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'Tis the season for a kick ass reading.
This month, we're celebrating some of Houston's beloved literary orgs by showcasing some of the talented writers who help those orgs shine.
This month's readers:
Leisa Loan
Laurie Cedilnik
Emanuelee Outspoken Bean
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Join certified yoga instructor Maria Hiers to spend a lovely afternoon considering how yoga's principles of mindfulness, intentionality, and openness can contribute to a more meditative writing practice. No prior experience in writing or yoga is required to participate! 🧘🧘🧘 – at Houston, TX
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I’m reading with the big homie Roger Reeves next Friday, Sept. 2 in Houston. I wouldn’t miss it . . .
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Maggie Nelson's new book On Freedom explores how we might think, experience, or talk about freedom in four distinct realms: art, sex, drugs, and climate.
Get the viewing link for Monday's event here: inprinthouston.org/event/on-…
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For starters, each eve is well equipped
with her own apple.
—francine j. harris
@francinejharris
#PoemADay
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Didn’t write much this past year, but I did edit this long-overdue anthology with the fantastic @KazimAliPoet. Poems, letters, w/essays on her work: this is a great intro to Shreela Ray, a formidable poet, criminally unsung in her own time. Pre-order: bit.ly/3iSHN7C
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I am absolutely THRILLED to share the latest @parisreview Poets on Couches, featuring the ever-amazing Rita Dove reading Ingeborg Bachmann!
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A friend sent this essay on Adrienne Rich along: "My early impression was that she [Adrienne Rich] seemed willing to engage anything except foolishness." -Ed Pavlic bostonreview.net/arts-in-soc…
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If you loved Horsepower, join Joy Priest this June for an Inprint Writers Workshop on poetry! 🌱 Each week you will visit a new room in the "House of Craft": structure & form, prosody & music, the line, metaphor, and the image system. To learn more, visit inprinthouston.org.
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Enjoy a selection of the work of Langston Hughes in our our Poem Sampler.
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[Illustration by @SophieherX]
ALT Abstract illustration of Langston Hughes in a purple sweater, white plaid button down shirt, and red tie. Behind him is a collage of various colors and patterns. The letters L and H can be seen representing his initials.
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Honored to receive an award for Excellence in Creative Activity from @UHouston. Thanks to my university, our president Renu Khator, my department, and especially our amazing creative writing program for all the support over the years. 🙏@uhenglishdept @uhcwp @UHpres
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In honor of Jericho Brown's Inprint appearance tonight, today is officially #JerichoBrownDay in the City of Houston! 🎉🎉🎉
Jericho is an alumnus of the UH Creative Writing Program and led Inprint Senior Memoir Workshops with us for many years. What a joy to have him back!
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From police brutality to sexual assault to school shootings, @jerichobrown’s #TheTradition interrupts our nation's complacency by locating each emergency in the garden of the body.
For tickets to his Inprint appearance next week, visit inprinthouston.org.
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#Congratulations to my friend and colleague at @uhcwp @UHouston Roberto Tejada @fullforeground for being awarded a Guggenheim! No one could be more deserving. So happy for you. #award #poetry
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Tonight! Looking forward to reading for 44th Gannon Writing Awards Program. Info below. Join us! 🦅
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"I found that what I really could not bear was missing out on the larger narrative unwinding around me."
—Dorianne Laux
@doriannelaux
#AboutThisPoem
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