Louisville Creative Centre, Inc

Friends,

The following are the contents of this Louisville Creative Centre (LCC) Newsletter:

1) LCC Poetry Worksop, 13th of July and ending on the 17th of August, 2011.

2) LCC Fiction Workshop, 12th of July and ending on the 16th of August, 2011.

3) LCC Sponsored Fantastic Fiction Club

4) Call for programming

5) Louisville Creative Centre’s Parents’ Night Out, July 8, 2011.

6) LCC Group Format Change (Please request upgrade if you can.)

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1) Poetry Worksop

In this workshop, we will examine the elements that distinguish poetry from prose. Each student will have the opportunity to share their own work with the class, and, in turn, will provide constructive feedback to their peers. Additionally, we will consider published works as models for our own writing.

The poetry workshop instructor will be Amanda Phillips. Ms. Phillips is an Instructor at the University of Louisville, where she has taught creative writing and English composition.

This workshop will meet once a week on Wednesday nights, starting on the 13th of July and ending on the 17th of August, 2011. The workshop will start at 7:30 PM and last for one hour. This workshop will meet at the Louisville Creative Centre, which is located on the John Knox Presbyterian Church Campus.

Each member of the workshop will receive a new copy of “Best American Poetry 2010,” Edited by David Lehman, Amy Gerstler, and David Lehman. This book has a retail value of $10.00.

Contact Louisville Creative Centre Executive Director James H. Peterson III for more details. 502-387-9317 or .

Workshop Cost: $ 80.00 Sign-up below for the Poetry Workshop. Sign-up for the Poetry Workshop here: http://www.louisvillecreativecentre.org/workshops/

Louisville Creative Centre
9104 Westport Road
Louisville, KY 40242-3225

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2) Fiction Workshop

In this workshop, we will examine the basic elements of fiction storytelling, with particular focus on plot.

The fiction workshop instructor will be James H. Peterson III. Mr. Peterson is an Instructor at the Jefferson Community and Technical College, where he has taught English composition. Mr. Peterson has also taught English composition and creative writing for the University of Louisville and the Louisville Creative Centre.

This workshop will meet once a week on Tuesday nights, starting on the 12th of July and ending on the 16th of August, 2011. The workshop will start at 7:00 PM and last for one hour. (Our next fiction workshop will focus on character.)

Each member of the workshop will receive a new copy of “Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot,” James Scott Bell. This book has a retail value of $10.00.

Contact Louisville Creative Centre Executive Director James H. Peterson III for more details. 502-387-9317 or .

Workshop Cost: $ 80.00 Sign-up below for the Fiction Workshop. Sign-up for the Fiction Workshop here: http://www.louisvillecreativecentre.org/workshops/

Louisville Creative Centre
9104 Westport Road
Louisville, KY 40242-3225

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3) LCC is considering the creation of a Fantastic Fiction Writers Club. Fantastic Fiction has a broad definition, including the genre works from fantasy, horror, magical realism, science fiction, speculative, as well as normal fiction.

We would like to hear from you about your interest in this project. Please write to LCC Executive Director James H. Peterson III here on Facebook or at .

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4) The LCC is committed to furthering its mission as an arts education organization and we need your help to do this. If you have a programing idea that you would like to see LCC engage with, or if you have a class that you would teach, please let us know. You can contact any of the LCC Group Officers or Admins, write to LCC Executive Director James H. Peterson III at .

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5) Parent’s Night Out is Friday July 8, 2011, 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Children ages 4 to 12 are invited join us for an evening of arts and crafts, pizza, and a movie while parents have a little time to themselves. $20 per child covers dinner and all supplies. Art teachers Becky Kelm and Beth Bohannon are our instructors for the evening. Contact LCC for registration.

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6) Even though we have tried to ignore it, this four-year-old group for Louisville Creative Centre is now scheduled to be archived. The new group is called “Louisville Creative Centre & Louisville Creative School” and there will be a link on the Officers and Admins pages. Please join to keep up with our activities and the Kentuckiana arts scene.

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If you see one of those “request an upgrade” links on this group page, please use it.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Pax Tibi,

James H. Peterson III
Executive Director
Louisville Creative Centre, Inc

http://www.louisvillecreativecentre.org

LCC Writing & Writer’s Blog

Friends,

We would like to solicit your input on how to reformat the Louisville Creative Centre Writing and Writer’s Blog.

What do you think a writing blog should do?

What sort of content do you think should be in a writer’s blog?

Would you like to contribute as a writer or moderator for/of such a blog?

Many thanks for your input.

Louisville Creative Centre
Executive Director
James H. Peterson III

Kentucky Literary Newsletter, Number 219, March 1, 2011

Kentucky Literary Newsletter

Number 219, March 1, 2011

Published compliments of Wind Publications.

Latest news and calendar is on-line at http://windpub.com/current.htm

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Calendar

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Mar 1 — Ontologica is accepting submissions in Non-Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, and Art between March 1 and April 30. All submissions will be considered for the Summer 2011 Issue. www.warriorpoetgroup.com/Ontologica/

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Tue Mar 1 — Lexington — Tim Dorsey discussing and signing Electric Barracuda. Joseph Beth 7:00pm.

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Mar 1-2 — Louisville — Doris Settles will speak and sign her Understanding i-KIDS books at the KYSTE Conference.

CARNEGIE CENTER TRIPLE-HEADER

251 W. Second St, Lexington

Mon Mar 2 — Fenton Johnson, 7:30pm. The award-winning author returns to his native Kentucky to read and discuss his newly completed novel set in the Kentucky Knobs, as well as his commentary from the recent tragedies is Tucson.

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Thr Mar 3 — Lexington — Accents Publishing Book Premiere and Poezia Celebration. Eight new titles from Accents and the Poezia 4-year anniversary are celebrated with an Open Mic session. 6:30pm. Come and read your work. www.accents-publish ing.com

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Fri Mar 4 — Lexington — Celebrate the release of the Nikki Finney’s collection of poetry, Head Off & Split. Nikky will read selected poems. 7:00pm.

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Fri Mar 4 — Louisville — UofL Axton Reading Series hosts Marilyn Nelson, former Connecticut poet laureate and University of Connecticut English professor emeritus. Author or translator of more than a dozen books, she recently published the children’s book Snook Alone and poetry collection Sweethearts of Rhythm. She will read from her work at 7:30pm in Bingham Poetry Room, Ekstrom Library.

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Fri Mar 4 — Lexington — Buddhist Monk Gen Kelsang Mondrub discussing Meditations for a Clear Mind and Meditations for Relaxation. Joseph-Beth. 7:00pm.

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Sat Mar 5 — Campton — Leatha Kendrick will lead a writers’ workshop at the Wolfe County Adult Education Family Literacy Program behind the old Campton Elementary School . “Writing Winter Warm” will be the theme. The workshop will be from 10:00am- 4:00pm. The cost is $50. Lunch is included. Scholarships are available; we don’t want anyone to not attend because of finances, just ask when you register. Please e-mail me or call (606)725-4860 to register so we know how many for lunch. If the weather is bad we will reschedule.

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Sat Mar 5 — Louisville — Carmichael’s Bookstore hosts Lisa Pisterman for her book Germantown & Schnitzelburg, part of the Images of America series by Arcadia Press. 4:00pm. 2720 Frankfort Avenue, 502-896-6950

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Sun Mar 6 — Louisville — Carmichael’s Bookstore hosts two of Louisville’s creative favorites, here to discuss some excellent new releases. Nana Lampton will talk about her book, Bloom on a Split Board, and Mary Cobb will discuss her book Waiting and Being. 4:00pm. 2720 Frankfort Avenue, 502-896-6950

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Mar 4-5 — Frankfort — The Kentucky Philological Association (KPA) 38th Annual Conference at Kentucky State University. Visit the KPA web site for more info: www.thekpa.org.

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Wed Mar 9 — Lexington — Nikky Finney will be reading at the 20th anniversary of the Affrilachian poets at the University of Kentucky on March 9.

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Mar 9-13 — Crestwood — Green Rivers Writers, an organization long known for its efforts on behalf of writers, hosts a Fiction Retreat at the Kavanaugh Retreat Center. This retreat offers relaxed, participant-generated blocks of writing time and one-on-one or group sharing of work for editing or critiquing. Two seasoned novelists will be available for consultation and will discuss various aspects of novel-writing. For information phone Mary O’dell at 502-552-9578.

