BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Gloucester Writers Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Gloucester Writers Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Gloucester Writers Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20170312T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20171105T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20180311T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20181104T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20190310T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20191103T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180917T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180917T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180817T233801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180817T234031Z UID:8500-1537210800-1537218000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Guided Autobiography Group with Claudia Filos DESCRIPTION:GUIDED AUTOBIOGRAPHY GROUP: The Journey of a LifetimeJoin members of our community for a journey of personal exploration\,writing\, and community building as we:• leave a legacy for family members • facilitate life transitions• enhance personal growth • contribute to history • enjoy thethrill of self-discoveryGuided autobiography is a fun and effective process for life reviewthat combines autobiographical writing with small group experiences.Each week we will use prompting questions to jumpstart and organize our memoriesaround a meaningful life theme. The weekly sessions also provide asafe space for sharing our work-in-progress\, and participants will beasked to share two pages that they wrote during the previous week.Guided autobiography is especially powerful for those entering orwanting to enter a new phase of life\, but everyone can benefit. \nThis group will meet for ten Mondays Starting September 17 and ending on November  19 from 7-9 p.m. at the Maud / Olson Library at 108 East Main Street.\nClass cost: $250\nMinimum enrollment: 5\nMaximum enrollment: 8 \nRegister here: \n\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipants will be contacted in the weeks prior to the first meeting. \nClaudia Filos is an educator and personal historian with experience incommunity building\, peer-supported learning\, and facilitateddiscussion. She has work in both traditional and non-traditionaleducational settings including Harvard University and edX. She is theowner of Artiano Studios\, a media company focused on preserving andsharing the personal histories of residents in and around New England.She holds an MA inAncient Greek and Roman studies and is particularly interested inmythology and hero narratives. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/guided-autobiography-group-with-claudia-filos/ LOCATION:Maud / Olson Library\, 108 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/claudifilos.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180914T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180914T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180526T164440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180916T011419Z UID:8368-1536953400-1536958800@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Fish Tales: I Am More DESCRIPTION:Share this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/fish-tales-i-am-more/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180913T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180913T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180902T020921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180902T020921Z UID:8531-1536865200-1536868800@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:New Writing Group Introductory Session DESCRIPTION:GWC Writers Group Now Forming \nAre you interested in joining a writers group? Come to an Introductory Session at the GWC on Thursday\, September 13th from 7-8pm. Talk with other writers who are interested in joining a group that meets regularly to write\, share segments of their writing\, and provide each other with feedback. Ask questions of several members of GWC’s Finish Line writers group about the process they’ve followed for the past four years. \nIf you have any questions\, send an email to a member of the GWC Education Committee:\nDan Duffy daniel_duffy@comcast.net or Sandra Williams sandrosew@gmail.com \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/new-writing-group-introductory-session/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180910T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180910T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180526T163816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180526T163816Z UID:8364-1536607800-1536613200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Open Mic DESCRIPTION:Share this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/open-mic-33/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/openmicgeneral.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180907T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180907T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180526T163929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180724T143354Z UID:8366-1536348600-1536354000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Bayliss Birthday Bash DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the September 7 birth of Jonathan Bayliss (1926-2009)\, the writer who worked and died in the city of his fiction tetralogy GLOUCESTERMAN (the novels Prologos\, Gloucesterbook\, Gloucestertide\, and Gloucestermas)\,  local residents will read and comment on selected passages.Presenters include Saira Austin\, Diane Faissler\, Steve Farrell\, Doug Guidry\, Paul McGeary\, Susan Oleksiw\, Ann Rhinelander\, and Ken Riaf.Wine and birthday cake will follow the reading.  