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All meetings are the second Saturday of each month at 2pm at the
Dorris Van Doren Library 551 Redd Rd.
February
Sat., Feb. 13, 2010 Gene Keller, Presenter
Gene Keller professes the 99 Names of Poet: Maker, Seer, Healer, Singer, and Storyteller.
His published works over the last 12 years include a book of poems (Oñate
and the Nightbirds, Sun Dance, 1998), a CD of songs (Every song the
Mockingbird Knows, SOTP, 2004), and a book of stories (Big Tent Jubilee,
Createspace, 2009). Forthcoming works include more poems (Tongue-tied to the Border, Mouthfeel, 2010) and a new CD (The Gospel According to Woody, SOTP, 2010)
Keller has taught college-level ESL, rhetoric, research techniques, and literature for the past twenty years. Before that he worked as a musician, which proved unhealthy for relationships
March
Lucia Zimmiti, online publisher of "Write Through It," the monthly newsletter brought to you by Manuscript Rx, will be the March 13 presenter for EPWL. Her workshop last year was one of the most praised of the year. She is asking for member input on her presentation this time around. Please send your suggestions for topics, techniques or this and that to
March 20--Poppy Festival, El Paso Museum of Archeology, 4301 Transmountain Rd., El Paso, TX. Authors will be present to sign and sell books. Join us!
April
National Poetry Month
Lawrence Barrett, nearing publication of his 4th Poetry volume in the past two years will be the featured EPWL presenter on April 10. Barrett's previous works include Letters from the Meat Market of Paradise (2009) and Ah, Desolation! (2009.) His presentation will include audio recorded readings of familiar poets.
May 8th
We are excited to welcome Rus Bradburd for our May meeting. He will discuss the journey of writing his latest book, Forty Minutes of Hell: The Extraordinary Life of Nolan Richardson, which was just released this year. The book tells the story of Nolan Richardson, a National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame head coach who was born here in El Paso, in El Segundo Barrio. Dave Zirin, author of A People’s History of Sports in the United States calls this book “The finest sports biography I’ve read in years…”
Rus Bradburd teaches writing classes in New Mexico State University’s MFA program. He is a Chicago native, he coached basketball at UTEP and New Mexico State for fourteen seasons before resigning to pursue a writing career in 2000. Paddy on the Hardwood: A Journey in Irish Hoops was his first book, published in 2006.
Bradburd’s fiction has appeared in The Southern Review, Colorado Review, Puerto del Sol, Freight Stories, and Aethlon. His essays have appeared in The Houston Chronicle, El Paso Times, Las Cruces Sun-News, Heartland Journal, SLAM Magazine, Bounce, and Los Angeles Times.
June
Maritza Jauregui-Neely will present The Creative Process. Maritza is an artist with the El Paso Arts Association. She paints abstract and surreal, and adds sparkle to daily life scenes. For the presentation she will illustrate five winning poems from last year’s contest. Members will view four of her paintings and write about them. Maritza will discuss the similarities and differences of what we see and feel in each other’s work.
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NOTE: OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS HAVE RETURNED TO DORRIS VAN DOREN LIBRARY.Regrettably, the alternate arrangements we attempted did not materialize.
On the way to the EPWL meeting, Saturday, July 10 at 1:00 PM tune your radio to KTEP 88.5 FM to hear the great interview conducted on Prime Time El Paso by Florence Schwein of EPWL member Elsie Hayden and yours truly.____________________________________________________July
Robin Scofield will present a participatory exercise that can be used for fiction and memoir. She calls it “Character Making and Prose Style in Fiction and Memoir.” It is an interactive exercise, developed by Wendy Bishop, a poet and college composition teacher. It’s also great for poets who want characters in their poems or a brush-up on sentence style. If you write it for a real person, it makes a great birthday, Mothers’ Day or Valentine’s Day message.
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Wednesday, July 14, 5:30-7:30 at the Percolator Café.
Saturday, July 24, 10 to noon at the El Paso Museum of Art.
Tom Lea’s masterful paintings and drawings will provide the inspiration for two creative writing workshops led by award-winning poet, performer and teaching artist, Mónica Gómez. Participants will view and discuss Lea’s works, write in response to their impressions, then read aloud. The writings will be compiled for a 2010 Tom Lea Month commemorative anthology.
Saturday, July 24, 10 to noon at the El Paso Museum of Art - Tom Lea’s masterful paintings and drawings will provide the inspiration for two creative writing workshops led by award-winning poet, performer and teaching artist, Mónica Gómez. Participants will view and discuss Lea’s works, write in response to their impressions, then read aloud. The writings will be compiled for a 2010 Tom Lea Month commemorative anthology.
AugustAugust 14, 2010 Nancy Lorenza Green, M.Ed. will lead a writing workshop using images and sound as inspiration. Green is an Afro-Chicana artist from El Paso/Cd. Juárez who uses creative writing, percussion and flute music as mediums of communication and cultural expression. Her chapbook Crucified River was recently published by Mouthfeel Press. Her poetry/photography can be found in many publications. Green has also released three cds: Music from the Heart, Life is Sacred, and La Concha de la Tortuga: A Creation Myth by Denise Chávez and Corina Gabaldón.
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September
September 11, 2010 Open Mic. Members and guests are invited to read their work to the group. Five minute maximum per reading. Members are also asked to share Writing Tips.
Deadline for Annual Contest
October
October 9, 2010 El Paso Writers’ League 75th Anniversary Writing Workshop. Monica Gomez will present Poetry session in the morning. Lucia Zimmitti will present Fiction session in the afternoon.
Location: YWCA 1600 Brown St
Time: 9am – 4pm (Late registration from 8am- 9am)
Price $20 for EPWL members; $35 for non-members (add $5 for day- of- registration)
Lunch Included
Bake Sale to benefit Annual Contest
Contact Diane Morgan to purchase tickets or for more information. Email morgan300@aol.com .
To purchase tickets before event, please send your name, phone number and email
address to
El Paso Writers League
PO Box 13567
El Paso TX 79913
Please make checks payable to El Paso Writers League
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Book Fair Oct.30
Registration Form