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¡saludos!
Autumn is always too early. The peonies are still blooming, bees are still working out ideal states….
–Adam Zagajewski
On the other hand, a case can be made that everything takes its own proper time, especially during harvest season. Now after the noisy and gregarious pleasures of summer, we turn inward, seek a bit of quiet. It is time to make something of ourselves, in the most literal sense. So join us, all you readers and writers, dreamers and thinkers, for a Fall semester ripe with rare opportunities to grow your inner lives. There’ll be ceremonial poetry by a Mayan shaman as part of our city’s Mexico 2010 observance. Fiction will be taught by Austin writer John Pipkin, in whose historical novel “Thoreau comes to life,” says The New York Times. Cinco Puntos Press writers and publishers Bobby and Lee Byrd will offer individual manuscript consultations. Those of you wanting to preserve family stories can study oral history with Patricia Preciado Martin, straight from Tucson. See the lineup on the facing page for much more…. Also, please make plans for our annual INKstravaganza, this year honoring one of San Antonio’s favorite sons John Phillip Santos on Thursday, Sept. 23. Your presence at our celebration helps us continue sharing the healing power of reading and writing free of charge with the homeless, at-risk teens, battered women and children – all those among us who have been told they have “nothing to say.” We know better, don’t we? ¡Gracias mil! Rosemary Catacalos Executive | Artistic Director
about Gemini Ink
Gemini Ink nurtures writers and readers and builds community through literature and the related arts. We now serve an average of 5,000 patrons annually – from the avid reader to troubled youth, and from the professional writer to the elder who wants to record her family stories. Writers in Communities (WIC) sends professional writers into diverse community settings to work alongside students of all ages, needs, interests, and abilities in free workshops based in oral traditions, reading, and creative writing. Autograph Series presents writers of national and international stature – many of them recipients of major prizes such as the Pulitzer or National Book Award – in free public performances and a ticketed colloquium luncheon the next day. University Without Walls (UWW) offers three semesters of fee-based reading groups and workshops and also many free literary events, all led by professional writers, scholars, and interdisciplinary artists. Dramatic Readers Theater (DRT) features professional actors interpreting literary works in free performances, often accompanied by original music. 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, the Brown Foundation, the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs, Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation, the Edouard Foundation, theFund, Guerra • DeBerry • Coody Marketing and Communications, H-E-B, the 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, Martin Foundation, Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Genevieve and Ward Orsinger Foundation, Rackspace Foundation, the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts, the San Antonio Express-News, the Smothers Foundation, the Jack and Doris Smothers and Mary Ann Smothers Bruni Memorial Foundation, and the Texas Commission on the Arts. We extend very special thanks for in-kind support to H-E-B and Clear Visions Inc. for the printing of our course catalogues.
Cover Art: Image from the cover of Incantations: Songs, Spells and Images by Mayan Women edited by Ámbar Past, Xalik Guzmán Bakbolom, and Xpetra Ernandes, used by permission of Cinco Puntos Press. fall catalogue
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fall 2010 schedule Dates
Classes & Events
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Tuesday, Aug. 31
Fall Registration Begins
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Tuesday, Aug. 31
Writers Respond to Art
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Sept. 2010
Mexico 2010 Begins
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Thursday, Sept. 2
First Thursday Reading
page 16
Wednesday, Sept. 15
Lifelong / Grissom*
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Saturday, Sept. 18
Multi-Genre / Barrios*
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Sunday, Sept. 19
Community Talk
page 16
Thursday, Sept. 23
INKstravaganza
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Saturday, Sept. 25
Lifelong Learning / Fisher
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Saturday, Oct. 9
Multi-Genre / Byrd Poetry / Byrd Private Consultations / Byrds* Poetry / Alurista Special Saturday Reading
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Sunday, Oct. 10
Lifelong Learning / Past
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Saturday, Oct. 16
Fiction / Dane Nonfiction / Swartz
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Saturday, Oct. 30
Screenwriting / Pe単a
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Thursday, Nov. 4
2 to Watch
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Friday, Nov. 5
First Friday Reading
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Saturday, Nov. 6
Nonfiction / Martin Poetry / Kolosov
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Friday, Dec. 3
First Friday Reading
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Saturday, Dec. 4
Fiction / Pipkin
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Note: Classes are shown here by genre and instructor(s). See page listings for detailed class descriptions and registration deadlines. *Multi-session courses are shown with an asterisk. gemini ink 2010
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About Our Classes
Are you interested in music, photography, theater, science, or philosophy? Are you a teacher searching for ideas to use in the classroom? Are you a business professional wanting to polish your communication skills? Do you enjoy books and good conversation? Maybe you’ve always wanted to be a writer, but you’re not sure how to get started. Or you’re a writer whose work needs more attention. The University Without Walls program offers a wide range of classes and workshops for anyone with an inquisitive mind. Whether you’re curious about ideas or deeply committed to the craft of writing, you’ll find the literary camaraderie you’re looking for at Gemini Ink. Our faculty members have extensive credentials and are committed to teaching. And, at the heart of our classes are creative, intelligent, and talented students like you. Join our community and make Gemini Ink part of your life.