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Thr Mar 10 — Lexington — New York Times Bestselling Author Jasper Fforde discussing and signing One of Our Thursdays is Missing. 7:00pm. Line tickets required and available with the purchase of One of Our Thursdays is Missing, available March 8th. Presale vouchers and line tickets available now! Limited VIP line tickets available for Gives Back members.

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Thr Mar 10 — Lexington — Jonathan Green and Dobree Adams will speak about their work at the Headley – Whitney museum where their work is currently being exhibited. Free admission, RSVP is suggested to 859-255-6653. 4435 Old Frankfort Pike,

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Fri Mar 11 — Lexington — The Morris Book Shop welcomes Lexington author Christopher Rowe as he signs his debut novel of fantasy, Sandstorm: A Forgotten Realms Novel. . 6:00 pm. Free.

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Fri Mar 11 — Lexington — Patrick Rothfuss discussing and signing The Wise Man’s Fear. Joseph-Beth. 7:00pm.

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Fri Mar 11 — Louisivlle — InKY Reading Series at The Bards Town. Keith Banner, fiction; Karen McElmurray, fiction; Joel Henderson, music. Open mic at 7:00, featured readers at 8:00pm.

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Fri Mar 11 — Louisville — The Filson Historical Society, 1310 S. Third Street – Angene Wilson and Jack Wilson speak on their new book, Voices From the Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Kentucky Volunteers. 12:00 noon. Make reservations at The Filson, 502-635-5083, or at www.filsonhistorical.org.

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Mon Mar 14 — Louisville — Carmichael’s Bookstore hosts award-winning writer Chang Rae Lee reading from his latest novel, The Surrendered. Lee, best known for his novel Native Speaker, has also written the novels Aloft and A Gesture Life. Be on the lookout for more details to come soon. 7:00pm, 2720 Frankfort Ave. 502-896-6950

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Fri Mar 18 — Lexington — The Morris Book Shop hosts nationally bestselling author Kim Edwards as she reads from & signs her latest novel, The Lake of Dreams. 7:00 pm. Free.

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Sat Mar 19 — Lexington — The Morris Book Shop welcomes Angene and Jack Wilson as they sign Voices from the Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Kentucky Volunteers. 2:00 pm. Free.

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Sat Mar 19 — Lexington — Liz Curtis Higgs discussing and signing Mine is the Night. Joseph-Beth. 2:00pm.

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Mon Mar 21 — Le4xington –Angene Wilson and Jack Wilson discussing and signing Voices From the Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Kentucky Volunteers. Joseph Beth. 7:00pm.

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Wed Mar 23 — Louisville — The Filson Historical Society, 1310 S. Third Street — Roger Billings speaks on his new book, Abraham Lincoln, Esq.: The Legal Career of America’s Greatest President. 12:00 noon. Make reservations at The Filson, 502-635-5083, or at www.filsonhistorical.org

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Thr Mar 24 — Lexington — Halfway to the Women Writers Conference, with poet Lynnell Edwards, at Regatta Seafood Grille, 161 Lexington Green Circle, sponsored by Skirt! magazine. Speakers for the September conference will be unveiled, with their books available for purchase next door at Joseph-Beth, 5:30-8:30pm. Reading by Lynnell Edwards at 7:00pm. and a drawing for two free tickets to the Lexington conference on September 15-18.

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Fri Mar 25 – Berea – Come celebrate the Winter 2011 issue of Appalachian Heritage which features Cormac McCarthy! Our reading will be a multi-media extravaganza featuring three of the nation’s most distinguished McCarthy critics: Peter Josyph of Long Island, Rick Wallach of Miami, and Wes Morgan of Knoxville. This is a rare opportunity to have such a key group of McCarthy scholars together in Kentucky. Google “Cormac McCarthy” along with each of these three names for more information on their contributions. Cormac McCarthy’s brother, Dennis, will attend, but he has chosen not to speak. The gathering will take place at the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center, 205 North Main Street, Berea, Kentucky, with the reception beginning at 7:30 followed by the presentation at 8:00. The fourth art exhibition of “Cormac McCarthy’s House,” by Peter Josyph will be presented in an adjoining space. It has previously been shown in Sweden, England, and El Paso.

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Fri Mar 25 — Owensboro — Kim Michele Richardson will be signing The Unbreakable Child at Books-A-Million, 4:00-7:00pm

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Fri Mar 25 — Lexington — Marlene Mitchell and Gary Yeagle discussing and signing Seasons of Death. Joseph-Beth. 7:00pm.

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Sat Mar 26 — Lexington — The Morris Book Shop welcomes Lexington author Jon K. Elliott, who will sign copies of his novel, The Hands of Christ. 2:00 pm. Free.

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Sat Mar 26 — Lexington — Joseph-Beth Booksellers — A workshop on writing and illustrating children’s picture books, sponsored by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Featured speakers: Authors George Ella Lyon and Heather Henson, and artist Susan Eaddy. 8:30am-1:30pm. Advance registration at www.scbwi-midsouth.org/.

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Sat Mar 26 — Louisville — Support Women Artists Now (SWAN) Day, a showcase of local writers, visual artists, musicians, theatre artists, and dancers. PYRO Gallery, 1- 2 pm. 624 W. Main. Free. For further information, contact Nancy Gall-Clayton, nancygallclayton@earthlink..net, or Kathi E.B. Ellis, theatrekate@gmail.com.

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Sat Mar 26 — Lexington — Dune series co-author

Kevin Anderson discussing and signing Hellhole. Joseph-Beth. 2:00pm.

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Mon Mar 28 — Lexington — C.J. Box discussing and signing Cold Wind. Joseph-Beth. 7:00pm.

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Wed Mar 30 — Lexington — Holler Poets Series at Al’s Bar features Nikky Finney reading from her new book Head Off & Split.

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Thr Mar 31 — Louisville — UofL Axton Reading Series hosts Lee Abbott, distinguished professor of English at The Ohio State University, where he directs the master of fine arts program in creative writing. He has written seven short-story collections, most recently “All Things, All at Once: New & Selected Stories.” He will read at 7:30pm in Bingham Poetry Room, Ekstrom Library.

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Thr Mar 31 — Lexington — Martha Evans Sparks discussing and signing Raising Your Children’s Children. Joseph-Beth. 7:00pm.

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Miscellaneous News and Opinion

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Writers Workshop, Campton, Saturday Mar 5, led by Leatha Kendrick at the Wolfe County Adult Education Family Literacy Program behind the old Campton Elementary School . “Writing Winter Warm” will be the theme. The workshop will be from 10am till 4:00pm. The cost is $50. Lunch is included. Scholarships are available; we don’t want anyone to not attend because of finances, just ask when you register. Please e-mail me or call (606)725-4860 to register so we know how many for lunch. If the weather is bad we will reschedule.

THE POET’S CORNER — Kentucky has a rich poetic history. Each month Fred Smock presents a poem by one of Kentucky’s many fine poets. March’s poet is Nana Lampton.

www.windpub.com/PoetsCorner

Ohio- Kentucky- Indiana Children’s Literature Conference, Fantastic Journeys through Literature, Nov 5 at Thomas More College. For more information or to add your name to the OKI e-mail distribution list contact Jennifer Smith at smithjen@nku.edu or call 859-572-6620.. http://oki.nku.edu/

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IN MEMORIAM — Juanita Blair of Morehead, author, historian and genealogist.

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Master the Art of Workshop Presentation — Berea Tourism and the City of Berea hosts this professional development training seminar in Berea on April 9 & 10. For information contact patb@newwavecomm.net.

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Silas House in The New York Times — My Polluted Kentucky Home — “They bathe their children in water that has arsenic levels as high as 130 times what the EPA deems safe to drink.” NYTimes

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The Kentucky Women Writers Conference is now accepting submissions for the 2011 Gabehart Prize. Three prizes are awarded, in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Each winner receives $200, two 2-day passes, and the opportunity to read her winning manuscript at the conference. Access the guidelines and entry form here.

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Kentucky Women Writers Conference past presenter Nikky Finney has published a new book of poems, Head Off & Split. She is featured on the cover of the current issue of Poets & Writers.

