loading… “To get stuck on a single hierarchy is to miss the bigger picture.” “All these minuscule interactions—a friendly wave, a pencil sketch, some plastic beads strung up a nylon cord—they might not look like much from the outside, but for the people caught inside that web? They might be everything, the very tethers that […]
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loading… In honor of National Poetry Month, our Executive Director, Christine Wilson, is excited to help you get started on your journey of reading poetry! When you get together with a friend, you don’t lay out an agenda and follow a formula. You experience each other. You dialogue. What’s happening with you will impact how
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loading… Our very own Executive Director, Christine Wilson, was interviewed this month by Hamilton County Public Library’s Writer-in-Residence, Mary Cay Carson on her podcast Inside the Writer’s Head. Listen as Christine talks about why what WWfaC does matters and how creating a non-competitive, safe place to write makes all the difference! Listen to the episode here!
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loading… Our Fall Fundraiser, Bounty of Words was a huge success! The evening was beautiful reminder of the power in words and story. Thank you again to all our sponsors. Your generosity made the event possible! Noel Julnes-Dehner, Holly Julnes Dehner, Joe Julnes Dehner, Ellen Austin-Li, Annette Januzzi Wick, Roebling Books, The Madison Event
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loading… Dear Community, I had a fear that had followed close on my heels when I arrived at Women Writing for (a) Change. The fear? That I would run out of things to write about. (or that you would judge me for ending my sentence with a preposition). My last job had run me dry
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loading… Do you already know that your existence–who and how you are–is in and of itself a contribution to the people and place around you? Not after or because you do some particular thing, but simply the miracle of your life. And that the people around you, and the place(s), have contributions as well? Do
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loading… Love has never been a popular movement. And no one’s ever wanted, really, to be free. The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and passion of a very few people. – James Baldwin Dear Community, I have seen recently how the work done at Women Writing for (a)
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loading… Join us for for Bounty of Words: A Celebration of Writing and Community, at The Madison Event Center in Covington, Kentucky on Friday, September 27th. Come for a fun evening of Bountiful Community, Memory Making, Celebrating, Activities and Inspiration. You will receive a full buffet dinner, drink tickets, and an inspiring program filled with
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loading… WWFaC is thrilled to announce we will be hosting award winning poet Dr. Taylor Byas 10/11 & 10/12! Dr. Taylor Byas is a Black Chicago native with editorial roles at The Rumpus, Variant Literature, Beloit Poetry Journal, and Jackleg Press. She is the 1st place winner of the 2020 Poetry Super Highway Contest, the 2020 Frontier Poetry
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loading… Have you been writing to the Daily Prompts? They’ve been posting all through April on: Instagram: WomenWritingCincy & Facebook: Women Writing for (a) Change If not, take the time, now, to write to one, or drum up any writing you have that fits the Roots to Sky theme. The theme? you ask. It’s know
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