Writing Workshop with Author Misty Skaggs

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Registration for MISTY SKAGGS writing workshop

On August 22, Join WMMT and Roadside Theater for a FREE evening with MISTY SKAGGS, author of PLANTED BY THE SIGNS (2019, Ohio University Press). Misty will lead a workshop titled “Write Like a Heathern!” and read from Planted by the Signs along with a few brand new unpublished poems.

Where:

Groundswell, 229 E. Main Street, Whitesburg, KY 41858

When:

August 22, 2024
From 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Misty will lead a workshop titled “Write Like a Heathern!” While free, this portion of the evening requires registration.
At 7:15, Misty will read from Planted by the Signs along with a few brand new unpublished poems.

This event is put on in partnership with Kentucky Foundation for Women, Cowan Community Center, and the Read Spotted Newt

Workshop: Write Like a Heathern!

“Heathen, n. - A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something he can see and feel.”

—Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

This creative writing workshop cuts loose and runs wild! It is designed to bring out the inner heathern in all of us and to facilitate producing new work inspired by indulging the five senses. We will see and feel and write poetry that will help writers learn to focus on sensory detail to express theme and feeling. Participants of ALL experience levels are encouraged and more than welcome! Together we’ll focus on laying aside stuffy misconceptions (and maybe even the rules of grammar) to focus on developing our voices and connection to the world around us.

While the second half of the evening is open to everyone, the first half—a special writing workshop led by Misty beginning at 6:00 PM—will have limited space and is capped at 20 people. Please register using the form below to reserve your spot!

Refreshments will be available.

This workshop is being held in conjunction with a book talk later in the evening with Misty. Information on that event can be found via our Facebook event.

More About the Author

Misty Skaggs is a barefooted poet, grassroots activist and outsider artist born and raised in the backwoods of Eastern Kentucky. She still writes and resides at the tip top of a ridge off the gravel road in Elliott County. Her debut poetry collection, Planted by the Signs, is currently available from Ohio University Press.

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Workshop: Write Like a Heathern!

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