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  • - Memoir: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge (Janet Goeske Center, Riverside)
    Memoir: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge (Janet Goeske Center, Riverside)

    Memoir: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge (Janet Goeske Center, Riverside)


    February 14, 2022

    Rose Y. Monge facilitates this in person memoir writing workshop for seniors – on Mondays 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, and 4/18/22 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside.

    Enrollment is limited. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW

  • - Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside), Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)
    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)


    February 15, 2022

    Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, Celena's Scribes with workshop leader Wil Clarke meets weekly on Tuesdays from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM on Zoom. All genres. Participants are encouraged to write from a prompt and share their work, with friendly critiques offered by workshop members.

    Enrollment is limited. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW

    Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)

    Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)


    February 15, 2022

    This Beginning ALL GENRES workshop with Allyson Jeffredo is based in San Bernardino but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 2/1, 2/15, 3/1, 3/15, and 3/29/22 – from 6:00-8:00 PM.

    To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW

  • - On Writing Home: Writers Talk about Place with Isabel Quintero and Casandra Lopez
    On Writing Home: Writers Talk about Place with Isabel Quintero and Casandra Lopez

    On Writing Home: Writers Talk about Place with Isabel Quintero and Casandra Lopez


    February 16, 2022

    Riverside Public Library’s Humanity Series is back! Join Inlandia Institute in partnership with Riverside Public Library for a four-part spin around the Inland Empire with local writers Larry Burns, Nikia Chaney, Rebecca K. O’Connor, Teresa Rhyne, Susan Straight, Douglas McCulloh, Isabel Quintero, and Casandra Lopez.

    This series is free and open to the public, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/HumanitiesHour202

    “A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.” ― Joan Didion

    The scheduled speakers will offer insights, observations, and tools for writing about the location we call home – Inland Southern California.

    January 5: Larry Burns and Nikia Chaney

    January 19: Rebecca K. O’Connor and Teresa J. Rhyne

    February 2: Susan Straight and Douglas McCulloh

    February 16: Isabel Quintero and Casandra Lopez

    Isabel Quintero is an award-winning writer and the daughter of Mexican immigrants. She lives and writes in the Inland Empire of Southern California. Gabi, A Girl in Pieces (Cinco Puntos Press) her first YA novel, was the recipient of multiple awards. She is the author of the chapter books, Ugly Cat and Pablo and Ugly Cat and Pablo and the Missing Brother (Scholastic, Inc.). She earned her B.A. in English with a concentration in literature and he M.A. in English Composition from California State University, San Bernardino.

    Casandra Lopez is a Chicana and California Indian (Cahuilla/Tongva/Luiseño) writer who has received support from CantoMundo, Bread Loaf and Jackstraw. She’s been selected for residencies with the School of Advanced Research and Hedgebrook. Her chapbook, Where Bullet Breaks was published by the Sequoyah National Research Center and her poetry collection, Brother Bullet, is forthcoming from University of Arizona. She’s a founding editor of As/Us: A Space For Women Of The World and teaches at Northwest Indian College. 

  • - Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)
    Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)

    Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)


    February 19, 2022

    This Beginning/Intermediate ALL GENRES workshop with Renee Gurley is based in Corona but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Saturdays – 1/8, 1/22, 2/5, 2/19, and 3/5/22– from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM.

    To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW