Join poets and partners JESSICA JACOBSÂ and NICKOLE BROWNÂ in a poetry workshop to get "All Up In Your Feels." For all you lonely hearts, flaming hearts, celebrators (or detesters) of Valentine's Day, this generative workshop focuses on the difficult art of writing about love. We'll draw inspiration from poems by Traci Brimhall and Dorianne Laux […]
Join Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America editor AMY REED and contributors AMBER SMITH and IW GREGORIO in a writing workshop to explore how to find your own "voice" as a writer. Each author will speak about their journey and then guide participants through a writing exercise to […]
In this one-session workshop/lab, writers will create a piece of creative writing prompted by a recent experience that may not at first seem dramatic. Writers will work to create a narrative voice that speaks directly to the reader. This voice layers time frames (I felt then, I feel now), and makes something ordinary seem strange […]
As writers, we’re used to pulling from our conscious experiences, memories, and knowledge to inspire and create our work. Our bodies and the subconscious are also wise and rich resources for inspiration and for instilling a sense of joy, possibility, and permission in the writing process. In this workshop, we’ll use exercises focused on the […]
OUR ALL DAY FESTIVAL IS SATURDAY, MAY 17. We’ll be exploring themes of family, the many meanings of home, and the past as prologue. We’ll have some serious fun with Taylor Swift songs, flesh out the best obituary ever written, and take a look at how N.C. became a purple state. What happens when […]