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Bearing Witness in Dark Times
Feb
4
to Mar 11

Bearing Witness in Dark Times

Bearing Witness in Dark Times

This class is for every writer who wishes to write without  looking  away from the harms and the horrors of this historical moment, who agrees with Quebec novelist Gail Scott that “...a writer may do as she pleases with her epoch.  Except ignore it.”  It is for writers in all genres. In addition to writing, you will be reading writers—of poetry, essay, creative nonfiction--who have specialized in reporting on the losses and atrocities of their time: e.g. Carolyn Forché, Amitav Ghosh, Terry Tempest Williams, Linda Hogan, as well as writers from the newly published anthology Dreams Before Extinction,  which gathers ten years of writing and artwork from the journal Dark Matter: Women Witnessing. I am founding editor of that journal and co-editor of the anthology. As such I work with writers in all genres to make their work shine. My hope for the writers in this workshop is that, like the writers in Dark Matter, they will discover that facing in to the dangers and losses of this moment can lead to writing that reverberates with both truth and possibility.  

We will meet once a week on zoom, Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9PM, for six weeks, beginning February 4th.  Cost $300

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2026 Doolin Ireland Retreat
May
16
to May 25

2026 Doolin Ireland Retreat

10 days in Ireland (award-winning eco-tourism destination run by a village co-op) Doolin, County Clare, Ireland. 2 meals/day, lodging together in walking distance of the village, 4 writing workshops with local Irish writers who focus on the Land, field trips to the Cliffs of Moher, the Aran Islands, and the Burren (pictured above, Poulnabrone in the Burren); photography workshop option, an in-house editor (Ryan Dennis, also your host), possible inclusion in a Writing the Land anthology.

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2025 Ireland Retreat
May
18
to May 27

2025 Ireland Retreat

10 days in Ireland (award-winning eco-tourism destination run by a village co-op) Doolin, County Clare, Ireland. 2 meals/day, lodging together in walking distance of the village, 4 writing workshops with local Irish writers who focus on the Land, photography workshop option, an in-house editor (Ryan Dennis, also your host), possible inclusion in a Writing the Land anthology. ---THE RETREAT IS FULL---THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!

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Local 2024: Poetry, Paper, Place
Jan
21
1:30 PM13:30

Local 2024: Poetry, Paper, Place

A fundraiser for the hyper-local Montague Reporter which features a poetry page supported by Writing the Land. Please join us right after the Migrations and Home launch to read and listen….

To sign up to read: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfPNmRwPAFxm5R5QjNZW29sPk5RNtWAUKZadCwBCeUSYWiaQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

To register to attend (same link as Migrations and Home—-register once to attend both): https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtfuGuqzgsH9MLu1Sqa0JE7Idn79AGuFX5

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Local: Poems, Place, and Paper--A Fundraiser for the Montague Reporter
Sep
17
1:00 PM13:00

Local: Poems, Place, and Paper--A Fundraiser for the Montague Reporter

Join us for poetry from Writing the Land and others in the local poetry community in support of our local paper, the independent, non-profit Montague Reporter. The event is free, but we ask you to independently donate to the paper. Here’s the registration link for the event: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrduGtqj0jE9fdJ5ZNaxZ_53zR59IaFYUy Hope to see you there! And if you can’t make it but want to support the paper, please donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=HPZMZ235YAA9E&source=url

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