TUESDAYS WITH WRITERS: August 2011

September 6th, 7pm, at the South Mill

4724 Prescott, Lincoln:

writer Lisa Knopp ...

Nonfiction writer LISA KNOPP grew up in Burlington, Iowa. She is the author of Interior Places (University of Nebraska Press, 2007), The Nature of Home, and Flight Dreams: A Life in the Midwestern Landscape, Field of Vision. Her essays have appeared in many places, includingShenandoah, Michigan Quarterly Review and ISLE(Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment. She has taught at the University of Southern Illinois in Carbondale and is currently on the faculty of the English department at the University of Nebraska — Omaha, as well as the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Nonfiction at Goucher College. She lives in Lincoln.

..................... and, in coming months ----

Oct. ... Amy Plettner, featuring her new book, Undoing Orion's Belt

Nov. ... Shoshana Sumrall Frerkling

Dec. ... The Holiday Reading for everyone who wants to read

Jan. ... Andrew Ek and his slam team

Feb. ... Deola A. Thompson

Mar. ... Nancy Savery, Rex Walton, Charlene Neeley, and Marilyn Dorf

April ... Marge Saiser and Lucy Adkins

May ... Jen Davis Korn, Deborah McGinn, (Karla Decker and Becky Faber pending)

June

July ... The 13th Birthday reading of Tuesdays With Writers for everyone who wants to read

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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