All are welcome.\n\nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/bayliss-birthday-bash-2/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180906T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180906T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180818T004108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180818T004108Z UID:8510-1536260400-1536264000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Dogtown Writers Festival Committee Meeting DESCRIPTION:Dogtown Writers Festival (DWF) Committee\nNeeds Assistance… \nNew dates of Friday Sept 20th and Saturday\, Sept 21st 2019 have been scheduled for\nGWC’s Dogtown Writers Festival with the theme: “Finding Words In Place.” \nThe committee needs assistance in several areas\, including:\n-Administrative Assistance and Oversight\,\n-Marketing and Promotion\,\n-Corporate Sponsorship\,\n-Registration\,\n-Hospitality\,\nLocal Author “Bookfest”\, and\nGWC “Point Person” for each of six Saturday afternoon workshops. \nIf you’d like to assist\, please plan to attend the Thursday\, September 6th DWF\nCommittee Meeting from 7pm to 8pm at the GWC. \nThanks for your consideration. \nDWF Co-Chairs: Dan Duffy\, daniel_duffy@comcast.net \nSandra Williams\,\nsandrosew@gmail.com \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/dogtown-writers-festival-committee-meeting/ CATEGORIES:Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180905T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180905T213000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180802T135820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T134323Z UID:8481-1536174000-1536183000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Symbiotic Earth DESCRIPTION:Symbiotic Earth\nHow Lynn Margulis rocked the boat and started a scientific revolution. Explores the life and ideas of Lynn Margulis\, a scientific rebel who challenged entrenched theories of evolution to present a new narrative: life evolves through collaboration.  “An amazing film…I was on the edge of my seat the entire film\, completely engrossed in the story and the journey of Lynn and her contributions to science and our understanding of life on Planet Earth…It really activated me.” \nJoshua Fouts\, Executive Director\, Bioneers\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/symbiotic-earth/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/symbiotic-Earth-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180901T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180901T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180818T002518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180818T002518Z UID:8505-1535814000-1535821200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Writing Around the Fold DESCRIPTION:Writing Around the Fold \na writing and paper play workshop for all ages with\nGloucester Writers Center’s Amanda Cook\nin collaboration with \nB O U S T R O P H E D O N S\nan exhibit at Flat Rock Gallery\nSaturday\, September 1 3:00\n77 Langsford Street\nGloucester \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/writing-around-the-fold/ LOCATION:Flat Rocks Gallery\, 77 Langsford Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Classes,Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180822T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180822T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180526T163539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180529T144949Z UID:8360-1534966200-1534971600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Raymond Foye DESCRIPTION:Raymond Foye was born in 1957 in Lowell\, Mass. He is a writer\, curator\, editor and publisher. He studied with Stan Brakhage at the Art Insitute of Chicago. He was a literary editor with City Lights Books\, New Directions\, and Black Sparrow Press. He was Director of Exhibitions and Publications at Gagosian Gallery from 1990-95. Along with Francesco Clemente co-published Hanuman Books from 1985-1995. He has contributed to two retrospective exhibition catalogues on the works of Francesco Clemente\, (Philadelphia Museum of Art\, 1990; Guggenheim Museum\, 1999). His 2002 exhibition The Heavenly Tree Grows Downward was the first comprehensive exhbition of the artworks of Harry Smith. He is executor of the estates of James Schuyler\, John Wieners\, and Rene Ricard. Presently he is organizing an exhibition and publication on the paintings of experimental filmmaker Jordan Belson\, for the Matthew Marks Gallery\, in May of 2019. He is Editor-at-Large for the Brooklyn Rail. \nRaymond Foye will discuss his role in editing the works of two important Masachusetts poets: John Wieners and Rene Ricard. He will examine their friendship with each other\, and his relationship with them and their work. \nPhoto of Raymond Foye with John Wieners by Allen Ginsberg in 1985. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/raymond-foye/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wienersfoye.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180815T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180815T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180526T153131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180526T153131Z UID:8341-1534361400-1534366800@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Ammon Hillman DESCRIPTION:Jewish temple worship and Christian communion are both the direct product and development of late Bronze Age (1200-1000 BCE) ritual orgy.  So-called Echidnaic-Ios rites sprang from the genius of a single pre-classical venom specialist\, a female immigrant to ancient Georgia\, who pioneered the use of her vagina as a device for bio-engineering and administering psychotropic substances to religious initiates.  Bronze Age acolytes\, ritually known as “dragons” and “wolves\,” consumed the seminal and mammary fluids of priestesses chronically exposed to reptilian toxins in rites meant to induce oracular vision.  These drugs maintained a precarious balance between the life and death of their human subjects; potent\, anally administered viper venoms were carefully balanced with “antidotes” taken directly from the breasts of specialist priestesses.  That is\, Bronze Age women researched and pioneered a means of using the biochemistry of the female body to create communal drugs.  In experimenting with and refining the use of snake venoms and their antidotes\, these priestesses set the stage for the development of western mystery religion while concomitantly pioneering pre-Hippocratic medicine and pharmacy.   Their symbol was the caduceus\, the twin-serpents-and-rod used by medical associations today.\n\nEchidnaic-Ios rites evolved under the cult influence of pre-Christian “Baptists” (c. 200 BCE) who celebrated a “Kingdom Mystery” and switched from a female biological source of antidotes to a male source by “milking” young boys chronically exposed to viper venoms. In this way\, pre-Christian Baptists\, who donned feminine clothing and drank from distinct penis-shaped glasses while celebrating “boys-only” rites in garden settings\, embraced the use of pre-pubertal male ejaculate as a means of mollifying the negative side effects of viper venoms.  These traditions help to explain why Jesus\, after taking of “the cup of God\,” was himself arrested in a public park late at night with a naked boy.\n\n\n\nDr. D.C. Ammon Hillman is author of The Chemical Muse: Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization (2008\, Macmillan)\, Original Sin: Ritual Child Rape and the Church (2012\, Ronin)\, and Hermaphrodites\, Gynomorphs and Jesus: Shemale Gods and the Roots of Christianity (2013\, Ronin)\, and has written articles on ancient pharmacology.  His first book was the inspiration for the History Channel’s The Stoned Ages\, and his research has been referred to by the London Times as “the last wild frontier of Classics.”  Dr. Hillman earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in Classics (Latin/Greek) and an M.S. in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\n\nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/ammon-hillman/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ammonhillman.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180810 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180812 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180414T174705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180724T140847Z UID:8239-1533859200-1534031999@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Hettie Jones Memoir Workshop DESCRIPTION:Hettie Jones will be bringing her memoir workshop back to the GWC on August 10 and 11 for three hours each day.  The two-day session is $200. \nEnrollment is closed.  Thank you for your interest! \n\nFor more information on Hettie Jones visit\nwww.hettiejones.com/about\n\nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/hettie-jones-memoir-workshop/ CATEGORIES:Classes,Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/HettieJonesclass.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180806T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180806T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180526T163017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180526T163017Z UID:8358-1533583800-1533589200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Open Mic DESCRIPTION:Share this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/open-mic-32/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/openmicgeneral.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180801T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180801T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180526T162815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180721T163050Z UID:8356-1533151800-1533157200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Ann Charters DESCRIPTION:Among other books\, Ann Charters has written & edited two books about & by Charles\nOlson in the 1960s\, compiled a bibliography of Jack Kerouac & wrote his first\nbiography (1973)\, and edited ten editions of the college textbook THE STORY AND ITS WRITER (1985-2019). \n  \nHer talk is  A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE: REVISITING THE 1950s\nWITH EDWARD J. MURROW. TV interviews with American celebrities & stars including\nJack & Jackie Kennedy\, Eleanor Roosevelt\, Frank Sinatra\, & Elizabeth Taylor. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/ann-charters/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/anncharters.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180725T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180725T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180120T204200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180526T162554Z UID:8070-1532547000-1532552400@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Erica Funkhouser and Soren Stockman DESCRIPTION:In addition to Post & Rail\, Erica Funkhouser has published four books of poetry with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and one with Alice James Books. [See Books] Included in Sure Shot (HM 1992) are three dramatic monologues in the voices of 19th century American women: Sacagawea\, Louisa May Alcott\, and Annie Oakley. The Oakley poem was adapted for the stage and produced by the Helicon Theatre Company in Los Angeles. Funkhouser’s work on Sacagawea led to her appearance in Ken Burns’ PBS documentary on the Lewis and Clark Expedition\, and her essay on Sacagawea appears in Lewis and Clark:Voyage of Discovery (Knopf\, 1997). “Singing in Dark Times\,” an essay on war poetry\, appeared in the Autumn 2005 issue of The Harvard Review\, and a