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Events in September 2018

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August 26, 2018
August 27, 2018
August 28, 2018(1 event)

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS


August 28, 2018

Registration required.

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The Riverside Poetry in Motion workshop meets every Tuesday at the Janet Goeske Foundation & Senior Center, located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351- 8800.

August 29, 2018(1 event)

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER


August 29, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Redlands workshop meets every Wednesday at the Joslyn Senior Center, located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550.

August 30, 2018
August 31, 2018(1 event)

N/A: 2018 WRITING FROM INLANDIA

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August 31, 2018

Were you a participant in the 2017 Creative Writing Workshops? Submit to the 2018 Writing from Inlandia anthology! Submission deadline is 11:59pm on August 31, 2018.

September 1, 2018
September 2, 2018(1 event)

1:30 pm: CONVERSATIONS AT THE CULVER WITH RON ARIAS AND JUAN DELGADO


September 2, 2018

On Sunday September 2, 2018, please join Inlandia for Hispanic Truths: Ron Arias in conversation with Juan Delgado. This event begins at 1:30 pm.

 This month’s Conversations at the Culver will focus on Arias’ lifelong search for the truths about his Hispanic origins in a personal journey through research, life experience and creative work in fiction and non-fiction books.

Arias will read from a chapter of his novel-in-progress, Gardens of Plenty, titled "Love On The Run.” The chapter takes place in 1570 in the wilds of the Sierra Gorda of eastern, present-day Mexico, as well as discuss his other publications and career.

About Ron Arias

Ron Arias is a former newspaper and magazine journalist, most recently a writer and global correspondent for 22 years at People magazine. He has published the following books: The Road To Tamazunchale, a novel nominated for a National Book Award; Five Against the Sea, Healing from the Heart, Moving Target: A Memoir of Pursuit; White’s Rules: Saving Our Youth, One Kid A Time, and My Life As A Pencil. Gardens of Plenty, a coming-of-age novel set in late 16th-century Europe and New Spain (more or less, present-day Mexico). He also taught English for 13 years in the Inland Empire at San Bernardino Valley and Crafton Hills community colleges. Photo credit Peter Sterling

About Juan Delgado

Juan Delgado is a retired professor of English, Creative Writing and Chicano Literature at California State University, San Bernardino. Delgado’s collections of poetry are Green Web (1994), selected by poet Dara Weir for the Contemporary Poetry Prize at the University of Georgia; El Campo (1998); and A Rush of Hands (2003). Delgado has been poet-in-residence at the University of Miami. He is the recently retired director of the MFA program in Creative Writing and a professor of English, creative writing, Chicano literature, and poetry at the California State University, San Bernardino.

This program is free and open to the public. It will be followed by a reception, book sales & signing. The Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts is located at UCR ArtsBlock at 3834 Main Street on the pedestrian mall in the heart of downtown Riverside. 

September 3, 2018(1 event)

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON


September 3, 2018

Registration required.

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The Corona workshop meets every other Saturday at the Corona Public Library, located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882. They can be reached at (951) 736-2381.

September 4, 2018(1 event)

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS


September 4, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Riverside Poetry in Motion workshop meets every Tuesday at the Janet Goeske Foundation & Senior Center, located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351- 8800.

September 5, 2018(1 event)

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER


September 5, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Redlands workshop meets every Wednesday at the Joslyn Senior Center, located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550.

September 6, 2018(2 events)

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON


September 6, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Spring dates and availability.

The Corona workshop meets every other Saturday at the Corona Public Library, located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882. They can be reached at (951) 736-2381.

7:00 pm: LITERATURE ON THE LAWN


September 6, 2018

On Thursday September 6, please join Inlandia at 7 pm as we welcome back Poets in Distress for our last installment of Literature on the Lawn for this season.

Poets in Distress is an Inland Empire-based performance poetry troupe. They will deliver an avant-garde performance of a diverse range of poems, combining a love for spoken word with an outrageous sense of fun. This event is emceed by the inimitable Brutus Chieftain and includes a poetry open mic.

The group’s members live in Riverside, Moreno Valley, Pomona, Los Angeles and other Southern California cities.

This event is FREE and open to the public. The Riverside Public Library is located at 3851 Mission Inn Avenue in the heart of downtown Riverside.

September 7, 2018
September 8, 2018(2 events)

10:30 am: POETRY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JAMES DUCAT


September 8, 2018

Registration required.

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The Riverside workshop meets every other Saturday at the Riverside Public Library, located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501. They can be reached at (951) 826-5201.

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON


September 8, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Corona workshop meets every other Saturday at the Corona Public Library, located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882. They can be reached at (951) 736-2381.

