Barrelhouse is organizing the Washington, DC Edition of Dzanc Books’ National Creative Writing Workshop Day on March 20, 2010. Workshops will be held across the country (40 states!), with all the proceeds going to support Dzanc’s teaching and writers in residence programs. The DC workshop will be held from 1 til 5:00 at the Wonderland Ballroom (upstairs), at 1101 Kenyon Street, Washington, DC.
Our workshop will be a small, hands-on kind of thing, with craft lectures, writing exercises, and discussion. Focusing on elements of poetry, prose, and the new forms emerging from their overlap, this event will give hands-on feedback and insightful instruction to established and aspiring writers, all with Barrelhouse’s patented pop culture sensibility and sense of humor. Participants include Barrelhouse editors Dan Brady, Dave Housley, and Mike Ingram, as well as writer Laura Ellen Scott and poet and publisher Reb Livingston.
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Welcome to Week Four of the This Week In Kitsch!
This week, I’ve chosen a vintage Planet of the Apes Bank.
Why? Because it was Oscar Night! And this kitsch item is pulling double duty as a Hollywood icon — firstly, of course, for being a portraiture of Dr. Zaius (from all the Planet of the Apes films) but secondly because this bank was also featured in the movie Reality Bites as one of the prized kitsch possessions of the character played by Ben Stiller (who Winona Ryder’s character should have ended up …
Alex asked you to name the five people who made you want to be a writer. Here are the results.
First of all, you can pick up the 100 Stories for Haiti collection, which is now listed on Amazon and Smashwords.
Then you can help people in Kenya get internet access and better libraries. My sister-in-law, who has been involved in this project since its inception, writes:
We need your help! We’ve applied for a grant to help connect 10 libraries in Kenya, and the top 10 finalists are chosen through an open vote! You can learn more about our work by visiting our website: www.mariaslibraries.org.
Vote for Maria’s Libraries! Just register, click …
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