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SUMMARY:Alabama State Poetry Society Online Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for online poetry open mics the 4th Monday of each month! \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85693609367\nMeeting ID: 856 9360 9367
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-state-poetry-society-online-open-mic/2027-05-24/
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SUMMARY:Alabama State Poetry Society Online Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for online poetry open mics the 4th Monday of each month! \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85693609367\nMeeting ID: 856 9360 9367
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-state-poetry-society-online-open-mic/2027-04-26/
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SUMMARY:Southern Humanities Review Spring Sessions Featuring Jade Chang and Christopher Kempf: Third Thursday Literary Series
DESCRIPTION:Jade Chang’s debut novel\, The Wangs vs. the World\, won the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award and has been published in a dozen countries. Her journalism and essays have recently appeared in The Best American Food Writing\, and in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times magazines. She also writes for film and TV. She lives in Los Angeles. What a Time to Be Alive is out in Fall 2026 from Ecco. \nChristopher Kempf is the author of the poetry collections What Though the Field Be Lost (LSU\, 2021) and Late in the Empire of Men (Four Way\, 2017)\, as well as of the scholarly book Craft Class: The Writing Workshop in American Culture (Johns Hopkins\, 2022).  Recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship\, a Pushcart Prize\, and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University\, he teaches in the MFA program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, where he is the Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors (LEAP) Scholar. \nThe Third Thursday Literary Series is sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities\, Department of English\, and Southern Humanities Review in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University; the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Auburn University; and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. \nRefreshments will be available at 6 PM; the reading will begin at 6:30 PM. Book sales are provided by Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/southern-humanities-review-spring-sessions-featuring-jade-chang-and-christopher-kempf-third-thursday-literary-series/
LOCATION:Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities\, 101 S. Debardeleben St.\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849-5637\, United States
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SUMMARY:Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: Third Thursday Literary Series
DESCRIPTION:Vanessa Angélica Villarreal is the author of the essay collection Magical/Realism: Essays on Music\, Memory\, Fantasy\, and Borders (Tiny Reparations Books\, 2024)\, longlisted for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award\, and the poetry collection Beast Meridian (Noemi Press\, 2017)\, recipient of a 2019 Whiting Award\, a Kate Tufts Discovery Award nomination\, and winner of the John A. Robertson Award for Best First Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters. Her work has appeared in the New York Times\, New York Magazine’s The Cut\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Oxford American\, Paris Review\, Poetry Magazine\, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of a 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship\, served as an Art for Justice Fellow with the University of Arizona Poetry Center\, and holds a doctorate in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles\, where she lives with her son. \nThe Third Thursday Literary Series is sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities\, Department of English\, and Southern Humanities Review in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University; the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Auburn University; and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. \nRefreshments will be available at 6 PM; the reading will begin at 6:30 PM. Book sales are provided by Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/vanessa-angelica-villarreal-third-thursday-literary-series/
LOCATION:Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities\, 101 S. Debardeleben St.\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849-5637\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alabama State Poetry Society Online Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for online poetry open mics the 4th Monday of each month! \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85693609367\nMeeting ID: 856 9360 9367
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-state-poetry-society-online-open-mic/2027-03-22/
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SUMMARY:Alabama State Poetry Society Online Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for online poetry open mics the 4th Monday of each month! \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85693609367\nMeeting ID: 856 9360 9367
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-state-poetry-society-online-open-mic/2027-02-22/
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SUMMARY:Historic Oakleigh Mansion Lecture Series: Hidden History of Mobile
DESCRIPTION:Join the Historic Mobile Preservation Society on Sunday\, February 21\, 2027\, for an engaging historic presentation on Mobile’s Secret History by Joe Cuhaj\, former radio personality turned author. Joe will bring some fun and fascinating forgotten tales of Mobile history to life\, with tales from the earliest days of baseball in Mobile dating back to the 1860s\, legends and history that seem too unbelievable to be true\, and more.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/historic-oakleigh-mansion-lecture-series-hidden-history-of-mobile/
LOCATION:Historic Oakleigh Mansion-Cox Deasy House\, 350 Oakleigh Place\, Mobile\, AL\, 36602\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ansel Elkins: Third Thursday Literary Series