September 9, 2018
September 10, 2018(1 event)

N/A: NO WHERE TO GO BUT INSIDE WRITING CONTEST

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September 10, 2018

Ghost Walk Riverside, in partnership with Inlandia Institute, is seeking spooky tales of horror, mayhem, history, ghosts, zombies, aliens, and more.
Send your story of no more than fifteen double spaced, typewritten pages to Inlandia@InlandiaInstitute.org. Contest ends September 10, 2018 at 11:59pm.
Successful stories will consist primarily of dialogue with some stage direction and very little scene setting so that they are easily converted into a stage play.
All entries will receive one free ticket for the Friday night Ghost Walk. Selected stories will receive one additional ticket for a total of two free tickets for stories chosen.
***All stories that are chosen may be subject to some light revision/editing depending upon the story location, available actors, and required props.
September 11, 2018(1 event)

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS


September 11, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Riverside Poetry in Motion workshop meets every Tuesday at the Janet Goeske Foundation & Senior Center, located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351- 8800.

September 12, 2018(2 events)

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER


September 12, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Redlands workshop meets every Wednesday at the Joslyn Senior Center, located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550.

6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN ONTARIO WITH TIM HATCH


September 12, 2018

Registration required.

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The Ontario workshop meets every other Wednesday at the Ovitt Library, located at 215 E C St, Ontario, CA 91764. They can be reached at (909) 395-2004.

September 13, 2018(2 events)

5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN COLTON WITH JESSICA CARRILLO- BILINGUAL


September 13, 2018

Registration required.

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The Colton workshop meets every other Thursday at the Advance to Literacy Center, located at 656 N 9th Street, Colton. They can be reached at (909) 370-5083.

6:30 pm: PROSE CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JO SCOTT-COE


September 13, 2018

Registration required.

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The Riverside workshop meets every other Thursday at the Riverside Public Library, located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501. They can be reached at (951) 826-5201.

September 14, 2018
September 15, 2018(1 event)

1:00 pm: THE GREAT BOOK EXHIBITION


September 15, 2018

Book Signing and Historical Fair - FREE and Open to the Public! Official event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/258187894770847/

A chance to purchase books and have them signed by your favorite Authors!
Lots of free goodies and fun. This is a rare opportunity for Los Angeles area fans of historical romance to meet their favorite authors all in one place and with no entrance fee (something most book conference signings charge).

Our HRR authors, many in period costume, look forward to meeting and taking selfies with fans, autographing books, and giving away bookmarks and other free goodies. Additionally, an exclusive HRR tote bag will be given FREE to the first 50 people in line from the general public, and every attendee will be entered to win an exclusive gift basket of books and historically-themed gifts.

Our 38 NY Times, USA Today, and award-winning authors:
Victoria Alexander, Annabelle Anders, Jennifer Ashley, K.C. Bateman, Renee Bernard, Josephine Blake, Katherine Bone, Kerrigan Byrne, Christy Carlyle, Gina Danna, Kathryn Lynn Davis,* Elizabeth Essex, Sherry Ewing, Anna Harrington, Karen Hawkins, Virginia Heath, Elizabeth Hoyt, Kristi Ann Hunter, Amy Jarecki, Sabrina Jeffries, Wendy LaCapra, Laura Landon, Anthea Lawson,* Jade Lee, Kathryn Le Veque,* Sue London, Alanna Lucas, Deb Marlowe, Amanda McCabe, May McGoldrick, Hildie McQueen, Meara Platt, Stella Riley, Sonja Rouillard, Lauren Smith, Ava Stone, Caroline Warfield, and Mary Wine.

* denotes our 3 L.A. area authors.

September 16, 2018
September 17, 2018
September 18, 2018(1 event)

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS


September 18, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Riverside Poetry in Motion workshop meets every Tuesday at the Janet Goeske Foundation & Senior Center, located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351- 8800.

September 19, 2018(1 event)

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER


September 19, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Redlands workshop meets every Wednesday at the Joslyn Senior Center, located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550.

September 20, 2018(1 event)

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON


September 20, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Spring dates and availability.

The Corona workshop meets every other Saturday at the Corona Public Library, located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882. They can be reached at (951) 736-2381.

September 21, 2018
September 22, 2018(2 events)

10:30 am: POETRY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JAMES DUCAT


September 22, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Riverside workshop meets every other Saturday at the Riverside Public Library, located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501. They can be reached at (951) 826-5201.

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON


September 22, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Corona workshop meets every other Saturday at the Corona Public Library, located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882. They can be reached at (951) 736-2381.

September 23, 2018
September 24, 2018
September 25, 2018(2 events)

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS


September 25, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Riverside Poetry in Motion workshop meets every Tuesday at the Janet Goeske Foundation & Senior Center, located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351- 8800.

5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN SAN BERNARDINO WITH ALLYSON JEFFREDO


September 25, 2018

Registration required.