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KENTUCKY WOMEN’S BOOK FESTIVAL — University of Louisville. Saturday May 21. www.louisville.edu/womenscenter/kwbf

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Maureen Morehead will be formally inducted as Kentucky Poet Laureate (2011-12) at the Kentucky Writers’ Day Celebration, April 25 in the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort. http://www.governor.ky.gov

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Several writing workshops (both prose and poetry) begin soon at Lexington’s Carnegie Center. http://carnegieliteracy.org/workshops/writing/

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In April the Fellowship of Southern Writers will award the 2011 James Still Award for Writing about the Appalachian South to Jeff Daniel Marion. Formerly poet-in-residence and professor of creative writing at Carson-Newman College, Marion is the author of eight books, including The Chinese Poet Awakens (Wind Publications, 1999), Father (Wind Publications, 2010), and Ebbing & Flowing Springs: New and Selected Poems and Prose, 1976-2001, named winner of the 2003 Independent Publishers Award in Poetry, and Appalachian Book of the Year by the Appalachian Writers Association.

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Tony Crunk, New Covenant Bound, and the land between the rivers — article in The Courier-Journal

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The Green Rivers Writers, a vibrant organization long known for its efforts on behalf of Kentucky writers, hosts a Novels & Prose Retreat, March 9-13 at the Kavanaugh Retreat Center in Crestwood Ky. This retreat offers relaxed, participant- generated blocks of writing time and one-on-one or group sharing of work for editing or critiquing. Two seasoned novelists will be available for consultation and discussion of various aspects of writing. For information phone Mary O’dell at 502-552-9578.

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The Capital City Writers Roundtable meets monthly in Frankfort. For information or if you’d like to join the group contact Jerry Deaton jdeaton@me.com

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Playwrights are invited to attend the March 13 meeting of the Kentucky Playwrights Workshop, 2:00-5:00pm, in the 2nd floor meeting room of the Highlands Kroger, 2440 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40205. Learn more at http://517playwrights.blogspot.com or e-mail ky.playwright@yahoo.com

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Forty-seven Kentucky women have received Artist Encouragement grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Northern Kentuckians Kelly Moffett, assistant professor of English at NKU, and Vickie Cimprich will enjoy writing retreats at Cistercian monasteries.

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First West Workshop for Women Writers (an extension of KY’s Retreat for Women Writers) will be held at Northern Kentucky University July 29-31, 2011. Each genre workshop will be limited to ten participants. Workshop leaders include award-winning writers Sarah Gorham, James Harms, and Karen McElmurrary. For more information, visit the website http://firstwest.english-nku.org. Contact: moffettk1@nku.edu or 859-572-1353.

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ELandF Small Projects Accelerator provides support for intimate artist-driven projects which usually occur in public space and which fall outside the realm of traditionally funded projects. http://elandfgallery.blogspot.com/

— Poetry Chapbooks —From Accents Publishing —

www.accents-publishing.com/books

¤ Matthew Haughton, Bee-coursing Box

¤ Bianca Spriggs, How Swallowtails Become Dragons

¤ Bobby Steve Baker, Numbered Bones

¤ Nana Lampton, Bloom on a Split Board

¤ Jim Lally, Stick Tight Man

¤ Jude Lally, The View From Down HereFrom Finishing Line Press —

http://www.finishinglinepress.com

¤ Sonja de Vries, Planting a Garden in Baghdad

¤ Karen George, Into the Heartland

¤ Libby Falk Jones, Above the Eastern Treetops, Blue

¤ Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, The Most

¤ Sandy McCord, Dragon Well

¤ Alan MacKellar, Chasing Schroedinger’s Cat

¤ Barb McMakin, Digging Bones

¤ Leah Maines, Beyond the River (Winner of the Kentucky Writers’ Coalition Chapbook Competition. Reprinted with permission of KWC Press)

¤ R. H. Miller, A Long Glance

¤ Nicole Moro, Almost

¤ Mary O’Dell, What I Can Count On

¤ Jane Olmsted, Tree Forms

¤ Pamela Johnson Parker, Other Four-letter Words

¤ Julie Marie Wade, Without (New Women’s Voices Series, No. 79)

¤ Georgia Wallace, The Coming Fall

¤ Dr. Ben Witherington, III, The Gravity, and also Sacred and Mundane

¤ Sheri L. Wright, The Slow Talk of Stones

Mr. Pink: The Inside Story of the Transylvania Book

Heist by Charles Allen tells how Allen and three of his friends borrowed his aunt’s van in December 2004 and robbed valuable first-edition books from Transylvania University’s special collections library, tying up and terrorizing a librarian in the process. This is a story that belongs on one of those stupidest-criminals-of-the-century TV shows, or maybe in a movie, The Four Stooges Go To College — probably not a book I’ll be reading. theprincipal.blogspot.com

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Writers/Artists wanted for publication on the Kentucky Young Writers Connection Blog. One writer will be featured each week through April. Personal promotion allowed but unfortunately no stipend. Contact doris@dorissettles.com with a 300-500 word essay addressing 1) how/why you became a writer/artist; 2) how nature, ecology, your environment past and present have shaped or fit into your work. www.youngwritersconnection.org/

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Check out Susan Caldwell’s biography, Betty Rea. In 1920′s and 30′s Northern Kentucky, Betty Rea dances and works, fights and loves. Her path is littered with questionable choices, but her insistence on living her life her own way makes her unique among woman of her time. Amazon

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Still: The Journal — The winter issue is full of good words, including short fiction by Shelly Ayers, Angelyn DeBord, Mike Hampton, and Kelli Haywood; poetry by Jesse Graves, Pauletta Hansel, Brent House, John P. Lackey, George Ella Lyon, Llewellyn McKernan, and Christopher Prewitt; and creative nonfiction by Christopher Martin and Erik Reece. Our interview is with Kentucky musician Daniel Martin Moore, who just released a new CD, and the multi-media feature is a performance of Daniel singing “Dear Companion” with Ben Sollee. As always, past issues are archived, and everything is accessible at www.stilljournal.net

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The Headley-Whitney Museum presents FULL CIRCLE, a collaborative show of tapestries, photographs, and poems by Dobree Adams and Jonathan Greene, now until March 27. There will be “An Evening with the Artists” on March 10, 6:00-8:00pm, at which Dobree will talk about Collaboration and Jonathan will talk about Asian influence on his (and others) poetry. Jonathan will also conduct a walk-through talk about his book design. The museum would like folks to RSVP but it is not necessary to gain entrance. RSVP to 859-255-6653, 4435 Old Frankfort Pike, Lexington.

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REVIEW — George Ella Lyon’s new poetry collection BACK is reviewed in the Courier-Journal.

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REVIEW — Nana Lampton’s poetry chapbook Bloom on a Split Board is reviewed in the Courier Journal.

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REVIEW — There is no “I” in team, but apparently, there is a lot of “me” in memior. NYTimes

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Ontologica will be accepting submissions in Non-Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, and Art between March 1 and April 30. All submissions will be considered for the Summer 2011 Issue. www.warriorpoetgroup.com/Ontologica/

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Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume IV: Tennessee invites submissions from poets who are Tennessee natives or who have lived there at least a year. www.southern-poetry-anthology.com

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The Kentucky Young Writers Connection presents Arts in The Parks Summer Writing Camp. Held in nine Kentucky State Parks all over the state, grades 3 to adult. Registration runs from February 1 through April 30. Contact Allison Bruning for more information at 502-732-5574 or 502-310-2515, or email her at allisonbruning@gmail.com. They are also seeking volunteers such as writers, publishers, editors, and anyone else who would like to help with the event. www.youngwritersconnection.org/

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Call For Submissions — New Madrid, a journal of contemporary literature, welcomes well-crafted, compelling submissions of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction for its upcoming Summer 2011 issue. Quality is the determining factor for acceptance in New Madrid. The submission period is January 15 until March 15. For complete guidelines, see www.newmadridjournal.org.

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Kentucky Young Writers Connection’s “How I Became a Writer” series is available on-line for Kentucky students. www.youngwritersconnection.org/

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Kentucky Authors for Educators — This new website, hosted by Michael Embry, is a resource for teachers and librarians that can be used to locate information about Kentucky authors and publications for use in the classroom. http://kyauthorsforeducators.weebly.com You may contact Michael at michael.embry@gmail.com.

