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An insider's update on
Redbird people and plans.
For more information,
check our website: www.redbirdstudio.com
or contact Judy
Bridges, 414-481-3195, jb@redbirdstudio.com
REDBIRD
STUDIO -- A WRITER'S PLACE
September,
2009
1. THE BIRD'S NEST
2. WHAT'S UP AT
REDBIRD
3. WHAT'S UP AT
REDBIRD-REDOAK
3. NEWS OF REDBIRD
WRITERS AND FRIENDS
4. OTHER PLACES/FACES
5. HOW TO HELP,
ETC.
7. MILWAUKEE BOOK
FESTIVAL
1.
THE BIRD'S NEST Judy Bridges
Coming Off The Sick
List
If you heard that I
was away from the studio for a few weeks, you heard right. In August, we
finished a great session of Shut Up & Write and headed for Green Acres,
where I got in a fight with a ruptured appendix I didn't know I had. I thought
they took it out years ago, when I had another surgery. Alas, it was wrapped
around my colon and it took five days, two hospitals, a long ambulance ride and
exploratory surgery to find it. Three days later, on the way back from the
hospital to G.A. I took a pain pill and my face started swelling. Turns out I'm
allergic to narcotics. That put a crimp in the post-op entertainment.
Overall, I was
fortunate. My problem was fixable. My husband, David, and friends Mary Lou
Bell and Roi Solberg took excellent care of me and I loved getting all the
cards and gifts and good wishes from family and friends. Now the doc says I'm
"healing beautifully" and in a few weeks I will be ready to tap
dance. I am a very lucky girl.
Great Socks
at The Clearing
The annual Women's
Writing Retreat took place at the Clearing in Door County last week. I wasn't
sure whether I'd be able to handle it until Laurel Landis volunteered to assist
and that made the week wonderful for all of us. She led morning
writing prompts and the afternoon feedback sessions.
That gave me time for hour-long meetings with each of the
writers and to teach sessions on "How to knock their socks off," and
"Getting Published." Barb Malcolm won the first annual "Great
Socks" competition and no question about it, everyone in the group
wrote better than ever.
Private Studios
Available
I have some space
available. Imagine, a room of your own in the Marian Center. Peace and quiet.
Your place to write. Call me.
Who's Who and How
to Reach Us
Kim Suhr and I keep
confusing people. I still have Redbird Studio -- it's just a little smaller is
all. And there is also a Redbird-RedOak that's run by Kim and does many of the
things Redbird Studio used to do. We are happy to support one another and pass
messages along, but when you want to reach us directly:
REDBIRD
STUDIO + JUDY BRIDGES + SHUT UP & WRITE!
3195
S. Superior St. #212, Milwaukee WI 53207, 414-481-3195, jb@redbirdstudio.com, www.redbirdstudio.com
REDBIRD-REDOAK + KIM SUHR + ADULT AND YOUNG
WRITER PROGRAMS
P.O.
Box 342, Genesee Depot, WI 53127, 262-901-5171, kim@redbirdredoak.com www.redbirdredoak.com
2. WHAT'S
UP AT REDBIRD STUDIO
I'm aiming for a quiet
fall except for one wonderful event, the "Shut Up &
Write!" class scheduled for the end of October.
This is the new 3+1
day version of SU&W that we road tested in August. It worked out perfectly
-- including the part where Robert Vaughan stepped in to do the follow-up
roundtable. That gave people a chance to meet one of the regular roundtable
leaders and see how easy it is to move from SU to the Redbird-RedOak
groups.
One benefit of the new
format is that we have always had calls from people around the country who
heard about SU&W but can't attend six Mondays in a row. In August, one
person came from Texas. In October, one is coming from South Africa. These
people might also be coming to town for other reasons, but the shorter format
sweetens the pot for them and for us.
We cover all the same
material and having the option of a follow-up critique or roundtable session
makes this an outstanding opportunity for anyone who wants to improve his or
her writing. And don't we all?
SHUT
UP & WRITE! with Judy Bridges
New
3-day session of the seminar everyone loves.
Develop
your talent for writing fiction and nonfiction. All levels welcome.
