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SUMMARY:Words\, Wine and Wisdom: A Night of Stories with Leticia Urieta\, Rooster Martinez & Andrew Porter
DESCRIPTION:A Night of Stories with Leticia Urieta\, Rooster Martinez & Andrew Porter followed by a Community Open Mic\nThurs\, April 13\, 6:30-8pm\, In-Person\nPoetic Republic Coffee Co.\, 2330 S. Presa St\nFree & Open to the Public \nJoin us for a night of poetry and literary celebration as we partner with our friends at Poetic Republic Coffee Co. to create an inviting space for the writing community to share words\, wine\, and wisdom\, with a little latte or espresso on the side. \nGet ready to be inspired by the mesmerizing worlds of three writers\, each with their own ferocity of voice. The evening kicks off with Leticia Urieta reading from her hybrid collection of poems and short stories\, Las Criaturas (2021)\, which “tells the stories of untold women.” She’ll be joined by special guests C.L. “Rooster” Martinez and Andrew Porter\, who will share the gifts of their recent works. \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. \n\nLeticia Urieta (she/her/hers) is a Tejana writer from Austin\, TX. She is a teaching artist in the greater Austin community and the Regional Program Manager of Austin Bat Cave\, as well as the co-director of Barrio Writers Austin and Pflugerville\, a free creative writing program for youth. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Chicon Street Poets\, Lumina\, The Offing\, Kweli Journal\, Medium\, Electric Lit\, and others. Her chapbook\, The Monster\, was published in 2018 by LibroMobile Press. Her hybrid collection\, Las Criaturas\, was a finalist for the Sergio Troncoso Award for Best First Book of Fiction 2022 from the Texas Institute of Letters and is out now from FlowerSong Press. \nChristopher “Rooster” Martinez is an educator and spoken word poet from San Antonio\, Texas. He earned a MA/MFA in Creative Writing\, Literature & Social Justice at Our Lady of the Lake University. He is the author of two poetry books: A Saint for Lost Things (Alabrava Press\, 2020) and As it is in Heaven (Kissing Dynamite Poetry Press\, 2020). For twelve years\, Rooster competed and won slams across the country and co-founded the literary nonprofit Write Art Out Inc.  \nAndrew Porter is the acclaimed\, award-winning author of the story collections The Disappeared (Knopf 2023) and The Theory of Light and Matter (Vintage)\, and the novel In Between Days (Knopf). A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, he has received a Pushcart Prize\, a James Michener/Copernicus Fellowship\, and the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. His work has appeared in One Story\, The Threepenny Review\, Ploughshares\, Narrative\, The Southern Review\, and on Public Radio’s Selected Shorts. He teaches fiction writing and directs the creative writing program at Trinity University in San Antonio\, Texas. \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/words-wine-and-wisdom/
LOCATION:Poetic Republic Coffee Co.\, 2330 S. Presa St\, San Antonio\, Texas\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:All Things Are Alive: Animating the Inanimate–Puppetry for Writers with Mobi Warren
DESCRIPTION:Dates/Times: Saturdays\, April 1\, 8\, 22\, and 29\, 10am – 12pm cst\nInstructor: Mobi Warren\nCost: Nonmember:  $165  Member:  $145  Student/Vet/Mil: $95\n*In person at Gemini Ink \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n\n \nAre you looking for a different way to tap into your creativity? Are you ready to experience the curiosity\, wonder\, and empathy that puppetry naturally inspires? \nUnder the guidance of puppeteer and poet Mobi Warren\, workshop participants will build a simple hand puppet from paper mâché and cloth\, and breathe life into the personality that emerges. The process may culminate in a poem\, a short prose piece\, or a monologue puppet script. Participants will be encouraged to sense the livingness in the materials used and to explore unexpected insights that emerge as the puppet acquires form. No puppetry experience is required to attend this workshop\, and writers of all levels are welcome.   \nStudents will leave this workshop with the following tools: \n\nA guide on creating a simple papier mache glove (hand) puppet\nTechniques for animating a puppet through voice\, character\, and story\nHow to use puppetry to uncover new poems or songs \nExploration of puppetry as a new point of entry into the creative writing process\n\n*Bring a journal to write in. Puppetry supplies will be provided for all participants.  \n*The cost of this workshop includes a $20 supply fee \n\nPuppeteer Mobi Warren is the author of the young adult novel The Bee Maker and a poetry collection\, Thread and Nectar. She is co-founder of the regional writers and artists collaborative\, Stone in Stream\, which advocates for environmental awareness and climate justice. Mobi serves on the Board of the National Capital Puppetry Guild.  An animist at heart\, she is enchanted by the livingness of all materials and is currently in thrall to the wild (and sometimes unruly) species known as puppets\, and how making and animating a puppet can help a writer engage more deeply with creative and empathetic energies. \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/puppetry-for-writers/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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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. \nRegister\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-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27/2023-03-27/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:How to Get Yourself Out on Social Media for Busy Writers with Andrea "Vocab" Sanderson and Zach Jewell
