TUESDAYS WITH WRITERS

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Tuesday, June 3rd-- 7pm, Tuesdays with Writers at The South Mill (4736 Prescott, just west of 48th and Prescott, Lincoln).

tonight: Becky Breed and Lucy Adkins

with their new book

Writing in Community:Say Goodbye to Writer's Block and Transform Your Life

Becky (pictured on left), a veteran educator, poet, and essayist, attributes the support of her writing community for inspiring her to craft the most honest and authentic writing of her life. She has an Ed.D. in Education, and in addition to helping develop a series of creativity workshops for women on the prairie, has taught at the university level, and served as principal at an alternative high school. Her passions involve helping the marginalized–young people, women, minorities–find their voices and articulate new visions of the future.

Lucy (pictured on right) grew up in rural Nebraska, attended country schools, and received her degree from Auburn University in Alabama. Her poetry has been published in various journals and magazines which include Rhino, Northeast, South Dakota Review, Concho River Review, and the anthologies Woven on the Wind, Times of Sorrow/Times of Grace, Crazy Woman Creek, and the Poets Against the War anthology. Her chapbook, One Life Shining: Addie Finch, Farmwife, was published in 2007 by Pudding House Press.see: http://writeincommunity.com/

Deborah also says: Nebraska Writers with work in this book are:
Zoya Zeman, Rex Walton, T. Marni Vos, Sarah Thomas, Kathy Timperley, Mike Stinson, Willie Smith, Luella Corliss Shon, Barbara Schmitz, the late Lynn Samsel, Laura Salisbury, Marjorie Saiser, Claudia Reinhardt, Helen Holz Raikes, Amy Plettner, Charlene Neely, Deborah McGinn, Lynda Madison, Leo Kovar, Suzanne Kehm, Jan Kaufman, Heidi Hermanson, Neil Harrison, Twyla Hansen, Judy Greenwald, the late Irene Rose Gray, Shelly Clark Geiser, Marilyn Dorf, Karla Decker, Kristen Cass, Dianne Brown, Becky Breed, Pam Herbert Barger, and Lucy Adkins.

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For more information, contact Deborah McGinn at dmcginn@inebraska.com

TUESDAYS WITH WRITERS BRINGS WRITERS TO WRITERS

(from the Daily Nebraskan, February 2nd, 2005)
The scent of coffee filled the air and welcomed spectators to a poetry reading. The Mill’s south location at 4736 Prescott Ave. hosts a poetry reading for poets called Tuesdays with Writer’s the first Tuesday of every month.
“I went to a poetry reading in Boulder, (Colo.) and then one in Minnesota and later in New York,” said Deborah McGinn, teacher of creative writing at Lincoln High School and organizer of Tuesdays with Writer’s. “Poetry has a real performance quality to it,” she said. Tuesdays with Writer’s started six years ago this July and promotes the poetic talent of the Lincoln area. McGinn has had to move her project to several areas to find the right fit, but said she feels she has found a great place with the Mill’s southern location. A selected poet reads his or her poetry for about 40 minutes and then the microphone is open to the public. “There seems to be a few writers who get all the attention and I know there’s more talent in Lincoln,” McGinn said. “I like to be all inclusive. I believe in the young voice, they work just as hard.”
Although McGinn encourages younger generations to perform their poetry and express their talents, she also gives older writers the opportunity to have their voice heard. Tuesday’s performance served as a perfect example.

Edgar Clemens, a retired University of Nebraska-Lincoln animal science professor, performed his “cowboy” poetry to a full Mill crowd. “I started writing poetry after I went to a cowboy poetry reading in Valentine,” Clemens said. “I went to a poetry workshop at Gere Library and Rex Walton said he liked my stuff and asked if I’d be interested.” Walton is an avid supporter and some-time reader at Tuesdays with Writer’s. Clemens played a harmonica before reciting his poetry and wove his tales of boys getting into mischief and cowboys on the trail, taking his audience back to the Old West Nebraska once knew. His poetry represented Midwestern values, as his narrative remained straightforward and honest. The warmth and hometown feel of The Mill provided a perfect atmosphere for the event and complimented Clemens poems nicely. “I really like having it at The Mill,” said McGinn. “Its such a non-pretentious environment.”
Tuesdays with Writer’s will have an anniversary special in July and welcomes poets of any kind to come and share their creativity. “You have a chance to come here and be recognized,” said Walton.

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