision\nKnowledge of how to transition in and out of a scene\nAn edited piece of previously written work\n\nRead Desiree’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n\nDesiree Kannel is a writer and teacher from Southern California. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University\, Los Angeles\, and a post-grad certificate in Rhetoric & Composition from California State University Dominguez Hills. Desiree’s fiction has appeared in the Running Wild Anthology of Short Stories (2019)\, Fourth & Sycamore\, and others. Her novel\, Lucky John (2020)\, was a finalist in the African American Fiction category in the 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Her second novel\, The Delany Bennets\, was published in October 2023. Desiree leads creative writing workshops online and locally and is a Gemini Ink teaching artist.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/creating-scenes-that-move-the-story/
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20231109T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20231109T210000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
CREATED:20230816T204018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231024T183925Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Playwriting with Mikaela Simon
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, Nov 9 & 16\, 6-9pm CST\, via Zoom\nInstructor: Mikaela Simon\nNonmember: $140; Member: $120; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n  \nExcellent theatre has a way of getting a great story up on its feet. But how do you tell a story on the page so that it comes to life on the stage?  \nJoin New Jersey-based playwright Mikaela Simon in this two-session course which will cover the fundamentals of writing a play.  \nWorkshop participants will learn how playwriting differs from other genres\, what “show don’t tell” means when writing for the stage\, and how to use it to create dynamic storytelling on stage. This course will cover structure\, format\, dialogue\, monologues\, characters\, dramatic action\, and theatricality. Participants will explore these elements and use them to create their own short plays and/or scenes.   \nThis course is open to writers of all genres and skill level\, 18+.  \nStudents will leave this course with: \n\nKnowledge of how to structure and format a play\nAn understanding of playwriting elements and how to use them\nThe ability to apply the concepts to long-form works\, such as one acts\, full-lengths\, etc.\nThe first draft of a 10-minute play or the first few scenes of a larger work\n\nRead Mikaela’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n\nMikaela Simon (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Jersey City\, NJ. She graduated in 2019 from Drew University with a BA in Theatre Arts. While in college\, Mikaela’s work was performed a number of times in the Plays in Process series\, and she was also a recipient of the Robert Fisher Oxnam Award for Playwriting in 2018\, resulting in a staged reading produced by the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Since graduating\, she has taken on the role of teaching artist for the theatre program at Yavneh Academy in Paramus\, NJ. Mikaela is also a multimedia visual artist\, and is very involved in the Jersey City arts community with her small business (@doodlealldayy). Writing has always held a special place for her\, and she looks forward to getting the chance to share the beautiful craft of playwriting with people who have a story to tell.  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/introduction-to-playwriting-with-mikaela-simon/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop
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SUMMARY:Unban the Book with Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, October 24th\, 6:30-8pm\nHYBRID: in-person at Gemini Ink or online via Zoom\nFree and open to the public \nRegister to Join us for Unban the Book \nJoin Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson\, San Antonio Poet Laureate Emeritus\, as we recognize Banned Books Week (October 1 – 7\, 2023) by gathering and writing open letters to local and state lawmakers about the political attack on books and its impact on our community.  \nWe will come together in shared support of the freedom to seek and express ideas without fear of book bans. When lawmakers ban books\, such as Art Spiegelman’s Maus\, which tells a Holocaust survivor story\, or Toni Morrison’s Beloved\, which is about a former slave who survived abuse\, we lose access to pivotal stories that speak to our history\, bring to life the realities of marginalized communities\, and challenge us to think critically.  \nParticipants will be provided stationary\, stamped envelopes\, and writing guidance. We will then seal our letters and send them off. Light refreshments will be served. In-person seating is limited\, please register here:  \nRegister to Join us for Unban the Book \n\nAndrea Sanderson\, San Antonio\, TX. Poet Laureate 2020-2023\, performs as “Vocab” in her hometown of San Antonio\, Texas. “Watching her perform\, the word “hero” comes to mind. And not “hero” for the sake of just skill\, but for her work in her community: Sanderson teaches poetry workshops\, mentors\, builds up and encourages artists to pursue their art\, and gives them platforms to showcase their talent. \nSanderson’s interest in other people’s art and artistic development became a passion of hers\, and she started curating her own shows and creating platforms for other artists to hone their craft by hosting open mics.” (From The San Antonio Current\, Jan. 16\, 2018.) \nHer poetry is published in\, The Texas Observer\, January 2016 Issue\, Pariah Anthology SFA Press\, March 2016\, and Sycorax’s Daughters\, Cedar Grove Publishing\, January 2017\, Soundbite Vol. 3\, Anti-Languorous Project\, Spring 2019. Her debut book entitled: She Lives In Music\, published on Flower Song Press\, was released on Valentine’s Day 2020. Her album She Tastes Like Music\, is available on all music streaming platforms. \nShe received awards\, Performer of the Year\, Influencer of the Year\, from Project Forward\, and Dream Voice\, from the Dream Week Commission. Sanderson is the winner of the 2019 People’s Choice Award\, awarded by Luminaria Artist Foundation (formerly known as: Artist Foundation of San Antonio).In May of 2020 she was awarded Best Live Entertainment/Band Musician of the Year by the SEA Awards.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/unban-the-book-with-vocab/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20231020T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20231020T130000
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SUMMARY:Evoking Place Through Sensory Writing: An Open Genre Workshop with Award-winning Eco-Writer Camille T. Dungy
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 20\, 10am-1pm CST\, in-person at Gemini Ink\nInstructor: Camille T. Dungy\nNonmember: $135; Member: $115; Student: $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n\n \nPlace can be a tool for connection\, history\, freedom\, discovery\, and even tension. But how do we capture a setting with nuance so that a reader gains understanding and clarity of the world the story/poem lives in? \nIn this three-hour generative workshop\, participants will examine passages that use strong sensory details to bring the texture\, mood\, geographic and/or aesthetic quirks of a place to life. We will then practice various approaches for generating descriptive language and apply it to our own work.  \nDon’t miss this chance to spend a morning with one of the most intriguing literary voices of our time\, who is a ground-breaking author in the world of eco-writing! Walk away with several starts to new pieces of work evoking a sense of place in thought-provoking\, nuanced ways. \nThis course is open to writers of all genres and skill level\, 18+. Students are encouraged to bring their favorite writing materials. \nStudents will leave this class with: \n\nAn understanding of how setting can be used in creative writing\nApproaches to generating different kinds of sensory language\nThe ability to use sensory details to evoke place\nBeginnings of several new pieces of work\n\n\nCamille T. Dungy is the author of four collections of poetry\, most recently Trophic Cascade (Wesleyan UP\, 2017)\, winner of the Colorado Book Award. She is also the author of the essay collections Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden (Simon & Schuster\, 2023) and Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race\, Motherhood and History (W.W. Norton\, 2017)\, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Dungy has also edited anthologies including Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry and From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing\, Rhyme\, Resound\, Syncopate\, Alliterate\, and Just Plain Sound Great. A 2019 Guggenheim Fellow\, her honors include NEA Fellowships in poetry (2003) and prose (2018)\, an American Book Award\, two NAACP Image Award nominations\, and two Hurston/Wright Legacy Award nominations. Dungy’s poems have been published in Best American Poetry\, The 100 Best African American Poems\, the Pushcart Anthology\, Best American Travel Writing\, and over thirty other anthologies. She is University Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University. \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/evoking-place-with-camille-dungy/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20231006T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20231006T200000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
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SUMMARY:Breaking Through: A Conversation on Pathways to Publication for Latinx Writers
