Our Next Workshop
Mapping Today’s Publishing Landscape
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INSTRUCTOR: Jessica Cole
TIME: Sunday, September 15, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. CDT PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Monday, September 9. After Monday, September 9: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here. LOCATION: Online via Zoom LEVEL: All levels CAP: 15 Join us for a guided tour of today’s publishing landscape with Jessica Cole, co-founder of Bloomsday Literary, a Houston-based indie publishing nonprofit. Jessica’s career as a publisher requires her to educate herself about the publishing landscape as a whole and stay as current as possible to a constantly shifting industry known for its opacity. Day-to-day operations of acquiring manuscripts, editing, formatting, cover design, publicity, and fundraising wouldn’t go far without the knowledge of what the publishing industry is doing—and how it could do better. In this workshop, Jessica will share everything she has learned (and is still learning) from an indie publisher’s perspective, relevant tidbits from her academic background (such as university presses), as well as how to approach the publishing landscape as a writer aiming to be part of the literary ecosystem. This event is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance. This project is generously funded by the Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, and Mid-America Arts Alliance. This project is generously funded by Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. |
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Our Next Event
Art in the AM: Glenwood Cemetery
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TIME: Saturday, September 21, 9:30–11:00 a.m. CST/CDT
LOCATION: Glenwood Cemetery, 2525 Washington Ave, Houston, TX 77007 (map) PRICE: Free for members, Request donation from nonmembers. Become a member here. Historic Glenwood Cemetery, located at 2525 Washington Ave, Houston, TX 77007, was founded in 1871 and was planned as a garden cemetery in the manner of beautifully landscaped cemeteries in Europe. Its rolling hills have allowed for the creation of unique monuments, mausoleums, fountains, and winding pathways. Notable monuments include those of the Dunn and Priester families, victims of AIDS, and the sculpture known as the Angel of Grief. We’ll visit the cemetery from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., and then meet up at nearby Luce Coffee Roasters (2520 Washington Ave #1102) to write and talk about our experience in the Cemetery. We recommend you bring a bottle of water and wear bug spray. Accessibility: The Cemetery has paved roads and paths throughout. Visitors can park on the sides of the Cemetery’s roads as long as they allow enough space for another car to pass. There are no public restrooms available. |
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What people are saying about our workshops:
"I hadn’t written poetry in more than 6 months. Not because I didn’t have anything to say—but rather, the opposite: I have too much to say, and not enough time to say it. That’s the beauty of short-form poetry—and I can think of no one better than Dr. Kendra Leonard to be your guide into this world.
If you’re like me—an unpracticed, imperfect poet who doesn’t know anything about the mechanics of sonnets or limericks—it can feel super intimidating to step into a poetry workshop. But Dr. Leonard made me feel anything but intimidated. She is kind, encouraging, and takes a gentle, question-led (rather than feedback-led) approach to workshopping poetry.
What’s truly amazing is that she’s helped me turn short-form poetry into a habit. I’ve written a poem every day since taking her workshop. Often, I don’t have a big block of time to sit down and journal out all my thoughts and feelings. Dr. Leonard’s workshop showed me that I can be just as expressive through short-form poetry, and in a fraction of the time.
I’m really excited to take her workshop on ekphrastic writing."
—Ynes Freeman, on Kendra Preston Leonard's Writing Short: Poetry in the Palm of Your Hand
If you’re like me—an unpracticed, imperfect poet who doesn’t know anything about the mechanics of sonnets or limericks—it can feel super intimidating to step into a poetry workshop. But Dr. Leonard made me feel anything but intimidated. She is kind, encouraging, and takes a gentle, question-led (rather than feedback-led) approach to workshopping poetry.
What’s truly amazing is that she’s helped me turn short-form poetry into a habit. I’ve written a poem every day since taking her workshop. Often, I don’t have a big block of time to sit down and journal out all my thoughts and feelings. Dr. Leonard’s workshop showed me that I can be just as expressive through short-form poetry, and in a fraction of the time.
I’m really excited to take her workshop on ekphrastic writing."
—Ynes Freeman, on Kendra Preston Leonard's Writing Short: Poetry in the Palm of Your Hand
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Writespace is a Houston grassroots literary arts nonprofit whose mission is to embrace and celebrate our city’s diversity by providing the type of high-quality training available through Master of Fine Arts creative writing programs at a fraction of the cost to writers of all genres, with a focus on providing programming for underserved communities and scholarships for low-income writers. |
