Anne Waldman Master Class @ The MAC

0 CommentsThursday • January 22, 2015 • by admin

What: Master Classes with Anne Waldman
When: Saturday, May 9, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Where: The MAC
Master Class Fee: $75, includes Friday night performance
One on One Interview: $200 (Max 10 poems/ Max 2 slots 2-3 pm, 3:30-4:30 pm)
*Includes Performance plus 11-1 pm Master Class

10 % MAC/WS Members Discounts through March 1. 214-838-3554

Workspace is proud to offer a master class with Anne Waldman on May 9th in conjunction with her Dallas performance May 8th @ The Mac. Click here for the show and read on for information on how to submit.

Focus will be on performance and live reading. Space is limited. Manuscripts sent in earlier will be given priority for consideration. Follow the link below to submit. 

A prominent figure in the beat poetry generation, Anne Waldman, was born in Millville, New Jersey, on April 2, 1945, and grew up on MacDougal Street in New York City. She received her BA from Bennington College in 1966. From 1966 until 1978 she ran the St. Mark’s Poetry Project, reading with fellow poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso. Immediately following her departure from St. Mark’s, she and Ginsberg founded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

She is the author of over 40 books and small press editions of poetry and poetics, including, most recently, Gossamurmur(Penguin, 2013); The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment (Coffee House Press, 2011), a 700-page epic poem 30 years in the making. She is the Distinguished Professor of Poetics at Naropa University

The Legendary ANNE WALDMAN–Don’t miss it!

Master Class with Vievee Francis

0 CommentsThursday • January 22, 2015 • by admin

What: Master Class with Vievee Francis
When: Saturday, April 24, 6:00PM – 8:00
Where: Lucky Dog Books, 633 W. Davis St.
Fee: $40

 WordSpace is proud to offer a master class with Vievee Francis on April 24th in conjunction with his Dallas performance April 23th @ SDCC. Click here for the show and read on for information on how to submit.

We invite you to submit three poems for consideration for our workshop. We will pass along the best manuscripts for consideration to Vievee Francis; she will choose which ones to discuss in class. Space is limited. Manuscripts sent in earlier will be given priority for consideration. Follow the link below to submit.

Vievee Francis is the author of Horse in the Dark (Northwestern University Press, 2012), which won the Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize for a second collection, and Blue-Tail Fly (Wayne State University, 2006). Her third book, Forest Primeval, is slated for release in 2015 (Northwestern University Press). Her work has appeared in numerous print and online journals, textbooks, and anthologies including Poetry, Best American Poetry, Cura, Waxwing and Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (W.W. Norton 2012). She has also been a Poet in Residence for the Alice Lloyd Scholars Program at the University of Michigan. In 2009 she received a Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award and in 2010, a Kresge Fellowship. She is currently an Associate Editor for Callaloo, and a Visiting Professor of Creative Writing (Undergraduate Creative Writing Program) at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC.

Master Class with Mitchell S. Jackson

0 CommentsThursday • January 22, 2015 • by admin

What: Mitchell S. Jackson MASTER CLASS
When: Saturday, February 7th, 3-4:30 pm
Where: Lucky Dog Books, 633 W. Davis St.
Fee: $40

WordSpace is proud to offer a master class with Mitchell S. Jackson on Feb. 7th in conjunction with his Dallas performance Feb. 6 @ SDCC. Click here for the show and read on for information on how to submit. 

We invite you to submit a short story or excerpt of 15 pages, double-space for consideration to be discussed in the workshop.

We will pass along the best manuscripts for consideration to Jackson and he will choose which ones to discuss in class. Space is limited. Manuscripts sent in earlier will be given priority for consideration. Follow the link below to submit. 

Mitchell S. Jackson is a Portland, Oregon native who lives in Brooklyn, New York. He is a 2014 Lannan Foundation Fellow and winner of the Ernest Gaines prize for fiction and has been the recipient of fellowships from Urban Artist Initiative and The Center For Fiction and the Hurston Wright Foundation’s award. Jackson teaches writing at New York University. His novel The Residue Years was praised by publications such as The New York Times, The Times of London, and O, the Oprah Magazine. The novel was a finalist for the Center For Fiction’s Flaherty-Dunnan First novel prize, the PEN/ Hemingway award for first fiction, The Hurston / Wright Legacy Award for best fiction by a writer of African descent; it was long-listed for the William Saroyan International Prize for writing.

