FORGOTTEN WOMEN:
A FREE WRITING WORKSHOP & OPEN MIC
TO CELEBRATE WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
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Is there a woman you admire—a personal hero, a special ancestor, an overlooked trailblazer, or marginalized voice? Time to honor her in an original literary work—your work! Poet Ginny Lowe Connors, publisher of the anthology, Forgotten Women, and poet Sheryll Bedingfield will lead a writing workshop on how to turn facts into creative writing. They will also provide source materials for students looking for an inspiring woman to celebrate. There will be a voluntary open mic and info on how to submit work for publication.
Ginny Lowe Connors is the author of several poetry collections, including Toward the Hanging Tree: Poems of Salem Village (Antrim House, 2017), as well as The Unparalleled Beauty of a Crooked Line and Barbarians in the Kitchen. Her chapbook, Under the Porch, won the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize and she has earned numerous awards for individual poems. As Publisher of Grayson Books, Connors has also edited a number of poetry anthologies, including Forgotten Women: A Tribute in Poetry. A Board Member of the Connecticut Poetry Society, she is the editor of Connecticut River Review.
DATE: MARCH 4, 2019, 4:00 – 6:00 (Snow date 3/11)
PLACE: AUSTIN HALL, MILTON STERN ROOM/217
PIZZA PROVIDED! SPACE LIMITED - RSVP TODAY!
Sponsored by the Aetna Chair of Writing and the Creative Writing Program.
For more information, contact: Margaret (Pegi) Shea at margaret.shea@uconn.edu