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Writing groups for Mid-Hudson Valley veterans launch

Jul 01, 2010 12:35 pm
From Sam Truitt:
Soldier Mountain Workshops announces the July launch of writing groups for Mid-Hudson Valley veterans. Meeting for 12 weeks into September, the writing groups in Catskill and Hudson are free and open to all veterans. The aim of the Soldier Mountain writing groups is to provide veterans an opportunity to give voice to their lived experiences through poetry and writing. Here veterans in collaborative settings will impart and bear witness to their unique lives as well as their visions of service and country. While seeking to foster living connections and personal exploration, the writing groups will explore the craft of poetry making and provide tools for building a sustainable writing practice. Handouts, notebooks and other necessary writing group materials will be provided. The writing groups may include guest presentations from local veteran writers. While veteran participants can choose to share their writing only within the groups, there may also be opportunities for reading their work to a broader audience. The writing groups will be facilitated by Sam Truitt, founder of the Solider Mountain Workshops. Sam Truitt is the author of Vertical Elegies: Three Works, Vertical Elegies 5: The Section, Anamorphosis Eisenhower, and the forthcoming Vertical Elegies 6: Street Mete. He is the recipient of a 2010-2011 George A. and Eliza Howard Fellowship, Fund for Poetry grants, and the 2002 Contemporary Poetry Series Award from the University of Georgia, among other professional acknowledgements. Sam Truitt holds an MFA from Brown University, and a PhD from SUNY-Albany, where he teaches, as well as at Bard College. For more, see www.samtruitt.org

Columbia County Writing Group
Location: VFW Post 1314, 544 Union St., Hudson, NY
Days and Time: Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m.
Dates: July 22 –September 16
Open enrollment: New members are welcome to join at any time.

Greene County Writing Group
Location: Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main St. Catskill, NY
Days and Time: Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m.
Dates: July 28 – September 22
Open enrollment: New members are welcome to join at any time.
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