The Gloucester Writers Center is a place for working writers in a working town
GWC Writers Group Now Forming Are 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 […]
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 […]
Unburying Malcolm Miller Filmmakers Kevin Carey and Mark Hillringhouse bring the outsider poet Malcolm Miller back to life in this riveting documentary. Miller found early success with his poetry and a close friendship with McGill classmate Leonard Cohen, but later succumbed to mental illness and obscurity and living a life on the margins. In spite […]
Join poets, musicians, and artists around the world in a celebration to promote peace, sustainability and justice and to call for serious social, environmental and political change. Bring a poem, a song or a short piece to share. Each reader gets up to five minutes. For more information on the global movement, visit 100tpc.org.
Every Fall, the Gloucester Writers Center organizes volunteers to go into Gloucester High School to help seniors with their college essays. You do not necessarily need to be a writer, but good reading and editing skills are a plus. The volunteers sit in the high school library, and students come in with drafts in all […]
Wendy Drexler’s third poetry collection, Before There Was Before, was published by Iris Press in March 2017. A three-time Pushcart-Prize nominee, she’s also the author of Western Motel (Turning Point, 2012) and the chapbook Drive-Ins, Gas Stations, the Bright Motels (Pudding House, 2007). Her poems have appeared widely or are forthcoming in […]
Fish Tales True stories told live. Deadline Friday October 19 7:30 pm Cultural Center at Rocky Neck 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester Featured storytellers include: Phoebe Potts Heather Atwood Charles Nazarian Bill Wrinn and more!
This illustrated lecture, “A Life of Olson, with Glyphs,” will feature a sequence of projected color Glyphs with text and comments on key points in Charles Olson’s life and times, including the personal interactions of Olson with Ed Sanders beginning in 1962 and continuing until Olson’s passing in early 1970. Included will be a tracing […]