"I
learned more in this class in one night than I have in all of my other
classes put together." MM
Oct
29-30-31, plus optional critique or roundtable on Nov. 12 $345,
(deposit $100)
Hours: 6:30-9pm
on Thurs. and Fri. evening Oct. 29 and 30; 9:30-3pm on Sat.,
Oct. 31
Plus
your choice: Submit a 10 page ms for critique or attend a roundtable Nov 12,
6:30-9pm,
Class
takes place in the Conference Room on the main floor of the Marian Center.
Registration
form on the website, www.redbirdstudio.com or 414-481-3195
THINKING
AHEAD?
A
few of the exciting things I have planned for next year:
"How
to Create a Circle of Support" at The Power of the Pen, Fox Valley
Technical School, March 20, 2010
"The
Hairshirt" Women's Writing Retreat at Sinsinawa Convent, April 22-25, 2010
The
publication of my book, Shut
Up & Write! in
Spring, 2010
3. WHAT'S
UP AT REDBIRD-REDOAK
FOR ADULTS
Write 'til You're
Blue in the Face
A writing practice
group with Kim Suhr. $85/session
4 Tues evenings, 6:30
- 9:00
pm
Session I - Sept 8,
15, 22, 29
Session II - Nov 3,
10, 17, 24
Roundtable Critique
Groups, $85/session
Tues afternoons
w/Jeannee Sacken, 12:00 - 2:30 pm
Session I: Sept 1
& 15, Oct 13 & 20
Session II: Nov 3
& 17, Dec 1 & 22
Wed evenings w/Laurel
Landis, 6:30 - 9:00
pm
Session I: Sept 9
& 23, Oct 14 & 28
Session
II: Nov 11 & 25, Dec 9 & 23
Thurs evenings
w/Robert Vaughan, 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Session I: Sept 17,
Oct 29, Nov 19, Dec 17
Fri mornings w/Robert
Vaughan, 9:30am - 12:00 pm
Session I: Sept 11
& 18, Oct 2 & 16
Session II: Nov 6
& 20, Dec 4 & 18
FOR YOUNG WRITERS
Sunday Afternoon
Writers' Circles, $65/session
Gr. 4-6 w/Kris Jaeger
(1 - 3 pm) Session I: Sept 27, Oct 25, Nov 22, Dec 20
Gr. 7-8 w/Pam Parker
(1 - 3 pm) Session I: Sept 13, Oct 4, Nov 8, Dec 6
Gr. 9-12 w/Kim Suhr (1
- 3:30 pm) Session I: Sept 13 & 27, Oct 4 & 25
Session II: Nov 8 & 22, Dec 6 & 20
FREE EVENTS
Studio Open House, Oct
15, 7 pm (Milwaukee Book Festival Event)
Writers' Showcase, Nov
5, 7 pm @ The Fixx Coffee House
4.
NEWS ABOUT REDBIRD WRITERS AND FRIENDS
Note: "R.W. and
Friends" either attended Redbird workshops, or taught them, or support the
studio in some special way. If you sent information and it did not appear,
please forgive and send it again. Web sites are listed but not necessarily
linked.
Jerry Apps sent a newsletter announcing the release of his
new novel, Blue
Shadows Farm. This is the
third in his series of historical novels that mix Wisconsin history with
historical and contemporary issues. http://www.jerryapps.com/
Linda
Ashenbrenner, a great
supporter of Wisconsin poets and publisher of Marsh River Press, recently published a collection of Poems by Wisconsin Poets Laureate, Ellen Kort, Denise Sweet and Marilyn Taylor. If
you love poetry, you'll want a copy.
Shauna Singh
Baldwin An Indian Edition
of We are Not in
Pakistan was released
in Sept 2009 by Rupa Publications. Check out the Indian cover at www.ShaunaSinghBaldwin.com
Stephen
Boehrer, author of Purple Culture and other novels, will be signing books Thursday, Sept. 24th at
7:00 p.m. at the Next Chapter Book Shop, 10976 N. Port Washington Rd,
Mequon. As always, Redbird writers are encouraged to attend and support their
fellow author.
Molly Cook announced the closing of Skylark Writing
Studio on Whidbey Island, Washington. Skylark was much like Redbird and I am
sad to see it close, but happy for all the writers who had time with Molly.
She'll be writing more, also presenting programs along the lines of her
"Writers on Writing," which is a kind of literary Chautauqua. Molly
and I talk, but have never met and I hope we can fix that one of these days.