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, March 23 & 30\, 6:30-8:45pm CST\, Hybrid: participants may attend in-person at Gemini Ink or online via Zoom\nInstructors: Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson and Zach Jewell\nNonmember: $140; Member: $120; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n  \n\nAre you a busy writer seeking balance between a hectic writing life and building a network of social media supporters?\nWant to get to know your followers but just can’t find the time?\n\n2020-2023 San Antonio Poet Laureate Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson and social media expert Zach Jewell are teaming up to share insider secrets for creating engaging\, writing-related social media content that will keep your followers up-to-date and involved with you as a writer and human being. \nIn this two-part course\, we will discuss time-sensitive strategies for promoting yourself and your artistry on social media. We will brainstorm creative ideas to interact\, engage\, and share relatable content without overwhelming ourselves or losing time. Finally\, we will consider simple systems for managing the tedious challenge of social media and website upkeep. \nYou will leave the workshop with the following: \n\nIdeas on how to better manage social media interaction while leaving room to breathe\nA better understanding of a variety of social media platforms and their individual power\nTips on how to keep your followers engaged with you and your content\n\nClick the link to watch the video where Vocab & Zach Jewell explain the importance of social media as a tool to share your work: instagram.com/p/CpBxA3zqzNP/. \n\nAndrea “Vocab” Sanderson is a San Antonio native that has been performing for over twenty years. She’s the co-host of the consecutive award-winning 2nd Verse Open Mic. She has served as a Writer in Community for Gemini Ink since 2009. She’s the winner of the 2019 People’s Choice Award\, awarded by Luminaria Artist Foundation (formerly known as the Artist Foundation of San Antonio). 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. On April 1st\, 2020\, Andrea became the first African American Poet Laureate of San Antonio 2020-2023. In May of 2020\, she was awarded Best Live Entertainment/Band Musician of the Year by the SEA Awards. \nZach Jewell has been a poet and percussionist and has been creating and promoting community events and programs for the arts for over 20 years. He’s managed marketing initiatives and social media accounts for Costco\, The YMCA\, and Amazon. He is currently wearing many hats as an entrepreneur running a nonprofit for men’s mental wellness\, creating programming\, marketing\, and social media platforms\, among many other things. He also has a self-published book of poetry on Amazon titled Nomad Psalms. \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/social-media-for-busy-writers/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230308T183000
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SUMMARY:Reading Deeply\, Writing Deeply: 3 Women Poets Talk to the Gods with Veronica Golos
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, March 8\, 15 & 22\, 6:30-8:30pm\, CST\, via Zoom\nInstructor: Veronica Golos\nNonmember: $145; Member: $125; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n\n \nI absolutely loved the workshop with Veronica Golos. Even with a larger turnout\, she kept the community of the class intact. We had a great time reading deeply and sharing our own works. —Cathlin Noonan\, previous student of Reading Deeply\, Writing Deeply \nWhether a writer is talking directly to God or using religious reflection to try and make sense of humanity\, poetry is shrouded in spiritual mystery and is often used to explore both concrete and intangible concepts of a higher power. \nIn this three-week workshop\, we will study impactful poems from three women poets who invoke ideas of God or the gods. Louise Gluck’s book The Wild Iris enlists flowers from the garden of eden to help tell a story. Lucille Clifton’s “brothers” is an eight-poem conversation between an aged Lucifer and God. Natalia Toledo’s body of written work speaks to the Zapotec gods in three languages: Zapotec\, Spanish\, and English. \nClass readings and suggestions on how to write your own response poem to these poets (and these gods) will be shared prior to the workshop. \nParticipants will: \n\nStudy and analyze the work of 3 contemporary poets\nWrite poems that follow the selected poet’s structure and theme\nReceive on-the-spot feedback for written work\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVeronica Golos is the author of four poetry books: GIRL\, awarded the Naji Naaman Honor Prize\, 2019 (Beirut\, Lebanon); Rootwork\, winner of the Southwest Book Design Award in Poetry\, 2016; Vocabulary of Silence\, winner of the New Mexico Book Award\, translated into Arabic and Persian; and A Bell Buried Deep\, winner of the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize. Former co-editor of the Taos Journal of International Poetry & Art\, she is an instructor for SOMOS in Taos\, NM\, and Hugo House in Seattle\, WA. Plume Magazine recently featured her work-in-progress\, The Changing Same. Plume Poetry Feature: Veronica Golos. She lives in Taos\, New Mexico\, with her husband\, David Pérez.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/reading-deeply-writing-deeply-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230215T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230215T203000
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SUMMARY:Creating Fictional Characters with Personality and Presence with Johnnie Bernhard
