The difference between the right word and the nearly right word is the same as the difference between lightning and lightning bug. -Mark Twain
For those with some previous training in poetry, an intensive and supportive workshop with a focus on refining your particular voice through formal and inventive elements. Our goal is to create material ready for submission, and ready to be shared at local poetry venues, which we will frequent. Designed to broaden our supportive literary networks, stimulate us out of our accustomed writing habits and prompt us into new, inventive modes. We also explore bilingual writing, try our hand at inventing words, and set up a Love-On-Demand (impromptu poetry) booth on 3rd Street Promenade, where anyone can custom-order a Love Poem, written on location, typed up and ready for pick up in an hour.
*TO APPLY email: alessandraxz@yahoo.com
*In email include:
- Full Name
- THREE ORIGINAL POEMS of yours
- Previous Writing Experience/Studies
- Phone #
- Mailing Address
Spaces Limited. Apply ASAP.
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LITERARY BIOGRAPHY:
Cynthia Alessandra Briano, Instructor, is a recipient of the Lois Morrell & J. Russell Hayes Poetry Prize, a finalist in the national James Hearst Poetry Prize, and has been published in the North American Review, Small Craft Warnings, and Scarlet Letters. She is co-founder of Spanish Literary Journal, enie, and has served as Editor-in-Chief of Ourstory, a diversity publication. Cynthia is founder of the annual Night of Shamelessness, and has initiated Multi-Lingual Poetry Slams at Swarthmore College, where she completed a Directed Creative Writing Project, facilitated poetry and creative writing workshops for alumni and students, and where she earned her B.A. in English Literature, Creative Writing, and Studio Art. She has been a Featured Poet at Pasadena and L.A. County Libraries and has read her work at various Pennsylvania and L.A. venues, including The Natural History Museum of L.A, and the on-air Inspiration House, on KPFK. Cynthia has served as Co-Curator of the city-wide World Beyond Poetry Festival on behalf of Self-Help Graphics & Art, where she has served as Literary Programs Coordinator and Poet-In-Residence.
Currently, Cynthia is a Creative Writing Instructor and the Founder of Spitfire Literary Productions, Org.Spitfire Lit. is a Literary Arts Organization that offers Creative Writing Workshops to young adults and adults at all levels. Small, intimate workshops, private tutorials and Public School Curriculum Enrichment Workshops are offered. A large component of Spitfire is collaboration in and initiation of Literary Events in the city-wide Literary Arts Community.
For special occasions and/or purely for inspiration, Cynthia runs Love-On-Demand, a poetry booth on Santa Monica’s 3rd Street Promenade, where anyone can custom-order a love poem, written on location, typed up and ready for pick up in an hour. Gift Cerfificates and orders by mail also available. Upcoming dates: April 06 Dates TBA.
Recently, Al Borde Magazine completed a documentary on Cynthia’s poetry project, "Love On Demand." Alicia Monsalve, the Co-Founder and Editor in Chief of Al Borde Magazine, was the film- maker for this mini documentary, as well as the author of an article about Cynthia’s poetry project in the September 2005 issue: "Amor por encargo/Love On Demand" (pg. 16).
Nothing exists unless it is on paper. -Anais Nin