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public \nJoin Gemini Ink on Friday\, October 6th\, to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 with a timely and intimate literary discussion about current publishing trends and Latinx representation in books.\nThis event features Latinx authors and publishers and provides a space to discuss how to break barriers and create pathways toward publication in a literary landscape where Latinx writers account for only 7% of published authors. Our guests will talk about how they navigated the publishing industry and illuminate how Latinx writers can forge a path toward sharing their own stories.   \n\nModerator: \nNorma Elia Cantú recently served as the President of the American Folklore Society (2020-2022) and holds the Murchison Professorship of the Humanities at Trinity University. Her research and creative writing have earned her an international reputation. Her most recent publications include the co-edited anthologies: Teaching Gloria Anzaldúa: Pedagogies and Practices for our Classrooms and Communities and meXicana Fashions: Politics\, Self-Adornment\, and Identity Construction; the novel\, Cabañuelas\, and a poetry collection: Meditacion Fronteriza: Poems of Love\, Life\, and Labor. She has two forthcoming publications\, Fiestas in Laredo: Matachines\, Quinceañeras\, and George Washington’s Birthday Celebration &; The Folklorico Dance Tradition in US Latinx Communities. She is at work on a collection of poems tentatively titled Remedios. \nPanelists: \nCloud Delfina Cardona is a poet and visual artist from San Anto\, Tejas. Cardona is the author of What Remains\, winner of the 2020 Host Publications Chapbook Prize. She is the co-founder of Infrarrealista Review\, a literary nonprofit dedicated to publishing Texan writers. Cardona’s poems can be found in Prairie Schooner\, Los Angeles Review\, The Boiler\, Tinderbox\, and more. \nEddie Vega (the Taco-Poet of Texas) is a poet\, storyteller\, educator\, and Macondista. He is the author of Chicharra Chorus (FlowerSong Press\, 2019) and recipient of the literary arts grant from the Luminaria Artist Foundation (2021). Last summer\, he was named best local poet by the San Antonio Current and won two major head-to-head haiku contests. Most recently\, he’s published a collection of poems written by South Texans entitled\, Asina is How We Talk. Vega hosts The Mouth Dakota Poetry Project\, a biweekly open mic in San Antonio\, TX. \nKatie Gutierrez is the author of the national bestselling\, Edgar Award-nominated debut novel MORE THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW\, which was also a Good Morning America Book Club selection. She is a National Magazine Award finalist whose essays and features have appeared in TIME\, Texas Highways\, Harper’s Bazaar\, and more\, and acknowledged in Best American Magazine Writing and Best American Essays. She has an MFA from Texas State University and lives in San Antonio\, Texas\, with her husband and their two kids.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/pathways-to-publication-for-latinx-writers/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230921T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230921T203000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
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SUMMARY:In the Age of Social Media: A Literary Video Lab with Joyous Windrider Jimenez
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, Sep 21\, 28 & Oct 5\, 12\, 19\, 26\, 6:30-8:30pm CST\, in-person at Gemini Ink\nInstructor: Joyous Windrider Jimenez\nNonmember: $140; Member: $120; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n  \n  \nIn the age of TikTok\, Instagram reels\, and YouTube shorts\, how can you present your writing in a way that’s on trend and easily consumable? Would you like to use your digital platform to showcase your work in a new way and expand your audience?  \nIn this 6-week course\, we will use simple\, open-genre writing prompts to generate short poems and/or impactful prose. We will polish our short pieces and explore gathering images that will visually accentuate our words. We will then create short literary videos that include an audio recording of the work\, captions\, and either moving or still images. Our entire project will be built and edited using a FREE video editing app available for phones and laptops! \nThis course is open to writers of all genres and skill levels\, 18+. Students are welcome to bring in previously written work or images they want to transform. \nIn this course\, students will leave with: \n\nAt least one drafted 1-minute poetry/prose video.\nSeveral short written pieces that can be used for future videos.\nTools and knowledge to continue the Literary Video process independently.\nAn additional way to connect audiences to your writing that isn’t publication or a public reading.