Course Levels
Beginner: Writers or readers who are new to the course subject and/or design. Intermediate: Writers or readers who have background knowledge of the course subject, will complete required readings, and will actively participate in class discussion. These writers have had working practice with this aspect of craft and have participated in at least one writing workshop (either with Gemini Ink or elsewhere); they are comfortable with in-class writing exercises. Intermediate/Advanced: Intermediate level requirements, plus a knowledge of all technical and formal aspects pertinent to this class. Participants are experienced in critical analysis. Writers have a history of practical experience in this area, have participated in several writing workshops, and are probably researching the publication process (and have a realistic understanding of its demands). Advanced: Intermediate/ Advanced requirements, plus extensive knowledge of this course subject. Each participant is something of an expert in this field. Each writer has attained a professional level, that is, writing has become an integral part of her/his routine and her/his work is of publication quality. Course levels are self-selected. fall catalogue
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#1 Writing for the Young Adult Market: Where Do I Begin? Level: All Instructor: Jordan Dane Interested in writing for one of the hottest genres in the publishing industry? Young adult novelist Jordan Dane shares what she’s learned about trends / themes / subgenres in the Young Adult market, the unique voice, how to create believable characters, and where to get ideas for books targeting teens 12-18 years old. This two-hour discussion workshop will be geared for aspiring authors and published authors wanting to learn about YA. And for three attendees, Jordan will provide a first chapter critique. Names will be drawn during the workshop and after winners provide their first chapter via email, Jordan will send written feedback within two weeks of submission. Date: Saturday, Oct. 16, 1 – 3pm Limit: 12 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 13 Teachers CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts Fee: $64 Discounted Fee: $58
#2 Researching the Historical Novel:
Character, Setting, and Dialogue Level: All Instructor: John Pipkin Writers of historical fiction often struggle with the basic questions: How does one research details essential for creating convincing characters, settings, and dialogue? To what extent should research drive plot? How accurately should a novel strive to portray history? This three hour class addresses strategies for researching and writing, and examines mistakes made by firsttime (and established) writers. Through lecture and Q&A, we’ll examine how much research is “enough” and when to decide to “abandon” the facts. Students should bring questions so they can work through specific issues in their own writing. Date: Saturday, Dec. 4, 9am – noon Limit: 12 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Dec. 1 Teachers CPE Credits: 5 Language Arts Discounted Fee: $81 Fee: $90 gemini ink 2010
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#3 Making Poems from the Right Side of
Your House Level: All Instructor: Bobby Byrd We all come to making poems with certain rigid ideas about what a poem is – how it should act out in public. What should these word things do for us? Writing lyric poetry, poems about ourselves and our lives, makes our poems even more susceptible to sentimentality and our personal hang-ups. Lyric poems can end up like children: the only person not bothered by them is the poet. Thus, in our workshop our everyday lives will be the subjects of our poems, but we will let participants be free with their language and their poetry. We’ll try to quit worrying about what a poem MEANS. Let it mean what it means. We’ll have fun and play with the language. Anything might happen on the way to the poem. But always the content of the poem will be our own lives. Date: Saturday, Oct. 9, 10am – noon Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 6 Teachers CPE Credits: 2 Language Arts Fee: $64 Discounted Fee: $58
#4 Chicano Poetry Workshop
Level: All Instructor: Alurista This intergenerational Chicano poetry workshop is designed to bring together young writing students with older writers and poets in order to discuss the history, themes, techniques, important writers and relevance of Chicano poetry. In the first part of the workshop, Alurista will lead a discussion that will contextualize Chicano poetry in the larger diaspora of American literature. In the second part, he will prompt the attendees to write, which will be followed by a reading and critique session of the poetry created during the workshop. Date: Saturday, Oct. 9, 10am – 12:30pm at the Palo Alto Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, 1400 W. Villaret Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78224 Limit: 20 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Oct.6 Teachers CPE Credits: 2 Language Arts Fee: Free, but space is limited – call to register gemini ink 2010
How to Register
A registration form appears on page 21. Please mail the completed form to Gemini Ink at 513 S. Presa, San Antonio, TX 78205, along with your class tuition and registration fee. You may also register by visiting our website at www.geminiink. org, calling us at 210.734.9673 (877.734.9673, toll-free), or visiting our office at the above address.
Registration and Payment Policies Registration and payment should be made as soon as possible. Class size is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. After the published deadline, we accept registrations on a spaceavailable basis until three days before the class. A late fee will be assessed after the first class meeting for any unpaid tuition. We will charge a $10 processing fee for any returned check.
Registration Fee
Be sure to include the $10 registration fee in your total. The fee is required each time you enroll for classes and helps cover expenses like registration staffing, classroom maintenance, handouts, flyers, mailings, and supplies. If you are taking several classes, register for them all at once to avoid paying multiple registration fees!
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Payments
Gemini Ink accepts VISA and MasterCard payments for class tuition or contributions. For more information, please call the office at 210.734.9673.
Class Cancellations
Gemini Ink reserves the right to cancel or reschedule courses to adjust for enrollment. If it is necessary to cancel a course, all registered participants will be informed immediately and will be extended the opportunity to transfer to another course. If participants enrolled in a canceled class do not wish to transfer, a full refund will be made.
Discounts on Class Tuition!
The class fee reflects our existing 10% discount. An additional 5% deduction is offered to educators, seniors (65+), and students. Refer five friends to any University Without Walls class or combination of classes, and we’ll waive your tuition for one class or workshop. Some restrictions apply. Call the office at 210.734.9673 for details. 5 fall catalogue
Withdrawals A student may
withdraw from a Gemini Ink workshop at any time. The student must notify the office at least 5 business days prior to the first date of the workshop to be eligible for full tuition refunds, less a $25 withdrawal fee. Alternately, tuition transfers to another class are available within the same semester. Withdrawal notifications not made within 5 business days of the workshop are not eligible for tuition refunds, but students may transfer tuition to another class within the same semester, less a $25 late withdrawal fee and/or faculty cost. Withdrawal notifications made the day of the workshop or after the workshop has begun are not eligible for refunds or transfers of any kind. Transfer of tuition across semesters is not possible. Failure to attend sessions or verbal notification to instructor will not be regarded as official notice of withdrawal. Refunds will be processed within 14 business days. Refund checks must be cashed within 90 days of the check date. Otherwise, we will have to charge for any stoppayment costs we incur.
Special Info
Occasionally classes will be photographed or videotaped. Please notify the instructor if you wish to be excluded. Adult classes are open to high school students by permission of the instructor only. On occasion, classes may deviate from the published course descriptions.
Volunteering.
Do the Write Thing. Work toward a free class! We have lots of opportunities and a variety of jobs to do. To learn more please call 210.734.9673 and pitch in!
