Read Me A Story! - Toni Morrison Reads from A Mercy

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What could be better than a free download of Toni Morrison reading from her new novel? (Well, okay, if I could send you a latte to sip while you listen, that'd be nice, wouldn't it?)

Reading : Nancy Agabian at Beyond Baroque

Trust me, this will be an entertaining evening.

Nancy and I were briefly in the same writing group years ago, and I used to go see her performance art shows around Los Angeles. (She's in New York these days.) She's funny, smart, and she has something to say that will touch you and make you think.

While you wait, or if you can't make it, check out her website and her new book, Me as Her Again.

Where is Beyond Baroque? It's right here!

10 October, Friday - 7:30 PM
40th ANNIVERSARY SERIES
NANCY AGABIAN, with Guitar Boy

NANCY AGABIAN returns to BB from New York with a new book, Me as her again (Aunt Lute), an untangling of identity, desire, trauma, and multi-continent, multi-identity family history via Walpole Mass., Wellesley, Hollywood, New York, Turkey, and home. Agabian taught a workshop at BB for several years and published her first book with us,Princess Freak (to be reprinted in an expanded edition in 2009). Featuring a special reunion of Agabian and ANN PERICH in the folk-punk duo GUITAR BOY. Perich is a composer andvisual multi-media artist. They'll reprise old faves like "Don't Fall Off the Getty Center," "I Could Have Saved Kurt Cobain," and "I'm Not Gonna Be a Victim Anymore.” Perich and Agabian's 2000 CD was Freaks like me.

Event : Shades of Love - A reading sponsored by the LGBT Specialization at Antioch University

Hey there, check out this amazing looking event put together by my friend and fellow writing group member, Sheila Traviss!

Hello,

I've organized a reading at A Different Light Bookstore that I think will be really interesting, entertaining and fun.

Wine, water and snacks will be provided.

Click on this link and then go to the calendar listing for May 14th for even more info than listed below.

My best to you,

Sheila Traviss

Wednesday, May 14th @ 7:30 pm
Shades of Love - A reading sponsored by the LGBT Specialization at Antioch University

– The LGBT Specialization in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University Los Angeles invites the public to Shades of Love, the first reading series celebrating the works of well-known-and-loved Lesbian authors. Performed by beloved Lesbian actresses, the reading-event will take place on May 14, 2008 at A Different Light Bookstore in West Hollywood from 7:30-9:30pm.

Popular and familiar faces from television and film, Gina Fields, Sandy Martin, and Beth Malone read excerpts from Leash by Jane DeLynn, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde, and Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson.

Following the reading, a discussion on lesbian psychology, love and empowerment will be facilitated by LGBT specialization student and student therapist trainee Sheila Traviss, and Antioch University Los Angeles Associate Faculty member and psychotherapist Lauren Costine, Ph.D. Bobreta Franklin, MA, MFT Intern, and Adjunct Faculty at Pacifica Oaks College will analyze Audre Lorde’s book.

*** Have an event? Send a notice to me through the email link!***

Free Workshop at Skylight Books - Sunday April 6, 2008

(photo by Chas Demster)

TWO FREE EVENTS
APRIL 6TH @ SKYLIGHT BOOKS
1818 N. VERMONT AVENUE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90027

1) A FREE WORKSHOP: Appreciating "Difficult" Poems
Instructor: Terry Wolverton
Sunday, April 6 2-4 p.m.

Pre-registration required: call 323-661-5954.

Some readers of poetry may get discouraged, intimidated, or even annoyed when they encounter poems that don't seem to communicate their messages easily. Indeed, several traditions in modern and contemporary poetry are not about making a clear argument or conveying a sincere emotional experience. These poems have other intentions, and understanding those can help increase appreciation and even enjoyment of them.
Together, we'll read and discuss a few select poems that might be considered "difficult," then play with a writing exercise that might render a "difficult" poem.
Instructor Bio: Terry Wolverton is the author of six books, including EMBERS, a novel in poems, and her recent collection, SHADOW AND PRAISE, and the editor of fourteen anthologies. She is the founder of Writers At Work, where she teaches weekly workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

2) FREE READING: Poets At Work
Sunday, April 6 5 p.m.

Join poets Kim Dower, Yvonne M. Estrada, Donna Frazier, Dylan C. Gailey, Brett Guitar Hofer, Eric Howard, Davia Rivka, Jessie Rothwell, Pat Viera, and Terry Wolverton as they read works that explore the gamut of poetic styles-from haiku to cut poems, from sonnets to paradelles-and subjects that surprise, provoke, and make you laugh. The best will do all three and more!

Writers At Work
inspiring, encouraging, empowering writers since 1997
4022 Fountain Avenue, Suite 202
Los Angeles, CA 90029-2220
323-661-5954 telephone
email: WtrsAtWork@aol.com
website: http://www.writersatwork.com
blog: http://writersatwork.wordpress.com/