\n\nJoyous Windrider Jiménez is an improv & performance poet\, teatrista\, mixed-media visual artist and video creator who blends performance and visual elements. During the pandemic\, she directed and edited a video adaptation of an original operetta for the Jump-Start Performance Co’s INKubator series\, and had her time-lapse video poem Quarantine is a Dragon screened at the Roxie Theater’s 2020 virtual summer film festival\, Mixtape-In-Place. She also moved into video lessons for children in quarantine for the San Antonio Museum of Art\, Gemini Ink\, and SAISD. In 2022 and 2023 her video poetry was streamed for Urban 15’s annual global poetry streaming event\, MegaCorazon. \n\nParking at Gemini Ink \nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/in-the-age-of-social-media-a-literary-video-lab/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230921T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230921T200000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
CREATED:20230907T203642Z
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SUMMARY:Luminescence and Grit: An Evening with Gemini Ink Teaching Artists\, followed by a Community Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join Gemini Ink on Thursday\, September 21st\, for a night of poetry\, prose\, and performance as we celebrate the personal artistry of our Gemini Ink Partner Class teaching artists. Every day these instructors bring their passion for the writing arts to community spaces and inspire students of all ages. Tonight we hear their stories! \nOur featured writers will include theater artist and playwright Marisela Barrera\, accomplished poet and educator Jim LaVilla-Havelin\, award-winning fiction writer Desiree Kannel\, and local poet and member of the Wyrdd Writers collective Annie Snider. \nFollowing the featured reading\, we will host a community open mic. Bring your poems\, stories\, and thoughts to share (there will be a 3-minute limit for each reader). Open mic sign-up in person\, starting at 6pm.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/luminescence-and-grit-reading/
LOCATION:Poetic Republic Coffee Co.\, 2330 S. Presa St\, San Antonio\, Texas\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230912T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230912T203000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
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SUMMARY:Weaving Across Languages: A Poetry Workshop with Octavio Quintanilla
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, Sept 12\, 19 & 26\, 2023 6:30pm-8:30pm CST\, Hybrid (in-person at Gemini Ink and online via Zoom)\nInstructor: Octavio Quintanilla\nNonmember: $145; Member: $125; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n\n  \n\nSlang\, dialects\, common expressions\, codeswitching\, and every variation of language from across the world. Translanguage captures the rich variety of how people express themselves. It taps into culture\, family\, all the places we’ve lived\, and our own linguistic quirks. \nIn this three-session workshop\, participants will study the poetry of writers who use translanguaging to infuse their work with a unique voice. Participants will identify and explore all of the languages that are part of who they are\, and use prompts to write poems that weave in their linguistic identity. This workshop will also include techniques for effective revision and editing.  \nThis course is open to writers of all genres and skill levels\, 18+. This course does not require fluency in more than one language\, but multilingual students are highly encouraged to register. \nIn this course\, students will: \n\n\n\nExplore variations of language \nLearn techniques for applying translanguaging to your own work\nGenerate new poems and receive feedback for revision\n\n\n\n\nOctavio Quintanilla is the author of the poetry collection\, If I Go Missing\, the founder and director of the literature & arts festival\, VersoFrontera\, publisher of Alabrava Press\, and former Poet Laureate of San Antonio\, TX. His Frontextos (visual poems) have been published and exhibited widely. His new poetry collection\, The Book of Wounded Sparrows\, is forthcoming from Texas Review Press in fall 2024. He teaches Literature and Creative Writing at Our Lady of the Lake University. \n\nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/weaving-across-languages/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230905T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230905T203000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
CREATED:20230808T204211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230817T183624Z
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SUMMARY:Start and Run Your Own Publishing Business with Maria Maloney