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, February 15 & 22\, 6:30-8:30pm\, CST\, via Zoom\nInstructor: Johnnie Bernhard\nNonmember: $115; Member: $100; Student/Vet/Mil $75\n \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n\n \nWhat separates memorable characters from forgettable ones? What about a character that will make you invest in their journey or root for their downfall? \nIn this workshop\, we will discuss what grabs a reader’s attention and draws them to a character. Writers will develop authentic fictional characters with the building blocks of character development: physical description\, dialogue\, and action. But we won’t stop there! We will explore the history\, psychology\, weaknesses\, and motives that keep the reader hooked.   \nThe importance of the sensitive reader will be discussed as a means of reassuring appropriate cultural representation in character development. \nWriters will leave the workshop with the following: \n\nAn understanding of the building blocks of character development\nTechniques for fleshing out a memorable character\nSuggestions on practicing cultural sensitivity when crafting characters different from yourself\n\n\nAward-winning author Johnnie Bernhard has written four novels: A Good Girl (2017)\, How We Came to Be (2018)\, Sisters of the Undertow (2020)\, and Hannah and Ariela (2022). Early reviews are calling Hannah and Ariela her “best and bravest.” Johnnie’s novels focus on the family\, social issues\, and the human condition. She served as a 2020 TEDx speaker for the Fearless Women Series. A Good Girl (2017) was a finalist in literary fiction\, Kindle Book Awards. Her second novel\, How We Came to Be (2018)\, received the Summerlee Book Prize\, HM.  Her third novel\, Sisters of the Undertow (2020)\, was selected for discussion at the AWP  Conference\, the Pat Conroy Literary Center\, and the Southern Book Festival/Humanities Tennessee. Named “Best of the University Presses\, 100 Books” by the Association of University Presses\, it also received First Place in the Press Women of Texas Communications Contest. All her novels are in the permanent collection of the Texas Center for the Book.  Johnnie was a 2020 TEDx speaker for the Fearless Women Series. Read an interview with Johnnie Bernhard on Texas settings and universal themes. Follow Johnnie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JABernhard\nwww.johnniebernhardauthor.com \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/creating-fictional-characters-with-personality/
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230207T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230207T203000
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SUMMARY:Diving into the Weird with Leticia Urieta
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, February 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 & March 7\, 14\, 2023\, 6:30pm-8:30pm CST\, via Zoom\nInstructor: Leticia Urieta\nNonmember: $150; Member: $130; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \nClass Full. Email joshua@geminiink.org to add your name to the Wait List. \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \nAre you a storyteller? Have you ever considered how to push the boundaries of what storytelling could be? Ever wondered what blending genres of horror\, folktales and traditional stories\, as well as magical imaginings\, could mean for your work? In this generative writing workshop for adults 16+\, we will explore short stories\, poems and hybrid pieces that unlock the strange\, the magical\, the grotesque\, and the beautiful that we find in our everyday lives. You will have the opportunity to find the weird in the ordinary\, explore traditional stories and urban legends\, and reimagine realities. \nWho should take this class? Storytellers of all levels interested in poetry\, prose and genre-bending work who are eager to write about the weird. \nClass Participants will:\n \n\nDraft one or more new pieces based on sample readings\, class discussion\, and writing exercises.\nGain new insights into a diverse range of genres\, from horror to speculative imaginings\, to apply to their future writing.\nCome away with an expanded knowledge of contemporary genres.\nReceive feedback on your stories\, as well as suggestions on where to submit and share your work.\n\n\nLeticia Urieta (she/her/hers) is a Tejana writer from Austin\, TX. She is a teaching artist in the greater Austin community and the Regional Program Manager of Austin Bat Cave\, a literary community serving students in the Austin area\, as well as the co-director of Barrio Writers Austin and Pflugerville\, a free creative writing program for youth. Leticia is also a freelance writer. She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College and holds an MFA in Fiction writing from Texas State University. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Chicon Street Poets\, Lumina\, The Offing\, Kweli Journal\, Medium\, Electric Lit\, and others. Her chapbook\, The Monster\, was published in 2018 by LibroMobile Press. Her hybrid collection\, Las Criaturas\, was a finalist for the Sergio Troncoso Award for Best First Book of Fiction 2022 from the Texas Institute of Letters and is out now from FlowerSong Press.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/diving-into-the-weird-with-leticia-urieta/
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230204T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20230204T120000
DTSTAMP:20260524T013753
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SUMMARY:Undressing the Secrets to Writing About the Erotic in Poetry with John Olivares Espinoza
