TUESDAYS WITH WRITERS

Tuesdays with Writers
March 3rd, @ 7 pm
the South Mill
48th & Prescott, Lincoln

Reading this evening will be Kirk Brown & Rex Walton . Kirk & Rex are two of the regular group of writers that hang out at the South Mill on those First Tuesdays, staying late, after the reading to talk writing, talk shop, talk about whatever can come up in writing. They've also been getting together to talk, and trade writing, for a year or more, with an increasingly larger group or writers. Still, the third original guy from the group, Carl Schneider, isn't in Lincoln anymore -- he's back home in Buffalo -- but I'm sure you will hear some of his poetry second-hand tonight, as well as original stuff by Kirk & Rex.

Don't FORGET __ OPEN MIKE immediately after the readers!!!

Deborah McGinn, Founder of Tuesdays With Writers
dmcginn@lps.org

AND, the Schedule for the rest of Spring (it will come.. ), and into summer:

APRIL: National Poetry Month -- and a GROUP READ!! ... MAY: The Chaparral Poets (seven readers!) ... JUNE: Nebraska writer/teacher/musician/whisperer-of-poetry-to-horses BEN GOTSCHALL ... JULY: Tuesdays With Writers celebrates 10 years! Another Famous GROUP reading! ... AUGUST: Taylor Mignon Published poet in Hummingbird, Pearl, Light and online with Dust Books. She "may even have my first poetry volume published by then from Printed Matter Press, Tokyo." She is putting together a manuscript of poems by modernist/surrealist Torii Shozo, most likely from highmoon press. As an editor, she co-edited/ advised Japan theme issues with Prairie Schooner, Vallum: contemporary poetry and Atlanta Review.

See more at http://www.tuesdayswithwriters.blogspot.com/
or http://www.moonreading.blogspot.com/

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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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