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, Sept 5\, 12\, 19 & 26\, 6:30-8:30pm CST\, via Zoom\nInstructor: Maria Miranda Maloney\nNonmember: $125; Member: $105; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n\n\n\n  \nDo you want to leave your imprint on your literary community? \nDo you want to run your own press or independent publishing house\, but don’t know where to begin? Or are you currently in the publishing business but looking for ways to bolster your publication process\, marketing\, and distribution?  \nIn this course\, we will study various successful small-to-mid-size publishers and walk through the steps of starting or growing a small press. This process will include developing a mission statement\, exploring resources\, producing an operating budget\, creating a customer profile\, and discussing distribution options. We will use these elements to build a business plan that will help you execute your vision. \nThis course is for anyone who has dreamed of starting their own press or is curious to explore different ways to impact their literary communities. This class is also for established publishers looking for new business ideas.  \nCourse Learning Objectives \n\nAssess your interest and strengths to launch a publishing business. \nDevelop a mission serving a unique\, underserved\, or underdeveloped niche.\nUnderstand your customer and target market.\nIntegrate financial facets into your development plan.\nDraft a business plan. \n\n\n\nMaria Miranda Maloney is an entrepreneur\, writer\, editor\, and publisher. She founded Mouthfeel Press\, a small for-profit\, mission-driven publishing house\, in 2009 in El Paso\, Texas. Before launching her press\, Maria worked as a consultant and project manager in public relations\, sales\, and small business development sectors. She has over sixteen years of experience in publishing\, has coordinated publishing and writing workshops for the Wise Latina International organization\, and was the Ofstad Writing Scholar at Truman State University in 2019. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso and is finishing her M.A. in Publishing from George Washington University in Washington\, D.C. \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/start-and-run-your-own-publishing-business-with-maria-maloney/
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230710T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230710T203000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
CREATED:20230424T180041Z
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SUMMARY:The Poetry of Food with Eddie Vega 
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, July 10\, 17\, 24 & 31\, 2023\, 6:30-8:30pm CST\, in-person at Gemini Ink\nInstructor: Eddie Vega\nNonmember: $125; Member: $105; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n  \nFood is much more than sustenance–it’s family recipes\, friend-filled reunions\, and debates over who makes it best\, who made it right\, and why ketchup can’t be spread on tamales! Most importantly\, food is culture. This workshop will explore all of this and more as participants write about the dishes\, meals\, and snacks that have impacted their palate and their lives. \nIn 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.  \nStudents will leave this course with: \n\nSuggestions on how to capture the essence and meaning of food\nKnowledge of and experience with writing in different poetic forms \nUnderstanding of how personal history and culture influence how we perceive food\n\nRead Eddie’s Writer’s Desk here!\n\nEddie Vega is a poet\, spoken word artist\, storyteller\, and educator. His poetry has been displayed on VIA Buses and downtown San Antonio buildings. His first full-length collection of poetry\, Chicharra Chorus (FlowerSong Press) was published in 2019 and he is the 2021 recipient of the Literary Arts Grant from the Luminaria Artist Foundation. In 2022\, Vega won the Haiku Death Match at both the Southern Fried Poetry Slam and the NSFPS BlackBerry Peach Slam. His latest project is a collection of poems written by South Texas poets entitled\, Asina is How We Talk. Vega writes about food\, Tejano culture\, social justice\, and the intersections thereof. Known as the Taco-Poet of Texas\, he can be found nightly at an open-mic\, slam\, or taqueria anywhere throughout South Texas. \n\nParking at Gemini Ink \nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/poetry-of-food/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230706T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230706T203000
DTSTAMP:20260523T223625
CREATED:20230414T210517Z
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SUMMARY:TELLING A STORY OF YOUR LIFE: A Personal Essay Workshop with Kendra Allen