Sister Josephe
Marie Flynn There's no
better way to do this than to share the joy in Josephe's own words. At
11:45 pm, September 1, she sent the following email: "All is quiet. No
news yet on the book. Not even a tweet." Then, at 1:22 am, another
email: "Glorious
news!!! :) :) :) :) :) Whoopee!!! Lawrence
Hill Books, imprint of Chicago Review Press, has said, YES!
I was about to turn off my computer at 12:30 a.m. when I
opened the "possible spam" list that arrives regularly
in my inbox. The spam-picker-upper listed Susan Betz's e-mail as
having a suspicious subject -- Huh? ..."book was approved (i
won't make you wait to open the e-mail)" No thanks to the spam
catcher, I finally got the good news. Hallelujah! Senior Editor Sue
Betz must have done a great job of presenting my book at their editorial board
meeting. And bless her for writing to me right after their very long
meeting. What a thoughtful, wonderful woman! I will enjoy working with
her! And such happy news! Yippeeeeeeee! We're on our way! If all goes as
Sue has planned, the book will be out next fall. Ah-h-h-h. Sweet dreams
comin' tonight. Josephe/Aunt Mary/Sister Mary"
Bill Gagliani announced the release of Wolf's Gambit, sequel to the Bram Stoker Award- nominated
novel Wolf's
Trap, (Leisure Books). www.williamdgagliani.com
Olena
Jennings' essay and
introduction to the work of Ukrainian prose writer Valerian Pidmohylny appeared
in The Millions today. See: http://www.themillions.com/2009/09/fated-love-the-work-of-valerian-pidmohylny.html
Deb Karpek's article, "Reiki as a Tool for Self
Discovery" is being published in the Fall 09 edition of Reiki News
Magazine.
Carol LaChapelle is leading workshops based on her
book, Finding
Your Voice, Telling Your Stories at
the world-renown Newberry Library in Chicago and at other locations.
John Lehman released a studio-recorded CD of The Writer's Cave: Why Writers
Write What They Do. http://rosebudbookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/the-writers-cave-cd/
Philip Martin did a talk and book-signing Tuesday, Aug.
18, at Boswell Book Company, on his new book, A Guide to Fantasy Literature:
Thoughts on Stories of Wonder & Enchantment http://www.crickhollowbooks.com/fantasy_lit_book.html
Mel Miskimen has another essay featured on More Magazine's
website. "Thanks, but no Spanx -- Shapers? Slimmers I needed something
like a wetsuit." on More.com
Milwaukee Book
Festival. This
special event for Milwaukee takes place October 9 through October 18. See the
complete schedule of events at #7 of this newsletter and at www.milwaukeebookfestival.org
Pam Parker sent the kind of note we love to get. "I got
home from the Clearing and had two rejections and an acceptance. I sent a
flash piece (which Laurel and Carol will recognize some of as it started in a
prompt writing session we did together) and it's online at Mad Swirl: http://www.madswirl.com/content/stories/The_Echoes_of_Infinity.html"
The next morning, she sent another email with the subject, Exploding with
joy!!! (exclamation points well deserved): "I just got off the phone with
the editor of Portland Magazine and he wants to print a flash piece I sent him,
an excerpt from Katya called, "Brothers and
Bombs"!!!! They'll be emailing me a couple of proposed changes in
the next week and then, hopefully, we're done and I'll actually get paid a
miniscule amount."
Taylor Priest voiced his opinion on a Washington Journal
program on CSPAN. He says he's now charging for autographs, but all
$$$ will benefit animals in need of rescue.
Roi Solberg, author of Spirit of Archetypes: Cards for Spiritual Guidance, will be the guest of Diane Chamness --
Business Solutions, on WISN 1130 AM. Saturday September 26, 2009 from 1-2
PM. Topic: "Change your Story - Change your Life. The role
the Archetypes play in your life and your business success or
failure." roisolberg@sbcglobal.net www.dianeonbusines.com
Marilyn Taylor
and B.J. Best presented "The
Sonnet: Not Just for Dead People Anymore" Tuesday, September 15th at Boswell Books, 2559 N. Downer
Ave., Milwaukee. Her next two readings are September 30, 6:30 p.m.
at Milwaukee Country Club, 8000 N. Range Line Road, Milwaukee and October
3, 7:00 p.m. at the Niedecker Poetry Festival in Fort Atkinson.