April 16 thru 18 — 13th Annual Conference of the Elizabeth Madox Society, with the legendary Beaumont Inn in Harrodsburg as the conference home base and three days of moveable feast events throughout Roberts Country. Registration information available from Stoney_Sparrow@webtv.net.

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Saturday Apr 16

– 2-4 PM Arrival & check-in at the Beaumont Inn, Harrodsburg, KY

– 5-6 PM “Sonnets, Song, and Smoke: Reception for the Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society” at KENTUCKYLIT Book & Cigar Store 129 South Main,

Harrodsburg (see www.kentuckylit.com)

– 7-9 PM Opening Banquet at the Beaumont Inn: Traditional Kentucky Country Ham & Yellowleg Fried Chicken Dinner (vegetarian requests taken one month in advance–please notify Amanda Boyle, Program Chair); Keynote Address; Award Presentations

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Sunday Apr 17

– 12 Noon Reception at Roncevaux Farm

–2-3:30 PM Kentucky Writers Day at Penn’s Store, Gravel Switch

– 5 PM Banquet honoring the Roberts Society: “The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society Sunday Supper” at the Springfield Opera House (124 West Main downtown Springfield)–”Hosted by Mayor John W. Cecconi, Springfield City Council, Nell Haydon & Main Street/Renaissance, and the Ladies of Springfield”

– 6 PM Tour of “Eleanores”–The Elizabeth Madox Roberts House: Hosted by Joan Hamilton

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Monday Apr 18

– 8:30-AM-6 PM Academic sessions at St. Catharine College (Springfield/St.Catharine: Sessions held in St. Catharine Hall aka “The Old Chapel”)

– 6 PM Annual Graveside Roberts Memorial Reading, Springfield Cemetery

– 8 PM Annual EMRS Business Meeting, Beaumont Inn

Sean Patrick Hill is offering two poetry classes through the University of Louisville Delphi Center for Teaching & Learning. “Introduction to Reading & Writing Poetry” will be offered Wednesday evenings, February 16-April 27, 6:30-8:30 PM, and “Poetry Writing Workshop” will be offered Monday evenings from February 21-May 5, 6:30-8:30 PM. All classes are at the U of L Shelby Campus. For more information or to register, contact the Delphi Center at 502.852.6456 or view class descriptions online at https://louisville.edu/delphi.

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Ann H. Gabhart’s new novel, Angel Sister, was inspired in part by the many stories Gabhart’s mother told her of growing up in small town Kentucky during the 1930s. www.annhgabhart.com

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Helen Losse’s new book, Seriously Dangerous, will sell for $14, but you can order it now for $9 + shipping by placing an Advance Discount order from the Main Street Rag Online Bookstore.

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Sarabande Books holds two national contests: The Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry and the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. Submissions open Jan 1. www.sarabandebooks.org/

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REVIEWS — Karen L. Newman’s poetry Book ChemICKal Reactions. haolereads blog and green genre poetry blog

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Friends of Kristin Johannsen have established the Kristin Johannsen Memorial Fund which is being administered by Madison County Public Library. Donations will be used to build and maintain a collection of materials that reflect Kristin’s passionate involvement and interest in politics, environmental issues, and travel/world cultures. Donations may be sent to Madison County Public Library, 319 Chestnut Street, Berea, KY 40403 Attn: Mrs. Abbie Harris, Branch Librarian.

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Conglomeration is a general science-fiction and fantasy convention in Louisville. The 2011 event will be held April 22 – 24, 2011 (that’s Easter weekend), at the Crowne Plaza Hotel of Louisville. Conglomeration seeks to help promote local science fiction, fantasy, and horror genre authors. If you would be interested in participating in the convention’s author readings and/or literary panels, please contact Marsha White or Jay Garmon, at programming@conglomeration.info. To learn more about Conglomeration, visit www.conglomeration.info/

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Lexington — A new writers’ group is being formed! It’s name is DREAMBUILDING — Goal Group for Writers, and it meets every first and third Wednesday, Noon until 1:00 at the Carnegie Center. Moderated by poet and publisher Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, this group offers a safe and supportive environment for poets, writers and artists to state, discover, discuss and fine-tune their short and long-term goals, both creative and career-related. This is also an opportunity for writers to learn from each other’s experience, as well as to help one another.

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Bestselling novelist Kim Edwards’ new book is The Lake of Dreams. Set in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, The Lake of Dreams is the story of Lucy Jarrett and her discovery of a hidden past, glimpsed first through fragments of old letters and traces left in stained glass windows. It’s an Independent Booksellers pick for the month of January.

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Renee Emerson has a new chapbook — The Whitest Sheets (Maverick Duck Press)

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Kentucky author/editor Ron Ellis has been appointed associate editor of the new web-based magazine The Contemporary Wingshooter (www.thecontemporarywingshooter.com). Ellis contributes two columns, “The Wingshooter’s Library” and “Spent Shells,” each quarter, as well as feature stories for IDP’s companion magazines, The Contemporary Sportsman and Backcast, a fly-fishing quarterly forthcoming March 1.

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Old Seventy Creek Press invites all poets who have not published a book-length collection of poetry to submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages with a $25.00 entry fee. www.oldseventycreekpress.books.officelive.com

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REVIEW — Sherry Chandler comments on Joe Napora’s new book, The Daniel Boone Poems. sherrychandler.com

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The Kentucky Young Writers Connection was recently awarded a mini Eco Grant through the Lexington / Fayette County Government. The focus of the effort, Place is on Purpose, provides young people with the opportunity to connect to their community viscerally through site visits to their defining historic landmarks and is supported by knowledgeable and passionate author mentors. Additionally, from October 2010 through April of 2011, Place is on Purpose provides the next generation of authors a forum in which youth can come to know and appreciate seasoned Kentucky authors coming from a wide spectrum of literary genres. A new section of Kentucky Young Writers Connection is entitled How I Became a Writer. Each week a new Kentucky artist will provide 200 to 500 words addressing obstacles they had to overcome in their early development as a writer and/or how certain mentors contributed to their creativity.

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REVIEW — Heather Sellers’ memoir You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know. NYTimes

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David Dick Fund — The University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications is establishing a memorial fund honoring David Dick, former director of the school and long-time broadcast news reporter who passed away in July. The fund, called the David Dick “What a Great Story” Storytelling Fund, will recognize one UK student journalist and one Kentucky professional journalist each year for outstanding journalistic storytelling. Univ of Ky

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Print journals that accept on-line submissions, compliments of Diane Lockward. http://networkedblogs.com/30vt8

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KENTUCKY-RELATED BOOKS

www.windpub.com/newkentuckybooks.htm

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Wandering Storytellers — the last Monday of every month at Natasha’s Bistro & Bar in downtown Lexington. 8:00pm. $5.00 cover. Reservations 259-2754.

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The Review Review — reviews, interviews, writing and publishing tips for writers. www.thereviewreview.net

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Morris Book Shop, 408 Southland Dr, Lexington, just across the street from Good Foods Co-op. Regular hours are 10am-7pm Mon-Sat, and 11am-5pm Sun. Phone 859-276-0494. More information on the store, and partners Wyn Morris and Hap Houlihan, can be found in this BizLex article. Black Swan Books, East Maxwell near Woodland Ave, Lexington. The store’s inventory includes many local writers and Kentucky-related books, both used and new. www.BlackSwanBooks.NET Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky — Books that are works of art, handset in metal type and printed on a hand-fed press. http://www.larkspurpress.com Poor Richard’s Books, 233 West Broadway, Frankfort 502-223-8018 http://poorrichards.indiebound.com/ CoffeeTree Books, Morehead. Eastern Kentucky’s largest independent bookstore. 606-784-8364 www.coffeetreebooks.com The Writers Workshop Project (WWP) led by Michael Jackman meets monthly, 6:00-9:30pm in Louisville. Following a mixer and presentation on writing craft, writers discuss their work, supervised by the instructor. If you don’t have a draft, bring your editor’s hat and help critique. Open to writers of all levels. Special for first-timers: If you’ve never come to a meeting before, try your first one at a 10% discount. More information at http://the-wwp.com or phone 502-896-8480. Bookclub@KET is a discussion of books by Kentucky authors, hosted by Bill Goodman on Kentucky Educational Television. Transcripts and streaming videos of selected past broadcasts are available on the KET website, as well as the Bookclub broadcast schedule — ket.org/bookclub/schedule.htm

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John Lackey’s Homegrown Press Gallery & Studio, 574 N Limestone St (6th and Lime), Lexington. For more information see www.homegrownpress.com.

