Advisory Editor Steve Schreiner Poetry Reading @ Meshuggah Cafe

Oct 11 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Nov

15

Sun

december presents… poetry and jazz: a perfect combo @ The Harold & Dorothy Steward Center for Jazz

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Nov 15 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Please join us to celebrate volume 26.2. Poets Robert Nazarene and Jeff Hamilton will be reading their work from the current issue. Special guest St. Louis Poet Laureate Michael Castro will discuss his long relationship with poetry and jazz in combination with Tracy Andreotti and Henry Claude.

This event is open to the public. An appetizer buffet and wine and beer will be available.

Please R.S.V.P. to [email protected] or on FaceBook.

Dec

2

Wed

december presents… december in december @ TaborSpace

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Dec 2 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

more info here

Celebrate Vol. 26.2 in Portland with readings from december contributors Jerry Harp, Sam Roxas-Chua, Dehlia Ackley and John Sibley Williams. Coffee Bar and Dessert Buffet. RSVP on FaceBook.

Mar

30

Wed

AWP 2016 – Booth 520 @ Los Angeles Convention Center

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Mar 30 – Apr 2 all-day

AWP2016-02

Apr

1

Fri

Reading Period & Prose Contest Open

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Apr 1 – Jun 15 all-day

Our reading period is open. We are accepting poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art submissions. Form more information and submission guidelines click here. Please see guidelines for the Curt Johnson Prose Awards here.

Apr

9

Sat

LA Times Festival of Books – Booth 365 @ University of Southern California

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Apr 9 – Apr 10 all-day

LATFB2016-02

Apr

17

Sun

so you want to write: a memoir workshop with marge piercy @ Jewish Community Center St. Louis -- Adult Day Center

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Apr 17 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The dynamic husband-and-wife team of Marge Piercy and Ira Wood will introduce craft elements in writing good prose and provide the opportunity to use them in unique exercises. They will focus on compelling beginnings, authentic dialogue, and strategies for organizing your ideas and material. We’ll provide you with key tools to begin or return to your writing projects with confidence and purpose and help you share your stories with a broader audience. Presented in a partnership with the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival. $75 for subscribers/$95 for non-subscribers.

** Non-subscriber rate includes a 1-year subscription to december.

december presents…marge piercy @ Jewish Community Center - Staenberg Family Complex

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Apr 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

december presents…a conversation with Marge Piercy

an intimate evening of conversation with Marge Piercy as we celebrate a 52-year relationship, the release of Vol. 27.1, and her selections of the winners of the 2016 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize. Marge will read her poems that have appeared in recent issues of december, and talk about writing, politics, activism, religion, and more. Presented in a partnership with the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival. Complimentary dessert buffet. Open to the public.