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, July 6\, 13\, 20\, 27 & Aug 3\, 10\, 6:30-8:30pm CST\, Hybrid: Via Zoom or in person.\nInstructor: Kendra Allen\nNonmember: $150; Member: $130; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \nClass Full\nTo add your name to the waiting list\, email joshua@geminiink.org. \n  \nIn the span of every life are countless moments\, stories\, and revelations. When writing a personal narrative\, how do writers select what will most speak their truth and resonate with readers?\n  \nIn this 6-week course\, we’ll focus on demystifying the personal narrative process by figuring out what’s a snapshot and what’s a story. Writing is hard\, and writing about yourself is sometimes even harder. Most times\, we typically assume we have to state our entire lives in one piece\, so even the thought of putting pen to page becomes intimidating. This workshop will explore how to pinpoint storylines within ourselves by simply leaning into who you naturally are\, how you naturally sound\, and what you naturally gravitate to\, as a writer. Through games\, prompts\, and other exercises\, we’ll focus on generating work every week\, searching for our many truths\, and coming out on the other side with sentences that start with words like “I” and “My.” This course is open to adult writers of all skill levels.   \nWorkshop participants will leave with the following: \n\nA starting point for a personal essay\nAn understanding of how to differentiate between a situation and a story\nTechniques for nurturing your voice on the page\nIdeas on how to create prompts for yourself to generate material\n\nRead Kendra’s Writer’s Desk here!\n\nAn award-winning essayist and poet\, Kendra Allen was born and raised in Dallas\, TX. She loves laughing\, leaving\, and writing Make Love in My Car\, a music column for Southwest Review. Some of her other work can be found in The Paris Review\, High Times\, The Rumpus\, and more. She’s the author of the New York Times lauded poetry collection The Collection Plate (Harper Collins 2022) and essay collection When You Learn the Alphabet\, which won the 2018 Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction. Fruit Punch (Ecco 2022)\, her memoir\, is out now and receiving praise from all corners. Jaquira Díaz\, author of Ordinary Girls\, states: “A stunning and original memoir about Black girlhood and coming of age. Allen is both a storyteller and poet\, observing the world with curiosity and humor. Fruit Punch is simultaneously brilliant cultural commentary and an intimate portrayal of family and community\, and it will stay with me for a long\, long time.” \n\nParking at Gemini Ink \nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/telling-a-story-of-your-life/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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SUMMARY:How to Use Lists to Generate Endless Writing Ideas with Nathan Brown
DESCRIPTION:Saturdays\, July 1 & 8\, 10am-1pm CST\, Hybrid (in-person and online)\nInstructor: Nathan Brown\nNonmember: $140; Member: $120; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n  \n  \nMaster the art of the list and never get caught without something to write about! \n  \nMany 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. In this open genre workshop\, we will demystify the idea of “writer’s block\,” explore techniques to maintain a sustainable daily writing practice\, and discuss what works and doesn’t work for busy writers. This will be a generative workshop\, so you will leave this workshop with plenty of ideas.  \nThis course is open to adult writers of all genres and all skill levels.  \nStudents will leave this workshop with the following:  \n\nIdeas on how to use lists to generate material and organize it into “themes” \nGuidance on how to establish and maintain a daily writing practice \nTime management tips on scheduling “bite-sized” writing time and getting the work done\nWriting topics to explore and develop after the class\n\n\nNathan Brown is an author\, songwriter\, and award-winning poet living in Wimberley\, Texas. He holds a PhD in English and Journalism from the University of Oklahoma\, where he’s taught for over 20 years. He served as Poet Laureate for the State of Oklahoma in 2013-14\, and now travels full-time performing readings\, concerts\, workshops\, and speaking on creativity\, poetry\, and songwriting. \nNathan has published over 20 books. Most recent are his new collection of poems\, In the Days for Our Resilience\, the fourth in a series now known as the Pandemic Poems Project\, and a new travel memoir\, Just Another Honeymoon in France: A Vagabond at Large. A previous collection\, Karma Crisis: New and Selected Poems\, was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize and the Oklahoma Book Award. \nHe’s written at least one poem a day for the last twenty-five years and says nothing has taught him more about writing. \n\nParking at Gemini Ink \nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/generate-endless-writing-ideas/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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