University Without Walls
spring 2013
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class schedule
Tony Hoagland Five Powers of Poetry A Seminar for Educators
“This is an amazing and wonderful opportunity for teachers of any subject, really, to learn from a master. “ — Rosalind Pace, Truro, Massachusetts Award-winning poet Tony Hoagland will lead local teachers through an intensive three-day seminar designed to provide a firm footing for reading and teaching poetry. •Learn how to talk about poems with expertise and precision. •Acquire analytical skills for conducting deep and wide-ranging discussions of poems. •Expand your repertoire of poems and poets. •Teach the writing and reading of poetry with confidence. •Transfer these skills to novels, stories, plays or to the teaching of prose-writing. Through lecture, discussion and practice, participants will learn to elicit and develop specific poetry-writing and reading skills— their own and those of their students.
Gemini Ink 513 S. Presa San Antonio, TX 78205
Feb 8-10, 2013 Cost: $395 www.geminiink.org | 210.734.9673
letter from the director Letter from Sheila Black Executive | Artistic Director of Gemini Ink It is my great pleasure to welcome you to a new semester of offerings at Gemini Ink. I hope you see some of the changes we have been working to make reflected in the catalog you hold in your hand. This catalog has been redesigned with the help of the gifted eye of Anisa Onofre, who directs our Writers in Communities program. We are also very pleased to be welcoming Anna Sanchez. Our new Interim University Without Walls Director, Anna has worked very hard to devise a schedule that builds capacity for local writers by providing more multisession classes, more craft-based classes and more classes that include the publishing process as part of a writer’s education. Among the highlights this semester are Tony Hoagland’s visit to teach a seminar especially for teachers (as well as lovers of poetry), Five Powers of Poetry, and this year’s Autograph Series presenter, Philip Levine, US Poet Laureate 2011-2012. He will be joined by special guest Tony Hoagland. Here’s what Philip Levine said about writing poetry when he was named Poet Laureate: “It is the imagination that gives us poetry. When you sit down to write a poem, you really don’t know where you’re going. If you know where you’re going, the poem stinks, you probably already wrote it, and you’re imitating yourself. The real challenge is when language, instincts, technique and practice come together. Then, you have to follow where the poem leads. And it will surprise you. It will say things you didn’t expect to say. And you look at the poem and you realize, ‘That is truly what I felt. That is truly what I saw.’ ” We at Gemini believe this—and not just about poetry, but about all forms of writing. We hope you will pick up a pen and paper and join us.
Sheila Black
Cover Art by Franco Mondini-Ruiz “Modern Woman” fmondini@hotmail.com
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general info UWW Vision University Without Walls offers universityand master-level classes in creative writing with a focus on hands-on workshops. We feature published writers and master teachers who are known nationally and locally. Our classes provide serious writing instruction in a supportive, informal environment appropriate for both novice and advanced writers. Course Levels Beginning: Writers or readers who are new to the core subject and/or design. Intermediate: Writers or readers with background knowledge of this core subject. Writers have had working practice with the aspect of genre highlighted. Advanced: Intermediate requirements plus a knowledge of all technical and formal aspects pertinent to the genre.