DESCRIPTION:Ansel Elkins is the author of Blue Yodel\, winner of the 2014 Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize. Her poems have appeared in The American Scholar\, The Believer\, Oxford American\, Parnassus\, Virginia Quarterly Review\, and elsewhere. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the North Carolina Arts Council\, the American Antiquarian Society\, and Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, as well as a “Discovery”/Boston Review Prize. She is currently Visiting Assistant Professor in Creative Writing at Berea College. \nThe Third Thursday Literary Series is sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities\, Department of English\, and Southern Humanities Review in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University; the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Auburn University; and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. \nRefreshments will be available at 6 PM; the reading will begin at 6:30 PM. Book sales are provided by Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/ansel-elkins-third-thursday-literary-series/
LOCATION:Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities\, 101 S. Debardeleben St.\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849-5637\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opelika Book Festival
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URL:https://writersforum.org/event/opelika-book-festival/
LOCATION:Opelika Public Library\, 1100 Glenn Street\, Opelika\, AL\, 36801\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alabama State Poetry Society Online Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for online poetry open mics the 4th Monday of each month! \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85693609367\nMeeting ID: 856 9360 9367
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-state-poetry-society-online-open-mic/2027-01-25/
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SUMMARY:Marcus Wicker: Third Thursday Literary Series
DESCRIPTION:Marcus Wicker is the author of three books of poetry: Dear Mothership\, Silencer\, and Maybe the Saddest Thing\, selected by D.A. Powell for the National Poetry Series. His honors include a Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship\, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship\, and a Ruth Lilly Fellowship. Wicker’s poems have appeared in The Nation\, The New Republic\, The Atlantic\, Oxford American\, and POETRY. \nThe Third Thursday Literary Series is sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities\, Department of English\, and Southern Humanities Review in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University; the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Auburn University; and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. \nRefreshments will be available at 6 PM; the reading will begin at 6:30 PM. Book sales are provided by Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/marcus-wicker-third-thursday-literary-series/
LOCATION:Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities\, 101 S. Debardeleben St.\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849-5637\, United States
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SUMMARY:Winter Showcase Lecture Series Featuring Author Joe Cuhaj
DESCRIPTION:Author Joe Cuhaj will be doing a unique presentation and book signing at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores\, Alabama on January 11\, 2027. Joe will be combining three of his books – Hidden History of Mobile\, Alabama Curiosities\, and A History Lovers Guide to Mobile and the Alabama Gulf Coast – for a fun trip to quirky and unusual historical sites in the area and introduce you to some of our\, shall we say\, unusual characters from the past.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/winter-showcase-lecture-series-featuring-author-joe-cuhaj/
LOCATION:Gulf State Park Learning Center\, 20249A State Park Rd.\, Gulf Shores\, AL\, 35642\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Gulf State Park":MAILTO:info@learningcampusgsp.com
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SUMMARY:Alabama State Poetry Society Online Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for online poetry open mics the 4th Monday of each month! \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85693609367\nMeeting ID: 856 9360 9367
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-state-poetry-society-online-open-mic/2026-12-28/
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SUMMARY:Home For The Holidays by Michael Walker & Josh Levine
DESCRIPTION:This world-premiere\, family-friendly holiday celebration features a flurry of songs and jazz standards brought to life by a thrilling 1940’s USO tour. You’ll be transported to a simpler time with familiar tunes like “Holly\, Jolly Christmas\,” “Silver Bells\,” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas!” Inspired by Tuscaloosa talent and traditions\, this new brand-new musical is being crafted just for YOU!
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/home-for-the-holidays-by-michael-walker-josh-levine/2026-12-19/
LOCATION:Bean- Brown Theatre\, 600 Greensboro Ave\, Tuscaloosa\, AL\, 35405\, United States
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SUMMARY:Home For The Holidays by Michael Walker & Josh Levine
DESCRIPTION:This world-premiere\, family-friendly holiday celebration features a flurry of songs and jazz standards brought to life by a thrilling 1940’s USO tour. You’ll be transported to a simpler time with familiar tunes like “Holly\, Jolly Christmas\,” “Silver Bells\,” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas!” Inspired by Tuscaloosa talent and traditions\, this new brand-new musical is being crafted just for YOU!
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/home-for-the-holidays-by-michael-walker-josh-levine/2026-12-18/
LOCATION:Bean- Brown Theatre\, 600 Greensboro Ave\, Tuscaloosa\, AL\, 35405\, United States
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SUMMARY:Home For The Holidays by Michael Walker & Josh Levine
DESCRIPTION:This world-premiere\, family-friendly holiday celebration features a flurry of songs and jazz standards brought to life by a thrilling 1940’s USO tour. You’ll be transported to a simpler time with familiar tunes like “Holly\, Jolly Christmas\,” “Silver Bells\,” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas!” Inspired by Tuscaloosa talent and traditions\, this new brand-new musical is being crafted just for YOU!
