/***CRW Saturday Workshops***/
The CRW Saturday Workshop Series continues in Spring 2015 with more exciting workshops. All workshops take place in LA-141 at GCC Main from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM unless otherwise advertised. Light refreshments are provided.
* 18 April 2015 – “Using Poetry to Capture Place,” presented by Kimberly Mathes, GCC Faculty and Poet. (LA-141)
Make sure you come prepared to write outside for 15-20 minutes. Bring water, a hat, sunscreen, and an adventurous attitude!
Kimberly Mathes is the 2012 Bright Harvest Prize Winner for poetry. She has a B.A. in English with a concentration in creating writing from Wayne State University and a M.A. in English from Case Western Reserve University. She is now finishing the final year of her MFA program in Creative Writing with the University of Texas El Paso. After living for over a decade in the Four Corners area of New Mexico, Kimberly now resides in Phoenix.
She is Residential Faculty in Composition and Creative Writing at Glendale Community College and spends time chasing poems and Arizona sunsets on her Harley. In December 2014, she completed her MFA in Creative Writing with UTEP. Recently, she participated in the Four Chambers Press Poetry and Prose Project for the Phoenix Art Museum.
Some of her poems and an interview with the contemporary writer, James E. Cherry, can be found at this link:
http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/kimberlymathes.html
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