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TONIGHT, 9/11 at 6:30 PM: Poet TIMOTHY BRADFORD's Workshop "Writing For the 2.1 Million: U.S. Prisons and Justice Writing Programs" at the Ralph Ellison Library in OKC.Approximately 2.1 million people are imprisoned in the United States—655 per 100,000, the highest ratio in the world. This workshop will explore how creative writing can push back against injustice experienced by U.S. prison populations, particularly by Americans of color. We’ll read and discuss some history and theory, as well as creative work by imprisoned people, before taking on several writing exercises, including a chance to write back to some of those on the inside. We’ll end by sharing our work and discussing ways to get more involved, including attending a reading in October at a prison in Lexington, Oklahoma. If you’re hungry for ways your work can effect social justice, this workshop is very definitely for you. Timothy Bradford is the author of the poetry collection Nomads with Samsonite and the introduction to Sadhus, a photography book on the ascetics of South Asia. In 2014, he co-founded Short Order Poems and, we’re lucky to say, began co-coordinating our monthly workshop series. He is currently a faculty member in the The Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing program at Oklahoma City University and a lecturer in the Expository Writing program at the University of Oklahoma.As always, all writers of high-school age and older are welcome, and attendance is free. For more about this workshop series that we present in partnership with the Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing at OCU, Short Order Poems, and Oklahoma City's Metropolitan Library System, please go to http://ralphellisonfoundation.org/cww/@ralph_ellison_foundation @oklahomacityuniversity @okcuenglishmodernlanguages @metrolibraryokWednesday, 8/14 at 6:30 PM at @metrolibraryok Ralph Ellison Branch: @okcuenglishmodernlanguages Red Earth MFA alumna Shelley Cassada! Join us! @ralph_ellison_foundationLooking forward to NEXT TUESDAY, 7/23, and our creative writing workshop with poet and multidisciplinary artist Anthony Crawford Jr! We'll meet on July 23, 6:30 PM at Metro Technology Centers in room 108 of the Economic Development Center building for his interactive workshop "EXPOSED: How to Heal and Evolve Through Your Writing." Join us for the good stuff and give yourself a catalyst to break up the summer swelter!The Ralph Ellison Foundation is proud to partner with the Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing at OCU, Short Order Poems, and OKC's Metropolitan Library System in putting on this workshop series. Please click the link for more details and we'll look forward to seeing you. @metrolibraryok @okcuenglishmodernlanguagesSOP highly recommends this poetry workshop with @cambrewhaha, superhero poet & health educator who led a fantastic @ralph_ellison_foundation creative writing workshop back in March! Details & RSVP link in second image.On Wednesday, June 12 at 6:30 PM, fiction writer Julie Dill will present her workshop titled Setting Served Three Ways: Transporting Your Readers in Room 108 of Metrotech’s Economic Development Building as part of the Ralph Ellison Creative Writing Workshop series. How do we transport our readers? This workshop will analyze different approaches to establishing a strong setting. As always, we'll do some writing exercises together, share our work, and have a vibrant discussion.Please note that, for this workshop, we've relocated to Metro Technology Centers at 1900 Springlake Drive, just north along MLK from the Ellison Library (whose classrooms are currently unavailable due to flood damage). We'll be in room 108 in Metrotech's Economic Development Building--for those who attended May's workshop, it's the same--and you can find a map on the Facebook event listing to help guide you in. We're lucky to have Julie Dill, who is the author of Bluff, a young adult novel (Amberjack Publishing, 2017). Currently at work on several writing projects, she serves as an English professor at Rose State College and is a graduate of the Red Earth MFA Program.As always, all writers of high-school age and older are welcome, and attendance is free. For more about this workshop series that we present in partnership with the Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing at OCU, Short Order Poems, and Oklahoma City's Metropolitan Library System, please go to ralphellisonfoundation.org/cww @ralph_ellison_foundation @okcuenglishmodernlanguages @oklahomacityuniversity @metrolibraryokPlease join us at