[New-Poetry] Tongues Afire -- Call For Writers

[amy king]

Tongues Afire:

Creative Writing Workshop for

Queer Women, Trans Women and Gender Non Conforming

People of Color*


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Workshop Facilitator: R. Erica Doyle

 

WHEN:

October 9, 2008 - December 11, 2008

Thursdays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

 

WHERE:

Audre Lorde Project 85 South Oxford Street

Brooklyn,
 New York 11217**

 

CONTACT:

718.813.7240

tonguesafire at gmail.com

 

How much:

-FREE-

 

Application Deadline:

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 ***

 

 

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These workshops, led by writer-teacher-performer R. Erica
Doyle, are for writers of all levels, and will incorporate readings along with
in-class workshop exercises in literary memoir, poetry, and short fiction.  Participating writers will develop methods of
constructive critique and strategies for incorporating writing in their
everyday lives. Information on publication, funding, and reading opportunities
will be shared.  The workshop will
culminate in a public reading at the Audre Lorde Project.

 

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How to Apply:

 

Apply via email with the following information to
tonguesafire at gmail.com

 

    * your contact
information,

    * one paragraph
that describes who you are and how you identify as queer woman/gnc person of
color (be creative and definitive)

    * one - two
paragraphs for why you want to be a part of Tongues Afire, and

    * a writing
sample  (1-3 pages of poetry, prose,
fiction, or creative non-fiction)

 

You may send questions to tonguesafire at gmail.com or call
718.813.7240.

 

Space is limited. 

 

Application Deadline: Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

 

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About the Facilitator:

R. Erica Doyle is a writer of Trinidadian descent who lives
in New York City.
Her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Best
American Poetry, Ploughshares, Callaloo, Bum Rush the Page, and Ms. Magazine.
She has performed her work at the Nuyorican Poets Café, Kennedy
Center, Public Theater, St Mark's Poetry
Project, Bar 13, Bowery Poetry Club, and the Calabash Literary Festival in Jamaica. She
has taught creative writing workshops at the 14th Street Y, the Brooklyn Public
Library, Union Settlement, Sisterspace and Books, and in the New York City public schools. She is the
recipient of awards and fellowships from the Hurston/Wright and Astraea
Foundations and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She is a fellow of Cave
Canem, a workshop and retreat for African-American poets.

 

 

   
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More Information:

* Anyone who identifies as a woman of color is welcome,
including people of color who self-identify as women, trans, butch lesbians,
bois, drag queens, bi-gendered, two-spirited, drag kings, femme queens, A.G.s,
genderqueer, non-gendered, andro, crossdressers, gender-benders, gender fluid
as well as other identities of peoples who face gender oppression because of
their non-conventional gender expression.

 

** Directions: C train to Lafayette Avenue; G train to Fulton Street; 2,
3, 4, 5, B, Q, D, M, N, R to Atlantic
  Avenue/Pacific Street)

 

***All applicants will be notified by Monday, October
6th.  Accepted applicants must confirm
their attendance upon notification.

 

Tongues Afire is made possible by support from the Audre
Lorde Project. This event is funded in part by Poets and Writers, Inc.

  



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