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Published to promote the literary arts in Kentucky by Wind Publications. More information at www.windpub.com/current.htm.

Future Plans for the Louisville Creative Center and School

Louisville Creative Center and School Summary:

The Louisville Creative Centre is a grassroots 501(c)3 recognized non-profit dedicated to arts education, production, and advocacy in the Metro Louisville, Jefferson County, and Kentuckiana area. Our service area covers the whole of the Kentuckiana area as it represents a unique blend of both urban and rural cultures not often found in other parts of the United States. Louisville Creative Centre has been an IRS recognized tax except 501(c)3 corporation since the 20th of February 2009.

It is the aim of the Louisville Creative Centre to open first a community arts and education centre. Secondly, we aim to found the Louisville Creative School, which will be an arts infused education model, coupled with a classical languages education model. The Louisville Creative School will start with pre¬school (ages 3-4), and add no less than one grade level each following year after it is open until the 12th grade. The opening of Louisville Creative School will address the substantial lack of arts education in our community for young children and teens.

Mission Statements:

Louisville Creative Centre

Mission Statement: We believe that those that have received training in the creative arts have a moral and ethical responsibility to return a portion of that training to the community and other up and coming artists. We provide an organized structure to allow for and support professional artists who wish to teach. We also provide an organized structure for individuals from all aspects of society who wish to work closely with professional artists in a structured and organized educational environment.

Goals:

• Provide an organized structure for artists and students to teach and learn

• Provide low cost and high quality arts education to our service area

• Reduce the arts drain in our community by providing for local artists to return to or remain in our area after they have attended formal arts education programs

Louisville Creative School

Mission Statement: The mission of the Louisville Creative School is to prepare students artistically and personally to matriculate into the rigors of academia with classically enriched skills, creativity, integrity and a respect for culturally diverse environments.
Goals:

• Fine Arts Infused Education:

o Young students (ages 3 to 6) experience their world in physical ways, so the many creative arts will be a daily part of the learning environment

o Creative self-expression leads to greater excitement about learning, and development of fine and gross motor skills, in a non-competitive environment.

o The creative arts improves language acquisition because of the narrative nature of children’s art

• Language Arts Infused Education:

o Classical language education improves vocabulary comprehension, cultural understanding, and rational thought

o Learning a second language in childhood is as easy as learning the first language, and greatly increases the ease of third language acquisition

o Foreign language study increases student ability to function in an increasingly multicultural and interconnected world

• Experiential Classical Education:

o Classical education depends on a three-part process of training the mind, where the early years of school are spent in absorbing facts, systematically laying the foundations for advanced study. In the middle grades, students learn to think through arguments. In the high school years, they learn to express themselves.

o Classical education programs include a heavy emphasis on all subject areas of self-expression, including drawing, painting, poetry, literature, history, and the dramatic speaking arts.

o Classical education recognizes the whole child must be developed and taught in accordance with Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, and that the educational methods must adapt to the student

Louisville Creative School Arts Education Models:

Arts Infused Education:

• Early childhood students (ages 3 to 6) will experience their world in physical ways, and the many creative arts will be a daily part of the Louisville Creative School learning environment

• Development of fine and gross motor skills, in a non-competitive environment.

• Creative self-expressions leads to greater excitement about learning

• Improves language acquisition because of the narrative nature of children’s art

Classical Education Model:

• Classical education depends on a three-part process of training the mind.

o The early years of school are spent in absorbing facts, systematically laying the foundations for advanced study. In the middle grades, students learn to think through arguments. In the high school years, they learn to express themselves. This classical pattern is called the Trivium.

• The Trivium is comprised of three subjects:

o Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric.

• The Quadrivium consisted of four subjects:

o Arithmetic, Geometry (Drawing), Music (Arts), and Astronomy (Science).

• Additionally, in Classical and Medieval education programs drawing, painting, poetry, literature-history, were taught as sub-topics of Rhetoric, Geometry, and Astronomy.

Classical Language Education:

• Francis Bacon wrote that ‘The scholar’s first duty is to learn languages, so that he can communicate with all men of wisdom, learning, and commerce.’

• Classical language education improves vocabulary comprehension, cultural understanding, rational thought through the study of grammar.

• Learning a second language in early childhood is as easy as learning the first language, and greatly increases the ease of third language acquisition

• Increases historical and cultural capital through the study of history of Latin, and its impacts on world history

• Classical language education improves vocabulary comprehension, cultural understanding, and rational thought

• Increases student ability to function in a multicultural world

Kentucky Literary Newsletter, Number 218, February 15, 2011

Kentucky Literary Newsletter

Number 218, February 15, 2011

Published compliments of Wind Publications.

Latest news and calendar is on-line at http://windpub.com/current.htm

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Tue Feb 15 – Lexington – Kentucky Great Writers Series hosted by the Carnegie Center. Sena Jeter Naslund, Katerina Stoykova, and Tori McClure read from their recent books. Open mic at 7:00pm followed by featured readers at 7:30. A signing will follow the readings. 251 W Second St.

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Tue Feb 15 – Owensboro – Third Tuesday Writers Coffeehouse presents three writers from Louisville – poet Erin Keane and non-fiction writers Beth Newberry and Ray Abbott. There also will be Open Mic for local writers of prose, poetry, comedy, and song and a fun on-the-spot writing competition. 7:00 ‘til 9:30pm in Woodward’s at the RiverPark Center on Daviess Street just off Second. Free. For information, contact David Bartholomy: 270-686-4203 or david.bartholomy@brescia.edu .

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Tue Feb 15 – Lexington – English B Tuesday, Lexington’s only themed open mic, takes place the third Tuesday of every month: Alfalfa’s (141 East Main Street), 7:00pm, Free. Light refreshments and beverages served. Each month, writers have up to four weeks to write to the same prompt. Check out more information and poems at: www.englishbtuesday.blogspot.com .

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Wed Feb 16 – Nicholasville – Jessamine County Public Library – 600 S. Main Street – At 7:00pm Dr. Burnam Reynolds from Asbury University will speak on “The Terrorists’ Crusade” explaining how and why terrorists have wrongly adopted the word “crusades” in reference to their destructive mission. Visit the JCPL calendar at www.jesspublib.org/calendars or call 859-885-3523 for more details * Wed Feb 16 – Lexington – Holler 33 presents readings by Ricardo Nazario-Colon and Elizabeth Beck. Music by Marcus Wilkerson. 8:00pm. Free.

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Thr Feb 17 – Lexington – Joseph-Beth Booksellers hosts Lexington Food & Restaurant Legend Mary Parlanti signing From the Kitchen of Mary Parlanti With Love. 7:00pm * Thr Feb 17 – Stanford – Byron Crawford will sign his newest book, Kentucky Footnotes, at Kentucky Soaps & Such from 4:00-6:30pm. Kentucky Footnotes is a hardbound collection of some of his favorite stories gathered over nearly 30-years as the Courier-Journal’s Kentucky Columnist. 203 West Main Street in Stanford, refreshments provided.

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Thr Feb 17 – Barbourville – Union College presents Bianca Spriggs reading The Afro That Ate Kentucky and Other Poems from her new poetry collection Kaffir Lily. 6:30pm in the Patridge Campus Center.

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Thr Feb 17 – Louisville – UofL Axton Reading Series hosts Danielle Evans, American University assistant professor of literature. She wrote the short-story collection Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, and her work has been included in The Best American Short Stories for 2008 and 2010 and in New Stories From the South 2010. She will read from her work at 7:30pm in Bingham Poetry Room, Ekstrom Library.

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Fri Feb 17 – Louisville – The Writers Workshop Project is five years old. Founder Michael Jackman is having a little birthday party from 6:00-8:00pm at NuLu Black Box, 812 E. Market (in the rear). Anyone who has EVER been to a WWP workshop is invited to read at the open mic. Anyone who has NEVER been to a WWP workshop is also invited to read at the open mic. And there will be birthday cake…It’s informal, come at 6:00 or whenever; hang out and say hello and happy birthday. All are invited to listen and participate. Free and open to the public. http://workshops.the-wwp.com

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Fri Feb 18 – Lexington – The Morris Book Shop hosts the public release of the DVD Elbow of Light: a Film on James Baker Hall. 6:00 pm. Free.

