Presents October News

Upcoming Events

Halloween with Colorado Homegrown Tales and Ed Bryant: Tuesday, October 30th at 7:00 p.m., Half Moon, Main ACC Building

Spend the night before Halloween with Writers Studio, Colorado Homegrown Tales, and Ed Bryant, "Godfather" of Horror and Science Fiction. Colorado Homegrown Tales will present a dramatic reading of work by celebrated horror writer, PD Cacek. Ed Bryant, winner of two Nebula Prizes and founder of the Northern Colorado Writers Workshop, will read from his own work and discuss science fiction and horror writing. $2 suggested donation, free refreshments.

Colorado Homegrown Tales is committed to exploring the work of Colorado writers, through the medium of theatre. They present programs of selected short stories, organized around a theme or an author, read aloud by professional actors.

Thursday Night Workshop and Reading with Poet Jeffrey Ethan Lee and Fiction Writer Blair Oliver, November 8th starting at 5:30 p.m. Half Moon, Main ACC Building. Advanced Reservations Required!

Writers Studio is pleased to present an evening of workshops and readings on the ACC campus with two esteemed Colorado writers, Poet Jeffrey Ethan Lee and Fiction Writer Blair Oliver. The poetry and fiction workshops begin at 5:30 p.m.. Readings begin at 7:30 p.m. Workshop space is limited, so please make your reservation by November 1st.

Workshop Descriptions:

Poetry Workshop by Jeffrey Ethan Lee: "inspirations from the depths"

Starting with scenes and situations of destruction or loss (in the public sphere or in the private life), we will explore transforming the perspective upon the scenes or situations with imagination and/or intuition to find a turning point where some form of hope becomes possible again.

Fiction Workshop by Blair Oliver: " Beginning at the End"

A famous writer once said there’s no such thing as description in a good story—there’s only construction. What does this mean? In this participatory workshop, we’ll wrestle with the possibilities as we examine what stories are and how and why we should tell them.

About the Authors

Blair Oliver has a Ph.D. from the University of Denver and a M.F.A. from the University of Montana. His story collection, Last Call, has recently been published by World Audience, Inc. Oliver’s stories and essays have appeared in Pulse of the River: Colorado Writers Speak for the Endangered Cache La Poudre; 5280; Yellowstone Journal; The American Fly Fisher; Yale Anglers’ Journal; Cimarron Review; Matter; Red Rock Review; Iron Horse Literary Review; CutBank, Talking River Review; Dickinson Review; and elsewhere. He teaches literature and creative writing at Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, where he’s also founding editor of Front Range Review, a national literary journal.

Last Call is the most deserving collection I have read in a long, long time and I am silenced for how splendid and days later my heart still aches from reading these powerful stories about the contrary lives of the beings we call human.
--Robert Olmstead, author of Coal Black Horse, Stay Here With Me, and River Dogs

Jeffrey Ethan Lee has a Ph.D. in British Romanticism and an M.F.A. from NYU. Lee's latest collection, identity papers (Ghost Road Press), is a finalist for this year's Colorado Book Award. His earlier collection of poetry, invisible sister, was published by Many Mountains Moving Press in 2004. Lee also won the 2002 Sow's Ear Poetry Chapbook prize, and he created identity papers, a full-length dramatic poem with music on CD, which was nominated for a 2002 Grammy. Lee is the editor and director of Many Mountains Moving's literary journal and a past faculty member of UNC.

Who do we become when brought face to face with violence? Who is the changed one that cries from its depths, "See my naked self and call me back to who I truly am"? Is the beauty of word (guiding thighs) and image (sweet as the smell of the rain polished peach) capable of reeling us in? In this current world where we question our own identities in the aftermath of violence, Jeffrey Ethan Lee’s identity papers offers a testament to the value and power of love and language to help us remember who we are. This book should be required reading.

—Linda Tomol Pennisi, author of Suddenly, Fruit and Seamless

*Workshop (limited space) and Reading: $10
Reading Only: $2 suggested donation

*Reservations for Workshop and payment required by November 1st. Please email writerstudio@arapahoe.edu for further details or go to the Writers Studio website.

Congratulations to Nick Arvin!

Nick Arvin's newest novel, The Articles of War, has been chosen by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper for the fourth annual One Book, One Denver. Writers Studio was fortunate enough to have Arvin as one of its readers for last March's Writers On War event. The One Book, One Denver selection was started as a way to engage the entire Denver and outlying areas in a discussion of one book. Nick Arvin will make multiple appearances throughout the community in the coming months.

Congratulations to the Progenitor, ACCs Literary Journal

Chris Ransick, advisor to the Progenitor, and last year's Progenitor student staff are thrilled to announce that the 2007 issue of the Progenitor has been nominated for a Pacemaker Award, one of the most prestigious awards in student media presented by the National Scholastic Press Association. The winners will be announced at the upcoming National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C, where a contingent of ACC students are headed for the conference and the festivities.

The '07 edition was the best one ever produced since I began advising the magazine in 1990. The credit goes to the student staff, who were dedicated, creative, and capable. This is their project. I am so very proud of them for this achievement.

Chris Ransick, Denver Poet Laureate

Let us all wish them the very best!!

Denver Woman's Press Club invites you to join them for six seminars on "How to Become an Award-Winning Writer." Sessions cover how to write award-winning fiction, poetry, essays, business writing, travel writing, and how to win contests. For more information, go to the Denver Woman's Press Club website: denverwomanspressclub.org

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