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SUMMARY:Jr. High Writing Jam! Featuring the IYWP and author Jen Ferguson
DESCRIPTION:All 6th\, 7th\, and 8th graders who like to write are invited. Come together with other writers to compare ideas and be inspired to write something new. Instructors from the Iowa Youth Writing Project will moderate this awesome event. Open mic\, and amazing door prizes. FREE!  \nLoading… \n  \nCredit Jen Ferguson\nMétis with ancestral ties to the Red River (on her father’s side) and Canadian settler (on her mother’s side)\, an activist\, a feminist\, an auntie\, and an accomplice armed with a PhD in English and Creative Writing. Jen believes writing\, teaching and beading are political acts. She is represented by Patricia Nelson at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. \nHer debut young adult novel\, THE SUMMER OF BITTER AND SWEET\, won a 2022 Govenor General’s Literary Award and is a 2023 Stonewall Honor Book\, among other accolades. Her newest book THOSE PINK MOUNTAIN NIGHTS is a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection and has four starred reviews. Her novella “Missing” won the Malahat Review’s 2022 Novella Prize and her essay “Off Balance” was selected for the Best Canadian Essays 2020. \nJen lives on the traditional and unceded territories of the Meskwaki\, the Báxoje and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ nations\, and teaches fiction writing at Coe College. \n  \nThe Tuesday Agency is located in The Chauncey\, just upstairs from the festival\, on the 4th floor\, Unit 408.
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LOCATION:The Tuesday Agency\, 404 E College St\, Unit 408\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
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SUMMARY:Middle School Writing Jam…And That’s When Things Got Weird…
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nLoading…\nFeaturing guest author\, Mike Meginnis \nMeginnis is the author of Drowning Practice (2022\, Ecco) and Fat Man and Little Boy (2014\, Black Balloon). His short fiction and essays have appeared in Hobart\, PANK\, The Lifted Brow\, Recommended Reading\, Booth\, The Pinch\, The Collagist\, The Sycamore Review\, Fanzine\, American Book Review\, and Writer’s Digest. His story “Navigators” appeared in Best American Short Stories 2012. He lives and works in Iowa City. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/middle-school-writing-jam/
LOCATION:The Tuesday Agency\, 404 E College St\, Unit 408\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
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SUMMARY:Workshop – Today We Celebrate (Or Not!)
DESCRIPTION:Looking for silly ways to be happy in spite of it all? Join us for a two hour workshop where we’ll use writing to find and celebrate all the ways we come together in our lives – from the perfect bubble tea\, to binge watching our favorite series\, family dinner\, or sitting with our friends at lunch. In this low-stakes workshop\, we’ll try out different writing genres\, including poetry\, memoir\, and fiction. Whether you’re new to writing or have been doing it forever\, you’re welcome to come celebrate creativity with us! \nThere will be light snacks (cookies!) \nFREE\, 6-8th graders are welcome to sign up! \nLoading… \n  \n\nINSTRUCTORS\nBorn and raised in Michigan\, Lisa K. Roberts has taught literature and composition in Hong Kong\, Charlottesville\, Virginia\, Las Vegas\, and Lincoln\, Nebraska. After moving to Iowa City\, she worked as Assistant Director of the Iowa Youth Writing Project to bring free creative writing workshops to children and teens. Today she serves as Director of Iowa City Poetry\, a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to redistributing poetry resources with writers of all ages\, incomes\, identities\, and experience levels. In this role\, she co-produces The Free Generative Writing Workshops\, IC Speaks Slam Team\, Iowa City Poetry Al Fresco\, Write at the Stanley\, and Mic Check Poetry Fest. Her poetry has been published in Plainsongs\, The Untidy Season\, Little Village\, Backchannels Journal\, and she has been a featured spoken word performer at various venues\, including Voice Box\, Was the Word\, NewBo PoJam\, and Poetry in Motion. \nRuth “Ruben” Thomas is a poet and Iowa City local. Originally a fiction writer\, she was introduced to spoken word poetry in 2019 and has been writing poetry ever since. She has competed in both local slams and state competitions\, and has opened for poets such as Patricia Smith\, Ebony Stewart\, and Rudy Francisco. Reuben volunteers with youth program IC Speaks as an assistant director\, youth coordinator\, and slam team coach. When not behind the mic stand\, she loves to still be on stage acting and singing\, or finding somewhere quiet to drink boba\, crochet\, and binge watch video essays.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/workshop-today-we-celebrate-or-not/
LOCATION:The Tuesday Agency\, 404 E College St\, Unit 408\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
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