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Fri Feb 18 – Lexington – Joseph-Beth Booksellers hosts Lexington author Don Hall discussing and signing Hadden Coalfield: Catcher in the Lie. 7:00pm.

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Feb 18 & 19 – Lexington – Mary Ann Taylor-Hall, poet, novelist and short story writer, will join the Reel World String Band for an evening of music and readings at Natasha’s Cafe. After publishing successes with her short stories, Mary Ann in 1995 wrote her first novel Come and Go Molly Snow. The novel is filled with musical references. As The Philadelphia Inquirer states: “Lush and loaded as a bluegrass lick…” The evening will revisit this novel and its musical underpinnings as well as other works. A production of Artists for a Sustainable Future.

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Sat Feb 19 – Elizabethtown – Russell Lunsford will sign his children’s book, Benjamin Nathan Tuggle – Adventurer: Daniel Boone and the Settlement of Boonesborough. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1980 N. Dixie Hwy, 1:00-3:00pm * Sat Feb 19 – The Night of Mothers Annual Journal Workshop, 9:30-5:00pm. This annual workshop with writer Normandi Ellis offers the opportunity to spend a day in meditation with your journal as you bring together your inner and outer selves for self examination and growth. What no longer serves us, we release. The life we envision we call to us. And we celebrate the synchronous events, the ironies, the battles won and lost in a Saturday of depth remembering. $75. Call 502-352-7503 or email ellisisis@aol.com for further details.

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Sat Feb 19 – Lexington – Christopher Kelder will sign his book, The Secret of Cobb Creek, A Short Novel & Other Stories, from 2 – 5 pm, at Half-Price Books on Sir Barton Way. The novella is about a man who travels to eastern Kentucky during the Depression to teach the impoverished, uneducated children of coal miners how to write poetry. It is accompanied by six short stories.

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Sun Feb 20 – Lexington – Joseph-Beth Booksellers hosts Linda Light discussing and signing Passions & Prejudice: The Secrets of Spindletop. 2:00pm.

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Sun Feb 20 – Louisville – Celebrate the release of two new books of poetry by award-winning authors Ernie O’Dell and Sheri L. Wright. There will be plenty of good food and drinks to accompany readings from the new collections published by Finishing Line Press, followed by signings and a Q&A. The Bard’s Town, 1801 Bardstown Rd. 5:00pm.

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Tue Feb 22 – Lexington – Joseph-Beth Booksellers hosts inspirational novelists Ann H. Gabhart and Virginia Smith signing their recent Kentucky-based novels, Angel Sister (Gabhart) and A Deadly Game (Smith). 7:00pm.

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Wed Feb 23 – Lexington – Joseph-Beth Booksellers hosts bestselling cookbook author Anne Byrn discussing and signing The Cake Mix Doctor Bakes Gluten-Free. 7:00pm.

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Wed Feb 23 – Nicholasville – Jessamine County Public Library – 600 S. Main Street – 7:00pm. Join a book discussion that explores both science fiction and science fact. Mars has been a popular science fiction destination since the 1800s. Now manned missions to the red planet are being planned. How soon can we expect the first human to set foot on Martian soil? Guest speaker Jacob Gamsky, a UK physics student and President of the local SEDS (Students for the Exploration & Development of Space) chapter, will be leading the first of a two-part series on Mars. Visit the JCPL calendar at www.jesspublib.org/calendars or call 859-885-3523 for more details.

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Thr Feb 24 – Bowling Green – Warren County Public Library hosts an event for the authors of two books, Bittersweet Journey: Andrew Jackson’s Inaugural Trip by Carlton Jackson, and Bowling Green Since 1950 by Portia Pennington and Amy Wood, a collection of Tommy Hughes photographs chronicling the last 50 years of the 20th century. 6:00pm 1225 State Street.

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Fri Feb 25 – Lexington – Joseph-Beth Booksellers hosts Lexington author Donald Clark discussing and signing The Notorious “Bull” Nelson: Murdered Civil War General. 7:00pm.

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Feb 25-26 – Lexington – The 43rd McConnell Conference at the Embassy Suites Hotel. The conference theme, featuring award-winning author / educator Sharon M. Draper as the banquet speaker, is Diverse Directions in Youth Literature. Other featured presenters are award-winning author Matt de la Peña and award-winning illustrator Rafael Lòpez * Sat Feb 26 – Elizabethtown – David Toczko signs Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, 50th Anniversary of the Restoration. Barnes & Noble, 1980 N. Dixie Hwy, 1:00-3:00pm * Sat Feb 26 – LaGrange – Marlene Mitchell and Gary Yeagle will sign their new mystery book, Seasons Of Death: The Smoky Mountains Murders, at Karen’s Book Barn. 1:00-3:00pm * Sat Feb 26 – Lexington – Joseph-Beth Booksellers hosts New York Times Bestselling author Kim Harrison discussing and signing Pale Demon. 2:00pm. Line tickets required and available with the purchase of Pale Demon, available February 22nd. Presale vouchers available Tuesday, February 1st. Limited number of VIP tickets available for Gives Back members.

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Feb 28 – Louisville – Sarabande will host poets Timothy Donnelly and Peter Streckfus for the 2nd installment of the 21c Reading Series. This 7:30pm event is held at 21c Museum Hotel and is free and open to the public.

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Mar 1 – Ontologica is accepting submissions in Non-Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, and Art between March 1 and April 30. All submissions will be considered for the Summer 2011 Issue. http://www.warriorpoetgroup.com/Ontologica/

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Mar 1-2 – Louisville – Doris Settles will speak and sign her Understanding i-KIDS books at the KYSTE Conference.

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Fri Mar 4 – Lexington – Celebrate the release of the long-awaited collection of poetry by Nikky Finney, Head off & Split. Nikky will read selected poems from this new collection at the Carnegie Center, 7:00pm.

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Fri Mar 4 – Louisville – UofL Axton Reading Series hosts Marilyn Nelson, former Connecticut poet laureate and University of Connecticut English professor emeritus. Author or translator of more than a dozen books, she recently published the children’s book Snook Alone and poetry collection Sweethearts of Rhythm. She will read from her work at 7:30pm in Bingham Poetry Room, Ekstrom Library.

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Sat Mar – 5 – Louisville – Carmichaels Bookstore hosts Lisa Pisterman for her book Germantown & Schnitzelburg, part of the Images of America series by Arcadia Press. 4:00pm. 2720 Frankfort Avenue, 502-896-6950

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Sun Mar 6 – Louisville – Carmichael’s Bookstore hosts two of Louisville’s creative favorites, here to discuss some excellent new releases. Nana Lampton will talk about her book, Bloom on a Split Board, and Mary Cobb will discuss her book Waiting and Being. 4:00pm. 2720 Frankfort Avenue, 502-896-6950

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Mar 4-5 – Frankfort – The Kentucky Philological Association (KPA) 38th Annual Conference at Kentucky State University. Visit the KPA web site for more info: www.thekpa.org .

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Mar 9-13 – Crestwood – Green Rivers Writers, an organization long known for its efforts on behalf of writers, hosts a Fiction Retreat at the Kavanaugh Retreat Center. This retreat offers relaxed, participant-generated blocks of writing time and one-on-one or group sharing of work for editing or critiquing. Two seasoned novelists will be available for consultation and will discuss various aspects of novel-writing. For information phone Mary O’dell at 502-552-9578.

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Thr Mar 10 – Lexington – Jonathan Green and Dobree Adams will speak about their work at the Headley – Whitney museum where their work is currently being exhibited. Free admission, RSVP is suggested to 859-255-6653. 4435 Old Frankfort Pike,

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Fri Mar 11 – Lexington – The Morris Book Shop welcomes Lexington author Christopher Rowe as he signs his debut novel of fantasy, Sandstorm: A Forgotten Realms Novel. . 6:00 pm. Free.

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Fri Mar 11 – Louisivlle – InKY Reading Series at The Bards Town. Keith Banner, fiction; Karen McElmurray, fiction; Joel Henderson, music. Open mic at 7:00, featured readers at 8:00pm.

