Bridging Writers Event

BRIDGING WRITERS AUTHOR SERIES PRESENTS

   National Poetry Month 

 Monday, April 3, 2017

 6:30 – 8:00 PM

Thayer Memorial Library

    Christian Reifsteck – Turning Turf

In Turning Turf, poet and photographer, Christian Reifsteck, considers themes of  decay, rupture, and sacrilege, suturing, healing, and grace within the framework of the Irish practice of harvesting turf. In Ireland, harvesting turf has traditionally involved cutting sod from the bog, laying it out to dry and turning it periodically,  and then burning it for fuel. The poems and photographs in this impassioned collection guide the reader into the depths of life and soul to cut, turn, dry, and  eventually burn the turf contained deep within us.

 Christian Reifsteck’s work has appeared in numerous journals both online and in  print. He holds a Master of Arts in English from the University of Vermont and teaches in Massachusetts. Turning Turf is his first book.

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Questions can be emailed to 7bridgewriterscollaborative@gmail.com

Registration CLOSED for the

TUESDAY and THURSDAY Spring
Creative Writing Groups

SPACE AVAILALBE IN THE FRIDAY SESSION ONLY

Please see individual writing group descriptions at 

http://sevenbridgewriters.blogspot.com/p/writing-groups.html

To register for a writing group, click here: https://goo.gl/forms/ZH8mBKLGzjqLHdN62

All participants must register through the registrar in order to be considered for placement in a writing group.  The Spring Session begins the week of March 20, 2017.  You will receive an email with your placement after registration ends.

Writing groups require preregistration and are filled on a “first come, first served” basis.  We ask that participants plan regular attendance, and if for some reason that becomes impossible, that people withdraw from the current session to allow for those on the waiting list. 

Questions about the writing groups may be sent to 

7bridgewriterscollaborative@gmail.com

CREATIVE WRITING GROUPS MEET AT THAYER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 

IN THE TRUSTEES ROOM

SEVEN BRIDGE PRESENTS

Saturday, March 18, 2017

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Thayer Memorial Library

            Flying and Leaping:

The Power of Figurative Language in Fiction

with John Stazinski

Ordinary words convey only what we know already;

it is from metaphor that we can best get hold of something fresh.

                                                                      Aristotle

Figurative language is a kind of shortcut in prose (and poetry)--leaps of a powerful kind that transport the reader beyond the page to a deeper  understanding of story and of self. When Pablo Neruda writes, “There is no  place wider than grief,” we understand grief in a new way - as wide, desolate space that may or may not be crossed. It’s a metaphor that creates new  connections in the reader mind, helping the reader to see beyond words and images to new meaning, and to what is otherwise inexpressible.

In this hands-on workshop we will look at the way figurative language functions to enrich the style and themes of our stories.  We will look at the types of figurative language available to the writer and explore how, when, and why they are used by looking at examples and by making some leaps of our own.

John Stazinski's work has most recently appeared in the Southern Review, the Missouri Review, the Glimmer Train Stories, the Hopkins Review, and the Chattahoochee Review. He teaches writing and literature at Quinsigamond Community College.