Word Thursdays featuring Linda Lowen & Megan Volpert
Zoom link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81577446746 Linda Lowen is a book reviewer for Publishers Weekly and theater reviewer for the Syracuse Post-Standard / syracuse.com, Linda's nonfiction has been published in the New York Times and in "Tiny Love Stories: True Tales of Love in 100 Words or Less" (Artisan Books 2020). Her writing advice has appeared […]
Word Thursdays featuring Julene Waffle and Vladimir Lucien
Zoom link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81577446746 Julene Waffle, a graduate of Hartwick College and Binghamton University, is a teacher in a rural NYS public school, an entrepreneur, a wife, a mother of three boys, two dogs, three cats, and, of course, she is a writer. Her work has appeared in NCTE’s English Journal, La Presa, The […]
Word Thursdays featuring Andrea Fry & Mark Blickley
Zoom link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81577446746 Andrea L. Fry was born in Dallas, raised mainly in New York City and the Catskill Mountains, and educated at Union College and Columbia University. She published her first collection of poems, The Bottle Diggers, in May 2017 (Turning Point Press). Her second collection Poisons & Antidotes followed in August […]
Ekphrasis Creative Writing Workshop
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 5-8 pm EKPHRASIS CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP Taught by Mark Blickley What is Ekphrasis creative writing? The word Ekphrasis translates to "description" in Greek and ekphrastic writing is a form of creative writing describing a work of art or visual image. By imaginatively playing with a visual work of art, the writer can […]
Toads & Frogs & Snakes Oh My! – Youth Workshop
BRIGHT HILL LITERARY WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS & TEENS - SUMMER 1 JUNE 27 - JULY 1 TOADS & FROGS & SNAKES OH MY! (Taught by Bertha Rogers) – Ages 6 – 14: 9 am – 2:30 pm, 5 days – Among the many animals that live near and around us are toads and frogs and […]
After The Beginning: What’s Next? – All-Ages Poetry Workshop
JUNE 6 - JULY 25 - POETRY WORKSHOP - ALL AGES Mondays 7 - 9 PM AFTER THE BEGINNING: WHAT’S NEXT? Taught by Georgia Popoff Participants in this 8-week session will examine their work through a series of lenses, each leading to further development and revision. As each element of literary devices and considerations is […]
Word Thursdays featuring Hélène Cardona and John FitzGerald
Zoom link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81577446746 Hélène Cardona is a poet, literary translator and actor, the recipient of over 20 honors & awards, including the Independent Press Award, International Book Award and Hemingway Grant. Her books include Life in Suspension and Dreaming My Animal Selves (both Salmon Poetry) and the translations Birnam Wood (José Manuel Cardona, […]
Word Thursdays featuring Robert Bensen
Zoom link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81577446746 Robert Bensen (Oneonta, NY) has conducted the “Seeing Things” workshop at Bright Hill since Spring 2019. The latest of his six collections of poetry is Before (Five Oaks Press, 2019). His poetry has appeared in The Paris Review, Callaloo, The Caribbean Writer, Native Realities, Jamaica Journal, AGNI, Akwe:kon, Poetry Wales, The Thomas Hardy Review, […]
Beautiful Butterflies, Baffling Bats – Youth Workshop
BRIGHT HILL LITERARY WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS & TEENS - SUMMER II AUGUST 8 – 12 BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES, BAFFLING BATS (Taught by Bertha Rogers) – Ages 6 – 14: 9 am – 2:30pm, 5 days – There are many butterflies in the skies in the Catskills, and we’re lucky to see those regularly. Bats tend to […]
Word Thursdays featuring Meg Kearney & Stacey Lawrence
Zoom link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81577446746 Meg Kearney’s latest poetry collection, All Morning the Crows, was winner of the 2020 Washington Prize for poetry and spent seven months on SPD’s poetry bestseller list after its release in 2021. In addition, Meg is author of An Unkindness of Ravens and Home By Now, winner of the 2010 […]