The Marian
Center is sponsoring a
Harvest Brunch and Craft Fair on Sunday, Sept. 27th, from 9 am to 1:30 pm. 3195
S. Superior St., Milwaukee. For more information contact Linda Mrochinski at
414-483-2430.
Eva Rumpf announced the release of her new
memoir, Reclamation:
Memories from a New Orleans Girlhood. The book is available through www.booklocker.com/books/3982.html
Wisconsin Book
Festival in downtown
Madison, October 7-11. The theme this year is Courage. See www.wisconsinbookfestival.org
for a full schedule of events.
Wisconsin
Fellowship of Poets 2010 calendars are published and may
be ordered from Michael Farmer, PO 555, Baileys Harbor, WI
54202, 920-839-2191, mfarmer1876@gmail.com. WFOP also announced
that the website for Verse Wisconsin (formerly Free Verse) is up and running.
Check it out at www.versewisconsin.org.
Find all you need to know about submissions, subscriptions, upcoming events and
more!
5.
OTHER PLACES, OTHER FACES
Alverno Telesis
A variety of writing
classes including The Great Lakes Writers Workshop
A Broader
Vocabulary Cooperative
New Feminist Bookstore
organizing in Bay View
abroadervocabulary.blogspot.com
Avol's Bookstore
Independent used
bookstore carries academic, scholarly, and general used books, and promotes the
local poetry scene.
315 W. Gorham, Madison
608-255-4730
Boswell Book Co.
Independent
bookstore (formerly Schwartz Books)
2559 N. Downer Ave.,
Milwaukee
Request newsletter
from: daniel@boswellbooks.com
Cool Plums
Interactive webzine
for writers (John Lehman)
Council for
Wisconsin Writers
Recognizing Literary
Excellence Since 1964
Sponsors annual
contests for Wisconsin Writers
Note: CWW Winner
Night will be held Saturday afternoon, Oct. 17, at Boswell Books, 2559 N.
Downer Ave., Milw This is a Milwaukee Book Festival event.
http://www.wisconsinwriters.org/contests.htm
The Clearing,
Ellison Bay, WI (Door County)
Folk school in a
natural setting in Door County
Presents a variety of
short and full-week and programs
Fox Cities Book
Festival
Third Annual Festival,
April, 2010
http://www.focol.org/bookfest/index.asp
Fox Valley
Technical College
"Power of The
Pen" March 20, 2010
Green Lake
Christian Writers' Conference, Green Lake WI
Contact janwhite@glcc.org;
920-294-7327; visit www.glcc.org.
Interlochen College
of Creative Arts, Interlochen, MI
Screenwriting, Poetry,
Prose & Paint, Retreats
Kristin Celeste
Hills, www.interlochenorg/college
Milwaukee Book
Festival
Celebrates literary
arts of all genres with readings, workshops, talks and panels
See item #7 for
schedule of Fall 2009 events.
Milwaukee Public
Library
Email newsletter
alerts you to great selection of current readings and events.
Next Chapter Book
Shop
Independent
bookstore in Mequon. (formerly Schwartz Books)
http://www.nextchapterbookshop.com/
Shake Rag Alley
Center for the Arts
Mineral Point, WI
Creative writing
workshops featuring Dean Bakopoulos and others.
http://www.shakeragalley.com/creative-writing-workshops-madison-wi.html
Society of
Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, Wisconsin SCBWI-WI
Excellent professional
organization for writers and illustrators
Workshops, networking,
resources.
Soulstice Theatre
Intimate theater in
The Marian Center, Bay View
http://www.soulsticetheatre.org/
Still Waters
Collective
High energy creative
writing and spoken word programs
The Inspired Writer
Creativity coaching
and workshops
The Marian Center,
Bay View
Home of Redbird Studio
and dozens of dedicated nonprofits
See Activities
List: http://www.mariancenter.net
TYMEOUT Youth
Center
Summer Creative
Writing Camp for Middle School Students
Ben Brzeski, www.tymeout.org
262-966-1800
University of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, School of Continuing Ed
Spring Writers
Festival
http://www4.uwm.edu/SCE/course.cfm?id=13682
University of
Wisconsin, Madison, Div. of
Continuing Studies
Writing classes
include Write by the Lake Writers' Institute and Rhinelander School of the Arts
summer program
Phone
608-262-7942, www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/writing
Windhoven Center
for the Arts
Fond du Lac, WI
Wisconsin Academy
of Sciences, Arts & Letters
Publishes Wisconsin
People & Ideas
Sponsors Short Story
and Poetry Contests
Wisconsin Book
Festival
Book Festival in
Madison and other locations each October
2009 dates:
October 7th through 11th. The theme for the 2009 Festival is "COURAGE"
http://www.wisconsinbookfestival.com/
Wisconsin
Fellowship of Poets (WFOP)
Statewide network for
poets. Contests and information.
