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SUMMARY:St. Paul - Our Ancestors Are Us: An Asian Adoptee Life Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Minnesota Humanities Center’s writing and reflection offerings\, we are excited to collaborate with Jennifer Kwon Dobbs to host Our Ancestors Are Us: An Asian Adoptee Life Writing Workshop\, a project funded by the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. \nAdoption from Asia involves a child’s removal from their kinship of birth and oftentimes disconnection from their ancestral culture and ways of knowing. This interactive workshop creates a generative\, adult adoptee-centered space in which to explore the unique ways that adoptee memory and experience can be empowering sources of creativity and literary witness. Participants will learn and share writing strategies to compose works of their own about their lives lived\, unlived\, and imagined otherwise as adoptees. \nLee Herrick – Special guest Lee Herrick is the California Poet Laureate. He is the author of three books of poems: Scar and Flower\, finalist for the 2020 Northern California Book Award; Gardening Secrets of the Dead; and This Many Miles from Desire. Born in Daejeon\, Korea and adopted as an infant\, Lee teaches at Fresno City College and in the low-residency MFA program at University of Nevada Reno at Lake Tahoe. \nJennifer Kwon Dobbs 허수진 – Born in Wonju\, Republic of Korea and adopted in Oklahoma\, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs 허수진 is the author of Interrogation Room (White Pine Press\, 2018)\, Paper Pavilion (White Pine\, 2007)\, and the chapbooks Notes from a Missing Person (Essay Press\, 2015) and Necro Citizens (hochroth Verlag\, 2019). Her work has received the 2023 American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Lief and Inger Sjöberg Prize for literary translation among other honors. Currently\, she is senior poetry editor of AGNI and professor and chair of English at St. Olaf College. www.jkwondobbs.com. \nRegistration\nThis event is open to all adult Asian diaspora adoptees who want to write or who identify as writers. Registration is limited to 40 participants. \nSnacks are included\, and a journal will be provided. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org  \nRegister Now
URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/our-ancestors-are-us/
LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Immersive Experiences,Public Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eden Bart":MAILTO:eden@mnhum.org
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SUMMARY:St. Paul - Poetry Sparks! Youth Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Are you a young person (13-19 years of age) who writes poetry or aspires to start writing poetry? Do you want to connect with other youth writers? Then join us for the Poetry Sparks! Youth Writing Workshop with Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Nell Westerman\, and former St. Paul Youth Poet Laureate Chavah Gabrielle. During this in-person session\, you’ll have a chance to work with Gwen and Chavah to create a new piece of writing\, or workshop a piece you’ve been developing. You’ll also get a chance to read aloud and practice performing some poetry. We hope that once you’ve perfected your piece\, you’ll sign up for the Youth Voices Open Mic evening on November 4th.  Grab a friend and pen some lines with the Laureates! \nThis event is free however registration is required; a light dinner will be provided; participants must 13-19 years of age*. \n(We are also holding a virtual option on October 13\, 2023 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. over Zoom – sign up for one or both!) \n*Youth is ages 13-19 as defined by the National Youth Poet Laureate organization. \nRegistration\nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org  \nRegister Now
URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/poetry-sparks-youth-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Kid Friendly,Minnesota's Poet Laureate,Public Programming,Public Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org
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SUMMARY:Online - Poetry Sparks! Youth Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Are you a young person (13-19 years of age) who writes poetry or aspires to start writing poetry? Do you want to connect with other youth writers? Then join us for the Poetry Sparks! Youth Writing Workshop with Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Nell Westerman\, and former St. Paul Youth Poet Laureate\, Chavah Gabrielle. During this virtual session\, you’ll have a chance to work with Gwen and Chavah to create a new piece of writing\, or workshop a piece you’ve been developing. You’ll also get a chance to read aloud and practice performing some poetry. We hope that once you’ve perfected your piece\, you’ll sign up for the Youth Voices Open Mic evening on November 4th.  Grab a friend and pen some lines with the Laureates! \nThis event is free however registration is required; participants must 13-19 years of age*.  \n(We are also holding an in-person session on October 6\, 2023 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Minnesota Humanities Center. Sign up for one or both!) \n*Youth is ages 13-19 as defined by the National Youth Poet Laureate organization.
URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/online-poetry-sparks-youth-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Kid Friendly,Minnesota's Poet Laureate,Online,Public Programming,Public Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org
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SUMMARY:St. Paul - Veterans Voices Month Celebration
DESCRIPTION:October is Veterans Voices Month in Minnesota. Veterans and civilians are invited to gather at Minnesota Humanities Center for a dinner and poetry reading honoring the experiences of those serving the U.S. military from the margins\, including women\, immigrants\, LGBTQ individuals\, Black\, and American Indian service members among others. This event will kick off the MHC’s upcoming NEH-funded series\, “Examining Military Service From the Margins.” Following dinner and a sneak peek into MHC’s plans to diversify how we think of military history and service\, U.S. Army Veteran poet Jessi M. Atherton\, who served during Operation Iraqi Freedom\, will read from her new collection\, The Time War Takes. This free event is part of the Minnesota Writers Series and Many Fronts: Veteran and Community Voices initiatives.  \nSCHEDULE:\n5:30-6:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony and Remarks\n6:00 p.m. Dinner\n6:30-7:30 p.m. Poetry reading and discussion  \nRegistration\nWhen registering\, please note whether you plan to attend both the dinner and poetry reading\, or just one or the other.  \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org  \nRegister Now
URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/veterans-voices-month-celebration/
LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Many Fronts,Public Programming,Veterans
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