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Fri Mar 11 – Louisville – The Filson Historical Society, 1310 S. Third Street – Angene Wilson and Jack Wilson speak on their new book, Voices From the Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Kentucky Volunteers. 12:00 noon. Make reservations at The Filson, 502-635-5083, or at www.filsonhistorical.org .

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Mon Mar 14 – Louisville – Carmichael’s Bookstore hosts award-winning writer Chang Rae Lee reading from his latest novel, The Surrendered. Lee, best known for his novel Native Speaker, has also written the novels Aloft and A Gesture Life. Be on the lookout for more details to come soon. 7:00pm, 2720 Frankfort Ave. 502-896-6950

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Miscellaneous News & Opinion

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Governor Steve Beshear has named poet, writer and teacher Maureen Morehead of Louisville as Kentucky Poet Laureate for 2011-2012. Morehead will be formally inducted at the Kentucky Writers’ Day celebration April 25, 2011, in the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort. http://www.governor.ky.gov

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In April the Fellowship of Southern Writers will award the 2011 James Still Award for Writing about the Appalachian South to Jeff Daniel Marion. Formerly poet-in-residence and professor of creative writing at Carson-Newman College, Marion is the author of eight books, including The Chinese Poet Awakens (Wind Publications, 1999), Father (Wind Publications, 2010), and Ebbing & Flowing Springs: New and Selected Poems and Prose, 1976-2001, named winner of the 2003 Independent Publishers Award in Poetry, and Appalachian Book of the Year by the Appalachian Writers Association.

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Tony Crunk, New Covenant Bound, and the land between the rivers – article in The Courier-Journal

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The Green Rivers Writers, a vibrant organization long known for its efforts on behalf of Kentucky writers, hosts a Novels & Prose Retreat, March 9-13 at the Kavanaugh Retreat Center in Crestwood Ky. This retreat offers relaxed, participant- generated blocks of writing time and one-on-one or group sharing of work for editing or critiquing. Two seasoned novelists will be available for consultation and discussion of various aspects of writing. For information phone Mary O’dell at 502-552-9578.

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The Capital City Writers Roundtable meets monthly in Frankfort. For information or if you’d like to join the group contact Jerry Deaton jdeaton@me.com * Playwrights are invited to attend the March 13 meeting of the Kentucky Playwrights Workshop, 2:00-5:00pm, in the 2nd floor meeting room of the Highlands Kroger, 2440 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40205. Learn more at http://517playwrights.blogspot.com or e-mail ky.playwright@yahoo.com

THE POET’S CORNER – Kentucky has a rich poetic history. Each month Fred Smock presents a poem by one of Kentucky’s many fine poets. February’s poet is Woodridge Spears.

www.windpub.com/PoetsCorner

Forty-seven Kentucky women have received Artist Encouragement grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Northern Kentuckians Kelly Moffett, assistant professor of English at NKU, and Vickie Cimprich will enjoy writing retreats at Cistercian monasteries.

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First West Workshop for Women Writers (an extension of KY’s Retreat for Women Writers) will be held at Northern Kentucky University July 29-31, 2011. Each genre workshop will be limited to ten participants. Workshop leaders include award-winning writers Sarah Gorham, James Harms, and Karen McElmurrary. For more information, visit the website http://firstwest.english-nku.org . Contact: moffettk1@nku.edu or 859-572-1353.

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ELandF Small Projects Accelerator provides support for intimate artist-driven projects which usually occur in public space and which fall outside the realm of traditionally funded projects. http://elandfgallery.blogspot.com/

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Mr. Pink: The Inside Story of the Transylvania Book

Heist by Charles Allen tells how Allen and three of his friends borrowed his aunt’s van in December 2004 and robbed valuable first-edition books from Transylvania University’s special collections library, tying up and terrorizing a librarian in the process. This is a story that belongs on one of those stupidest-criminals-of-the-century TV shows, or maybe in a movie, The Four Stooges Go To College – probably not a book I’ll be reading. theprincipal.blogspot.com

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Writers/Artists wanted for publication on the Kentucky Young Writers Connection Blog. One writer will be featured each week through April. Personal promotion allowed but unfortunately no stipend. Contact doris@dorissettles.com with a 300-500 word essay addressing 1) how/why you became a writer/artist; 2) how nature, ecology, your environment past and present have shaped or fit into your work. www.youngwritersconnection.org/

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Check out Susan Caldwell’s biography, Betty Rea. In 1920′s and 30′s Northern Kentucky, Betty Rea dances and works, fights and loves. Her path is littered with questionable choices, but her insistence on living her life her own way makes her unique among woman of her time. Amazon

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Still: The Journal – The winter issue is full of good words, including short fiction by Shelly Ayers, Angelyn DeBord, Mike Hampton, and Kelli Haywood; poetry by Jesse Graves, Pauletta Hansel, Brent House, John P. Lackey, George Ella Lyon, Llewellyn McKernan, and Christopher Prewitt; and creative nonfiction by Christopher Martin and Erik Reece. Our interview is with Kentucky musician Daniel Martin Moore, who just released a new CD, and the multi-media feature is a performance of Daniel singing “Dear Companion” with Ben Sollee. As always, past issues are archived, and everything is accessible at www.stilljournal.net * The Headley-Whitney Museum presents FULL CIRCLE, a collaborative show of tapestries, photographs, and poems by Dobree Adams and Jonathan Greene, now until March 27. There will be “An Evening with the Artists” on March 10, 6:00-8:00pm, at which Dobree will talk about Collaboration and Jonathan will talk about Asian influence on his (and others) poetry. Jonathan will also conduct a walk-through talk about his book design. The museum would like folks to RSVP but it is not necessary to gain entrance. RSVP to 859-255-6653, 4435 Old Frankfort Pike, Lexington.

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REVIEW – George Ella Lyon’s new poetry collection BACK is reviewed in the Courier-Journal .

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REVIEW – Nana Lampton’s poetry chapbook Bloom on a Split Board is reviewed in the Courier Journal .

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REVIEW – There is no “I” in team, but apparently, there is a lot of “me” in memior. NYTimes

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Ontologica will be accepting submissions in Non-Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, and Art between March 1 and April 30. All submissions will be considered for the Summer 2011 Issue. www.warriorpoetgroup.com/Ontologica/

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Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume IV: Tennessee invites submissions from poets who are Tennessee natives or who have lived there at least a year. www.southern-poetry-anthology.com

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The Kentucky Young Writers Connection presents Arts in The Parks Summer Writing Camp. Held in nine Kentucky State Parks all over the state, grades 3 to adult. Registration runs from February 1 through April 30. Contact Allison Bruning for more information at 502-732-5574 or 502-310-2515, or email her at allisonbruning@gmail.com . They are also seeking volunteers such as writers, publishers, editors, and anyone else who would like to help with the event. www.youngwritersconnection.org/

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Call For Submissions – New Madrid, a journal of contemporary literature, welcomes well-crafted, compelling submissions of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction for its upcoming Summer 2011 issue. Quality is the determining factor for acceptance in New Madrid. The submission period is January 15 until March 15. For complete guidelines, see www.newmadridjournal.org .

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REVIEW – Sandy McCord’s poetry chapbook Dragon Well. www.nebrwesleyan.edu/alumni-and-friends . Order your copies from www.finishinglinepress.com .

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Kentucky Young Writers Connection’s “How I Became a Writer” series is available on-line for Kentucky students. www.youngwritersconnection.org/

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Kentucky Authors for Educators – This new website, hosted by Michael Embry, is a resource for teachers and librarians that can be used to locate information about Kentucky authors and publications for use in the classroom. http://kyauthorsforeducators.weebly.com You may contact Michael at michael.embry@gmail.com .

April 16 thru 18 – 13th Annual Conference of the Elizabeth Madox Society, with the legendary Beaumont Inn in Harrodsburg as the conference home base and three days of moveable feast events throughout Roberts Country. Registration information available from Stoney_Sparrow@webtv.net .