We will notify you by Feb. 5th if accepted. Payment will be due immediately. 

Tova Charles and Zai Sadler @ Dallas Poetry Slam

0 CommentsWednesday • January 14, 2015 • by admin

Who: Tova Charles and Zai Sadler
What: WordSpace 3rd Fridays @ Dallas Poetry Slam
When: Friday, May 15, 8 pm
Where: Heroes Bar and Grill, 7402 Greenville Avenue
Hosted by : GNO and RockBaby
Marzai “Zai” Sadler started writing at 10 years old as a way to escape her already cluttered mind. Writing has never left her nor forsaken her. It is her best friend and longest lasting relationship. It continues to bless her in ways she never thought possible.

Zai has been on 4 slam teams in Austin TX representing both of the community venues. She made Austin Neo Soul’s slam team her first time out and with that team in 2010 made final stage at her first appearance at the National poetry slam. She was on the 2012 Austin Neo Soul slam team that took 1st in group piece finals. And most recently the Austin Poetry slam team ranked 5th in the Nation. She has also released a cd of poetry and hip hop entitled The Epilogue and is currently working on her 2nd project. Zai’s slam and performance poetry career has been brief but thriving and promising.

Tova Charles, a powerhouse performing spoken word artist that has been taking the Slam community by storm since 2008. Born in Lafayette, LA but raised in Austin, TX. The daughter of a Librarian and Zydeco Percussionist, life was never boring. She gained her passion for writing from her mother and her passion for performing from her father. In spring 2003 she had the pleasure of being inducted in Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., one of the original Historically Black Sororities. She is not only a great writer but performer as well. She has also work as the Creative director for They Speak, Austin’s premier youth poetry slam with the late Dr. Sheila Siobhan.

She plans on continuing her career as a Spoken word artist and as an activist in the youth poetry movement. She has performed all over the country and has participated in national Slams including:

• 2009 National Poetry Slam, Placing 5th overall, Austin Neo- Soul Poetry Slam

• 2010 National Poetry Slam, Semi-Finalist , Austin Poetry Slam

• 2010 Southwest Shoot out, Austin Poetry Slam

• Finalist of 2010 Rock The Republic Festival

• 2010 Slam Champ of the University of Houston Scarlet Poetry Slam Team

• Finalist of 2011 Woman of the World Poetry Slam, Placing 10th overall

2013 Nation Poetry Slam, Placed 5th overall, Austin Poetry Slam

She is a Graduate of the University of Houston with a BA in English literature.

Tova Charles and Zai Sadler were both on the 2013 Austin Poetry Slam team and placed 5th in the Nation and was featured on Button Poetry with the group poem called “Nina” which has had over 11 thousand hits. The Hair and Talk and Teeth Tour will showcase group work and individual poems from Tova and Zai.

See Tova Charles and Zai Sadler, the WordSpace Third Fridays at Dallas Poetry Slam feature, on Friday, May 15, 2015.

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Dallas Poetry Slam & Open Mic
Open Mic every Friday
$100 Slam 1st and 3rd Fridays
Heroes Sports Bar & Grill
7402 Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX 75231
Sign up at 7:30pm
Show at 8:00pm
$5 Admission
Free Parking
Drink Specials
Food Available
www.dallaspoetryslam.com

Danielle Inez

0 CommentsWednesday • January 14, 2015 • by admin

Who: DANIELLE INEZ
What: WordSpace 3rd Fridays @ Dallas Poetry Slam
When: Friday, March 20, 8 pm
Admission: $5, Free to WS Members
Hosted by: RockBaby and GNO

Before she could write poetry, Danielle Inez was always moved to express herself artistically. As early as five years old, she recalls making construction paper books with pictures that told stories she created with an endless imagination. At the age of 12, she wrote her first poem “The Cloudless Sky”. This poem reminded her that her dreams were only as significant as she made them. This poem also sparked a passion for poetry that drove her write everyday. By 17, she joined the Creative Writing Club at her high school. Soon, she was chosen to be Poet of the Month for writing one of her all time favorite poems “Black Rose”. She diligently participated in poetry contests for recognition and scholarships but, she was not able to achieve much success at that time. So, Danielle decided to stick with writing just for the love of poetry and she began avoiding the pressure of competitions. Then in college, she found it rewarding to simply share her poetry with people who desired to hear. So in her early twenties she felt inspired to do spoken word as a means of empowering others. As she continues this journey to reach and teach through the art of poetry, her greatest desire is to be true so that others will be moved to be true also. The most powerful lesson she has learned so far is to let integrity be a reward in itself.