Publishes Muse Letter
and annual Poet's Calendar
Wisconsin Regional
Writers Association (WRWA)
Contests, conferences,
writers' groups, excellent newsletter
Fall Conference
September 25-27, 2009
Holiday Inn, 2703
Craig Road, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
Woodland Pattern
Book Center, Milwaukee
Outstanding poetry
resource, plus readings and workshops
Working Writers
Association of full
time professional independent writers based in S.E. WI.
Members serve business
clients, non-profit organizations, publishers and authors.
Writer's Ink,
Cudahy
Writers' group
welcomes all levels, all styles, all genres. Meets first and third Mondays,
7pm,
in the lower-level
meeting room of Chase Bank in Cudahy. Dues $3 per year.
Contact Gail
Torpe: gtoe@aol.com or 414-744-9664
http://www.writersinc.writernetwork.com/index.html
6.
HOW TO CONTACT US, REPORT NEWS or GET OFF THE LIST
Judy Bridges
Redbird Studio
3195 S. Superior St.
#212
Milwaukee, WI 53207
414-481-3195
7.
MILWAUKEE BOOK FESTIVAL
October 9 - October
18, 2009
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Friday, October 9,
7 p.m.
Boswell Book
Company Presents: David Rhodes
Site: Boswell
Book Company, 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI
Fee: Free
Info:
www.boswellbooks.com or
414-332-1181
Join us for an evening
with acclaimed Wisconsin writer David Rhodes. Winner of the Milkweed
Prize, his most recent novel, Driftless, explores the small-but-novel-worthy town of
Woods, Wisconsin, whose inhabitants include July Montgomery, the hero of
Rhodes' legendary novel, The
Rock Island Line. The
Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel called Driftless "A profound and enduring paean to
rural America." We're also celebrating the republication of Rhodes' 1974
novel The Easter House, a gripping tale of the Easter family of Iowa.
About the Author:
After receiving an MFA in Writing from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop
in 1971, David Rhodes published three novels in rapid succession: The Last Fair Deal Going Down (Atlantic/Little, Brown, 1972), The Easter House (Harper & Row, 1974), and Rock Island Line (Harper & Row, 1975). A motorcycle
accident in 1976 left him paralyzed from the chest down, since which time he
continued writing but stopped publishing. He lives with his wife, Edna, in
Wonewoc, Wisconsin.
Saturday,
October 10, 2 p.m.
Milwaukee Book
Festival Kickoff Event
Woodland
Pattern Book Center Presents: Wendell Berry
Site: Urban
Ecology Center, 1500 E. Park Place, Milwaukee WI
Fee: $8
general admission/$7 students or seniors/$6 members
Info: www.woodlandpattern.org or 414-263-5001
Woodland Pattern
Book Center presents Wendell Berry, author of fifty books of fiction, poetry
and essays at the Urban Ecology Center. Berry will read from his
latest collection of essays, Bringing
It to the Table: On Farming and Food,
and from his forthcoming collection of poems, Leavings.
About the author:
Wendell Berry has farmed a hillside in his native Henry County, Kentucky, with
his wife Tanya, for more than forty years. He has received numerous awards for
his work, including the T.S. Eliot Award, the Aiken Taylor Award for poetry,
and the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and recently the Cleanth Brooks
Medal for Excellence in Southern Letters and the Louis Bromfield Society Award.
Drawn from more
than thirty years of work, Bringing
It to the Table: On Farming and Food (Counterpoint, 2009) is essential reading for anyone who cares
about what they eat. The essays address such concerns as: How does organic
measure up against locally grown? What are the differences between small and
large farms, and how does that affect what you put on your dinner table? What
can you do to support sustainable agriculture? Given the current momentum
around these issues, Bringing
It to the Table is poised
to become a favorite of old fans, as well as new readers who are passionate
about food and are discovering Berry for the first time.