Metrotech in OKC from 6:30 to 8:30 PM on Wednesday, May 15 as we welcome Oklahoma essayist, journalist, and Tulsa Artist Fellow Liz Blood, who will present her interactive session "Borrowed Forms: Using the Ordinary to Get to the Extraordinary" as our monthly series of free creative writing workshops continues. (Visit ralphellisonfoundation.org/cww/ for complete information.) This workshop will explore how the seemingly-boring world of formalities like mortgage payoff letters and orthodontic reports is actually rich, fertile soil for writing. Poets and prose writers alike are welcome! We will practice using existing forms to act as a container for your writing and will consider what stories or meditations various forms suggest. This will be a craft and generative workshop with discussion and writing prompts. Don’t do any work ahead of time, but do bring pen, paper, and a form that is personal to you—perhaps a bank statement, resume, note, prescription, birth certificate, field guide, horoscope, etc. (There are no “wrong” forms.) Please note the break from our usual location. THIS SESSION HAS BEEN RELOCATED TO METROTECH, just north along MLK from the Ellison Library (closed this month for renovation). As always, all writers of high-school age and older are welcome, and attendance is free. The Ralph Ellison Foundation is proud to partner with the Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing at OCU, Short Order Poems, and OKC's Metropolitan Library System in presenting this workshop series as well as with our hosts at Metro Technology Centers for this workshop. Liz Blood is an essayist, journalist, and editor whose work focuses on place, memory, contemporary art, and social justice. Her work has appeared in HuffPost, Sierra, Oklahoma Today, AWP Writer’s Chronicle, Hunger Mountain, The Tulsa Voice, and elsewhere. She is the editor of Ekphrasis, a poetry and art column at Art Focus Oklahoma, contributing editor at Awst Press, former editor of The Tulsa Voice, and is an adjunct faculty member at The Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing program at Oklahoma City University, where she teaches fiction and nonfiction.Why make an electric typewriter guitar? BECAUSE NO ONE HAS EVER DONE IT BEFORE. Come to the Blue Turn show tonight (see previous post for details) for the world premiere of the Guitypo. #smithcorona #maestro #gibson #lespaul #custombuild #maple #walnut #flyingv featuring the #sevenfitty #singlecoilpickup from @mgbguitarsandpartsCome hear poet/musician/good dude @mikeayoung86 this Saturday in OKC at a house party! Address in invite. There might be a special opening act by Short Order Poet co-founder Chad Reynolds.Join us this Wednesday, 4/17 at 6:30 PM in the Ralph Ellison Library when we'll welcome MARK STEWART to lead the next installment of our Creative Writing Workshops. In Stewart’s workshop "Dialogue and Subtext: Strong Character Choices,” we'll discuss how writers can approach dialogue that communicates far more about the scene than just the words spoken by the characters. We'll look at how a writer can construct a scene through setting and action to convey a strong sense of characters' emotional responses during dialogic exchanges as well as the wealth of character details that can come from even the simplest dialogue choices. Mark Stewart is a graduate of the Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing at OCU and, through a series of possibly deliberate life choices, now teaches writing at Oklahoma City University and Oklahoma City Community College. He has also taught writing for Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, the Metropolitan Library System, and the Oklahoma Literary Festival where he was also a featured reader. His work has appeared in publications such as Literary Orphans and Caffeine Dreams. As always, all writers of high-school age and older are welcome, and attendance is free. For more about this Ralph Ellison Foundation workshop series presented in partnership with the Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing at OCU, Short Order Poems, and Oklahoma City's Metropolitan Library System, please go to ralphellisonfoundation.org/cww @ralph_ellison_foundation @okcuenglishmodernlanguages @okcufilmlit @metrolibraryokPlease join us this Wednesday, 3/13 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Ralph Ellison Library in OKC as activist, comedian, and poet Cameron Brewer presents "Fearsome Sentences: Writing Angry with a Purpose," the next installment in our series of monthly creative writing workshops! We'll read, hear, and discuss example work, do some in-session