contents Fiction 4-5 Lifelong Learning 6 Memoir 7 Multi-Genre 8-9 Poetry 10-11 Five Powers of Poetry 12 In Memoriam 12 UWW Reading Series 13 Registration Form 14 Donation Form 15 Calendar of Events 16
Open Writing Workshop A free peer-driven workshop facilitated by Gemini Ink volunteers Dario Beniquez and Barbara Perez. Held the last Monday of every month, 6:30-8:30pm. Bring 6-10 copies of your work to share. Open to all writers. Staff Sheila Black Executive | Artistic Director Michele Bussone Financial Officer Anisa Onofre Director, Writers in Communities Evelyn Reyes Managing Director Margie Rodriguez Registrar | Office Manager Anna Sanchez Interim Director University Without Walls Lucinda Vela-Wick Director, Communications Board of Directors Eusebio Díaz President Josie Seeligson Vice President Mallory Ahl Treasurer Aïssatou Sidimé Secretary John Frederick Lee Robinson Jan Jarboe Russell Michael Soto Mario Vazquez
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Gemini Ink, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, is extremely grateful for contributions from avid readers and writers, as well as grants from the George W. Brackenridge Foundation, Brown Foundation, City of San Antonio Department for Culture & Creative Development, Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation, Edouard Foundation, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Frost National Bank, theFund, Guerra, DeBerry, Coody Marketing and Communications, Howard and Betty Halff Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, H-E-B, King William Association, Albert and Bessie Mae Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, Ruth Lang Charitable Fund and Beulah M. and Felix J. Katz Memorial Trust of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Lifshutz Foundation, Genevieve and Ward Orsinger Foundation, Myra Stafford Pryor Charitable Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, Rackspace Foundation, Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts, San Antonio Express-News, Shield-Ayres Foundation, Smothers Foundation, Texas Commission on the Arts, USAA Foundation, Valero Energy Foundation, Esther and Harold Vexler Advised Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, and Wayne Wright Lawyers.
words of welcome Letter from Anna Sanchez Interim Director—University Without Walls I am very proud and excited to be directing University Without Walls. As a graduate of The University of Texas at San Antonio with a degree in English Creative Writing, I am eager to develop a program that nurtures readers and writers. We have many superb classes and readings planned for spring 2013. With a talented line-up of writers, this semester we present classes on fiction, memoir, poetry, travel writing, sports writing, and a team-taught workshop with the provocative title “Everything We Know About Writing Fiction in One Morning,” by celebrated writers (and real life couple) Antonya Nelson and Robert Boswell. On page 13 you will find our schedule of free faculty readings. I am happy to announce our faculty readings will now be held at The Twig Book Shop in the Pearl Brewery. We have made a few changes to our catalog and pricing policies. We will no longer be charging a $10 registration fee. I have also worked to make our pricing more consistent and straightforward. But the biggest change is that we are “going green.” To help save trees, we have made it easy for you to register for all classes online at www.geminiink.org. This semester only we are also offering you a 5% discount if you register online. I really hope you will take a class this semester. Having such a small and intimate classroom experience with these exceptional writers and teachers is truly a rare opportunity. If you look over our catalog, I am sure you will find a class that will help guide your writing. If you have any questions or ideas about University Without Walls please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. I look forward to making University Without Walls a thriving resource for San Antonio writers.
Anna Sanchez
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fiction #1 Renegades, Wanderers and Visionaries: The Power of Storytelling Level: Intermediate Instructor: Joe Vastano
Joe Vastano started writing at sixteen. He traced Jim Morrison to Kerouac and Rimbaud, took them at their words and deranged his senses on the road for twenty years. Now he’s sorting through it all.
We are all natural storytellers, and telling stories defines who we are as individuals, communities and cultures. Students will bring their stories to the course and we will develop a community of writers bonded in our dedication to excellence. While working to define your particular vision, we will delve into the nuts and bolts of effective storytelling, focusing on four key aspects: narrative voice, scene, dialogue and plot. Along the way we will study the writings of masters of the craft, such as John Gardner, who have intriguing things to say about the wonder and mystery of the process. We will split class time between discussion and writing exercises, while nurturing each other’s work. 6 Sessions Dates: Sun, Mar 10-Apr 21 | 2-4pm (no class Mar 31, Easter Sunday) Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Fri, Mar 8 CPE Credits: 12 Language Arts Cost: $190 | www.geminiink.org
Amanda Eyre Ward wrote her first novel, Sleep Toward Heaven, in a Writers’ League class. She received an MFA from the University of Montana and has published four novels (Sleep Toward Heaven, How to Be Lost, Forgive Me and Close Your Eyes) and a collection of short stories (Love Stories in This Town). Her work has been optioned for film and television, chosen as a Target Bookmarked pick, and published in 15 countries. Amanda’s new novel, Close Your Eyes, was named a Kirkus Best Book of 2011.