DESCRIPTION:Saturdays\, February 4 & 11\, 10am-12pm\, CST\, hybrid (via Zoom and in-person)\nInstructor: John Olivares Espinoza\nNonmember: $140; Member: $120; Student/Vet/Mil $75\n \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n\n \n\nWould you like to have a sexy poem for that special someone by Valentine’s Day? Or maybe you’d like to gift it to yourself? \nThis course will focus on how to write poetry about love\, eroticism\, and sex without crossing into cheesy\, hackneyed\, and pornographic red zones. Through examination of poetry ranging from ancient Greece to the best contemporary pieces\, we will study techniques poets use to create erotic imagery with skill and taste—without leaving out the spice– and use these tools to generate an original poem. Participants will receive constructive critique on their poems focused on how to apply and reinforce the techniques studied to capture love\, desire\, heartbreak\, or sex in an exciting and fresh way.  \nThe takeaways from this course: \n\nExperience breaking apart poems in order to collect techniques\, strategies\, and moves to use in your own work\nA selection of writing prompts to continue your momentum after the course\nA fully developed poem by Valentine’s Day\n\nWho is this workshop for? \nThis workshop is designed for writers of all skill levels. Prose writers are welcome. Given the nature of the subject matter and language used\, we suggest this workshop for participants 18 years or older. \nGet to know John ahead of his class at his Writer’s Desk.\n\nJohn Olivares Espinoza has degrees in creative writing from the University of California\, Riverside (BA) and Arizona State University (MFA). His poetry collection\, The Date Fruit Elegies\, was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award in Poetry. Other honors include a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation\, a Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans\, and first prize in the Swan Scythe Press Chapbook Contest. John’s poetry has appeared in Air/Light Magazine\, Alta Journal\, American Poetry Review\, New Letters\, ZYZZYVA\, and various anthologies. Follow Espinoza on Twitter @JohnEspinoza\, and Instagram @thepoetjohnespinoza. \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/writing-the-erotic-in-poetry/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20221118T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20221118T203000
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SUMMARY:Wendy Barker 80th Birthday Celebration & Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Please join Gemini Ink and our San Antonio writing community for an unforgettable birthday bash in honor of award-winning poet\, dedicated educator\, and scholar Wendy Barker!  \nHelp us ring in Wendy’s 8th decade and celebrate the launch of her latest collection: Weave: New and Selected Poems by Wendy Barker (BkMk Press)\, at our downtown arts center\, where Wendy will read from her book and join her friend\, prior student\, and fellow poet Natalia Treviño for a Q&A. \nWendy’s latest book will be available for purchase onsite\, and the evening will culminate in a book signing\, reception\, light refreshments\, and even some birthday cake! \nHelp us celebrate this literary moment with one of San Antonio’s beloved writers!  \n\nWendy Barker’s Weave: New and Selected Poems\, is forthcoming in 2022 from BkMk Press. Her seventh full-length collection of poetry is Gloss\, published by Saint Julian Press in January 2020. Her collection One Blackbird at a Time was chosen for the John Ciardi Prize and was published by BkMk Press in 2015. Earlier books include her novel in prose poems\, Nothing Between Us: The Berkeley Years (runner-up for the Del Sol Prize and released by Del Sol Press in 2009); Poems from Paradise (WordTech\, 2005); Way of Whiteness (Wings Press\, 2000); Let the Ice Speak (Ithaca House\, 1991); and Winter Chickens (Corona Publishing Co.\, 1990).  \nRecipient of an NEA fellowship\, a Rockefeller residency fellowship in Bellagio\, as well as other awards in poetry\, including the Writers’ League of Texas Book Award (which she has received twice\, for Way of Whiteness in 2000 and for Between Frames in 2007) and the Mary Elinore Smith Poetry Prize from The American Scholar\, she has also been a Fulbright senior lecturer in Bulgaria. Her work has been translated into Hindi\, Chinese\, Japanese\, Russian\, and Bulgarian. Poet-in-Residence and the Pearl Lewinn Endowed Chair at the University of Texas at San Antonio\, where she has taught since 1982\, Wendy is married to the critic\, biographer\, and poet Steven G. Kellman.  \n\nBorn in Mexico\, Natalia Treviño is the author of VirginX (Finishing Line Press) and Lavando la Dirty Laundry (Mongrel Empire Press)\, which has been translated to Albanian and Macedonian and published in Macedonia (2021). Her work has won several awards\, including the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award\, the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize\, the Literary Award from the Artist Foundation of San Antonio\, the Menada Literary Award from Macedonia and several others. Natalia is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She works as a Professor of English and as an affiliate Mexican American studies faculty member at Northwest Vista College. Her publications appear in Open Plaza\, Plume\, The Southern Poetry Anthology\, Bordersenses\, Borderlands Texas Poetry Review\, Sugar House Review\, The Taos Journal of Poetry and Art\, and several others. Her work also appears in several anthologies\, including Contra: Texas Poets Speak Out (Flowersong Press)\, and Puro Chicanx Writers of the 21st Century (Cutthroat Press). \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/wendy-barker-book-launch/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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