Monday,
October 12, 4 p.m.
Marquette
University Presents: Susan Neville
Site: Marquette
University, Alumni Memorial Union, Room 227, 15th and Wells St.
Fee: Free
and open to the public
Info: www.marquette.edu/English
or 414-288-7179
Susan Neville
will read from her luminous non-fiction writings, which run the gamut from
visiting Hummer factories and Goth nights for teenagers to studying the
painting of religious icons to contemplating our relationship to landscape,
both real and invented. Her work is marked by her curiosity,
intelligence and humor, and she takes readers to fascinating places we would
seldom venture on our own. A reception and book-signing will
follow. This event is sponsored by the Centennial Celebration of
Women at Marquette, The Office of Student Development, and the Department of
English.
About the
author: Susan Neville is the author of five works of creative
nonfiction: Fabrication:
Essays on Making Things and Making Meaning; Iconography:
A Writer's Meditation; Sailing the Inland Sea: On Writing,
Literature, and Land; Indiana Winter; and Twilight
in Arcadia. Her prize-winning
collections of short fiction include In
the House of Blue Lights, winner
of the Richard Sullivan prize and listed as a 'Notable Book' by the Chicago
Tribune, and Invention
of Flight, winner of the
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Her stories have appeared in the
Pushcart Prize anthology and in anthologies including Extreme Fiction (Longman) and The Story Behind the Story (Norton.) She holds the Demia Butler
Chair at Butler University.
Monday,
October 12, 7 p.m.
UWM Union
Programming and the Union Activities Board present:
Zombie Survival
Techniques with Max Brooks, Author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z: An Oral History of
the Zombie War
Site: UWM
Union, 2200 E Kenwood Blvd, Wisconsin Room, 2nd Level
Fee: FREE
and open to the public
Info: 414-229-3111
or lcpardee@uwm.edu
Max Brooks is
considered to be one of the world's foremost Zombie preparedness experts. His
tireless search for both the living dead and ways to eradicate them has taken
him to over 30 countries and territories in Europe, Russia, Latin America, the
Caribbean, the Arctic and Sub-Saharan Africa. In his visit to UWM, he will help
raise awareness and prepare you with the latest Zombie survival techniques.
A reception and book
signing will follow Max Brooks' talk.
About the author:
After working for the B.B.C. in Great Britain and East Africa, Max Brooks began
writing The Zombie
Survival Guide. A former Emmy
Award winning writer for Saturday
Night Live, he lives in New York
City with his wife, Michelle. He is currently at work on his next
release, The Zombie
Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks.
Tuesday,
October 13, 5:30 p.m.
The Milwaukee
Public Library's Central Book Discussion Group will discuss vampire stories
(including books, films, folklore and television).
Site: Central
Library's Richard E. and Lucile Krug Rare Books Room 814 W. Wisconsin
Ave. Milwaukee, WI
Fee: Free
Info:
www.mpl.org or 414-286-3031.
Do you like to sink
your teeth into a good vampire story? Does your blood race in anticipation of
the next book in the Twilight series or episode of HBO's series "True
Blood?" If so, you're invited to join a discussion of all things
vampire related that will take place in Central Library's beautiful Richard E.
& Lucile Krug Rare Books Room. The free discussion will be moderated by a
librarian and will include anything you want to talk about related to
vampires. Feel free to discuss your favorite vampire book, author,
film, legend or television show in a round table format. So put on
your cape and fly to the Central Library and join in the discussion!
Tuesday, October
13, 7:30 p.m.
Carroll University
Presents: Sorrel King
Health Care Reform
Activist and Author of Josie's
Story
Site: Dorothy
Goff Frisch Recital Hall in Shattuck Music Center
218
N. East Ave, Waukesha, WI 53186
Fee: Free
and open to the public
Info: www.carrollu.edu or 262-524-7262
Sorrel King founded
the Josie King Foundation in 2001 with her husband Tony after their daughter
Josie died as a result of medical errors. The Josie King Foundation supports
innovative patient safety programs that influence the way safety is
incorporated into medical care. The Josie King Pediatric Patient Safety Program
and the Johns Hopkins Hospital's Children's Center, the Condition H - Josie
King Patient Safety Call Line at UPMC - Shadyside Hospital, and Dr. Albert Wu's
work on disclosure training all received initial funding from the Josie King
Foundation and currently serve as models for patient safety programs across the
country.