Gene Barry

0 CommentsTuesday • January 13, 2015 • by admin

Who: GENE BARRY

When: Saturday, March 21, 8 pm
Where: Lucky Dog Books, 633 W. Davis Street, 75208

Gene Barry is an Irish Poet, Art Therapist and a practicing Psychotherapist. He has been published widely both at home and internationally and his poems have been translated into Arabic, Irish and Italian.

Barry is founder of the Blackwater Poetry group that meets weekly in The Spinning Wheel in Castletownroche County Cork, Ireland and administers the world famous Blackwater Poetry Group on Facebook. He is also a publisher and runs the publishing house Rebel Poetry.

As an art therapist using the medium of poetry, Gene has worked in hospitals, primary and secondary schools, NA, Youthreach, with retired people’s groups, AA, asylum seekers and with numerous poetry groups.

He has read in Australia, the US, the Caribbean, Holland, England, Scotland, England, and Belgium and as the guest poet at numerous Irish poetry venues. In 2007 Gene read at the Patrick Kavanagh Celebration in Dublin.

Barry’s chapbook No Family Tree was published 2008 and in 2013 his collection Unfinished Business was published by Doghouse Books. In 2010 Gene was editor of the anthology Silent Voices, a collection of poems written by asylum seekers living in Ireland.

Gene edited the anthologies Remembering the Present in May 2012, Inclusion and The Blue Max Review 2012, 2013 and 2014 editions as part of the Fermoy International Poetry Festival. In 2014 Barry additionally edited Irish poet Michael Corrigan’s collection Deep Fried Unicorn, and fathers and what must be said and The Day the Mirror Called for Rebel Poetry.

Barry is also founder and chairman of the Fermoy International Poetry Festival and is presently editing his new collection of poems.

Unfinished Business by Gene Barry (Doghouse books):  Gene Barry is a very engaged poet. What he observes in today’s world is his muse. The poem ‘Michael’ is a prime example: After polio had visited, / the boy it chose / was never the same.

Detailed lines follow to a tragic conclusion. Poets who write on life have reality as their canvass and this is very true of the poems in this publication. Unfinished Business is a great first collection and earns a space on the poetry favorites shelf.

Poetry Cornwall: Barry works as an art therapist and psychotherapist in north County Cork. However as a poet he founded Elbow Lane Poetry and the Fermoy International Poetry Festival, of which he is also chairman. He also teaches poetry in local schools and edits collections. Although this is his first collection, his poems have been widely published and even translated into Arabic and Italian.

His professional life brings him into contact with asylum seekers, active retirement groups and hospital patients and their experiences are reflected in many of his poems. As well as this, his poetry also reflects his own experiences and thoughts on the big issues on life and love.

Books Ireland: 

Tsead Bruinja. Holland: The poems of Gene Barry are generous and compassionate. Barry writes rebel poetry that rebels against the hardening of our hearts and minds and urges us to stay open-minded and understanding. Anybody who writes lines like ‘lost my breath again / as they doled out / the currency of resentment, / bitterness’ deserves your and my attention. I am thrilled and happy that his first collection has finally appeared in print.

Michèle Vassal. France: Gene Barry’s poems informed and grounded in the vernacular of the soul, reveal his deep understanding of human nature. His poetry describes la condition humaine with an unequivocal honesty and a purity of language which, I have to admit, transported me.

Bradley R. Strahan. USA:Gene Barry knows how difficult it is to deal with the burdens that are visited upon each generation by its progenitors. His poetry epitomizes the struggle all of us must face to put aside the hurt and forgive, and possibly even love.

His work deals honestly with the day to day realities and struggles of daily life in a way that shrugs off nothing, that refuses to obfuscate or romanticize. His poetic voice is an original one that speaks memorably to all of us.