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#2 How to Structure Your Novel Level: All Instructor: Amanda Ward
Some writers begin writing on page one and find that their novel or nonfiction narrative comes out beautifully structured, one chapter following perfectly after another. This class is for everyone else. You might have an idea for a novel or nonfiction book, or you might have 600 pages. But if you’re wondering how to structure your project and make it as compelling as possible, this class is for you. The class will cover: an introduction to the three-act structure, using note cards to organize your novel, and when to throw away your plan and let the characters lead you. Please bring a one-page description of your novel-inprogress and a copy of your favorite novel. Date: Sat, May 4 | 9-12pm Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Fri, May 3 CPE Credits: 3 Language Arts Cost: $95 | www.geminiink.org
#3 Everything We Know About Writing Fiction in One Morning Level: All Instructors: Robert Boswell and Antonya Nelson
Award-winning authors Robert Boswell and Antonya Nelson will tag-team a three-hour class on the craft and technique of writing fiction. They will talk about secret tricks of the trade and the importance of close reading. Both will lead a close reading of a story. The students will not have the stories in advance, but will read them in class. In performing their close readings, both authors will include helpful discussions of every aspect of craft—from effective characterization to managing the twists and turns of plot. Date: Sat, Feb 9 | 9-12pm Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Fri, Feb 8 CPE Credits: 3 Language Arts Cost: $110 | www.geminiink.org
Antonya Nelson teaches creative writing at the University of Houston where she shares the Cullen Chair in Creative Writing with her husband, Robert Boswell. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and The Best American Short Stories. She divides her time among Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico. Her most recent novel is Bound, Bloomsbury USA, 2011.
Robert Boswell is the author of eleven books, including The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards, a story collection published by Graywolf Press in April 2009. His novels include Century’s Son, American Owned Love, Mystery Ride, and The Geography of Desire. He has received two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Iowa School of Letters Award for Fiction, the PEN West Award for Fiction, and the Evil Companions Award amoung other awards.
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lifelong learning #4A Navigating the Changing World of Publishing: A Hands-On Workshop for Published and Unpublished Authors Level: All Instructor: Tom Payton
Tom Payton is Associate Director of Trinity University Press where he oversees sales/ marketing, develops digital projects, and acquires books in regional interest, architecture, and urban studies. He is a 25 year veteran of the industry, having worked with five companies. His expertise includes editorial acquisitions, contracts, rights, financial management, production, marketing, publicity and sales. He has taught and spoken widely about publishing and served on several industry boards.
Publishing is undergoing seismic change. For some this is an age of confusion, frustration and the fear of getting lost in the crowd. For others new technology, marketing and distribution models mean incredible opportunity. Figuring out where you fit and maximizing your potential is the challenge. This class will reassess and tear down preconceptions you may have about the publishing industry and how to find your place within it or figure out if and how you should go it alone and choose to not work with a publisher. Discover the true trends and future developments within the digital publishing explosion that is underway. Learn the unvarnished insider aspects of the publishing process as the publisher sees it in this practical, nuts-and-bolts class that is a must for all published and would-be authors. Date: Sat, Jan 26 | 9:30-12pm Limit: 20 Participants Registration Deadline: Wed, Jan 23 CPE Credits: 3 Language Arts Cost: $100 | www.geminiink.org
#4B Navigating the Changing World of Publishing: Book Proposal Workshop Every new author wants to develop a proposal that maximizes his or her potential for success. As a parallel to the above class, the instructor will workshop your book idea and proposal at whatever stage of development you may be. The workshop fee includes a group session following class 4A, a personal review of your proposal, a written critique, and a conversation regarding the instructor’s suggestions for success in your particular project. Please submit book proposals by January 23 to info@geminiink.org Date: Sat, Jan 26 | 1-4:30pm Limit: 8 Participants, must also be enrolled in class 4A Registration Deadline: Wed, Jan 23 CPE Credits: 3 Language Arts Cost: $75 | www.geminiink.org
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memoir #5 Slice of Life: Crafting Short Creative Nonfiction Level: All Instructor: Joel Peckham
In this class, we will discuss and create the creative nonfiction short with the goal of discovering its lyrical conventions and applying them to sharply envisioned slices of our own lives. During class we will discuss the most recent issue of the online journal, Brevity (brevitymag.com), as a basis for understanding what a nonfiction short is and how it works. We will then complete generative exercises designed to stimulate the creation of our own short essays. Finally, we will workshop essays submitted for the class, offering feedback intended to develop and refine these works. Students may submit up to three nonfiction shorts (750 words or less) for instructor critique. Please submit work no later than Monday, April 1. Date: Sat, Apr 6 | 9-3pm (1-hour lunch) Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Mon, Apr 1 CPE Credits: 6 Language Arts Cost: $125 | www.geminiink.org
Joel Peckham, Jr. has published three collections of poetry: Nightwalking, Asleep at the Wheel, and Movers and Shakers. His memoir of grief and recovery, Resisting Elegy, appeared from Academy Chicago Publishers in 2012. His work has appeared in Black Warrior Review, The North American Review, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, The Sun and others.