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Saturday Apr 16

- 2-4 PM Arrival & check-in at the Beaumont Inn, Harrodsburg, KY

- 5-6 PM “Sonnets, Song, and Smoke: Reception for the Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society” at KENTUCKYLIT Book & Cigar Store 129 South Main, Harrodsburg (see www.kentuckylit.com )

- 7-9 PM Opening Banquet at the Beaumont Inn: Traditional Kentucky Country Ham & Yellowleg Fried Chicken Dinner (vegetarian requests taken one month in advance-please notify Amanda Boyle, Program Chair); Keynote Address; Award Presentations * Sunday Apr 17

- 12 Noon Reception at Roncevaux Farm

-2-3:30 PM Kentucky Writers Day at Penn’s Store, Gravel Switch

- 5 PM Banquet honoring the Roberts Society: “The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society Sunday Supper” at the Springfield Opera House (124 West Main downtown Springfield)-”Hosted by Mayor John W. Cecconi, Springfield City Council, Nell Haydon & Main Street/Renaissance, and the Ladies of Springfield”

- 6 PM Tour of “Eleanores”-The Elizabeth Madox Roberts House: Hosted by Joan Hamilton * Monday Apr 18

- 8:30-AM-6 PM Academic sessions at St. Catharine College (Springfield/St.Catharine: Sessions held in St. Catharine Hall aka “The Old Chapel”)

- 6 PM Annual Graveside Roberts Memorial Reading, Springfield Cemetery

- 8 PM Annual EMRS Business Meeting, Beaumont Inn

Sean Patrick Hill is offering two poetry classes through the University of Louisville Delphi Center for Teaching & Learning. “Introduction to Reading & Writing Poetry” will be offered Wednesday evenings, February 16-April 27, 6:30-8:30 PM, and “Poetry Writing Workshop” will be offered Monday evenings from February 21-May 5, 6:30-8:30 PM. All classes are at the U of L Shelby Campus. For more information or to register, contact the Delphi Center at 502.852.6456 or view class descriptions online at https://louisville.edu/delphi .

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REVIEW – Sandy McCord’s poetry Chapbook Dragon Well. www.nebrwesleyan.edu/

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Karen George’s debut chapbook of poetry, Into the Heartland, is available from www.finishinglinepress.com

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Georgia Wallace’s new book is The Coming Fall. Copies may be ordered from www.finishinglinepress.com .

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Ann H. Gabhart’s new novel, Angel Sister, was inspired in part by the many stories Gabhart’s mother told her of growing up in small town Kentucky during the 1930s. www.annhgabhart.com

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Helen Losse’s new book, Seriously Dangerous, will sell for $14, but you can order it now for $9 + shipping by placing an Advance Discount order from the Main Street Rag Online Bookstore .

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Sarabande Books holds two national contests: The Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry and the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. Submissions open Jan 1. www.sarabandebooks.org/ * REVIEWS – Karen L. Newman’s poetry Book ChemICKal Reactions. haolereads blog and green genre poetry blog

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Friends of Kristin Johannsen have established the Kristin Johannsen Memorial Fund which is being administered by Madison County Public Library. Donations will be used to build and maintain a collection of materials that reflect Kristin’s passionate involvement and interest in politics, environmental issues, and travel/world cultures. Donations may be sent to Madison County Public Library, 319 Chestnut Street, Berea, KY 40403 Attn: Mrs. Abbie Harris, Branch Librarian.

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Conglomeration is a general science-fiction and fantasy convention in Louisville. The 2011 event will be held April 22 – 24, 2011 (that’s Easter weekend), at the Crowne Plaza Hotel of Louisville. Conglomeration seeks to help promote local science fiction, fantasy, and horror genre authors. If you would be interested in participating in the convention’s author readings and/or literary panels, please contact Marsha White or Jay Garmon, at programming@conglomeration.info . To learn more about Conglomeration, visit www.conglomeration.info/ * Lexington – A new writers’ group is being formed! It’s name is DREAMBUILDING – Goal Group for Writers, and it meets every first and third Wednesday, Noon until 1:00 at the Carnegie Center. Moderated by poet and publisher Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, this group offers a safe and supportive environment for poets, writers and artists to state, discover, discuss and fine-tune their short and long-term goals, both creative and career-related. This is also an opportunity for writers to learn from each other’s experience, as well as to help one another.

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Bestselling novelist Kim Edwards’ new book is The Lake of Dreams. Set in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, The Lake of Dreams is the story of Lucy Jarrett and her discovery of a hidden past, glimpsed first through fragments of old letters and traces left in stained glass windows. It’s an Independent Booksellers pick for the month of January.

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Renee Emerson has a new chapbook – The Whitest Sheets (Maverick Duck Press ) * Kentucky author/editor Ron Ellis has been appointed associate editor of the new web-based magazine The Contemporary Wingshooter (www.thecontemporarywingshooter.com ). Ellis contributes two columns, “The Wingshooter’s Library” and “Spent Shells,” each quarter, as well as feature stories for IDP’s companion magazines, The Contemporary Sportsman and Backcast, a fly-fishing quarterly forthcoming March 1.

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Old Seventy Creek Press invites all poets who have not published a book-length collection of poetry to submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages with a $25.00 entry fee. www.oldseventycreekpress.books.officelive.com

* Bee-coursing Box, the debut chapbook by poet Matthew Haughton is now available from Accents Publishing. You can order your copy at www.accents-publishing.com/books * REVIEW – Sherry Chandler comments on Joe Napora’s new book, The Daniel Boone Poems. sherrychandler.com

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The Kentucky Young Writers Connection was recently awarded a mini Eco Grant through the Lexington / Fayette County Government. The focus of the effort, Place is on Purpose, provides young people with the opportunity to connect to their community viscerally through site visits to their defining historic landmarks and is supported by knowledgeable and passionate author mentors. Additionally, from October 2010 through April of 2011, Place is on Purpose provides the next generation of authors a forum in which youth can come to know and appreciate seasoned Kentucky authors coming from a wide spectrum of literary genres. > A new section of Kentucky Young Writers Connection is entitled How I Became a Writer. Each week a new Kentucky artist will provide 200 to 500 words addressing obstacles they had to overcome in their early development as a writer and/or how certain mentors contributed to their creativity.

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REVIEW – Heather Sellers’ memoir You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know. NYTimes

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David Dick Fund – The University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications is establishing a memorial fund honoring David Dick, former director of the school and long-time broadcast news reporter who passed away in July. The fund, called the David Dick “What a Great Story” Storytelling Fund, will recognize one UK student journalist and one Kentucky professional journalist each year for outstanding journalistic storytelling. Univ of Ky

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Print journals that accept on-line submissions, compliments of Diane Lockward. http://networkedblogs.com/30vt8 * KENTUCKY-RELATED BOOKS

www.windpub.com/newkentuckybooks.htm

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Wandering Storytellers – the last Monday of every month at Natasha’s Bistro & Bar in downtown Lexington. 8:00pm. $5.00 cover. Reservations 259-2754.

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The Review Review – reviews, interviews, writing and publishing tips for writers. www.thereviewreview.net

Morris Book Shop, 408 Southland Dr, Lexington, just across the street from Good Foods Co-op. Regular hours are 10am-7pm Mon-Sat, and 11am-5pm Sun. Phone 859-276-0494. More information on the store, and partners Wyn Morris and Hap Houlihan, can be found in this BizLex article.

Black Swan Books, East Maxwell near Woodland Ave, Lexington. The store’s inventory includes many local writers and Kentucky-related books, both used and new. www.BlackSwanBooks.NET

Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky – Books that are works of art, handset in metal type and printed on a hand-fed press. http://www.larkspurpress.com

Poor Richard’s Books, 233 West Broadway, Frankfort 502-223-8018 http://poorrichards.indiebound.com/

CoffeeTree Books, Morehead. Eastern Kentucky’s largest independent bookstore. 606-784-8364 www.coffeetreebooks.com

The Writers Workshop Project (WWP) led by Michael Jackman meets monthly, 6:00-9:30pm in Louisville. Following a mixer and presentation on writing craft, writers discuss their work, supervised by the instructor. If you don’t have a draft, bring your editor’s hat and help critique. Open to writers of all levels. Special for first-timers: If you’ve never come to a meeting before, try your first one at a 10% discount. More information at http://the-wwp.com or phone 502-896-8480.

Bookclub@KET is a discussion of books by Kentucky authors, hosted by Bill Goodman on Kentucky Educational Television. Transcripts and streaming videos of selected past broadcasts are available on the KET website, as well as the Bookclub broadcast schedule – ket.org/bookclub/schedule.htm

John Lackey’s Homegrown Press Gallery & Studio, 574 N Limestone St (6th and Lime), Lexington. For more information see www.homegrownpress.com .