In her recently
published memoir, Josie's
Story, Sorrel writes about
her daughter Josie, the medical errors that led to Josie's death, the family's
struggles to deal with their grief, as well as Sorrel's foray into the health
care industry as a patient safety advocate and the safety improvements that
have come about in Josie's memory.
Wednesday, October
14, 6:30 p.m.
Banned Books
Event presented by ACLU of WI, Woodland Pattern Book Center, and Wisconsin
Center for the Book
Site: Woodland
Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust Street, Milwaukee, WI
Fee: Free
Info: www.woodlandpattern.org or 414-263-5001
Join the ACLU of
Wisconsin Foundation and Woodland Pattern Book Center on October 14, 2009 for a
celebration of beloved banned books. We'll talk about censorship attempts in
and around Southeastern Wisconsin. There will be a short presentation and then
we'll hear excerpts from the "hot" books. Event takes place from 7 p.m to 8:30
p.m. Reception begins at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday,
Oct. 14, 7 p.m.
Author Anne
Basting discusses her new book,
Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia
Site: Boswell
Book Company, 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Fee:
Free
Info:
www.boswellbooks.com or
414-332-1181
Memory loss can
be one of the most terrifying aspects of a diagnosis of dementia. Yet the fear
and dread of losing our memory make the experience of the disease worse than it
needs to be, according to cultural critic and playwright Anne Davis Basting.
She says, Forget memory. Emphasize instead the importance of activities that
focus on the present to improve the lives of persons with Alzheimer's disease
and other dementias. Bold, optimistic, and innovative, Basting's cultural critique
of dementia care offers a vision for how we can change the way we think about
and care for people with memory loss.
About the
author: Anne Basting (Ph.D.) is the Director
of the Center on Age & Community and an Associate Professor in the
Department of Theatre at the Peck School of the Arts, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she teaches storytelling and playwriting.
Wednesday,
October 14, 8 p.m.
Lyrical
Sanctuary Presents: Raymond Luczak, author of "Eyes of Desire: A Deaf Gay &
Lesbian Reader"
Site: UWM
Union - Fireside Lounge
Fee: Free
and open to the public
Info: www.sociocultural.uwm.edu or 414-229-6998
Lyrical Sanctuary is
an open mic series that welcomes poets, singers, rappers, visual artists and
other performers to express themselves before a captive audience. Lyrical
Sanctuary welcomes author and poet Raymond Luczak as he shares his talent as a
performer from the Deaf community. Best known for a number of books, including, Eyes of Desire: A Deaf Gay & Lesbian
Reader, and St. Michael's Fall, a book of poems about growing up deaf and
Catholic, Raymond joins us this month for a unique performance.
A sign
language interpreter will be provided
Thursday,
October 15, 7 p.m.
RedBird-RedOak
Writing Presents: Studio Open House & Grand Re-Opening
Site: Marian
Center for NonProfits, 3195 S. Superior St. #429, Milwaukee, WI
Fee: Free
Info: www.redbirdredoak.com or kim@redbirdredoak.com, 414-881-7276
The studio has
gotten a facelift! We invite you to expand your network of writing friends and
meet the coaches who make our programs unique.
About the
organization: Offering workshops and critique groups for all ages and levels,
RedBird-RedOak Writing supports writers throughout the greater Milwaukee area.
Following the combined traditions of Redbird Studio and Red Oak Young Writers,
we help participants make their writing dreams come true.
Thursday, Oct.
15, 7:30 p.m.
A Multimedia
Evening of Ekphrastic Poetry with Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of "Cinema
Muto"
Site: UWM,
Curtin Hall, room 175, 3243 N. Downer Ave.
Fee: Free
Info: www.mywebspace.wisc.edu/jlkerche/web
or 414 229 6991.
In "Cinema Muto,"
Jesse Lee Kercheval examines the enduring themes of time, mortality, and love
as revealed through the power of silent film. Following the ten days of the
annual Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in Italy, this collection of ekphrastic
poems are love letters to the evocative power of silent cinema. During this
unique presentation, Kercheval will not only read and discuss her book, but
also screen selections from silent films that inspired her work.
