Writer in Residence Workshop: Post-Punk On the Page

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Adults 18+
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Program Description

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This workshop will explore the relationship between music and creative writing. We'll emphasize the power of being direct, urgent, and even sloppy. We will introduce examples of the accidental genius in some iconic songs, so participants will learn how to be open to and embrace the magic of mistakes. Welcome to writers of all genres and skill levels.

Shawnte Orion is the author of Gravity & Spectacle (a collaboration with photographer Jia Oak Baker from Tolsun Books) and The Existentialist Cookbook (NYQBooks). He is an editor for rinky dink press and his poems have appeared in Threepenny Review, Barrelhouse, Sugar House Review, New York Quarterly, and on the flipside of a split 7inch vinyl record with San Francisco band Sweat Lodge. For more information, visit his website.

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LSTA Statement

This project is supported by the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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All events at the Glendale Public Library are public, and participants may be photographed by the media and/or City staff for future print and/or online publication.