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The San Bernardino workshop meets every other Tuesday at the Rowe Branch Library, located at 108 E Marshall Blvd, San Bernardino, CA 92404. They can be reached at (909) 883-3411.

September 26, 2018(2 events)

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER


September 26, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Redlands workshop meets every Wednesday at the Joslyn Senior Center, located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550.

6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN ONTARIO WITH TIM HATCH


September 26, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Ontario workshop meets every other Wednesday at the Ovitt Library, located at 215 E C St, Ontario, CA 91764. They can be reached at (909) 395-2004.

September 27, 2018(2 events)

5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN COLTON WITH JESSICA CARRILLO- BILINGUAL


September 27, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Colton workshop meets every other Thursday at the Advance to Literacy Center, located at 656 N 9th Street, Colton. They can be reached at (909) 370-5083.

6:30 pm: PROSE CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JO SCOTT-COE


September 27, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Riverside workshop meets every other Thursday at the Riverside Public Library, located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501. They can be reached at (951) 826-5201.

September 28, 2018
September 29, 2018(1 event)

9:00 am: 2018 WRIGHTWOOD LITERARY FESTIVAL


September 29, 2018

Local artists from the mile-high mountain community of Wrightwood are putting together the town’s fourth annual literary festival the last weekend of September.
Guest faculty this year include novelist and publisher Yi Shun Lai (author of Not a Self-Help Book: The Misadventures of Marty Wu), the cross-genre poet Nicelle Davis (The Walled Wife), and journalist-poet Alejandro Escudé (My Earthbound Eye), with a keynote presentation and conversation with award-winning Young Adult author and poet Ron Koertge (Shakespeare Bats Cleanup).
In addition to the usual fiction, poetry, and editing workshops, the festival features new classes in parody songwriting, news poetry, community building, and the business of being an author. Some workshops are geared toward experienced writers, while others are offered for more casual readers.
For $55, festival registration includes any two workshops, lunch, the keynote presentation, and free entry into the annual “soapku” contest and Wrightwood Poetry Slam. Saturday night and Sunday festivities are free to the public, including the guest faculty reading, a group hike, presentation of the annual Young Authors Award, and a poetry slam, where poets will compete in a rowdy contest of verse for a $200 prize. Find more at https://www.wrightwoodlitfest.com
September 30, 2018(2 events)

8:30 am: 2018 WRIGHTWOOD LITERARY FESTIVAL


September 30, 2018

Local artists from the mile-high mountain community of Wrightwood are putting together the town’s fourth annual literary festival the last weekend of September.
Guest faculty this year include novelist and publisher Yi Shun Lai (author of Not a Self-Help Book: The Misadventures of Marty Wu), the cross-genre poet Nicelle Davis (The Walled Wife), and journalist-poet Alejandro Escudé (My Earthbound Eye), with a keynote presentation and conversation with award-winning Young Adult author and poet Ron Koertge (Shakespeare Bats Cleanup).
In addition to the usual fiction, poetry, and editing workshops, the festival features new classes in parody songwriting, news poetry, community building, and the business of being an author. Some workshops are geared toward experienced writers, while others are offered for more casual readers.
For $55, festival registration includes any two workshops, lunch, the keynote presentation, and free entry into the annual “soapku” contest and Wrightwood Poetry Slam. Saturday night and Sunday festivities are free to the public, including the guest faculty reading, a group hike, presentation of the annual Young Authors Award, and a poetry slam, where poets will compete in a rowdy contest of verse for a $200 prize. Find more at https://www.wrightwoodlitfest.com

2:00 pm: MEMORIES OF MIGRATION: DIVERSE JOURNEYS LED BY FRANCES J. VASQUEZ


September 30, 2018

From September 30th to November 18th, Inlandia Institute in partnership with Riverside Art Museum will present writing workshops using inspirations by current exhibitions at RAM to give voice to the migration stories of our multicultural community.  Workshop participants will view artworks and with guided writing prompts reflect on their family's migration stories, or imagine their own creative immigration adventure. 

Join Frances J. Vásquez on September 30, 2:00 p.m. -- 4:00 p.m. for a workshop inspired by the exhibition of authentic ancient treasures, Uncovering Ancient México: The Mystery of Tlatilco. 

Join Frances again on November 18, 2:00 p.m. -- 4:00 p.m. for a workshop focusing on two art exhibitions as the spark for writing stories of migration and immigration, Codex Rodriguez-Mondragon by Sandy Rodriguez who makes powerful historical and visual linkages to present day ICE agents... and Refugee Stories by Kathryn Clark who, in a series of embroidery panels and works on paper that follow the journey of Syrian refugees into Europe.

The workshops are free for RAM members; included with paid general admission. 

