Join local writers and advocates for clean water at a special open mic event, Giving Water a Voice. This reading and performance is sponsored by the Delaware Nature Society and The Newark Arts Alliance. The event is free and open to the public. Newark Arts Alliance is proud to host this event in its gallery. The Bridge at Indian River This open mic event Giving Water a Voice is Saturday, June 22, 4 pm – 6 pm. Poets, writers, and…

Have you seen the line-up for this year's Wilmington Writers Conference? Please save the date: Saturday, July 27, 8:30 to 4pm. Join your local writing community at morning and afternoon sessions to feed your creativity. My afternoon session for poets and prose writers is "Watershed: Personal Landmarks in Public Conversation." During the session, we'll do short exercises and I will talk about ways to write about life-changing events. We'll look at the world outside and identify our personal landmarks. Watershed:…

Looking forward to a gift of time and space this November at a very special artists' retreat where I will continue work on my story of family, identity and survival. I will be in residence right after having spent a long weekend with my wonderful big family! I hope to honor the memory of the center's founder, and repay those who have invited me to write here, by making fresh discoveries in the work I have before me. from the…

Washington poet laureate Claudia Castro Luna Oregon poet laureate Elizabeth Woody Carmen Tafolla, inaugural poet laureate of San Antonio Local Arts Advocacy in 2020 and Beyond! I will join award-winning writers Claudia Castro Luna , Carmen Tafolla and Elizabeth Woody on a panel at AWP 2020 to talk about poetry and civic engagement. State poets laureate attempt to bring poetry into the town hall, so to speak, across their communities. Why get people involved with poetry? The hope is that…