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/home-for-the-holidays-by-michael-walker-josh-levine/2026-12-17/
LOCATION:Bean- Brown Theatre\, 600 Greensboro Ave\, Tuscaloosa\, AL\, 35405\, United States
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SUMMARY:Home For The Holidays by Michael Walker & Josh Levine
DESCRIPTION:This world-premiere\, family-friendly holiday celebration features a flurry of songs and jazz standards brought to life by a thrilling 1940’s USO tour. You’ll be transported to a simpler time with familiar tunes like “Holly\, Jolly Christmas\,” “Silver Bells\,” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas!” Inspired by Tuscaloosa talent and traditions\, this new brand-new musical is being crafted just for YOU!
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/home-for-the-holidays-by-michael-walker-josh-levine/2026-12-16/
LOCATION:Bean- Brown Theatre\, 600 Greensboro Ave\, Tuscaloosa\, AL\, 35405\, United States
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SUMMARY:Home For The Holidays by Michael Walker & Josh Levine
DESCRIPTION:This world-premiere\, family-friendly holiday celebration features a flurry of songs and jazz standards brought to life by a thrilling 1940’s USO tour. You’ll be transported to a simpler time with familiar tunes like “Holly\, Jolly Christmas\,” “Silver Bells\,” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas!” Inspired by Tuscaloosa talent and traditions\, this new brand-new musical is being crafted just for YOU!
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/home-for-the-holidays-by-michael-walker-josh-levine/2026-12-13/
LOCATION:Bean- Brown Theatre\, 600 Greensboro Ave\, Tuscaloosa\, AL\, 35405\, United States
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SUMMARY:Home For The Holidays by Michael Walker & Josh Levine
DESCRIPTION:This world-premiere\, family-friendly holiday celebration features a flurry of songs and jazz standards brought to life by a thrilling 1940’s USO tour. You’ll be transported to a simpler time with familiar tunes like “Holly\, Jolly Christmas\,” “Silver Bells\,” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas!” Inspired by Tuscaloosa talent and traditions\, this new brand-new musical is being crafted just for YOU!
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/home-for-the-holidays-by-michael-walker-josh-levine/2026-12-12/
LOCATION:Bean- Brown Theatre\, 600 Greensboro Ave\, Tuscaloosa\, AL\, 35405\, United States
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SUMMARY:Home For The Holidays by Michael Walker & Josh Levine
DESCRIPTION:This world-premiere\, family-friendly holiday celebration features a flurry of songs and jazz standards brought to life by a thrilling 1940’s USO tour. You’ll be transported to a simpler time with familiar tunes like “Holly\, Jolly Christmas\,” “Silver Bells\,” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas!” Inspired by Tuscaloosa talent and traditions\, this new brand-new musical is being crafted just for YOU!
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/home-for-the-holidays-by-michael-walker-josh-levine/2026-12-11/
LOCATION:Bean- Brown Theatre\, 600 Greensboro Ave\, Tuscaloosa\, AL\, 35405\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dave Zirin with The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
DESCRIPTION:It’s a major booking for us! Dave Zirin\, longtime journalist at The Nation and NYTimes bestselling writer\, is the author of a long-awaited definitive biography on the iconic radical historian Howard Zinn\, and he’s coming to Montgomery for a talk about his new book and its significant subject. Recently released\, The People’s Historian is already a critical success\, with major reviews everywhere you look. It’s a wonderful portrait of a historian who reshaped America’s understanding of its potential for change. We’re fortunate to be able to learn more about it from Zirin. Don’t miss his appearance. We’re at the SPLC Civil Rights Memorial on Thursday\, December 10 at 5:30pm.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/dave-zirin-with-the-peoples-historian-the-outsized-life-of-howard-zinn/
LOCATION:Civil Rights Memorial Center\, 400 Washington Ave\, AL\, 36104\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="The NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:gabbi.emerson@newsouthbookstore.com
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SUMMARY:A Seasonal Music Celebration with Madrigal Voices of Montgomery
DESCRIPTION:Gene Davis and her Madrigal Voices of Montgomery return to The NewSouth Bookstore for a festive program of Christmas carols and traditional songs of the winter season. Their voices will lift us up. It’ll be a tuneful evening of magic and melody to usher in the holiday season. Join us for this special event: Tuesday\, December 8 at 5:30pm.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/a-seasonal-music-celebration-with-madrigal-voices-of-montgomery/
LOCATION:The NewSouth Bookstore\, 105 S. Court St\, Montgomery\, 36104\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="The NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:gabbi.emerson@newsouthbookstore.com
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SUMMARY:A merry\, merry Washington Irving Christmas with Alan Gantzhorn