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#5 The Eye of the Beholder: On Writers Courting Visual Art as Muse Level: All Instructor: Jacqueline Kolosov This intensive day-long workshop will focus on art as subject and inspiration, discovering how the visual artist’s aesthetic can fuel the writer’s own way of seeing. During the first part of the day, we will explore examples of ekphrastic writing by Alison Funk, Susan Vreeland, Brenda Miller, and the instructor in order to learn from their strategies. We will then turn to generative exercises. Workshopping and discussion will take place following lunch. Date: Saturday, Nov. 6, 10am – 5pm (lunch break included) Limit: 12 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Nov. 3 Required Materials: Please bring a fine art photograph and a little preliminary research on the artist / photographer as this information may play a role in your writing. Teachers CPE Credits: 7 Language Arts Fee: $110 Discounted Fee: $99 MULTI-GENRE
#6 Poetic and Dramatic Form: On Writing and Reviewing Poetry and Plays Level: All Instructor: Gregg Barrios Playwriting and poetry are two vital areas of the literary landscape that are often overlooked both by writers and publications. This class will survey why, as a writer, you might consider either, and why some themes and subjects are often better suited to playwriting or poetry. We will give examples of how both work separately and how something wonderful happens when you combine the two. The second session will give a hands-on approach to editing and reviewing plays or poetry collections. Participants will discuss publications where they can submit their work, as well as places where they can submit their reviews, both locally and nationally. Date: Saturday, Sept. 18 and Sunday, Sept. 19, 9am – noon Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Sept. 15 Teachers CPE Credits: 6 Language Arts Fee: $90 Discounted Fee: $81 gemini ink 2010
#7 Getting Published Level: Intermediate and Advanced Instructor: Lee Merrill Byrd Curious what publishers look for when they acquire manuscripts? Or what they see when they look at your manuscript? Publisher Lee Byrd of Cinco Puntos Press has been in the publishing business for 25 years. She and her husband Bobby Byrd have developed their own unique vision of publishing. Lee doesn’t always know what she’s looking for, but when she sees a manuscript with a certain quality, she knows she’s found it! This workshop will help you to think more about the mysterious alchemy between a manuscript and an editor, with an eye to helping you get your own work published. Date: Saturday, Oct. 9, 10am – noon Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 6 Teachers CPE Credits: 2 Language Arts Fee: $64 Discounted Fee: $58 #8 Private Editorial Consultations
Level: Intermediate and Advanced Instructor: Lee and Bobby Byrd Lee and Bobby Byrd are the founders of Cinco Puntos Press in El Paso, TX. The husband and wife duo will be accepting 30 manuscripts (15 poetry and 15 fiction) for 20 minute, individual editorial consultations. Each manuscript must consist of 10 to 15 pages of writing. Space is limited; call Gemini Ink to make an appointment. Date: Saturday, Oct. 9 and Sunday, Oct. 10 by appointment Limit: 30 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Sept. 29 Required Manuscript: Manuscripts must be mailed to 701 Texas Avenue, El Paso, TX 79901 upon registration. If the pages are fiction, please mark the envelope ATTN: Lee Byrd / Gemini Ink Consultation; if they are poetry, then mark the envelope ATTN: Bobby Byrd / Gemini Ink Consultation Fee: $80 Discounted Fee: $72
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Credit for Teachers
Gemini Ink is registered with the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) as a provider of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) activities for standard certificate renewal for teachers. CPE credits are listed by each course description. Credit should be requested at the time of registration. Certificates will be mailed within 7 days of course completion.
Business and Professional Managers If you are looking
for an exciting continuing education experience for your valued employees, a Gemini Ink class is ideal. University Without Walls class offerings begin on page 4. For writing instruction in the workplace, contact the Director of the Writers in Communities program at our office. Whether held at our site or yours, our classes will enrich your employees’ lives on and off the job.
Course Texts Most course
texts and faculty books may be purchased at the Gemini Ink office during business hours (call for availability), or at The Twig Book Shop, 200 E. Grayson Ste. 124, 1.800.SAYTWIG. The Twig donates 20% of our in-office book sales to Gemini Ink. www.thetwig.indiebound.com
Manuscript Submissions
For courses requiring advance manuscripts, please send manuscript attached to an email to info@geminiink.org. Manuscripts must have at least one-inch margins, be in an easily legible font, adhere to the instructor’s specified length limitations, and, if fiction, be double-spaced. Please note that Gemini Ink is unable to reformat manuscripts that don’t meet these guidelines. Include your instructor’s name, along with your name and contact information. The email should indicate “manuscript” and class number in the subject line. Manuscripts will be circulated electronically for advance critique. Please bring one hard copy to class. Manuscripts submitted after the published deadline will be distributed in class and discussed only at the instructor’s discretion. Call 210.734.9673 for instructions if you don’t use email.
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Thank You
We are grateful to our many Gemini Ink donors and funders who make it possible to keep your tuition affordable.
Interested in Teaching?
Proposals for classes are invited! Generally, we require that our faculty have significant publishing and teaching experience. Please send a sample course outline, résumé/curriculum vitae, and (if possible) a copy of a recent book. Direct your materials to Leslie Plant, the director of University Without Walls, or, to teach in community settings, send to the director of Writers in Communities.
Plans in the Making
Parents! If your children are interested in classes/workshops for young writers, please call our office at 210.734.9673 to get on our planning list. When we have ten potential students, we’ll try to put a workshop together, depending on instructor availability and compatible ages in the group.
Where to Find Us
Unless otherwise noted, events take place in our bright green building at 513 S. Presa in Southtown/King William. If you are coming from 35&10, exit Durango Blvd. East. Drive to S. Presa and turn right. We are on your right. From 37/281, exit Durango Blvd. West. Drive to the stoplight at S. Alamo and turn left; take the next right on S. Presa. We are on your left almost at the end of the block.
Parking
Parking for classes and events at our facility is available in front of the building, along the street, and across the street in the lot marked “Gemini Ink.” In the interest of being good neighbors, we ask that you not park in the El Mirador restaurant lot next door.
Accessibility
Gemini Ink provides parking for the physically challenged in front of the building, which is wheelchair accessible.
Office Hours Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm; closed on all major holidays.