About the
author: Jesse Lee Kercheval is the Sally Mead Hands Bascom Professor of
English and the director of the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing at UW
Madison. She was also the founding director of the MFA Program in Creative
Writing. The author of nine books and two chapbooks of fiction, poetry and
nonfiction, she is the recipient of numerous prizes and fellowships and
publishes regularly in magazines in the U.S, the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Germany,
Japan, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.
Friday, October 16,
7 p.m.
Next Chapter
Bookshop Presents: John Eisenberg, author of That First Season: How Vince
Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory
Site: Next
Chapter Bookshop, 10976 N. Port Washington Road in Mequon
Fee: Free
Info: www.nextchapterbookshop.com or
262-241-6220
Mark the fiftieth
anniversary of Vince Lombardi's first season in Green Bay with author John
Eisenberg. That First
Season chronicles
Lombardi's remarkable first year as head coach when he transformed a team of
underachievers into winners. It's an irresistible comeback story that no
Packers fan will want to miss!
About the author: John
Eisenberg was an award-winning sports columnist for the Baltimore Sun, and is the author of seven books
including My Guy
Barbaro and The Great Match Race.
Saturday, Oct. 17,
2 p.m.
Council for
Wisconsin Writers 2009 Winners Event
Site: Boswell
Book Company, 2559 N. Downer Ave. Milwaukee, WI
Fee: Free
Info: www.boswellbooks.com or 414-332-1181
The Council for
Wisconsin Writers (CWW) is dedicated to promoting local, state, and national
awareness of Wisconsin's great literary heritage and to encouraging excellence
among today's Wisconsin writers.
In this program, a
selection of the most recent first-place winners in fiction, nonfiction and
poetry categories will read from their works and answer
questions. Readers include: Ingrid Kallick, Madison, winner of the Larry and Eleanor
Sternig Short Fiction Award for "Sonia." David McGlynn, Appleton, winner of the Kay W. Levin Short
Nonfiction Award for "Hydrophobia." Pat Schmatz, Amherst Junction, winner of the Tofte/ Wright
Children's Literature Award for "Moustraps." Richard Quinney, Madison, winner of the Kingery/Derleth
Book-Length Nonfiction Award for "Things Once Seen."
Susan Firer, Milwaukee, winner of the Lorine Niedecker
Poetry Award for "Pumpkin Seeds" and other selected poems.
Sunday, October 18,
2 p.m.
Woodland
Pattern Book Center Presents: K. Silem Mohammad, Patrick Durgin, and Jen Hofer
Site:
Woodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust Street, Milwaukee, WI
Fee: $8
general admission/$7 students or seniors/$6 members
Info: www.woodlandpattern.org or 414-263-5001
About the Authors: Jen
Hofer is a poet, translator, interpreter, teacher, knitter, and urban cyclist.
Her recent publications include The
Route, a collaboration with
Patrick Durgin (Atelos, 2008), sexoPUROsexoVELOZ and Septiembre, a
translation from Dolores Dorantes by Mexican poet Dolores Dorantes (Counterpath
Press and Kenning Editions, 2008), and lip wolf, a
translation of Mexican poet Laura Solorzano's lobo de labio (Action Books,
2007). She lives in Los Angeles, where recently she has been making hand-sewn
quilts out of paper as part of the "Natural Habitats" project.
K. Silem Mohammad is
the author of Deer Head
Nation (Tougher Disguises,
2003), A Thousand
Devils (Combo Books,
2004), Breathalyzer (Edge Books, 2008), and The Front (forthcoming from Roof Books, 2009).
He is currently working on a project entitled The Sonnagrams--anagrams of all 154 of Shakespeare's
Sonnets. He edits the poetry magazine Abraham Lincoln with
Anne Boyer, and he teaches at Southern Oregon University.
Patrick Durgin has
collaborated with Jen Hofer since 1998 to produce The Route (Atelos, 2008). On his own, Durgin has
published Imitation
Poems (Atticus/Finch,
2007), and Color Music (Cuneiform Press, 2002). He edited the
selected works of Hannah Weiner, Hannah
Weiner's Open House, for Kenning
Editions. Other recent publications include essays on "post-ableist
poetics" in Contemporary
Women's Writing, The Journal of Modern Literature, and XCP:
Cross-Cultural Poetics. He lives
in Chicago and teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and
is hard at work on a play.