GCC Creative Writing

 /***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.  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 University of Texas El Paso.  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

 /***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.  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 University of Texas El Paso.  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

 /***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

/*** Free Association Open Mic Poetry and Prose Series***/

http://fourchamberspress.com/

Hosted by the Glendale Community College English Department and Shawnte Orion

Main Campus map (.pdf)

Join us this Saturday for another remarkable workshop!

28 March, 9-11:30 AM, LA-141–“Objectifying Your Poem: So Much Depends Upon Things,” presented by Shawnte Orion, Free Association Host and Poet. 

Shawnte Orion’s first book of poetry The Existentialist Cookbook was published by NYQBooks. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Threepenny Review, Barrelhouse, Gargoyle Magazine, and New York Quarterly. His first chapbook The Infernal Gaze was published by Red Booth Review in 2003 and he was the 2013 Copper State Haiku Slam Champion. He has been invited to read at bookstores, bars, universities, hair salons, museums, and laundromats. He founded the monthly Caffeine Corridor Poetry Series with Jack Evans and he hosts the Free Association monthly readings at Glendale Community College.
http://batteredhive.blogspot.com

Light refreshments will be served.  Free and open to the public!

Join us this Saturday for another remarkable workshop!

28 March, 9-11:30 AM, LA-141–“Objectifying Your Poem: So Much Depends Upon Things,” presented by Shawnte Orion, Free Association Host and Poet. 

Shawnte Orion’s first book of poetry The Existentialist Cookbook was published by NYQBooks. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Threepenny Review, Barrelhouse, Gargoyle Magazine, and New York Quarterly. His first chapbook The Infernal Gaze was published by Red Booth Review in 2003 and he was the 2013 Copper State Haiku Slam Champion. He has been invited to read at bookstores, bars, universities, hair salons, museums, and laundromats. He founded the monthly Caffeine Corridor Poetry Series with Jack Evans and he hosts the Free Association monthly readings at Glendale Community College.
http://batteredhive.blogspot.com

Light refreshments will be served.  Free and open to the public!

Main Campus map (.pdf)