About Frances J. Vásquez

Frances J. Vásquez facilitates Tesoros de Cuentos writing workshops in Casa Blanca and is a contributor to the Inlandia Literary Journeys column in The Press-Enterprise and The Sun. She Graduated from UCR with BS and MBA Degrees. Frances serves on the Inlandia Institute Board and is a member of the Multicultural Council of the Riverside Museum Associates. 

October 1, 2018(1 event)

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RANCHO MIRAGE WITH MARJ CHARLIER


October 1, 2018

Registration required by form AND email (inlandiamemoir@gmail.com).

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Rancho Mirage workshop meets Mondays at the Rancho Mirage Public Library, located at 71-100 CA-111, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270. They can be reached at (760) 341-7323.

October 2, 2018(1 event)

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS


October 2, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Riverside Poetry in Motion workshop meets every Tuesday at the Janet Goeske Foundation & Senior Center, located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351- 8800.

October 3, 2018(1 event)

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER


October 3, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Redlands workshop meets every Wednesday at the Joslyn Senior Center, located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550.

October 4, 2018(1 event)

7:00 pm: ARTS WALK FOR BOOK LOVERS FEATURING BEN STOLTZFUS AND HIS NEW BOOK, 'FALLING AND OTHER STORIES'


October 4, 2018

On Thursday, October 4, at 7:00 p.m., join us for the first installment of Inlandia’s Arts Walk for Book Lovers at the Main branch of the Riverside Public Library, downtown, upstairs, on the first Thursday of every month. In October, our featured author is Ben Stoltzfus, who will be presenting and discussing his newest publication, Falling and Other Stories (Anaphora Press, 2018).

Falling and Other Stories, a novella and six short fictions, is by turn mythic and realistic, moving and wistful, innovative and traditional. It maps a wide geography of human emotions: lust, adventure, love, alienation, explicit violence and implicit passion. Ben Stoltzfus makes each character--a glamour girl, a scuba queen, a shaman, a mountain climber, a skier, a ball-court superstar, women in distress, even strangers--come vividly alive.

About Ben Stoltzfus

Ben Stoltzfus is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside. He is a novelist, translator, literary critic and internationally recognized inter-arts scholar. He has published 12 monographs of literary criticism, five novels and one collection of short stories. Romoland, a pictonovel, his most recent publication, was written in collaboration with Judith Palmer, the artist. He has received many awards: Fulbright, Camargo, Gradiva, Humanities, Creative Arts, and MLA. Stoltzfus lives in Riverside, California, with Judith Palmer, his wife.

Reading will be followed by light refreshments and book sales and signing. 

The Riverside Public Library is located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue in downtown Riverside. This event is free and open to the public.

October 5, 2018
October 6, 2018(4 events)

10:30 am: POETRY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JAMES DUCAT


October 6, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Riverside workshop meets every other Saturday at the Riverside Public Library, located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501. They can be reached at (951) 826-5201.

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON


October 6, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Corona workshop meets every other Saturday at the Corona Public Library, located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882. They can be reached at (951) 736-2381.

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS


October 6, 2018

Registration required.

Check back for Winter dates and availability.

The Riverside Poetry in Motion workshop meets every Tuesday at the Janet Goeske Foundation & Senior Center, located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351- 8800.

2:00 pm: WORKSHOP FOR WRITERS: LEAVE THE AUDIENCE WANTING MORE!


October 6, 2018

On Saturday, October 6th, develop your public reading skills and gain confidence to share your work in front of an audience. Learn techniques to prepare for public readings, reduce fear before readings and on stage, work with a mic, and give readings that engage audiences and leave them wanting more. You’ll also get practice and one-on-one supportive, useful feedback.

This event begins at 2:00 p.m. The SSgt Salvador J. Lara Casa Blanca Library is located at 2985 Madison St. Riverside, CA 92504.

About liz gonzalez

liz gonzález is the author of Dancing in the Santa Ana Winds: Poems y Cuentos New and Selected (Los Nietos Press 2018). liz earned a BA in Theatre Arts and has almost 30 years experience sharing her writing to audiences of different ages and backgrounds. She recently performed her work at KPCC's Unheard LA-Live in Baldwin Park, and an excerpt of her performance was used in their radio promotion. Her poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction have appeared in the City of Los Angeles Latino Heritage Month Calendar and Cultural Guide, Inlandia: A Literary Journey, BorderSenses, and The San Francisco Chronicle. She is the author of the poetry collection Beneath Bone (Manifest Press 2000). Her awards include an Arts Council for Long Beach Professional Artist Fellowship, an Elizabeth George Foundation Artistic Grant, and residencies at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Lucas Artists Residency Program, and Hedgebrook. liz grew up in the San Bernardino Valley and currently lives in Long Beach. She directs Uptown Word & Arts, promoting literature and the arts, and is an instructor for the UCLA Extension Writers Program. Lizgonzalez.com

The workshop is FREE and open to the public.