Since 1979, the Kentucky Women Writers Conference has become a premier destination for women writers at all stages of development, and our festival of free events gathers a lively community of readers. Join us Sept. 10-12, 2009!!
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- Location:
- Lexington, KY, 40506
- Phone:
- 859-257-2874
- Mon - Fri:
- 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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- Voices and Visions in Contempo...
Memorial Hall Theatre, University o...
Saturday, September 12 at 7:30pm - Kentucky Women Writers Conference
Lexington Public Library: Central B...
Thursday, September 10 at 9:00am - 90 Seconds Open-Mic
Natasha's Bistro
Friday, September 11 at 5:30pm - Gypsy Poetry Slam
Victorian Square
Thursday, September 10 at 6:30pm - Reclaiming Woman: Taking back ...
Carnegie Center
Saturday, August 15 at 10:00am - TEST
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Thursday, August 13 at 2:20pm - Susan Vreeland Book Discussion...
Carnegie Center for Literacy
Friday, July 10 at 12:00pm - Elizabeth Alexander Book Discu...
Carnegie Center for Literacy
Friday, June 12 at 12:00pm - Holly Goddard Jones Book Discu...
Carnegie Center for Literacy
Friday, May 8 at 12:00pm - Nikky Finney Book Discussion G...
Carnegie Center for Literacy
Tuesday, April 7 at 12:00pm
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Kentucky Women Writers Conference Please join us next week, we'd love to have you!
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Since 1979, the Kentucky Women Writers Conference has become a premier destination for women writers at all stages of development –published and unpublished–and our festival of free events gathers a lively community of readers. ...
Kentucky Women Writers Conference Readings from select Kentucky Women Writers Conference participants will be performed in 90 seconds or less. This event will be followed by a CD release concert (at 9) by Wishing Chair.
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Time:5:30PM Friday, September 11th
Location:Natasha's Bistro
Kentucky Women Writers Conference "A woman and her son wait for the bus. A farmer considers changing the sky. A teacher says, Take out your pencils. Begin. We encounter each other in words, words spiny or smooth, whispered or declaimed, words to consider, reconsider." - Elizabeth Alexander
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Since 1979, the Kentucky Women Writers Conference has become a premier destination for women writers at all stages of development –published and unpublished–and our festival of free events gathers a lively community of readers. ...
Kentucky Women Writers Conference
On Saturday, September 12, 7:30 p.m., Elizabeth Alexander and Honorée Fanonne Jeffers will share the podium at Memorial Hall, University of Kentucky, for a keynote reading and conversation, following by a book-signing. This reading celebrates the role of mentorship and collaboration in women writers' lives and honors t...he friendship of Lexington natives Elizabeth Hardwick and Gayl Jones.
Our presenters are both active in the production of art as civil dialogue, and Elizabeth Alexander recently made history as the fourth poet to compose and deliver a poem at a presidential inauguration. Immediately following Barack Obama's inaugural address, Alexander's oration echoed through the streets of Washington D.C. as millions listened worldwide. As for Honorée--a native southerner who now lives on the prairie--her poetry and has appeared in numerous journals, anthologies, and magazines.
Please join us for an exciting evening with two literary greats!
Hardwick/Jones Keynote Address
Time:7:30PM Saturday, September 12th
Location:Memorial Hall Theatre, University of Kentucky Campus
Kentucky Women Writers Conference
Life takes its toll, and in the process often takes our sense of self-worth, security, hope, strength, sexuality, and true identity. Domestic violence, death of a loved one, loss of a job or home, sexual abuse, illness and aging can make us feel less than what we are. In this workshop we will face those events, write t...hrough the loss, and work to reclaim the powerful person that lies in every woman.
Selected pieces will be incorporated into a live performance on September 10 at this year’s Gypsy Poetry Slam.
There will be two workshops, one on the 15th and another on the 29th.
To register, please contact the Carnegie Center.
Writing Workshop led by Donna Ison
Time:10:00AM Saturday, August 15th
Location:Carnegie Center
Kentucky Women Writers Conference The Gypsy Poetry Slam at Victorian Square will open the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, with Rachel McKibbens as our headliner and celebrity judge. Rachel and four audience members will judge nine women poets who are traveling to Lexington from across the country to compete. This event is co-sponsored by UK's Center... for Research on Violence Against Women, and some performances will be on that topic.
Poetry and Spoken Word with Rachel McKibbens
Time:6:30PM Thursday, September 10th
Location:Victorian Square
Kentucky Women Writers Conference There are only a few days left to purchase conference passes at the discounted rate of $140 for two days. Register online today; we'd love for you to join us!
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Since 1979, the Kentucky Women Writers Conference has become a premier destination for women writers at all stages of development –published and unpublished–and our festival of free events gathers a lively community of readers. ...
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The Kentucky Women Writers Conference: Sept. 10-12, 2009
Kentucky Women Writers Conference "Is that you? she asked. But he could not speak. So they sat there forever, waiting for their last day. One heart, spent on blooming empty apologies. And the other, smashed. Once blind in disbelief, still unable to focus; each lonely eye resolved to fin
Kentucky Women Writers Conference "But survival ain’t never been no crime against nature or Maker. See, stay alive in the meantime, laugh a little harder." - From the Gospel of Barbecue by Honoree Fannone Jeffers. Join Honoree and 9 other presenters at the 2009 Kentucky Women Writers Conference!
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Since 1979, the Kentucky Women Writers Conference has become a premier destination for women writers at all stages of development –published and unpublished–and our festival of free events gathers a lively community of readers. ...
Kentucky Women Writers Conference "Just try to be the best person you can be. Don't try to be great. Don’t try to be like anybody else, just be the best you that you can be and follow the Universe's tug on your life. You have a destiny & don't be afraid to walk towards it." - Gina McCau
Kentucky Women Writers Conference
"She gathered it all up, wrote down the things she could, remembering the rest to the trainload of us waiting out back for answers. Full to the brim with every age of woman, every neighborhood of woman, whose name had already been forgotten." - Nikky Finney, The Girlfriend's Train
Join Ms. Finney and 9 other presenter...s at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference! Sept. 10-12, 2009.
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Since 1979, the Kentucky Women Writers Conference has become a premier destination for women writers at all stages of development –published and unpublished–and our festival of free events gathers a lively community of readers. ...
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"Her mother struck a match and held it to an old candle stub until a flame rose, touched it to the two tapers in the silver candlesticks and handed it to Hannah. She did the same thing with hers. Watching her candlelight illuminate the girls in the painting, she knew why this night was different from all other nights.... Real living had begun."
- Susan Vreeland, Girl in Hyacinth Blue
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Since 1979, the Kentucky Women Writers Conference has become a premier destination for women writers at all stages of development –published and unpublished–and our festival of free events gathers a lively community of readers. ...
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