Category: Poets & Events

poetry, Poets & Events, writing

Coffee Table Talk – Poetry Groups

Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld

In Conversation with Mimi Nichter | The Memoir Hostage – Prolific Pulse Press Podcast

What was it like to survive one of the earliest acts of international aviation terrorism?On September 6, 1970, twenty-year-old Mimi Nichter was aboard Trans World Airlines Flight 741 when it was hijacked and diverted to the Jordanian desert. Passengers were held for six days in extreme conditions, and Mimi—falsely accused of being an Israeli soldier—was among those taken hostage as war broke out around them.In this powerful interview, Mimi discusses her memoir, Hostage: A Memoir of Terrorism, Trauma, and Resilience, sharing what it was like to endure captivity, confront trauma, and ultimately find resilience.Mimi Nichter is a cultural and medical anthropologist, public speaker, and professor emerita at the University of Arizona. She is the recipient of the Margaret Mead Award and the George Foster Practicing Medical Anthropology Award, and her essays have appeared in HuffPost, Newsweek, and Brevity.🔔 Subscribe for more author interviews and powerful conversations.💬 Share your thoughts or questions in the comments below.https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/potomac-books/9781640126978/hostage/
  1. In Conversation with Mimi Nichter | The Memoir Hostage
  2. Chyrel J Jackson Recites "Americana Was My Grandmother's Glory" included in "Unsung Canaan Ballads"
  3. Rebecca Herz Book Launch for Locus of Control
  4. Poet Talk with Michael Poage
  5. Poet Talk with Rebecca N Herz
Poets & Events, writing

HOT OFF THE PRESS – Fine Lines Summer Camp

Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld

IT’S VIRTUAL!!!

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Omaha-Based Creative Writing Journal Prepares for Annual Summer Camp

Fine Lines makes necessary adjustments due to COVID-19

OMAHA – Fine Lines is a non-profit educational organization that began in a 1992 remedial high school English classroom with the founder, David Martin, teaching at the front of the room. For 30 years since then, Fine Lines provided a safe space for all writers, especially, for those who thought time and time again, “I know I have a voice; I just did not know there was anyone to listen.”

As Fine Lines prepares for another year of quarterly journals and new submissions, they also have been putting in long hours to make their 22nd annual summer camp a reality. In 2020, COVID-19 made the traditional format of this writing boot camp a challenge, so adjustments became necessary. Fine Lines Zoomed to execute their virtual camp, and the turnout was exciting. Writers from all over the country attended due to the lack of location restrictions. This opened up the fun with sentences, creative discoveries, and the development of poems, stories, and essays to a much wider group. With the success of last year’s camp, it put all fears to rest. Fine Lines looks forward to the second year of Zoom camp and has excitedly finalized the specifics for this year’s virtual summer writing reality.

Looking to participate, yourself? Here are the details!

  • Camp will be held Monday-Friday, June 14-18, 2021.
  • All five days will be virtually facilitated on Zoom.
  • Campers are separated into age groups: grades 5-8, grades 9-12, and adults
  • The registration fee is $150 per camper for the entire week.
  • Nobody gets turned away!

Make sure to fill out the camp registration form if you’re interested! Then send it and your registration fee via snail mail to 9905 Rockbrook Road Omaha, NE 68124 or via email to fine-lines@cox.net!

To learn more about this creative writing journal, its summer camp, and how you can make a submission yourself, visit www.finelines.org.

Marketing:

Madison Jenkins, Organizational Development Consulting Intern

madison.finelinesjournal@gmail.com

Fine Lines contact:

David Martin

fine-lines@cox.net

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Announcements, poetry, Poets & Events

Let’s Learn & Share – April 19 – Poets Coffee Table Talk

Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld

Poets Coffee Table Talk

Monday, Apr 19, 2021, 6:00 PM

Online event
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12 Poetry Lovers Attending

Just like in the old days when poets came together, perhaps imbibed, or had some coffee, and talked about the problems of the world and how they would use poetry to speak their minds. This is a Coffee Table Talk. We will have a select group of panelists: Susan Brearley Jill Sharon Kimmelman Barbara Truncellito For this event: Susan Brearley will ta…

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poetry, Poets & Events

Poet Talk with Jesse Stanchak

Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld

In Conversation with Mimi Nichter | The Memoir Hostage – Prolific Pulse Press Podcast

What was it like to survive one of the earliest acts of international aviation terrorism?On September 6, 1970, twenty-year-old Mimi Nichter was aboard Trans World Airlines Flight 741 when it was hijacked and diverted to the Jordanian desert. Passengers were held for six days in extreme conditions, and Mimi—falsely accused of being an Israeli soldier—was among those taken hostage as war broke out around them.In this powerful interview, Mimi discusses her memoir, Hostage: A Memoir of Terrorism, Trauma, and Resilience, sharing what it was like to endure captivity, confront trauma, and ultimately find resilience.Mimi Nichter is a cultural and medical anthropologist, public speaker, and professor emerita at the University of Arizona. She is the recipient of the Margaret Mead Award and the George Foster Practicing Medical Anthropology Award, and her essays have appeared in HuffPost, Newsweek, and Brevity.🔔 Subscribe for more author interviews and powerful conversations.💬 Share your thoughts or questions in the comments below.https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/potomac-books/9781640126978/hostage/
  1. In Conversation with Mimi Nichter | The Memoir Hostage
  2. Chyrel J Jackson Recites "Americana Was My Grandmother's Glory" included in "Unsung Canaan Ballads"
  3. Rebecca Herz Book Launch for Locus of Control
  4. Poet Talk with Michael Poage
  5. Poet Talk with Rebecca N Herz