Writespace

Hello, happy May, and happy Friday lovely people! This is open mic host Caelan () here, and I have some exciting news to share with y’all :).

In two weeks, HWC is honored to welcome as part of our reading series and to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. On the 15th of May, Public Poetry director Vo Duc Quang () will provide remarks before the featured Adam Mac () and Chankrisna Tea () share their work. Following this will be the open mic, featuring your voices ^-^!

This event will be held at Brazos Bookstore (2421 Bissonnet St.) and will last from 6 to 8 PM. I hope to see everyone’s kind souls and look forward to hearing what you got for us. See you there!

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Back again! Catch us this Friday for our monthly reading at Brazos Bookstore; this month featuring and !!! Signups for Open Mic available at the event, see you there!

Are you intrigued by writing poetry with strong visual elements but don’t know where to start? How do we communicate meaning through shape and spacing?

In this workshop led by Katherine McDaniel, we’ll be experimenting with representational, semi-representational, and abstract shapes. If you have poems you would like to convert into concrete poems, please bring them. If not, prompts will be provided.

Sign up through Writespace Houston’s Eventbrite page, which can be found following the link in our profile or in the comment below!

Katherine McDaniel is the founder and editor of the literary and visual arts magazine and arts incubator Synkroniciti. She is a classically trained opera singer and a twenty-year veteran of the acclaimed Houston Grand Opera Chorus. She taught voice lessons for singers for twenty years. She also teaches faerie garden, flower tiara and wreath-making playdates, which are designed to inspire and exercise creativity.In 2012, Katherine had three poems commissioned by Houston Grand Opera for Houston Artists Respond, part of the Home and Place Initiative. Nubia’s Shoes, Yo soy un Corazòn, and Drumming were inspired by videos of senior adults at Baker Ripley Community Center in Houston. The poems tell the stories of Latin American women who immigrated to the United States. She has been published in Gleam: Journal of the Cadralor and often reads her poetry at Archway Gallery’s monthly readings.