#6 Descent: Using the Deep Self to Create Personal Essay and Memoir Level: Intermediate Instructor: Laurie Ann Guerrero
Joan Didion says, “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.” Most writers understand that writing requires the kind of solitude and ability to let one’s self sink to the bottom of one’s thoughts—where do our ideas / reactions / voices begin? How are they prompted? At what point do we as writers believe in the power we carry in our voices? Do we ever? With a mix of memoir and personal essay, participants will be guided in an exploration of the writer’s self in order to help discover their own truths. We will cover numerous techniques, including the use of poetic devices in prose. Participants are required to read William Zinsser’s On Writing Well. 6 Sessions Dates: Thurs, Mar 28-May 2 | 6-7:30pm Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wed, Mar 27 CPE Credits: 9 Language Arts Cost: $190 | www.geminiink.org
Winner of the 2012 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize, Laurie Ann Guerrero’s first full-length collection, A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying, selected by Francisco X. Alarcón, is forthcoming from the University of Notre Dame Press in 2013. Born and raised in the Southside of San Antonio, Guerrero holds a B.A. in English Language & Literature from Smith College and an MFA from Drew University.
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multi-genre #7 The Uncharted World: Writing the Travel Essay Level: All Instructor: Kathleen Lee
Kathleen Lee is the author of Travel Among Men, a collection of stories. She’s a 1999 recipient of a Rona Jaffe Award. Her travel essays have appeared in Best American Travel Writing 2001 and 2002.
As travelers observe and encounter we blend what we know and who we are with what we’re about to learn and what will remain mysterious. Good travel writing records and explores experiences which defy simple packaging. In this course, we’ll talk about elements of travel writing—place, people, scene, persona, information—and do exercises towards generating an essay. Work by Ryszard Kapusckinski, Martha Gellhorn, Gianni Celati and/or others will be provided in class. Come with at least one experience, place, or trip you’d like to work with. Date: Sat, Mar 2 | 9-12pm Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Fri, Mar 1 CPE Credits: 3 Language Arts Cost: $95 | www.geminiink.org
#8 Game On! Writing about Sports Level: All Instructor: Rus Bradburd Rus Bradburd walked away from the glamorous world of college basketball after coaching 14 seasons at UTEP and New Mexico State. His novel-instories, Make It, Take It, (Cinco Puntos Press) comes out in January of 2013. Bradburd’s book about race, Forty Minutes of Hell, was published in 2010 by HarperCollins. His first book, Paddy on the Hardwood, was a memoir about learning the fiddle and coaching in the Irish Super League.
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What is it about sports that compels both writers and readers? How we can we use our experience in sports to construct a workable narrative in fiction or creative non-fiction? This class will examine what works in sports narratives and how to appreciate and construct literary works that are rooted in athletics. The class will include in-class prompts and ideas to get you started on magazine-length pieces and full-length books. Date: Sat, Feb 9 | 1-4pm Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Fri, Feb 8 CPE Credits: 3 Language Arts Cost: $95 | www.geminiink.org
#9 A Beautiful Friendship: Building the Author/ Editor Relationship Level: All Instructors: Victoria Barrett and Nan Cuba
Victoria Barrett of Engine Books and San Antonio author and Gemini Ink founder Nan Cuba will let you in on the secrets of getting the right publisher, finding the right editor, and building a strong editorial relationship. Topics of discussion will include preparing your manuscript, writing a great query letter, deciding whether you need an agent, understanding your role in the writer-editor collaboration and knowing what to expect from your editor. Date: Sat, May 11 | 9-3pm (1-hour lunch) Limit: 20 Participants Registration Deadline: Fri, May 10 CPE Credits: 6 Language Arts Cost: $135 | www.geminiink.org Nan Cuba received her MFA in fiction from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers, and is the founder and executive director emeritus of Gemini Ink. Cuba is currently an assistant professor of English at Our Lady of the Lake University. Her novel, Body and Bread, will be published by Engine Books, May 2013.
Victoria Barrett is a writer, editor, professor, and co-founder of Engine Books. Her fiction has appeared in Colorado Review, Massachusetts Review, You Must Be This Tall to Ride, and Confrontation. She recently completed her first novel, Four Points Gin.
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poetry #10 A Style of My Own: Writing Against the Workshop Level: All Instructor: Fady Joudah
Fady Joudah’s most recent poetry collection, Alight, is available from Copper Canyon Press. His first collection, The Earth in the Attic, was a Yale Series of Younger Poets selection. Joudah’s translations of Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry have won him a Banipal prize from the UK and a PEN USA prize. His most recent translation, Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me, is of the poetry of Palestinian author Ghassan Zaqtan.
How can you use the workshop against itself to write better and to develop a style uniquely your own? Participants are expected to bring their poems with a short paragraph (not exceeding 250 words) that describes their method of writing and their idea of their poetic language. We will learn to unravel ourselves quickly. Date: Sat, Apr 6 | 9-12pm Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Fri, Apr 5 CPE Credits: 3 Language Arts Cost: $95 | www.geminiink.org
#11 Authority and Personality: Channeling the Power of Poetic Voice Level: All Instructor: Hayan Charara
What makes readers think that a poet really cares about what she’s saying? Or that she’s a discriminating thinker? A speaker whose thoughts and feelings we can trust? How does she manage to be authoritative without coming off as preachy? What about the poet’s voice makes us think, I could hang out with her or I feel like I know him? We’ll read “The Voice of Authority” by Carl Dennis and “‘Okay I’ll Call You/ Yes Call Me’: Frank O’Hara’s Personism” by Stephen Burt, and work on writing a poem shaped by these essays and our discussion about them. Date: Sat, Apr 6 | 1-4pm Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Fri, Apr 5 CPE Credits: 3 Language Arts Cost: $95 | www.geminiink.org Hayan Charara is the author of two poetry books, The Alchemist’s Diary, a Publishers Weekly Notable Debut, and The Sadness of Others, nominated for the National Book Award. He is a recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lucille Joy Prize for Poetry and the New Voices Award Honors (for a children’s book). He divides his time between Houston and San Antonio, where he teaches at Our Lady of the Lake University.
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#12 Ekphrastic Poetry: Moving Pictures, Illuminating Text at the San Antonio Museum of Art Level: All Instructor: Joni Wallace
In this offsite class, to be held at SAMA, we will explore ekphrasis as genre and process: poems engaging otherwise “mute” art forms with text. Participants will look at ekphrastic poems by diverse writers including William Carlos Williams, Frank O’Hara, Mary Jo Bang, Ann Carson and Jessica Baran. Then we will experiment and generate our own work in response to works of art at the museum. We will also engage in collaborative exercises designed to highlight through vivid writing what is happening, what is shown and what is hidden in selected visual art.
Joni Wallace earned her MFA at the University of Montana. She is the author of Blinking Ephemeral Valentine, selected by Mary Jo Bang for the 2009 Levis Prize (Four Way Books, 2011).
