WRITE ACTION ANNUAL WRITERS’ POTLUCK PICNIC
August 5, 2008
Write Action will hold its annual potluck picnic on Sunday, August 17th from 1-5p.m. at the spacious and lovely grounds of the home of Tom Ragle on Melendy Hill. The public is invited.
There will be opportunity for networking, good food (grill available), hearing each other’s latest work, and music. Announce your recent publishing triumph, or writing project. There will be a 5-minute time slot for each writer participating in the open reading.
Winners of Write Action’s 2008 poetry and prose contests will be announced.
Directions to the picnic:
Go south on Rte 5, past Guilford Country Store, over stone bridge, take next right, go 6/10ths of a mile to red farmhouse/barn on right.
Questions? WriteAction2004@aol.com or call 254-9595
www.writeaction.net
Write Action Workshop in Poetry & Jazz
July 22, 2008
The following poets participated in the Write Action workshop and performance in poetry and jazz presented at the Vermont Jazz Center in Brattleboro, Vermont on July 20, 2008. During the morning session, writers worked with Verandah Porche followed by an afternoon session with musicians, Eugene Uman, Jamie McDonald and Bob Weiner. The video is a brief segment of the final performance later that evening. This event was made possible with grants from the Vermont Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Crosby Foundation.
Verandah Porche — “Secret Slime”
Alan Petraske — “We Are Not of Course” [see video]
Marya Tudor — “In Praise of Spring” [see video]
Arlene Distler — “Provincetown Pier” [see video]
Linda Aldrich — “I’ve Seen Them Kiss In Paris” [see video[
Elizabeth Lewis — “Can’t Call Back”
Alan Petraske — “Because You’re You”
Elizabeth Lewis — “Sextet”
Arlene Distler — “Antiquity — At The Met”
Emily Peyton — “From Another Life”
Marya Tudor — “Chords”
Linda Aldrich — “Photo For My Father”
Patricia Pedroza — “Palabras”
