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Writing at Kerouac House
with Alicia Shandra Holmes, January 30
The Jack Kerouac Writer in Residence Project of Orlando and MAD about Words partner to offer you the opportunity to meet and write with the Kerouac Writer in Residence in a local literary treasure. This workshop will explore the techniques of non-realistic writing (magical realism, the New Wave Fabulists, and more). Details…

The “Turn:” The Poem as Journey|
A Russ Kesler Poetry Workshop, February 20
In this workshop, we’ll practice reading poems with an eye and ear toward listening for the “turn” the poem makes and how where that turn occurs affects our experience of the poem. We’ll allow time for small group feedback on the rough drafts produced during the workshop. Limited to a small group.  Workshop details…

First Impressions: How to Open an Essay
A Workshop with Robert Finch, March 27
Robert Finch is the author of seven books of essays and co-editor of The Norton Book of Nature Writing. He broadcasts a weekly commentary on NPR and serves on the faculty of the MFA in Writing Program at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. Limited to a small group.  Workshop details…

Loose lips sink manuscripts!

Free Event
Shut Up & Write, Tuesday, February 23
Last August, more than 30 writers turned out to write. Together. Quietly. Once again, we’ve partnered with Dandelion Communitea to  give you time and space where you can allow your poems and stories to happen. Learn how you can participate in Shut Up & Write.

Other Events

August 6: Mary Ann de Stefano will leave her plush office at MAD about Words World Headquarters and travel to Jacksonville,  Florida to deliver a talk called Online Social Networking for the Reluctant and Confused at the University of North Florida 2010 Writers Conference.