Date: Sat, May 4 | 10-1pm Limit:15 Participants Registration Deadline: Fri, May 3 CPE Credits: 3 Language Arts Cost: $95 | www.geminiink.org
#13 Poet as Witness
Level: Intermediate Instructor: Laurie Ann Guerrero In his memoir, Pablo Neruda says, “The poet didn’t scare off when they said he was a rebel. Poetry is a rebellion.” In this workshop, we will explore the politics of poetry in our culture and how our own poems might help create change. We will also explore longevity and the techniques that help the poem live beyond the poet and events which prompted it. All workshop participants will be required to share their work, incorporate techniques discussed in class, and should be ready to write at each meeting. 6 Sessions Dates: Tues, Mar 26-Apr 30 | 6-7:30pm Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Mon, Mar 25 CPE Credits: 9 Language Arts Cost: $190 | www.geminiink.org
Winner of the 2012 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize, Laurie Ann Guerrero’s first full-length collection, A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying, selected by Francisco X. Alarcón, is forthcoming from the University of Notre Dame Press in 2013. Born and raised in the Southside of San Antonio, Guerrero holds a B.A. in English Language & Literature from Smith College and an MFA from Drew University.
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Five Powers of Poetry | Tony Hoagland #14 Five Powers of Poetry Level: All Instructor: Tony Hoagland
Tony Hoagland has published four collections of poems, of which the latest are Unincorporated Persons In The Late Honda Dynasty, and What Narcissism Means to Me. His recognitions include the Jackson Poetry Prize, the O.B. Hardisson Award for teaching, the James Laughlin Award, the Brittingham Prize, and the Mark Twain Award for humor in American Poetry, as well as fellowships from the NEA and the Guggenheim Foundation. His essays about poetry appear widely. In 2008 Graywolf Press published a book of craft essays, titled Real Sofistakashun. He teaches in the writing program at the University of Houston and in the Warren Wilson College MFA program.
This intensive three-day seminar provides a rare opportunity to learn the teaching of poetry from a master—renowned American poet, critic and teacher Tony Hoagland. His Five Powers of Poetry seminar, which he has taught around the country, is designed to provide teachers with a firm footing for reading and teaching poetry. The seminar will also be of compelling interest to anyone interested in the reading, writing or discussion of poetry. Participants will acquire the understanding, vocabulary, practical skills and materials to teach contemporary poetry in a beginning or intermediate classroom. Poems studied will come from a broad palate: from Akhmatova to Keats, O’Hara to Howe, Kleinzahler to Mullen. 3 Sessions Dates: Fri, Feb 8, 4-6pm, Sat-Sun, Feb 9-10, 9-4pm (1-hour lunch) Limit: 20 Participants Registration Deadline: Thurs, Feb 7 Please inquire about Professional Development Credits Cost: $395 | www.geminiink.org
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Jacques Barzun, 1907 Gad Beck, 1923
in memoriam
Maeve Binchy, 1940 Ray Bradbury, 1920 Stephen Covey, 1932 Nora Ephron, 1941 Rosa Guy, 1922 Roland Huff, 1942 David Rakoff, 1964 William Raspberry, 1938 Barry Unsworth, 1930 Gore Vidal, 1925
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We would like to make a special note of the loss of Roland Huff, poet and beloved facilitator for the Open Writing Workshop. We also wish to make a special note of the passing of Dr. Jacques Barzun legendary philosopher, critic and teacher. Dr. Barzun was the 2006 Gemini Ink Award for Literary Excellence honoree.
uww reading series Fri, Feb 8 7pm Faculty Reading at The Twig Book Shop Rus Bradburd, Robert Boswell and Antonya Nelson Fri, Mar 1 6:30pm Faculty Reading at Gemini Ink Laurie Ann Guerrero, Joe Vastano and Kathleen Lee Fri, Mar 15 6:30pm A Reading of Writers from Voices de la Luna at Gemini Ink Fri, Apr 5 6:30pm Faculty Reading at The Twig Book Shop Fady Joudah and Hayan Charara Fri, May 3 6:30pm Faculty Reading at The Twig Book Shop Amanda Ward and Joni Wallace Fri, May 10 6:30pm Faculty Reading at The Twig Book Shop Nan Cuba and Victoria Barrett The Twig Book Shop ~ 200 E. Grayson Street, Suite 124 ~ San Antonio, TX 78215
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calendar of events Mar 10-Apr 21 | #1 Renegades, Wanderers and Visionaries: The Power of Storytelling Joe Vastano Mar 15 | A Reading of Writers from Voices de la Luna at Gemini Ink
january
Mar 26-Apr 30 | #13 Poet as Witness Laurie Ann Guerrero
Jan 7 | Registration Opens
Mar 28-May 2 | #6 Descent: Using the Deep Self to Create Personal Essay and Memoir
Jan 26 | #4A Navigating the Changing World of Publishing: A HandsOn Workshop for Published and Unpublished Authors Tom Payton
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Jan 26 | #4B Navigating the Changing World of Publishing: Book Proposal Workshop Tom Payton
february Feb 7 | Community Talk: Perspectives on Ethnic Studies: Is a Multicultural Education a Civil Right?
Laurie Ann Guerrero
Apr 5 | Faculty Reading at The Twig Book Shop Fady Joudah and Hayan
Charara
Apr 6 | #10 A Style of My Own: Writing Against the Workshop Fady Joudah
Feb 8-10 | #14 Five Powers of Poetry Tony Hoagland
Apr 6 | #11 Authority and Personality: Channeling the Power of Poetic Voice Hayan Charara
Feb. 8 | Faculty Reading at The Twig Book Shop Rus Bradburd, Robert Boswell and
Joel Peckham
Antonya Nelson
Feb 9 | #3 Everything We Know About Writing Fiction in One Morning Robert Boswell and Antonya Nelson
Feb 9 | #8 Game On! Writing About Sports Rus Bradburd Feb 28 | Autograph Series Philip Levine and Tony Hoagland
march Mar 1 | Faculty Reading at Gemini Ink Laurie Ann Guerrero, Joe Vastano and
Kathleen Lee
Mar 2 | #7 The Uncharted World: Writing the Travel Essay Kathleen Lee Mar 9 | Luminaria 7-12am at HemisFair Park
Apr 6 | #5 Slice of Life: Crafting Short Creative Nonfiction
may May 3 | Faculty Reading at The Twig Book Shop Amanda Ward and Joni Wallace
May 4 | #2 How to Structure Your Novel Amanda Ward May 4 | #12 Ekphrastic Poetry: Moving Pictures, Illuminating Text at the San Antonio Museum of Art Joni Wallace May 10 | Faculty Reading at The Twig Book Shop Nan Cuba and Victoria Barrett
May 11 | #9 A Beautiful Friendship: Building the Author/ Editor Relationship Nan Cuba and
Victoria Barrett
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community talk Palo Alto College and Gemini Ink’s University Without Walls present a Civil Rights Panel/Community Talk
Perspectives on Ethnic Studies: Is a Multicultural Education a Civil Right? Thursday, February 7, 2013 Free and Open to the Public Reception follows panel discussion
Palo Alto College Performing Arts Center Main Theatre
1400 Villaret/Large maroon building by Loop 410 entrance
11am: Free Documentary Film Screening of Precious Knowledge
The struggle to save the Mexican-American Studies Program in Tucson, Arizona
12-2pm: Panel discussion with
Dr. Carmen Tafolla George Rodriguez
Dr. Lisa Moore
Dr. Carey Latimore
Writer-in-Residence at the University of Texas San Antonio and San Antonio’s first Poet Laureate
Professor of English/ Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin
Co-Chair of the History Department and former Director of AfricanAmerican Studies at Trinity University
Former President of the San Antonio Tea Party and President of the South Texas Political Alliance
Moderated by Juan Tejeda Instructor of Music & Mexican-American Studies at Palo Alto College
Office of Student Engagement and Retention | Mexican-American Studies
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Autograph Series
Featuring Philip Levine, US Poet Laureate, 2011-2012
with special guest Tony Hoagland Southwest School of Art | Coates Chapel Free Public Reading Thurs, Feb 28, 2013, 7pm Author Reception, $25 Colloquium Luncheon, Q&A, and Book Signing Fri, Mar 1, 2013, 11:30am, $35 Sponsored by the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts