Thanks for a great night at Urban Think! Bookstore. Much love to Bruce Harris for hosting Brad Kuhn and me for a poetry duet on Friday night. It was indescribable to look out over a crowded room and realize how special everyone there is to me, from the Rollins crowd to the spoken word artists to my writing group to the bicycle club to the friends from work. And everyone was so warm; they seemed to enjoy our poems, even when the program ran long.
What fun it was to showcase Brad's talent! His recitation of "Train of Thought" was a highlight of the evening. Ya'll can hear more from him at his next gig, as the featured poet at 7:30 pm at Tuesday Voices, September 26th at SCC's Deland campus.
Celebrations:
One year ago today I met BK at the Kerouac house in College Park. Wanna give a huge shout-out to Summer Rodman, Jack Kerouac, and God for bringing us together. Ya'll done goooooooooooooood!
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Philip F. Deaver's stories "Silent Retreats" and "Geneseo" are featured in Best American Catholic Short Stories, coming out in January, 2007. Very impressive, very cool, Dr. D!
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Diana Raab has won Honorable Mention for her poems "In Desperation," and "Grandpa's Death Bed" in the Writers' Journal December 2005 poetry contest. Her poem, "The Writer's Gathering" appeared in the April 29 issue of The Angry Poet. And her essay, "The Alchemy of Journaling" was accepted at Writer's Notes. She was also elected to the board of the Santa Barbara Book and Author Festival. (Reprinted from On Extended Wings, Spalding University).
Happy and proud, Diana!
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Surprise Party, by Larry Pontius is one of the short stories in the anthology, Secrets, Fact or Fiction II, which is now available on Amazon. Congrats, Larry!
Larry Pontius
WAKING WALT
Award-winning speculative thriller
https://webmail.pg.siemens.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.wakingwalt.com
Scribblers Sharing Info:
Voci Dance Group will perform with spoken-word artist Cristobel at City Arts Factory on November 3 and 4 at 7:30 pm, and on 11/5 at 1:30 pm. 2nd floor at 29 S. Orange Avenue. Call Executive Director Kelli Cummins at 407-616-8775 or visit www.vocidance.org for more information. Tickets are $15, or $10 with student i.d.
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Diana Raab has an updated, must-see website:
https://webmail.pg.siemens.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.dianaraab.com
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Scribbler Josh Louis of the Orlando Poetry Chamber of Commerce writes:
Willie Lowman is hosting a new spoken word night out at Dandelion Cafe called "Di-Verse WorD" The new chapter opens up on September 26. Starts @ 8:30
https://webmail.pg.siemens.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.dandelioncommunitea.com/
618 N. Thornton Ave., Downtown, Orlando
Ital Youths Rastaraunt (sic) has a Spoken Word Open Mic every Saturday night starting @ 8.
https://webmail.pg.siemens.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.italyouths.com/index.html
5045 Silverstar Rd., Pine Hills, Orlando
The weekly poetry events are posted up on the OPCC... go check 'em out.
www.theopcc.com
Thanks, Josh!
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Woodstream Writing Workshops Schedule,Fall 2006:
This fall we are offering a cornucopia of workshops and one-day events at new (and old familiar) venues around Central Florida, and we'd love to have you join us!Included in our fall schedule are a brand-new 5-week workshop at the Winter Park Public Library, a one-day Writing Marathon in super-cool downtown Deland, a single-session Advanced Critique Intensive, and our new Mix'n'Match-Shop, a day full of writing and fun in Cocoa--as well as two 10-week workshops in our Maitland loft.
Workshop Leader Jamie Morris, Central Florida's first Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA)-certified Creative Writing Workshop leader, currently conducts AWA workshops throughout the area. A graduate of the Rollins College Writing Program, Ms. Morris is also a College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA)-certified Master Level Writing Consultant has facilitated writing groups and other group creative processes in Central Florida, Seattle, and Boston, since 1982. Contact Jamie at jamie@woodstreamwriters.com or 407.644.5163 to register or for more information on these or any other Woodstream Writing Workshop, Intensive, or Writer's Retreat. All weekly Woodstream Writing Workshops follow Amherst Writers & Artists guidelines. Visit our website at www.woodstreamwriters.com
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The writers' group, Writers of Williamsburg, is forming. The group meets the first Thursday of every month, 10:30 a.m. at the Somerset Clubhouse, 11425 Sandy Hill Dr. in Williamsburg, Southwest Orlando. All writers, any genre, are welcome. Call Frances Lowe, 407-239-7563 for further information.
What's Happening:
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays through September 23rd:
Orlando poet Bobbie Bell stars in the Empty Spaces Theatre production of Ubu Roi at at 8:30 pm at the Lowndes Shaekspeare Center, 812 E. Rollins Street, Orlando. Cost $20 Adults, $15 students and seniors. For more info, call 407-328-9005.
Saturday, September 23rd:
Diane Fredel-Weis, author of The Cat that Wanted Out, will sign books at 2 pm at orders Books & Music, 600 N.Orlando Avenue, Winter Park, 407-647-3300.
Sunday, September 24th:
L. Diane Wolfe, author of The Circle of Friends series, will sign books from 2-4 pm at Barnes and Noble, 7900 W. Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-345-8561.
Tuesday, September 26th:
Brad Kuhn, winner of the 2006 Thomas Burnett Swann/Revelry Poetry Prize, will be the featured poet at Tuesday Voices at 7:30 pm at the Sanford campus of Seminole Community College, with open mic to follow.
Wednesday, September 27th:
Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie, Five People You Meet in Heaven, and For One More Day, will sign books at 10 am at Barnes and Noble, 481 N. Alafaya Trail, 407-275-1765.
Orlando Poetry Group will read and discuss poems at 7 pm at Dandelion Communitea Cafe, 618 N. Thornton Avenue, 407-362-1864.
Saturday, October 7th:
Poet Terry Godbey will read at 7 pm at Urban Think! Bookstore from her collection, Behind Every Door, winner of the 19th Slipstream Poetry Chapbook contest.
Calls for Submissions:
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Darlyn Finch
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