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Writer to Writer: Sun Yung Shin and Shannon Gibney

Plymouth Library 15700 36th Ave. N., Plymouth, MN, United States

Join writers, activists, collaborators, and friends, Sun Yung Shin and Shannon Gibney in a conversation about how they bridge distances between artistic genres, cultural and racial groups, historically marginalized communities, spirituality, and liberatory activism. They will also discuss how others might bridge these gaps. Q&A session to follow. Register here: https://bit.ly/w2wfall2023 Sun Yung Shin (she/they) is the...

National Novel Writing Month series with Anika Fajardo: Claiming your voice

Plymouth Library 15700 36th Ave. N., Plymouth, MN, United States

Write a novel in a month? Yes! That’s the goal of National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo, as it’s called, comes around every November, and the challenge is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Prepare to take on the challenge by participating in this 3-session workshop. In session 2, brainstorm and outline plot ideas, create characters, and consider...

Our Stories, Ourselves Panel Conversation

North Regional Library 1315 Lowry Ave N., Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

  Panelists Janice Bad Moccasin (Crow Creek Hunkpati Dakota), Marian Hassan, Kinshasha Kambui, and Billy Lor will discuss how we carry personal and collective trauma, grief and losses, including those experienced over the last few years. Panelists with share how their cultures, beliefs and community help them remain engaged in life and the transition towards...

CANCELLED-Our stories Ourselves Writing Workshop: Melissa Olson

Franklin Library 1314 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN

  UNFORTUNATELY THESE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Anishinaabe poet Gerald Vizenor writes, “Survivance is an act of presence, the continuance of Native stories, not a mere reaction, or a survivable name. Native survivance stories are a renunciation of dominance, tragedy, and victimry.” In keeping with Vizenor’s survivance, we will conceptualize nurturance as a creative exercise...

National Novel Writing Month series with Anika Fajardo: Plot, Characters and Arc

Plymouth Library 15700 36th Ave. N., Plymouth, MN, United States

Write a novel in a month? Yes! That’s the goal of National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo, as it’s called, comes around every November, and the challenge is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Prepare to take on the challenge by participating in this 3-session workshop. In session 2, brainstorm and outline plot ideas, create characters, and consider...

Our Stories Ourselves Writing Workshop: Sherrie Fernandez-Williams

North Regional Library 1315 Lowry Ave N., Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Throughout our lives, we grieve many sorrows – a world in crisis, a chronic illness, a loss of a job, a dream, a loved one – and search for the words to tell our stories and find meaning, understanding and healing. In this two-session writing workshop, we will be brave and gentle with ourselves as...

National Novel Writing Month series with Anika Fajardo: Writing Life

Plymouth Library 15700 36th Ave. N., Plymouth, MN, United States

Write a novel in a month? Yes! That’s the goal of National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo, as it’s called, comes around every November, and the challenge is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Prepare to take on the challenge by participating in this 3-session workshop. In session 2, brainstorm and outline plot ideas, create characters, and consider...

Our Stories Ourselves Writing Workshop: Sherrie Fernandez-Williams

North Regional Library 1315 Lowry Ave N., Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Description: Throughout our lives, we grieve many sorrows – a world in crisis, a chronic illness, a loss of a job, a dream, a loved one – and search for the words to tell our stories and find meaning, understanding and healing. In this two-session writing workshop, we will be brave and gentle with ourselves...

Writer to Writer with Mélina Mangal and Sarah Warren

  Join children's authors Mélina Mangal and Sarah Warren in an online conversation about why they write for children, how their biracial backgrounds influence their work, and the challenges and joys of writing fiction and nonfiction. Q&A session to follow. Register Here:https://bit.ly/w2wjan2024 Writer to Writer is a series featuring conversations between Black, Indigenous writers and...

EMBRACING OUR ROOTS: ROOTED AND RISING A conversation with Elder Amoke Kubat and Elder-in-the-Making, Wisdom Young (Mawusi)

Elmer L. Andersen Library 222 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Join artists, educators, activists, and mothers, elder Amoke Kubat and elder-in-the-making, Wisdom Young (Mawusi) as they share, build, and heal about their journeys as Black girls, women, and mothers in America. They will discuss how time, place, family, and historic/current events have shaped their identities and their work. They will reflect on the...