story\, Snapper\, appeared in The Massachusetts Review in 2006. Funkhouser’s poems have appeared in The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, Ploughshares\, The Paris Review\, Poetry and other magazines; one of her poems has been sand-blasted into the wall of the Davis Square MBTA Station in Somerville\, MA. Educated at Vassar College (BA) and Stanford University (MA)\, Funkhouser was honored as a Literary Light by The Boston Public Library in 2002 and in 2007 she received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry. She lives in Essex\, MA and teaches at MIT. She is currently completing a novel that is set on the Crow Reservation in Montana at the end of the 19th century. \nSoren Stockman’s poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in The Iowa Review\, the PEN Poetry Series\, Tin House Online\, The Literary Review\, Tupelo Quarterly\, The Louisville Review\, Prelude\, Southword Journal\, BOAAT\, St. Petersburg Review\, Painted Bride Quarterly\, Bellevue Literary Review\, The Paris-American\, and Narrative\, which awarded him First Place in the 2013 Narrative 30 Below Contest. The recipient of fellowships from New York University\, the Ucross Foundation\, the New York State Summer Writers Institute\, and the Lacawac Artist’s Residency\, he works currently at the NYU Creative Writing Program\, and as Curator for Springhouse Journal. \n\nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/ricki-funkhouser-soren-stockman/ LOCATION:Cultural Center at Rocky Neck\, 6 Wonson Street\, Gloucester\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/funkhauserstockman.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180720T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180720T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180526T162700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180706T153228Z UID:8354-1532115000-1532120400@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Fish Tales: Our Town DESCRIPTION:Share this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/fish-tales-our-town/ CATEGORIES:big event,Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/fishtalesflyer.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180718T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180718T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180526T162412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180703T145244Z UID:8351-1531942200-1531947600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:David Herd DESCRIPTION:  \nBuilding on his work with the Refugee Tales project (www.refugeetales.org)\, and taking the contemporary fact of detention as its starting point\, David Herd’s talk considers the interlocking attempts of Charles Olson\, Hannah Arendt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to arrive at new forms of political space. \n  \nDavid Herd’s collections of poetry include All Just (Carcanet 2012)\, Outwith (Bookthug 2012)\, Through (Carcanet\, 2016)\, and Walk Song (Equipage\, 2018) He has given readings and lectures in Australia\, Belgium\, Canada\, France\, Poland\, the USA and the UK\, and his poems\, essays and reviews have been widely published in magazines\, journals and newspapers. He is the author of John Ashbery and American Poetry\, Enthusiast! Essays on Modern American Literature\, and the editor of Contemporary Olson. His recent writings on the politics of human movement have appeared in Detention Unlocked\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, Parallax\, PN Review and the TLS. He is a co-organiser of the project Refugee Tales and Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Kent. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/david-herd/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/318img01-e1530629428949.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180711T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180711T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180403T153545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180706T155141Z UID:8220-1531337400-1531342800@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:"Hamlet and Buddha: 'Words\, Words\, Words' and Silence" Mike Sperber DESCRIPTION:BUDDHA and HAMLET in BEDLAM: SYNOPSIS \nThe play is set at McLean Hospital where Hamlet is admitted\, misdiagnosed “psychotic with homicidal hallucinations\,” and prescribed Haldol\, an antipsychotic medication. \nHamlet requests a second opinion and Dr. Frank Faith diagnoses “parasomnia\,” discontinues Haldol\, and cures Hamlet through holistic psychiatry: body (fencing)\, mind (playwriting)\, and spirit (meditation). \nIn Hamlet’s BUDDHA and HAMLET in BEDLAM\, unlike in Shakespeare’s Hamlet\, Hamlet recovers\, marries Ophelia\, finds a vocation\, and none die. \n  \nDr. Michael Sperber is a psychiatric consultant at McLean Hospital; Medical Director of Comprehensive Health Services; the author of three books\, and many articles. \n“Buddha and Hamlet in Bedlam\,” the final chapter of his forthcoming POSTTRAUMATIC TRANSFORMATION\, and second play\, follows Emily Dickinson’s Bees\, Butterflies\, Breeze and Blindness. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/hamlet-and-buddha-words-words-words-and-silence-mike-sperber/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_3447.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180709T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180709T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180526T145753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180630T130231Z UID:8338-1531164600-1531170000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:William Bernhardt DESCRIPTION:Noted author  \nWilliam Bernhardt  \nstops by the GWC for a conversation about writing\nMonday\, July 9th\, 7:30 PM\n \nWilliam Bernhardt is an American thriller/mystery/suspense fiction author best known for his “Ben Kincaid” series of books.\n\nWith sales of over 10 million books\, William Bernhardt is one of the most popular writing instructors in the nation\, regularly appearing in Hawaii\, San Francisco\, New York\, and other venues across the country. He has twice won the Oklahoma Book Award and in 1998 he received the Southern Writers Guild’s Gold Medal Award. In 2000\, he was honored with the H. Louise Cobb Distinguished Author Award\, which is given “in recognition of an outstanding body of work that has profoundly influenced the way in which we understand ourselves and American society at large.” He is the founder the Red Sneaker Writing Center which provides practical information to writers and aspiring writers through seminars\, books\, and a free monthly newsletter.\n\nWilliam has been conducting a 5 -day writing seminar on the North Shore and has agreed to stop by the Gloucester Writers Center on Monday Night to share his work and answer your questions about writing. . Writer and friend of the GWC Cassy Pickard\, who is hosting William  says “One of the special qualities of Bill’s is that it doesn’t matter the level of one’s work; all are welcomed and appreciated”.\n  \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/william-bernhardt/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180705T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180705T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180626T140451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180626T141548Z UID:8406-1530815400-1530820800@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Sigrid Olsen: My Life Redesigned DESCRIPTION:In this visually rich memoir\, Sigrid Olsen traces her journey from art student entrepreneur to nationally known fashion designer\, and full circle back to her roots as an artist and spiritual seeker. \nAfter multiple major upheavals that left her gasping for air\, Sigrid did what any burned-out\, creatively compulsive\, former-hippie\, fashion executive would do…she packed up a bikini and some art supplies and went to a beach on the Eastern shore of Tulum\, Mexico. There she reconnected with a long dormant yoga practice and lost herself in meditation until the layers of stress peeled away and she could breathe again. This book tells her story in living color\, featuring her original artwork and offers inspiration for anyone seeking to find happiness\, balance and beauty in the world. \n  \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/sigrid-olsen-my-life-redesigned/ LOCATION:Cultural Center at Rocky Neck\, 6 Wonson Street\, Gloucester\, United States CATEGORIES:big event,Events,Readings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180702T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180702T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180616T212357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180616T212357Z UID:8397-1530559800-1530565200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Open Mic DESCRIPTION:Share this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/open-mic-34/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/openmicgeneral.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180623T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180623T220000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180403T153207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180531T015454Z UID:8216-1529776800-1529791200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Incredible Dancer Gala DESCRIPTION:We will celebrate the work of the Gloucester Writers Center with The Incredible Dancer Gala in a tent by Pavillion Beach on one of the longest nights of the year. In the words of the poet Vincent Ferrini we will “take conviviality to another sphere” with music\, dance\, and delicious food. \nBuy tickets here!\nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/save-the-date-incredible-dancer/ LOCATION:33 Commercial Street\, 33 Commercial Street\, Gloucester\, MA CATEGORIES:big event,Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/incredibleDancerGala.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180613T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180613T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180403T153346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180531T133602Z UID:8218-1528918200-1528923600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Bob Holman and Eric Edwards DESCRIPTION:Bob Holman\, founder of the Bowery Poetry Club\, is the author of 17 poetry collections\, including Sing This One Back to Me (Coffee House Press)\, and A Couple of Ways of Doing Something (Aperture\, a collaboration with Chuck Close)\, and has taught at Princeton\, Columbia\, NYU\, Bard\, and The New School. These days\, a lot of his work concentrates on poetry’s utility in the revivification of endangered languages\, including Language Matters for PBS. \n   \nBob will be performing The Cutouts (Matisse)\, his third chapbook over thirty years with Eric and Rebecca Edwards’ PeKa Boo Press (Woods Hole). The 50 miniatures in the book are ekphrastics—art inspired by other art—in this case the eponymous work with scissors and colored paper that occupied Matisse for the last 14 years of his life.  Keith Patchel set them to music.  \nEric Edwards grew up in Woods Hole\, MA\, where he lives in the house he grew up in\, with his wife Rebecca. He has a Masters degree in Creative Writing from B.U. where he won the poetry prize (1973). He has taught haiku and contemporary poetry\, when he can get paid for it. Most recently he read new work with Bob at the Bowery Poetry Club to celebrate the publication of The Cutouts (Matisse).  He will read some new work. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/bob-holman-and-eric-edwards/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/holmanedwards.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180609T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180609T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180522T143452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180522T143452Z UID:8327-1528556400-1528563600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Veterans and Their Families Read from The Inner Voice and The Outer World. DESCRIPTION:Veterans and Their Families will read their stories and poems from the anthology\, The Inner Voice and The Outer World\, on Saturday\, June 9th from 3 – 5 PM at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck\, 6 Wonson Court. The writers represent current and recent members of the Cape Ann Veterans Writing Workshop. James Grigg\, USMC\, Viet Nam Veteran and Poet will moderate the program. The new second printing of this book will be on sale at this event. The readings will take place in the gallery halls of the Cultural Center during the ground breaking art exhibition\, In War and After: The Art of Combat Veterans\, which opened on May 17 and runs until June 24\, 2018. \n  \nThe Inner Voice and The Outer World: \nWritings by Veterans and Their Families\, \n Second Printing\, May\, 2018\, \npublished by the Gloucester Writers Center \n  \nAll the writers in this anthology have attended the Veterans Writing Workshop\, a series of classes held at the Cape Ann Veterans Center at 12 Emerson Avenue\, Gloucester\, in the spring and fall. These workshops have been facilitated and taught by Dorothy Shubow Nelson since the fall of 2013. The Cape Ann Veterans Writing Workshop is supported by Cape Ann Veterans Services and The Gloucester Writers Center. \n  \nIn War and After: The Art of Combat Veterans \n  \nThe exhibit\, curated by Viet Nam Veteran and artist\, Ken Hruby\, showcases drawings\, paintings\, sculpture\, assemblage\, photography and video by combat veterans across the country\, providing a deeper understanding of the culture of combat and after. The Cultural Center is Open Thursday – Sunday\, 12:00-4:00 p.m. through May\, 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. through June 24. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/veterans-and-their-families-read-from-the-inner-voice-and-the-outer-world/ LOCATION:Cultural Center at Rocky Neck\, 6 Wonson Street\, Gloucester\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/theinnervoice.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180606T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180606T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180330T230942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180414T174505Z UID:8208-1528313400-1528318800@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Dale Smith. The Circle of the Bee-Hive: The Correspondence of Robert Duncan and Charles Olson DESCRIPTION:Dale Smith explores the correspondence of Robert Duncan and Charles Olson as a pivotal moment in mid-twentieth century American writing\, drawing on ideas of form and place in the making of poetry vs. what Duncan called “the mania that a nation is.” \n  \nDale Smith is a poet\, critic and scholar of poetry and poetics on the English faculty at Ryerson University\, Toronto. He is the editor\, with Robert J. Bertholf\, of An Open Map: The Correspondence of Robert Duncan and Charles Olson and Imagining Persons: Robert Duncan’s Lectures on Charles Olson (both University of New Mexico Press). A critical study of poetry and public culture\, Poets Beyond the Barricade: Rhetoric\, Citizenship and Dissent After 1960 (University of Alabama Press)\, was published in 2012. Smith’s writing has appeared in The Baffler\, Best American Poetry 2002\, Colorado Review\, Columbia Poetry Review\, Denver Quarterly\, and The Walrus. His recent book of poetry\, Sons\, was published by Knife/Fork/Book\, and Slow Poetry in America was released by Cuneiform in 2014. Other poetry includes American Rambler (2000)\, The Flood and the Garden (2002)\, Black Stone (2007) and Susquehanna (2008). Recent reviews\, essays and other writing can be found in the Boston Review\, the Los Angeles Review of Books\, Brick and Poetry. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/dale-smith/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DaleSmith.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180604T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180604T193000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180522T144948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180522T144948Z UID:8329-1528140600-1528140600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Open Mic DESCRIPTION:Share this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/open-mic-31/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/openmicgeneral.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180530T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180530T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180403T152751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180507T150324Z UID:8213-1527708600-1527714000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Garrison Nelson DESCRIPTION:Garrison Nelson:\nElliott A. Brown Green and Gold Professor of Law\, Politics\, and Political Behavior\nDepartment of Political Science  reads from his new book on John McCormack.