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#9 Greenlight: Writing Films That Get Made Level: Intermediate - Advanced Instructor: Dora Peña Are you ready to get your screenplays made into films? Could one of your screenplays be a great web series? This workshop will make you more proactive in getting your scripts produced. The first part of the workshop will involve discussions about making a script ready for production and the process of working with independent producers and directors. The second part will include conversations with local independent producers and directors in efforts to create some possible match-ups. Date: Saturday, Oct. 30, noon – 4pm Limit: 12 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 27 Required Materials: Please prepare a 3 – 4 sentence story logline of a current screenplay to bring to the workshop. Teachers CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts Fee: $90 Discounted Fee: $81
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#10 Writing for Magazines
Level: All Instructor: Mimi Swartz What makes a good magazine story? Where do writers get their ideas? How do you get the reader to stick with you for a 2,000, 5,000, and even 10,000 word story? In this class students will be taken through the process from idea to production. Students will talk about how to pitch a story to a magazine and how to make sure it gets published. Sections from award winning stories will be selected to serve as examples, and we might come up with sample “ledes” or beginnings of stories that work. Class members are encouraged to bring their own successful or unsuccessful examples to share with the group. Date: Saturday, Oct. 16, noon – 4pm Limit: 12 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 13 Teachers CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts Fee: $110 Discounted Fee: $99 gemini ink 2010
#11 Oral History Level: All Instructor: Patricia Preciado Martin We all have our stories. In the deep pockets of our overstimulated and busy brains there resides a desire to record, preserve, and interpret our individual and communal histories. By integrating oral history recordings, personal family interviews, and various texts of chronicled communities, this class will explore the tools needed to develop this unique literary craft. We are inevitably marked by our histories – national, cultural, local, and personal. Let’s take the time to write them down, to discuss the inspiration behind such stories, and to ask our own questions. It is as George Santayana says, “A country without a memory is a country of madmen.” Date: Saturday, Nov. 6, 9am – 3pm (one hour lunch included) Limit: 12 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Nov. 3 Teachers CPE Credits: 5 Language Arts Fee: $90 Discounted Fee: $81 LIFELONG LEARNING
#12 Literary Excursions
Level: All Instructor: Coleen Grissom Join Trinity English professor Coleen Grissom as she delights, offends, inspires, and incites widespread debate among informed and engaged students of contemporary literature. Classes consist of critical analysis of the readings which include short stories and novels. Dates: 6 Wednesdays, noon – 1:30pm Sept. 15 Joyce Carol Oates’ White Girl/Black Girl Sept. 22 David Lodge’s Deaf Sentence Sept. 29 Richard Russo’s That Old Cape Magic Oct. 6 Alice Munro’s Too Much Happiness Oct. 13 Barbara Kingsolver’s The Lacuna Oct. 20 Hillary Mantel’s Wolf Hall Limit: 50 Participants Registration Deadline: Monday, Sept. 13 Teachers CPE Credits: 9 Language Arts Fee: $110 Discounted Fee: $99 gemini ink 2010
Gift Shop
Our inventory includes books by current and previous Gemini Ink faculty; signed, limited edition prints, handmade chapbooks of the works of Gemini award winners, and gift certificates for University Without Walls classes and workshops. We also stock the literary journal, Rain Taxi, which is free for the taking.
Lending Library
Gemini Ink has an eclectic array of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and how-to-write books, as well as literary journals that are available to borrow. Please stop by and check out our titles.
Facilities Rental
The Gemini Ink conference room is available for $20/hour, while the large meeting room is available for $30/hour rental fee. Our facility belongs to you. Please take this opportunity to call the office for details.
Staff
Rosemary Catacalos Executive | Artistic Director Rachel Christilles* Financial Officer Jennifer Herrera Director, Communications Anisa Onofre Director, WIC Leslie Plant Director, UWW Evelyn Reyes Managing Director Carolene Zehner Registrar | Operations Manager *part-time
Volunteers
Dario Beniquez Facilitator, Open Writing Workshop Jim Dawes Facilitator, Open Writing Workshop Roland Huff Facilitator, Open Writing Workshop
Consultants
Gloria Pins Arecchi CPA Bett Butler & Pamela Dean Kenny Dramatic Readers Theater
Interns
Iris Ayala Melinda Gonzalez Stephen Guzman Kimee Johnson Juan Daniel Torres Negrón Megan Peak Kaitlin Reagan Austin Reed 9 fall catalogue
Gemini Ink Board of Directors
Mallory Belt Ahl Public Finance, Frost Bank Marian Aitches Senior Lecturer in History, University of Texas at San Antonio Norma E. Cantú, Ph.D. Professor of English, University of Texas at San Antonio, Writer Rosemary Catacalos (Ex officio), Executive | Artistic Director, Writer Tess Coody Partner, Guerra . DeBerry . Coody Marketing & Communications, Writer Eusebio Díaz Program Director, Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio William A. Dupont, AIA San Antonio Conservation Society Endowed Professor of Architecture, University of Texas at San Antonio William Fisher Attorney, Cox, Smith, Matthews Inc. Anthony E. Hargrove Executive Director, Ella Austin Community Center Julie Hasdorff Attorney, Hasdorff & Convery, PC James Heidelberg Attorney, Escamilla & Poneck, Inc. María Luisa Holmgreen Attorney Josie Seeligson Freelance writer, Photographer and Tree Farmer Aïssatou Sidimé Communications Specialist, Business Financial Group
National Advisory Board
Dorothy Allison San Francisco Robert Boswell Houston Sandra Cisneros San Antonio Katy Flato San Antonio Robert Flynn San Antonio Ernest J. Gaines Louisiana Edward Hirsch New York Tony Hoagland Houston Phillip Lopate New York Terry McMillan California W.S. Merwin Hawaii Antonya Nelson Houston Naomi Shihab Nye San Antonio Gregory Orr Charlottesville Carolyn Osborn Austin Martha Rhodes New York Richard Russo Maine John Phillip Santos San Antonio Ellen Bryant Voigt Vermont Chuck Wachtel New York Marion Winik Pennsylvania fall catalogue
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#13 A Life on the Hyphen: Josefina Niggli Level: All Instructor: William Fisher Born outside Monterrey in 1910, Josefina Niggli was shuttled between Northern Mexico and San Antonio in her youth due to the Mexican Revolution. This bicultural upbringing gave her the material and skills to write popular fictional and dramatic works that presented United States readers with a nuanced picture of life in Northern Mexico. The seminar will begin with a lecture about Niggli’s life, focusing on her connections to San Antonio, and continue with a discussion of the reading materials. Students are invited to visit the exhibit, Josefina Niggli: Halfway Child, at the Instituto Cultural de México following the class. Date: Saturday, Sept. 25, 9 – 11am Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Sept. 22 Required Reading: Before the seminar students will read Soldadera, a one-act play about the Mexican Revolution, and the first chapter from her novel Mexican Village. Teachers CPE Credits: 2 Language Arts Fee: $50 Discounted Fee: $45
#14 Bilingual Poetry Workshop
Level: All Instructor: Ámbar Past This class will explore the subtleties of poetry written in English, Spanish, Tzotzil Maya and other Amerindian languages. Students will have ample opportunity to both write and read their own poetry, whether it be in English or Spanish, and handouts will be provided including selections from Federico Garcia Lorca, Rosario Castellanos, Jaime Sabines, and Juan Felipe Herrera. Discussion will include poetics and methods for eliminating writer’s block. Date: Sunday, Oct. 10, 9am – noon Limit: 20 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Oct.6 Teachers CPE Credits: 3 Language Arts Fee: $66 Discounted Fee: $60
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Native San Antonian Bill Fisher is a benefits attorney at Cox Smith by trade. He has been researching Josefina Niggli’s life for the past ten years and collaborated closely with Niggli biographer Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez. This spring he presented a paper at the Niggli Symposium at Western Carolina University based on the archives of Sombrero, the MGM musical adaptation of Mexican Village. He is also co-curator of Josefina Niggli: Halfway Child, a FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2010 Signature Exhibit on display at the Instituto Cultural de México from Sept. 4 – Oct. 24, 2010.
Having served Trinity University since 1958 in administrative and teaching roles, Coleen Grissom now teaches three courses each semester in the English department: Writing Workshop, First Year Seminar, and Contemporary Literature. In October 2008, the Trinity University Press published A Novel Approach to Life, a collection of speeches which she has written and delivered over the past five decades.
Jacqueline Kolosov’s young adult novels include A Sweet Disorder (released in June 2009) and The Red Queen’s Daughter, both from Hyperion. Her poetry collections include Modigliani’s Muse (Turning Point, 2009) and Vago (Lewis-Clark Press, 2007). Her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have been published here and abroad in such journals as The Southern Review, Shenandoah, Poetry, Orion, and Western Humanities Review. She is the recipient of a 2008 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. She is an associate professor of creative writing at Texas Tech University. Her web site is www.jacquelinekolosov.com.
Patricia Preciado Martin has spent the last 30 years documenting the history, culture, and traditions of Mexican Americans in Arizona. Her oral histories include Images and Conversations: Mexican Americans Recall a Southwestern Past (University of Arizona Press, 1983), which won the national Virginia McCormick Scully prize for the best history by a Mexican American or Native American the year of its publication. Patricia’s short story collection, Amor Eterno: Eleven Lessons of Love (University of Arizona Press, 2002), received the Southwest Book Award for fiction given by the Border Library Association. She recently received the Luminaria Medallion, awarded by the Tucson Pima Arts Council.
For 30 years Ámbar Past has worked in the collecting, recording, and translation of Tzotzil ritual poetry, which appears in the bilingual anthologies, published by Taller Leñateros, Conjuros y ebriedades, (1998), Incantations by Mayan Women and a music CD-book, Disco de los Conjuros (in press). She is the founder and director of the prize-winning journal for art and literature La Jicara, known as “the most beautiful magazine in Mexico.” Past’s work has been shown in book arts exhibitions in the US, Mexico, Austria, Japan, France, UK, and Italy. fall catalogue
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Dora Peña was a 2001 recipient of the Latino Public Broadcasting Emerging Digital Producers Grant for the Director for an interstitial film that told success stories of teen mothers. Her first short film titled Crazy Life, funded through a Directors Award from the San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs is now in distribution through Vanguard International Cinema. Dora is an alumna of the 2007 Creative Capital Artist Professional Development Workshop, 2003 NALIP Latino Producers Academy, and the 2003 NALIP Latino Writer’s Lab. Dream Healing, her feature directorial debut, was completed in 2009 and is currently seeking distribution.
John Pipkin’s critically-acclaimed historical novel, Woodsburner, (Nan Talese/Doubleday, 2009), was awarded the First Novel Prize by the New York Center for Fiction, the 2010 Fiction Award from the Massachusetts Center for the Book, and the Texas Institute of Letters 2010 Steven Turner Award for First Novel. Woodsburner was named a “best books of 2009” by the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Christian Science Monitor. Pipkin attended Washington & Lee University and received his Ph.D. from Rice University in 1997. He was recently awarded a Dobie-Paisano Fellowship for 2011. Mimi Swartz, author, with Sherron Watkins, of Power Failure, The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron (Broadway Business, 2004), is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She was a staff writer at Talk from 1999 – 2001, and at The New Yorker from 1997 – 1999. In 1996, Swartz was a finalist for two National Magazine Awards and won in the public interest category. She was a finalist again in 2005. Swartz’s work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Slate, National Geographic and the New York Times’ Sunday magazine. It has also been collected in Best American Political Writing 2006 (Public Affairs, 2006) and Best American Sportswriting 2007 (Mariner Books, 2007).
Open Writing Workshop
Join this peer-driven workshop facilitated by longtime Gemini Ink volunteers Dario Beniquez, Jim Dawes and Roland Huff. Share your writing and get feedback on works-in-progress in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere. The workshop is held from 6:30 - 8:30 pm, on the last Monday of every month at Gemini Ink, 513 S. Presa.This fall’s Open Writing Workshops will be held on Sept. 27, Oct. 25, and Nov. 29. Bring 6 - 10 copies of your work to share!
Free and open to all writers!
PRIVATE EDITING SERVICES
Former Trinity University teacher Donley Watt is available for private editing services. Prize-winning author of five books of fiction, Watt has also taught creative writing at the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University. Short stories, memoirs, creative nonfiction and novels accepted. $40/hour; $40 minimum. Book-length manuscripts, $400 minimum. Call 210.734.WORD to arrange services. gemini ink 2010
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writers in communities helping people tell their stories
Writers in Communities (WIC) provides workshops – always free to participants – highlighting oral traditions, reading, and creative writing. Our professional teaching writers work alongside students of all ages, needs, interests and abilities in diverse community settings – from schools to justice facilities. WIC has served well over 7,000 individuals and published more than 50 chapbooks and broadsides of writing by students of all ages since 2002, and we continue to seek innovative partnerships throughout the community. Our work builds the critical thinking, reading, writing, and verbal skills essential to a healthy and economically thriving populace.
Writers in Communities Partners Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department FotoFronteras George W. Brackenridge Foundation Harlandale Independent School District McNay Art Museum Rackspace Foundation Safe Haven Homeless Shelter San Antonio Independent School District Wayne Wright Lawyers W.I.N.G.S. for Life, Inc.
Writers in Schools Once again, Harlandale Independent School District partnered with WIC for their Summer Writing Academy with a three-week workshop focusing on flash fiction and oulipo (the use of mathematical constraints to trigger literary creation). Writer-in-residence Lyle Rosdahl worked with a group of 6th-12th grade students introducing lipograms, visuals, and prompts as ways to approach writing differently. This fall, elementary and middle school students from five schools in the San Antonio Independent School District will draw on their life experiences and imagination to create poems, stories, or personal non-fiction with published writers. Participants will then meet with a professional artist to select visual aspects of their writing to be represented on published broadsides. An anthology reflecting the work of all five schools will also be published. Walking tours of the broadsides will be incorporated near each participating school for students, their families and friends, and the community.
Writers in the Community As part of their Summer Teacher Institute, poet/painter D. Ellis Phelps led two workshops titled “En Plein Air Writing” at the McNay Art Museum. More than 40 educators gathered on the McNay grounds to read poetry and write. In the process, they explored using visual thinking strategies as writing prompts, and worked on creating poetry filled with texture and sensory words to describe landscape. Educators left with suggestions and new tools to take into their own classrooms. This summer, WIC collaborated with FotoFronteras co-founder and photographer Fadela Castro on a three-week interdisciplinary project that combined writing and photography. In Testimonios, WIC worked with a group of Latin American youth detained at a local shelter after entering the U.S. alone. Writer Ben Olguín and Castro assisted students in documenting their stories in both mediums. A hard-copy anthology will be distributed to future shelter residents, and an exhibit of the work will be included in the 2010 FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA festival. WIC returns to the Battered Women and Children’s Shelter (BWCS) in the fall to provide poetry and creative non-fiction workshops separately to mothers and their children. Their work will be combined in an anthology and distributed to participants, at the BWCS, and in libraries. Writer/Illustrator Regina Moya is facilitating this workshop.
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Writers in the Juvenile Justice Setting Last spring, writer Natalia Treviño worked at W.I.N.G.S. For Life (Women in Need of Greater Strength), an educational residential center that houses adolescent mothers and their children as an alternative to juvenile incarceration. Participants read and discussed classic children’s literature, then created original children’s stories of their own. Illustrator Regina Moya worked with students to develop illustrations for their stories. An anthology edition of 300 is now available. Anthologies are widely distributed through libraries, teen parenting programs, educational fairs, and other public service venues. Through the Poetry’s Dialogue with Image project, WIC returned to the 386th Drug Court for the second summer in a row for a creative writing workshop. This year, students worked with poet Trey Moore on developing poems related to recovery from substance abuse. The group then worked with artist Robert Poschmann to illustrate their work for a chapbook and small set of poetry broadsides.
Now available from Gemini Ink: Writers in Communities Anthologies Since last catalog printing, five WIC anthologies have been printed, highlighting the published work of some 80 workshop participants – from middle school students to incarcerated teens to the homeless. Each anthology is $10. All proceeds benefit the Writers in Communities Program. Not Less than Everything, Summer 2010 Writings by residents of the Safe Haven homeless shelter. Rocket to the Moon and Other Children’s Stories, Summer 2010 A collection of children’s stories by residents at W.I.N.G.S. for Life (Women in Need of Greater Strength), an educational residential center that houses adolescent mothers and their children as an alternative to juvenile incarceration. Nothing Has Bended To Me, Summer 2010 A collection of poetry by students from the East Central Independent School District Mise en Place drop-out recovery pilot program. We Must Not Go Alone, Summer 2010 Writings by students from the East Central Independent School District Mise en Place dropout recovery pilot program. Future of the Beast and other Gothic Tales, Spring 2010 An online anthology of scary stories by 7th graders at Terrell Wells and Kingsborough Middle Schools in the Harlandale District. Visit http://geminiink.org/writers-in-communities/electronicanthologies Gemini Ink also features a published WIC anthology every month on our website: www. geminiink.org
Opportunity for Professional Writers If you have a published book (or the equivalent), have experience teaching creative writing, and want to help bring creative writing, reading, storytelling, and thinking to diverse communities, we want to meet you. E-mail your resume or CV and three pages of writing samples to wic@geminiink.org
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more good stuff Community Talk
Featuring panelists Benita Veliz, a local college graduate and activist for the DREAM Act, along with MALDEF staff attorney Diego Bernal, this fall’s Community Talk will delve into the issue of immigration and the multi-dimensional perspectives that accompany such a topic.
C4 Workspace 108 King William Sunday, Sept. 19 at 4:30pm Free and Open to the Public
Writers Respond to Art
This August, three San Antonio writers will read their original responses to pieces in SAMA’s Contemporary Art collection. Come early to view the artworks and create your own sense of the collection before hearing the writers’ unique perspectives
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 6:30pm San Antonio Museum of Art Auditorium 200 West Jones Avenue San Antonio 78215 Free and Open to the Public
2 to Watch Artpace 445 N. Main Thursday, Nov. 4 at 6:30pm Free and Open to the Public Join Gemini Ink and Artpace as we pair horror/sci-fi writer and local homicide detective Joe McKinney with visual artist William Betts to create a conversation which explores the commonalities of their work and processes.
IN MEMORIAm Rane Arroyo 1954-2010 Judson Crews 1917-2010 Jaime Escalante 1930-2010 Barry Hannah 1943-2010 Carlos Monsivaís 1938-2010 Carlos Montemayor 1947-2010 Juan Bruce-Novoa 1944-2010 Peter Orlovsky 1933-2010 José Saramago 1922-2010 Leslie Scalapino 1944-2010 Andrei Voznesensky 1933-2010 fall catalogue
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Free Reading Series Thursday, Sept. 2, 6:30pm at Central Library, 600 Soledad Jordan Dane and Gregg Barrios Saturday, Oct. 9, 7pm at Gemini Ink, 513 S. Presa Lee and Bobby Byrd of Cinco Puntos Press and Ámbar Past of Taller Leñateros Friday, Nov. 5, 6:30pm at Gemini Ink, 513 S. Presa Patricia Preciado Martin and Jacqueline Kolosov Friday, Dec. 3, 6:30pm at Gemini Ink, 513 S. Presa Featuring Dobie Paisano fellowship winner John Pipkin
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México 2010 San Antonio
Gemini Ink is proud to join the City of San Antonio in celebrating the bicentennial of Mexico’s 1810 Independence and the centennial of Mexico’s 1910 Revolution
El General
The San Antonio Museum of Art, in partnership with Gemini Ink and SAY Sí will present a free screening of the popular PBS POV documentary El General. The film’s director, Natalia Almada, will answer questions following the screening. Tuesday, Sept. 14 6pm reception, 6:30pm screening San Antonio Museum of Art 200 west Jones San Antonio 78215
Josefina Niggli: Halfway Child a sampling of texts, photographs, and ephemera Opening Exhibition: Saturday, Sept. 4, 4 - 8pm Exhibit on display from Sept. 4 - Oct. 24 Instituto Cultural de México 600 Hemisfair Plaza San Antonio 78205
Incantations: Songs, Spells, and Images by Mayan Women
Mayan ceremony, book presentation, and conversation on transethnic publishing Featuring Ámbar Past and Maruch Mendes Peres of Taller Leñateros in Chiapas, Mexico, and Lee and Bobby Byrd of Cinco Puntos Press in El Paso, TX Thursday, Oct. 7, 6pm Auditorium of the Instituto Cultural de México 600 Hemisfair Plaza San Antonio 78205
Avant-Garde Art and Artists in Mexico: Anita Brenner’s Journals of the Roaring Twenties book presentation
Featuring Susannah Glusker, editor and Anita Brenner’s daughter Thursday, Nov. 18, 6pm Auditorium of the Instituto Cultural de México 600 Hemisfair Plaza San Antonio 78205
Dramatic Readers Theater: Entre Nosotros/Among Ourselves: South Texas and the Mexican Revolution of 1910
Rarely accessible primary and secondary sources, along with seminal texts such as San Antonio historian Anita Brenner’s The Wind That Swept Mexico, will dramatically enlarge our understanding of how we — South Texans and Mexicans engaging our porous and violent border — helped make the revolutionary history that shaped modern Mexico. Music of the period will support the actors. This production complements the Witte Museum’s exhibition: 1910: A Revolution Across Borders on view Sept. 16, 2010 – Jan. 16, 2011. Sunday, Nov. 21, 4 pm Witte Museum 3801 Broadway San Antonio 78209 Free and open to the public gemini ink 2010
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Annual Repor t – 2009 in Review You did it again! Through the generous support of foundations, community partners, and our corporate and individual fans, we ended 2009 with net income of over $425,000 and a surplus of over $83,000! We thank all of you who make it possible for us to invite Story into more people’s lives! Our incredible board members deserve special recognition this year. They advocated for Gemini Ink during a difficult economic climate, helped sell out INKstravaganza, and secured major foundation funding that enabled us to boost our outreach capacity. Then they anchored a year-end campaign with their pledges – and you answered the challenge. In 2009 – • Total participant numbers were up by 2% to 5,052. We served 2,226 Writers in Communities participants, 26% more than in 2008. • The National Endowment for the Arts, in addition to funding the Fall 2009 University Without Walls semester, also funded a one-time program through its Creativity & Aging Initiative. Writers in Communities’ Life Letters intergenerational project brought together high school students and senior citizens to exchange life stories in letter format and perform selections from their work. • New and returning University Without Walls students, and an increase in Writers in Communities partnerships, brought our program revenue up by 21%. • We distributed 3,300 free books to adults and children during Luminaria and the King William parade. We’ve been the recipients of good fortune. In this stressed economy, budgets remain tight, but the need for human connection through language and story is greater than ever. We thank you for recognizing this need, and we ask you to continue supporting Gemini Ink in your own best way: take a class, bring a friend to one of our many free events, donate to the annual campaign, share your work at our next open mic. No gift of time, money, or words is too small. With great appreciation for your involvement, Rachel Christilles Financial Officer The complete annual report can be found at our website www.geminiink.org. fall catalogue
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2009 Contributions $2,500 +
Center for Medical Ethics and Humanities, UTHSC Cox | Smith The Howard & Betty Halff Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation San Antonio Express-News Jerry Winakur & Lee Robinson Sheila & Wayne Wright
$1,000 - $2,499
Marian Aitches & Mel Laracey in memory of Aziz Shihab & Dee Catacalos Bob & Margy Ayres Charles Butt Bill Dupont Hasdorff & Convery, P. C. Dr. Diane Lawson Martinez Marianne & Stewart Reuter Betsy Schultz Shivers & Shivers UTSA College of Liberal & Fine Arts UTSA Creative Writing Program
$500 - $999
John Brazil Dr. Norma Cantu Rosemary Catacalos Tess Coody William & Mariana Fisher Frost National Bank Coleen Grissom in memory of Toney McMillan; in honor of Erin Booher, Judy Renick, Claudia & David Ladensohn, Marc & Gail Raney, Dr. Victoria Aarons, David & Donna Tuttle & Family Jim Heidelberg Stan Hilling Joan Kennedy Orsinger Family Trust of the SAAF Melissa & Pete Shepherd Esther & Harold Vexler Advised Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation
$250 - $499
M. Francine Danis in memory of Dee Catacalos Dr. Marvin & Ellinor Forland Carol & Dudley Harris Anne D. Monahan Carie Novikoff Dr. Victor & Dr. Valerie Ostrower Dr. Joan Ratner Steve Shanfield & Alicia Leff The Goldsmith Family Charitable Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation in memory of Demetres Catacalos and in honor of Elizabeth and Drew Cauthorn Trinity University Press Dr. Elliot & Marcia Goren Weser Mike & Penny Wiederhold Carolene Zehner gemini ink 2010
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Sarah Buttrey Educational Testing Service Palmer Hall Linda Hardberger June Kachtik Patti Kruse Kathy Lamberg in honor of Coleen Grissom Bill Livermore Lillian P. Morris Laura Richmond in honor of Coleen Grissom Judge Bonnie Reed & Stuart Schlossberg in memory of Dee Catacalos Janet Thompson Velma Twiner Marcia Weiner Ann Weisgarber Ralph F. & Cecilia R. Wells Trust in memory of Cynthia Harper Jean Rogers Winchell
Foundation and Government Grants
George W. Brackenridge Foundation Brown Foundation, Inc. City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs The Edouard Foundation, Inc. Albert and Bessie Mae Kronkosky Charitable Foundation Lifshutz Foundation The Martin Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Genevieve & Ward Orsinger Foundation The Rackspace Foundation Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts The Smothers Foundation The Jack and Doris Smothers and Bud Smothers Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts theFund
2009 Interns Kelsey Kemper Nicole Martinez Peter McCrady Leslie Plant Amanda Soto Sam Stoeltje
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2009 Donors of INKstravaganza Auction Items
Arturo Almeida* Simon Azar-Farr* Ron Bechtol Mike Casey William Dupont Ken Erfurth* Rusty Guyer Julius & Kathy Gribou Pat & Hall Hammond Dudley Harris* Dana & Ed Haverlah James Lifshutz Madhatter’s Tea & René Guerrero Kevin Moriarty* Murphy Street Raspa Co./ Christina Sosa Noriega & Victor Noriega Leland Outz* Carlos René Pérez* Ann Maria Watson Pfeiffer Robert Price* Verónica Prida & Omar Rodríguez Al Rendon* Ricardo Romo* Melanie Rush-Davis* Mike Schroeder Betsy Schultz Trish Simonite* Kathy Vargas* Luisa Wheeler*
Purchasers of INKstravaganza Auction Items Simon Azar-Farr Grace Banks Anna Coiner John Convery Dianne Fetchick Sebastian Guajardo Dudley Harris Richard Harris Johnny Heidelberg Stan Hilling Grace Houriet Rosemary Kowalski John McCaw Kevin Moriarty Bob Rivard Stuart Schlossberg Betsy Schultz Shivers & Shivers Mike Villarreal Robert Washington Marcia Goren Weser Sheila Wright
2009 In-Kind and Donated Services
Adriana Sánchez Alexander Robert Allen Gloria Arecchi, CPA Rebecca Burroughs Bett Butler Ethan Canin Claudia Cardona Clear Visions, Inc. Jim Dawes Gordon Delgado Joël Dilley Georgia Eichling Louis Fincias Guerra•DeBerry•Coody Marketing & Communications Half Price Books Rose Harms H-E-B Jenina Hernandez Nettie Hinton Roland Huff Ha Jin King William Association Victoria Garcia-Zapata Klein KRTU FM Sheryl Luna Michael Mehl, Ann Kinder & FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA Naomi Shihab Nye Pearl Stable Pattie Radle Barbara Ras Bob Rivard the rk group San Antonio Express-News Betsy Schultz Southwest School of Art & Craft The Twig Book Shop Kristin S. VanNamen Gene Vogt Robert Vogt Beck Whitehead Wings Press/Bryce Milligan Gretchen Zehner Everyone who donated books for Luminaria
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You’re Invited!
INKstravaganza 2010 Honoring John Phillip Santos
Besides being what Express-News editor Bob Rivard calls “the best party in town,” INKstravaganza is a major means of support for Gemini Ink’s nationally acclaimed community literary arts programs serving ordinary people’s extraordinary stories. We work in schools, senior centers, juvenile detention, parenting and healthcare programs, and many other venues to help people tell their stories and grow stronger in self-esteem, literacy, and sense of community. Join us for a great party for a great cause!
Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 The Pearl Stable 312 Pearl Parkway San Antonio, TX 78215 6:30pm Cocktails, music, and FOTOSEPTIEMBRE show 7:30pm Dinner and program John Phillip Santos was the first Mexican American Rhodes scholar to study at Oxford. He is a recipient of the Academy of American Poets’ Prize at Notre Dame and the Oxford Prize for fiction. Santos’ 1999 family memoir, Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation (Viking/ Penguin, 2000) was a finalist for the National Book Award. In 2006 it was selected for the “One Book, One City” reading program in San Antonio. Places Left Unfinished is a haunting prose poem to a city, a region, and a people, interwoven with Mexican mythology, Chicano folk tales, family stories, and dreams. His latest novel, The Farthest Home is in an Empire of Fire: A Tejano Elegy (Viking, 2010) is a surreal, fictionalized exploration of his maternal ties to Spain. gemini ink 2010
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Alurista: TunaLuna Book Tour Tuesday, Oct. 5 at UTSA Downtown 6:30pm: Public reading, Plรกtica, & Book signing in the Southwest Room Friday, Oct. 8 at Palo Alto Student Center noon: Public reading & Plรกtica Saturday, Oct. 9 at Palo Alto Performing Arts Center 10am - 12:30pm: Chicano Poetry Workshop See page 5 for more information Sponsored by Aztlan Libre Press, Gemini Ink, The University of Texas at San Antonio, and Alamo Colleges / Palo Alto College.