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SUMMARY:Thursdays on the Stoop: Poem Plus Prompt: A Study of Noel Quiñone
 s' Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays on the Stoop is a series of free\, virtual skill sh
 ares led for and by writers in our community. With topics ranging from g
 enerative prompts to editing strategies\, these informal sessions are su
 re to shake up your Thursday routine. RSVP below to get the link. Dive i
 nto the work of Noel Quiñones and come prepared to write in this free\, 
 hourlong skill share with author Dilruba Ahmed! Participants will read a
 nd discuss poetry from the book "ORANGE\," and engage in a brief writing
  exercise inspired by Quiñones' work. This session will equip attendees 
 to read and analyze poetry as inspiration for their own writing practice
 . All genres and levels of experience are welcome. Please familiarize yo
 urself with our Code of Conduct for online events. RSVP Dilruba Ahmed is
  the author of Bring Now the Angels (Pitt Poetry)\, with poems featured 
 in New York Times Magazine\, The Slowdown\, and Poetry Unbound. Her debu
 t book of poetry\, Dhaka Dust (Graywolf Press)\, won the Bakeless Prize.
  Her poems have appeared in Kenyon Review\, New England Review\, Ploughs
 hares\, and Virginia Quarterly Review. Her poems have also been antholog
 ized in The Best American Poetry 2019 (Scribner)\, Halal If You Hear Me 
 (Haymarket Books)\, Literature: The Human Experience (Bedford/St. Martin
 ’s) and elsewhere. Ahmed is the recipient of The Florida Review’s Editor
 s’ Award\, a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Prize\, and the Katharin
 e Bakeless Nason Fellowship in Poetry awarded by the Bread Loaf Writers 
 Conference. She holds degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and Warr
 en Wilson College’s MFA Program for Writers. Ahmed has taught with Warre
 n Wilson College’s MFA Program for Writers\, Chatham University’s MFA Pr
 ogram\, Swarthmore College\, Bryn Mawr College\, Hugo House\, and elsewh
 ere. Classes & consultations: www.dilrubaahmed.com Posted In: Free event
 s\n\nMore info: https://bluestoop.org/events/thursdays-on-the-stoop-poem
 -plus-prompt\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/c5914a04-d4be-476b-9b9
 b-6ba313ee07bd
LOCATION:Blue Stoop\, 1300 W Girard Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA 19123
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/c5914a04-d4be-476b-9b9b-6ba313ee07b
 d
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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