tonguesafire@gmail.com<\/a> or call 347.451.0077 to register for the workshop. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration Deadline: Monday, October 2, 2006<\/p>\nAlways want to write, but never seem to find the time? Looking for a supportive space to develop new work? These workshops, led by writer-teacher-performer R. Erica Doyle, are for writers of all levels, and will incorporate readings along with in\u2013class workshop exercises in literary memoir, poetry, and short fiction.\u00a0Participating writers will develop methods of constructive critique and strategies for incorporating writing in their everyday lives. Information on publication, funding, and reading opportunities will be shared. The workshop will culminate in a public reading at the Audre Lorde Project.<\/p>\n
R. Erica Doyle is a writer of Trinidadian descent who lives in New York City. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Best American Poetry, Ploughshares, Callaloo, Bum Rush the Page, and Ms. Magazine. She has performed her work at the Nuyorican Poets Caf\u00e9, Kennedy Center, Public Theater, St Mark’s Poetry Project, Bar 13, Bowery Poetry Club, and the Calabash Literary Festival in Jamaica. She has taught creative writing workshops at the 14th Street Y, the Brooklyn Public Library, Union Settlement, Sisterspace and Books, and in the New York City public schools. She is the recipient of awards and fellowships from the Hurston\/Wright and Astraea Foundations and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She is a fellow of Cave Canem, a workshop and retreat for African-American poets.<\/p>\n
* Anyone who identifies as a woman of color is welcome, including people of color who self-identify as women, dykes, bois, trans, butch lesbians, drag queens, bi-gendered, two-spirited, drag kings, femme queens, A.G.s, genderqueer, non-gendered, andro, crossdressers, gender-benders, gender fluid as well as other identities of peoples who face gender oppression because of their non-conventional gender expression.<\/p>\n
** Directions: C train to Lafayette Avenue; G train to Fulton Street;2, 3, 4, 5, B, Q, D, M, N, R to Atlantic Avenue\/Pacific Street)<\/p>\n
Tongues Afire is made possible by support from the Puffin Foundation.
\nThis event is funded in part by Poets and Writers, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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