\n\n\n\n\nBefore the house had Tip O’Neill\, there was John McCormack. How did this man\, with an eighth grade education and a false family history\, become Speaker of the House of Representatives\, and later next in line to be President of the United States? In this exhaustive political biography\, Garrison Nelson lays out every detail of the life and work of an incredibly forceful and important American politician. \nThe book details the roles McCormack played in the creation of Social Security and the passage of Lend-Lease\, Medicare and Medicaid as well as the secret funding of the atomic bomb. The book ties together relationships\, showing how this suave and secretive politician contributed to the selection of his “poker pal” Harry Truman as vice president in 1944 and in 1960\, as JFK’s named “floor manager\,” helped orchestrate Lyndon Johnson acceptance of JFK’s vice presidential invitation. This groundbreaking research examines the machinations of congress\, and also takes a close look at a critical time in US history\, as American erupted with conflicts over civil rights and the Vietnam War. The lessons learned in McCormack’s life in office still resonate with today’s political leadership\, and have an impact on the legacy of the JFK Presidency\, the role of congress\, the shape of the Democratic party\, and a powerful generation of politicians. \n\n\n\nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/garrison-nelson/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/garrisonnelson.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180525T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180525T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180521T002029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180521T002029Z UID:8324-1527276600-1527282000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Fish Tales: Women and Children First DESCRIPTION:With stories by: \n* Brian Orr\n* Phoebe Potts\n* Cassy Bretton\n* Heather Sweet\n* Sandra Winter\n* Lilly Wandwoffen\n* Catherine Clark\nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/fish-tales-women-and-children-first/ LOCATION:Cultural Center at Rocky Neck\, 6 Wonson Street\, Gloucester\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Readings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180523T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180523T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180325T022913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180426T005747Z UID:8182-1527103800-1527109200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Author Sandra Williams: "Time and Tide"\, a collection of short stories DESCRIPTION:Cape Ann author Sandra Williams\, will read selections from her first collection of short stories.\nTime and Tide is an assortment of tales\, speaks of change—sometimes a long time coming\,\nsometimes in an instant\, but always inevitable. \nThe first story\, “Book of Hours\,” creates the frame for the rest of the tales.\nHelen\, an American writer living in Italy\, believes her creativity is gone forever\nas she returns to her childhood home to care for her dying mother.\nA curious encounter in a clock shop leads her to an experience of inspiration for the tales\n“like a swift\, incoming tide: surreal\, filled with beings of beauty and sadness\,\nold regrets and new life—all muddled and intertwined as in a dream.” \nSandra taught world literature\, and language arts for over twenty-five years at the high school and university levels. She has written poetry\, published essays in New View magazine\, UK\, and authored Moss on Stone: a historical novella based on the diary of the young Susannah Norwood Torrey of mid-nineteenth century Rockport\, MA. \nShe is a member of the Finish Line Writers Group\, has facilitated a poetry workshop\nand is on the Education Committee\, all at Gloucester Writers Center. \nMs. Williams also has a blog: https://cosmicseanotes.blogspot.com/\nand you can purchase her books from Amazon at this link:\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Sandra-Williams/e/B071Z2QBZ7/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 \n \n\nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/sandra-williams-time-and-tide/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TIMEANDTIDE-e1524704215372.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180521T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180521T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180428T143716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180503T175417Z UID:8278-1526931000-1526936400@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:A Conversation with Rosemary Haughton and Nancy Schwoyer. DESCRIPTION:Join Rosemary Haughton and Nancy Schwoyer on May 21\,7:30 p.m. at the Gloucester Writers Center for a conversation about the book they are working on.  The book explores through stories and theory how a small local organization\, Wellspring House\, became over decades a force for social justice\, rooted in a shared vision and common practice.\n\nTwo of the seven founders of Wellspring House in 1981\, they work for social justice at the local\, state and national levels. They are known in several countries through their lectures and writings (Rosemary has published more than 30 books).\n\nRosemary and Nancy look forward to this opportunity to dialog with many friends\n\nPlease email us at gloucesterwriters@ gmail.com if you plan to attend.\nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/a-conversation-with-rosemary-haughton-and-nancy-scwoyer/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180515T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180515T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T192235 CREATED:20180428T144408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180513T021155Z UID:8280-1526407200-1526414400@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Fahrenheit 451 DESCRIPTION:Share this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/fahrenheit-451/ LOCATION:Cape Ann Cinema and Stage\, 21 Main Street\, Gloucester CATEGORIES:big event,Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/F451_GWC-Invite_sized.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR