Writing Workshop | Home & Exile: Novels Without Fiction
| In-person Writing Workshop | Novels without Fiction is how Spanish writer, Javier Cercas, describes his stories; books in which reporting and narrative go hand in hand. It is a...
| In-person Writing Workshop | Novels without Fiction is how Spanish writer, Javier Cercas, describes his stories; books in which reporting and narrative go hand in hand. It is a...
Soul Bone Literary Festival 2022 will host a reading of the anthology We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World, edited by Carolyn Holbrook and David Mura. Our readers tonight are Sherrie Fernandez-Williams, Ahmad Qais Munhazim, Diane Wilson, and Sun Yung Shin. Carolyn Holbrook will introduce and curated this evening...
Jewish Family Service of St. Paul (JFS) invites the public to join the unveiling and dedication of The Bruce Goodman Read in Color Little Free Library at on Sunday, September 11 at 2:00 p.m. The library, built by Highland Park residents Mike and Mary Link, brings diverse books to Little Free Library book-sharing boxes that...
Writer to Writer is a series featuring conversations between BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) writers. Join author and playwright, Marcie Rendon (White Earth Nation) and documentary producer Leya Hale (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and Diné Nations) in a conversation on their writing and their lives. They will also discuss issues that affect their Indigenous communities...
Dakota and Diné Documentary Producer, Leya Hale, will share her process for developing story structures and character narratives for non-fiction documentary storytelling. The workshop will be followed by a Q&A....
Whether you are writing a short story or a novel, a memoir or even a poem, your characters need to be full and round. Marcie Rendon (White Earth Nation) will provide writing exercises to create and develop strong, memorable characters. We will share our work and engage in a brief Q&A about the business of...
| Private Event | A panel discussion about anthology We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World for the British American Partnership. PANELISTS Carolyn Holbrook is a writer, educator, and an advocate for the healing power of the arts. Her memoir, Tell Me Your Names and I Will won...
Carolyn is visiting Dayton’s Bluff Book Club to speak about We Are Meant to Rise. This event is open to those living in the Dayton's Bluff area. ABOUT Carolyn Holbrook is a writer, educator, and an advocate for the healing power of the arts. Her memoir, Tell Me Your Names and I Will won...
Embracing Our Roots: African American Rooted and Rising A Conversation with Nothando and Vusumusi Zulu and their grandson, Joshua Gillespie (Brotha Ase’). | Virtual: Zoom | On Saturday, October 15, 2022, up and coming drummer and storyteller, Joshua Gillespie (Brotha Ase’) will join his grandparents, the master storytellers, Nothando and Vusumusi Zulu, in a conversation...
| Private Event | In this private class, writers will talk about We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice From Minneapolis to the World at Concordia College Fargo-Moorhead. Panelists: Carolyn Holbrook is a writer, educator, and an advocate for the healing power of the arts. Her memoir, Tell Me Your Names and I...