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Writers-in-residence to lead writing connections with culture, silver screen
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Writers-in-residence to lead writing connections with culture, silver screen

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Week Five writers-in-residence Jim Daniels and Kashmira Sheth will offer writers at all levels insight on making connections among different cultures and art forms.

Sheth, who grew up in Mumbai, will talk about India’s struggles during her week at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center. She said India and Pakistan, the focus of Week Five’s morning and afternoon lectures, hold many similarities.

For Daniels’ weeklong workshop, “Writing and Art: Shared Inspiration,” he will lead participants to the art galleries on the grounds to see what inspires writing.

Writers-in-residence to make the most out of writing and reading
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Writers-in-residence to make the most out of writing and reading

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Week Four brings Patricia Jabbeh Wesley and Joe Kita to the Writers’ Center as writers-in-residence, and their topics will heal — mentally, anyway.

Poet-in-residence Jabbeh Wesley, an associate professor of English and creative writing at Pennsylvania State University Altoona, will begin the week with a “Poetry and Healing” workshop.

“The workshop is a creative writing class in which writers will write poetry that helps them explore past feelings of hurt, pain or trauma in a way that writing about these become a powerful healing instrument,” Jabbeh Wesley said.

Returning writers use Chautauqua to funnel inspiration
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Returning writers use Chautauqua to funnel inspiration

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Ann Hood and James Armstrong, the Writers’ Center writers-in-residence for Week Two, return to kickstart Chautauquans into summer by incorporating setting into prose and news into poetry.

Both writers will begin the week with readings of their work at 3:30 p.m. Sunday on the Alumni Hall porch.

“They are able to plug into Chautauqua more quickly than someone who hasn’t been here,” said Clara Silverstein, director of the Writers’ Center. “I think they both seem to really understand what Chautauqua’s all about.”

Writers lead workshops on historical fiction, new poetry
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Writers lead workshops on historical fiction, new poetry

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Civil War buffs will relish Pat Carr’s workshop this week on writing a Civil War novel, and poets looking for new work will find it with Nancy Krygowski’s fresh prompts.

It is the first visit for both writers-in-residence, and they will read selections from their work at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall.

Writers take on poetic plot, essays in workshops
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Writers take on poetic plot, essays in workshops

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Writers-in-residence William Wenthe and Kristin Kovacic will read selections from their work at 3:30 p.m. today at the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall before beginning a week of workshops.

Through the plotting of a poem and the personal essay, they will work to inspire bigger meanings and messages.

Writers-in-residence for Week Two to discuss voice, danger
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Writers-in-residence for Week Two to discuss voice, danger

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The writers-in-residence for Week Two will help writers channel the dead in their poetry and push their fiction characters into danger.

Poet-in-residence Andrew Mulvania and prose writer-in-residence Toni Jensen will lead workshops throughout the week, and both will give readings of their work at 3:30 p.m. Sunday on the front porch of Alumni Hall.