DESCRIPTION:It’s a Washington Irving Christmas at The NewSouth Bookstore! Join us for a festive program featuring Alan Gantzhorn\, who will take us on a literary journey back in time\, to old New York\, presenting about the life and work of Washington Irving — writer\, essayist\, biographer\, historian\, and diplomat\,  Famous for his short stories “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow\,” he is almost as famous for shaping our ideas about the Christmas holiday and how it is celebrated. Irving’s portrayal of St. Nicholas as a beloved character still inspires today. Thanks to Alan Gantzhorn for bringing an old Christmas spirit to the bookstore this year. What a merry\, merry literary way to celebrate the holiday! Thursday\, December 3 at 5:30pm.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/a-merry-merry-washington-irving-christmas-with-alan-gantzhorn/
LOCATION:The NewSouth Bookstore\, 105 S. Court St\, Montgomery\, 36104\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="The NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:gabbi.emerson@newsouthbookstore.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261123T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261123T193000
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SUMMARY:Alabama State Poetry Society Online Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for online poetry open mics the 4th Monday of each month! \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85693609367\nMeeting ID: 856 9360 9367
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-state-poetry-society-online-open-mic/2026-11-23/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama State Poetry Society":MAILTO:alabamapoets@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261121T170000
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SUMMARY:Jodie Cain Smith & Broken Tide Launch Party!
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Brackish Waters series finale release with Jodie Cain Smith! \nJodie invites friends\, fans\, and family to join her for a launch party celebrating Broken Tide\, the third and final installment of her dystopian thriller Brackish Waters series. At 5pm on November 21\, 2026\, at The Haunted Book Shop in Mobile\, Alabama\, Jodie will be in-conversation discussing writing craft\, creativity chaos\, and scaring herself with the too-real circumstances of Brackish Waters. Guests will enjoy refreshments and photo ops\, and\, of course\, having Jodie sign copies of Broken Tide. \nGuests are encouraged to take part in the Brackish Waters scavenger hunt ahead of the party to win extra tickets for the prize drawing. Everyone who purchases a copy of Broken Tide at the party will be entered to win an original Brackish Waters-themed stained-glass art piece\, created by Mobile’s stained-glass artist Kate Lotito-Arrington. Guests who show results of the Brackish Waters scavenger hunt (social media posts with photos and required hashtags) will earn up to 8 additional tickets for the prize drawing. Visit www.jodiecainsmith.com for details and rules of the scavenger hunt.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/jodie-cain-smith-broken-tide-launch-party/
LOCATION:The Haunted Book Shop\, 9 S JOACHIM ST\, MOBILE\, AL\, 36602-2707\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Haunted Book Shop":MAILTO:info@thehauntedbookshopmobile.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261119T183000
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SUMMARY:Sabrina Orah Mark: Third Thursday Literary Series
DESCRIPTION:Sabrina Orah Mark is the author of the poetry collections The Babies and Tsim Tsum. Wild Milk\, her first book of fiction\, was published by Dorothy\, a publishing project. Happily\, which began as a monthly column on fairytales and motherhood in The Paris Review\, was published by Random House in 2023 and won a Jewish Book Award.  She has received fellowships from the Creative Capital Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Sustainable Arts Foundation\, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, Massachusetts\, and MacDowell.  In addition to teaching private workshops she currently teaches nonfiction\, fiction\, and poetry for the Bennington Writing Seminars. \nThe Third Thursday Literary Series is sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities\, Department of English\, and Southern Humanities Review in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University; the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Auburn University; and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. \nRefreshments will be available at 6 PM; the reading will begin at 6:30 PM. Book sales are provided by Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/sabrina-orah-mark-third-thursday-literary-series/
LOCATION:Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities\, 101 S. Debardeleben St.\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849-5637\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261119T190000
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SUMMARY:National security expert Sharon Weinberger talk about new book\, Valley of Death
DESCRIPTION:A veteran national security correspondent is our special guest for a talk about Valley of Death: How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War. Meet Sharon Weinberger at The NewSouth Bookstore on Thursday\, November 19 at 5:30pm. Drawing on deep\, exclusive reporting\, Weinberger reveals how a new military-industrial complex is arising from the cradle of Silicon Valley\, with vast implications about the role A.I. will play in the future of warfare. Valley of Death spells out the issues. Weinberger’s intelligence on these crucial matters will enlighten us all.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/national-security-expert-sharon-weinberger-talk-about-new-book-valley-of-death/
LOCATION:AL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261117T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261117T150000
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SUMMARY:A Reading and Workshop with Patricia Foster
DESCRIPTION:The hard part is often a hidden narrative\, a shadow story\, a recognition that is difficult to discover. Writers explore the hard part in many ways – through flashbacks\, braided narratives\, deflection and revelation\, and the slow accretion of narrative moments. James Baldwin told “the hard part” in “Notes of a Native Son” with a flashback to the story of his coming to awareness of racism and his near collision with disaster. He lets you see how the fury of that awareness clouded his judgment and resulted in impulsive\, violent actions. Nicole Walker in How to Plant a Billion Trees tells the hard part of being seduced/raped at age 11 by a babysitter through a braided narrative\, revealing her innocence interwoven with her culpability\, her female humiliation contrasted to an emerging love of nature. The hard part involves both a triggering subject — an emblematic moment\, a charged memory — as well as a deeper\, more complicated perception about that subject. \nIn this workshop\, we will discuss one or two essays\, then follow prompts for a triggering subject (a charged memory) as well as prompts to discover the more complicated emotional narrative that often shadows the triggering subject. The focus of the workshop will be to open ourselves (in our freewriting) to how writers use personal narratives to unravel and clarify mixed emotions.  \nIn collaboration with the UAB Institute for Human Rights and the English/Creative Writing Department \nPatricia Foster has been awarded a PEN Award\, a Pushcart Prize\, a Clarence Cason Award\, a Dean’s Scholar Award\, a Yaddo Fellowship\, a Carl Klaus Teaching Award\, a 2024 Hall-Waters Prize for Distinguished Southern Writing\, and the 2026 Alabama Truman Capote Award for fiction and nonfiction. \nActivities Statement: The purpose of all UAB Institute for Human Rights (IHR) programs\, activities\, and endeavors is to foster collaboration\, scholarly exchange\, and academic learning related to human rights. Everyone is welcome to attend!
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/a-reading-and-workshop-with-patricia-foster/
LOCATION:UAB Institute for Human Rights and the Creative Writing Department\, Heritage Hall\, 402 1401 University Blvd\, Birmingham\, AL 35233\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35205\, United States
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SUMMARY:Meet Asale Angel-Ajani for a talk about Fugitive Archives
DESCRIPTION:A new memoir by journalist Asale Angel-Ajani is an incisive\, lyrical exploration of one family’s history that radically overturns American myths about race\, violence\, and belonging. Angel-Ajani and her twin were the only Black children in a working-class White family. Years later\, confused by her personal history\, Angel-Ajani dove into the archives\, searching for an explanation for her family’s and her country’s contradictions\, writing a memoir that critics call courageous\, impressive\, and deeply powerful. Hers is a personal narrative that brilliantly intersects with the political — “jaw-dropping.” Join us for her book talk on Thursday\, November 12 at 5:30pm at The NewSouth Bookstore.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/meet-asale-angel-ajani-for-a-talk-about-fugitive-archives/
LOCATION:The NewSouth Bookstore\, 105 S. Court St\, Montgomery\, 36104\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="The NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:gabbi.emerson@newsouthbookstore.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261107T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261107T140000
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SUMMARY:Your Next Chapter Has Four Paws!
DESCRIPTION:The NewSouth Bookstore is teaming up with the Montgomery Humane Society for an adoption event! Come meet some wonderful animals looking for their forever homes. You never know — you might leave with a new family member! You can also learn more on how to help this important organization through local volunteers attending.  \nAny donations you could bring for the Montgomery Human Society would be greatly appreciated!
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/your-next-chapter-has-four-paws/
LOCATION:The NewSouth Bookstore\, 105 S. Court St\, Montgomery\, 36104\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="The NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:gabbi.emerson@newsouthbookstore.com
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