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San Diego Writers, Ink is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. They offer classes, groups, workshops, readings and other literary events at The Ink Spot and other locations throughout San Diego County. Some of their monthly literary events including Friday Night Liberty Open House, San Diego Memoir Association Meet-Up, Dime Stories: Open Mic Prose Nights, Sunday Author Series, and more.
Through its live programming, workshops, publications, website, and special events, The Poetry Project promotes, fosters, and inspires the reading and writing of contemporary poetry by presenting contemporary poetry to diverse audiences; increasing public recognition, awareness, and appreciation of poetry and other arts; providing a community setting in which poets and artists can exchange ideas and information; and encouraging the participation and development of new poets from a broad range of styles.
The University of Minnesota bookstore is located in the Coffman Memorial Union on the University of Minnesota campus with easy access to public parking and transportation. Visit and peruse the variety of new fiction, poetry, and nonfiction selections as well as attend author events and meet the minds behind today’s leading literature.
Collected Works is an independent and locally-owned business, located on the corner of Galisteo & Water Streets in downtown Santa Fe, just blocks from the historic Plaza. It is a full-service general bookstore with a huge inventory of titles, including a large selection of local travel, Southwest and Native American history, art and architecture, poetry, and children’s books.
The Creative Writing and Poetics MFA program at Naropa University hosts numerous events and visiting faculty during the academic year, including the What Where Series, JKS Symposium, [Dis]embodied Poetics Conference, Allen Ginsberg Visiting Fellow, Leslie Scalapino Lecture in Innovative Poetics, Embodied Poetics (collaboration with MFA Theater program), Women of Naropa reading, and the 4x4 Student Reading Series.
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Founded in 1973, and directed by poet Andrea Cohen, the award-winning Blacksmith House Poetry Series brings established and emerging writers of poetry and fiction to Harvard Square. The series is sponsored by the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and holds readings at the Blacksmith House, site of the village smithy and spreading chestnut tree of Longfellow’s 1839 poem “The Village Blacksmith.”
Whistlestop Bookshop is an independent bookseller in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in the lovely and historic Cumberland Valley in southcentral Pennsylvania. It hosts signings, readings, concerts, parties, and similar events.
The Denver Woman’s Press Club (DWPC), founded in 1898, is one of the oldest women's press clubs in the nation; members include professional journalists, novelists, magazine editors, essayists, freelance writers, poets, historians, and corporate and mass communications specialists. Their historic 1912 clubhouse on Denver's Capitol Hill hosts a range of public programs, receptions, author readings and talks, and writing seminars throughout the year.
The Bryant Park Corporation has repeated history by recreating the Bryant Park Reading Room. It is modeled after the original with the additions of custom-designed carts for an extensive and eclectic selection of books, periodicals and newspapers; readings and programs at lunchtime, after work and for kids; movable furniture to create a more intimate environment; and kid-sized carts and furniture for children to use. The programming, publications, and environment of the Reading Room are available to everyone for free, without any need of cards or identification.
The Catskill Art Space is a nonprofit multi-arts organization cultivating public interest, participation, and enjoyment of the arts. They program their venue with events including readings by regional writers, panel discussions, and multimedia presentations in all styles and genres. Works of fiction, poetry, memoir, creative and investigative nonfiction, and history are just some of the forms presented here in the past, often paired with performances, films, and exhibitions at CAS to investigate comparative meaning.
