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.
The 2017 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize is open for submissions. We are accepting your poetry contest submissions now. For more information and guidelines please visit https://decembermag.org/2017-jeff-marks-memorial-poetry-prize/
We are open for general submissions from October 1 to May 1. Please send us your best work! For more information and guidelines click here. For information about our 2017 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize click here.
Come visit us at the St. Louis Small Press Expo! A great day of literary mags, zines, art, and more. We will be having some great specials and hope to see you there. http://www.stlouissmallpressexpo.com/#intro
Don’t miss our event at the World Chess Hall of Fame! Celebrate the release of Vol. 27.2 with great prose and poetry from Jen Logan Meyer, Allison Funk and Travis Mossotti. Wine and cheese reception following the reading. Complimentary valet Parking provided. Hope to see you there.
Writing in the City with Adrian Matejka
2-4 pm Sunday May 21, 2017
Adrian Matejka will look at poets — past and present — who have used St. Louis as a catalyst for their work. Participants will generate their own poems that address the city in all of its particular curiosities.
Starting with Mark Twain and continuation through writes such as Kate Chopin, Marianne Moore, and Howard Nemerov — and more recently Mary Jo Bang, Michael Castro, Carl Phillips, Sally Van Doren, and so many others — writers have been writing in St. Louis in ways that reimagine the various geographies of the city as poems and stories.
This workshop is for poets who want to practice their craft, deepen their creativity and relationship to place. All skill levels welcome. $50 for december subscribers and $70 for non-subscribers**
** Non-subscriber rate includes a 1-year subscription to december.
SPACE IS LIMITED – REGISTER NOW.