writing exercises, and have time to share our work too. All writers of high-school age and older are welcome, and attendance is free. The Ralph Ellison Foundation is proud to partner with the Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing at OCU, Short Order Poems, and our hosts at OKC's Metropolitan Library System in presenting this workshop series. @metrolibraryok @oklahomacityuniversity @okcuenglishmodernlanguages Please visit ralphellisonfoundation.org/cww/ for more information.Cameron Brewer is an activist, comedian, and poet living in the Oklahoma City Area. He has performed featured sets at the Blue Whale Comedy Festival and has competed in both the 2017 and 2018 National Poetry Slams, and he strongly believes in merging performative and literary styles of writing. Cameron is also active in the community, advocating for racial and reproductive justice through a variety of avenues. He can be found performing comedy and poetry throughout the OKC Metro area and on his podcast, Paneled: Comic Book Narration.Twitter and Instagram: @cambrewhahaGWENDOLYN HOOKS leads a free creative writing workshop on WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at Ralph Ellison Library!Join us as Gwendolyn Hooks leads the next installment of our series of Ralph Ellison Creative Writing Workshops! Hooks will offer her expertise as an acclaimed author of more than 20 children's books with her interactive session “It’s True and It’s Fascinating: Nonfiction for Young Readers.” This hands-on and instructive workshop will open up the subject of children's and young adult literature from unexpected angles and provide useful perspectives on craft for writers in all genres. We hope you'll join us at the Ralph Ellison Library at 6:30 PM as we connect with some of our earliest reading experiences for the insight we can find there. Gwendolyn Hooks is the author of over 20 books for young readers including Tiny Stitches – The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas (Lee and Low Books) which won the NAACP Image Award and the Black Liberated Arts Center Ralph Ellison Literary Award as well as appearing on Booklist as a starred review and on the New York Public Library’s 100 Best Books for Kids. Other acclaimed titles include If You Were A Kid During the Civil Rights Movement (Scholastic/Children’s Press); Block Party (Lee and Low), a Junior Library Guild selection; and the Pet Club series (Capstone). Her latest work Ona Judge Outwits the Washingtons will be forthcoming soon. You can find out more abut her at gwendolynhooks.com.As always, all writers of high-school age and older are welcome, and attendance is free. For more about this workshop series presented by the Ralph Ellison Foundation in partnership with the Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing at OCU, Short Order Poems, and Oklahoma City's Metropolitan Library System, please go toRalph Ellison foundation.org/cww @metrolibraryok @oklahomacityuniversity @okcuenglishmodernlanguages @okcufilmlit @The Ralph Ellison Foundation’s ongoing series of Creative Writing Workshops continues this Wednesday (1/16) at 6:30 PM at the Ralph Ellison Library. Special guest instructor Eric Bosse will present his interactive session "The Art of Compression: Efficiency in Service of Impact." From the short story to flash fiction to prose poem to memoir, this workshop will explore the power of the maxim "less is more." Fiction writers, poets, and others are invited to come together for a series of readings and craft exercises in the genres frequently featured in today's online literary journals. This session is free and open to writers at all levels of experience high-school age and older. Presented in partnership with the Red Earth MFA Program at OCU, the Metropolitan Library System, and SOP. @metrolibraryok @okcuenglishmodernlanguages @oklahomacityuniversity @okcufilmlit For more about this series, please go to ralphellisonfoundation.org/cww/ Eric Bosse received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana and is currently a Lecturer in the Expository Writing program at the University of Oklahoma. In addition to his academic work, he writes fiction and creative nonfiction. He also blogs, makes short movies and videos, and plays and sings in the band Travels by Night. He has published more than forty short stories in such magazines and journals as The Sun, Mississippi Review, Exquisite Corpse, Zoetrope, Eclectica, Night Train, The Collagist,and Wigleaf. His story collection, Magnificent Mistakes, was released in 2011 by Ravenna Press.
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