TUESDAYS WITH WRITERS

TUESDAYS WITH WRITERS at the South Mill
Tuesday, October 2nd, 7pm - Tuesdays With Writers presents:
Shoshana Sumrall Frerking and Marilyn Dorf

Marilyn Dorf grew up on the farm her great grandparents homesteaded in Boone County, Nebraska where, as only child, she spent much time reading and exploring nature. Her writing has appeared in various publications, including Kansas Quarterly, Willow Review, Mankato Poetry Review, Plainsongs, Northeast, South Dakota Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Potpourri, The Christian Science Monitor, Nebraska Life, Plains Song Review, Timber Creek Review, Echoes, Avocet, 10x3 plus, and Platte Valley Review, as well as the anthologies Times of Sorrow/Times of Grace, Crazy Woman Creek, Nebraska Presence, and the forthcoming Untidy Seasons. She has received several prizes for her short fiction in the Annual Bess Streeter Aldrich Short Story competition, and is the author of five chapbooks: A Tribute to Buttons — A Beautiful Friend, Windmills Walk the Night, Of Hoopoes and Hummingbirds, I Know That An Owl Owns This Sky, and This Red Hill (Juniper Press, 2003). She lives in Lincoln with her cat, dog, computer, and a houseful of books.

When Shoshana Sumrall Frerking was five years old, a giant yellow lizard informed her he was going to gobble her up. In the morning, even knowing it had only been a nightmare, she was still terrified of being alone. When her mom finally asked what was wrong, Shoshana, embarrassed, explained about the bad dream. Her mom grabbed a broom. "Where is he right now?" she demanded. Together, they searched every room, and even looked outside in the farmyard. Coming back in, Shoshana suddenly pointed into a dark closet. "There he is!" Down crashed the broom, again and again, until the yellow lizard lay dead with his brains leaking out his ears. Mother and daughter cleaned up the mess and hauled the corpse out to the trash burner.

Shoshana's mother has always been her hero and inspiration to keep creating.

Shoshana grew up on a farm in western Nebraska, and now enjoys a career as a technical writer. Shoshana’s short fiction has been published in Deviant Minds, LAURUS Magazine, Plains Song Review,Fine Lines Journal, Paradigm, LITnIMAGE, and SNReview. A graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Shoshana lives in Lincoln with her husband, Todd, oldest stepson, Drew, and their three cats, Misery, Granger, and Mac.
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Nov: Prose read with Jen Davis Korn, Karla Decker, and Deborah McGinn

Dec.: Holiday Group Read

Jan.: Becky Faber, Charlene Neely, JK Brown and…

Feb.: Dominique Garay and ...

March:The Lincoln High School Slam Poetry Team

April: Marge Saiser

May: Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Violence Blue Light Press, 2013 Readers from the anthology

June: Lucy Adkins and Becky Breed bring a new book to the South Mill --

July: 14th Birthday Party for Tuesdays

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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