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NWA presents our writers and their work at more than 25 events and readings each year. Join us at a reading or performance to hear the writers tell their stories in person. And check out photos from past events at our Flickr page.
Belonging and Community
Wednesdays, September 8th and 15th
Special workshop with Chicago State University Associate Professor and Affrilachian Poet Kelly Norman Ellis. The workshop will explore the idea of identity by drawing on “I am” poems to encourage reflection on themes such as sense of self and ability to make change. She will encourage approaches that consider the context of space, place, neighborhood, food, religion, and language. Workshop participants will read poetry as well as create their own.
This workshop is supported by Poets & Writers and the Cliff Dwellers Arts Foundation.
Release Reading - "This City Bus"
Journal of Ordinary Thought Summer 2010
Wednesday, September 22nd
Bezazian Branch Library
1226 W. Ainslie St.
6-8pm
“This City Bus” features writing from Albany Park, Bezazian, Chicago Lawn, and Mabel Manning Branch Libraries, Nicholson Technology Academy, and St. Leonard’s House writing workshops, and photography by Bill Guerriero. Come out to hear Chicago writers read their personal narratives on reflection, communication and change. Free copies of "This City Bus" will be available. Don't miss it!
Edible Activism
Thursdays, October 6th and 18th
NWA writers will expand on the theme of “Key Ingredients” during a two-part series designed to explore local and sustainable food systems, urban food access, affordability, and community gardens. Writing inspired by the first session will be performed during the second session, which will be open to the public. The workshop will be led by Bart Schultz, University of Chicago Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Director of the Civic Knowledge Project.
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