There have been times in the last year when I could stand to read only poetry. It seemed only the musicians and poets could make it past the walls of argument and rhetoric one sometimes finds in piles of obfuscating prose. When all other ways of using language seem to fail, poetry is the one still standing, the bridge that pushes beyond language to access what lies beneath it. I know this is unreasonable for a writer of mostly prose to say, but there it is…. Read More
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On the Road of Life
From California to Florida via Arizona My circuitous route to St Petersburg started off in Topanga Canyon, CA in 2015. I got the news that I was accepted to an… Read More
Progress and Exploration
May 2021 | By Mason Gehring . . . My three giant paintings (5’x6’) have been stretched and backs painted to get the tightest stretch I could achieve and… Read More
On Overlapping
June 2021 | By Tenea D. Johnson This month I have a couple pieces available that exist beyond the page – a fiction album and something even further afield that… Read More
The Art of Rejection
April 2021 | By Tatiana Baccari I want to start this week’s post by saying I am feeling infinite, like I have long tentacles that are reaching out and… Read More
Power Writers Creative Writing Workshop for Teens
June 23, 2021 | By Carlene Cobb Bay Area Professional Writers Guild Invites Teens to Power Writers Creative Writing Workshop June 30 from 1-3 pm Online or at Creative Pinellas… Read More
DFAC is Still Uniting Community Through Art
June 21, 2021 | By Laura Kepner June 27 from 6:30-8:30 pm Dunedin Fine Art Center Livestream Details here Still The One, Dunedin Fine Art Center’s 41st annual Garden Party… Read More
Skyway 20/21 at the Tampa Museum of Art
June 18, 2021 | By Robin O’Dell Skyway A Contemporary Collaboration 20/21 Through October 10 Tampa Museum of Art Details here . . . Skyway: A Contemporary Collaboration 20/21 brings… Read More
THE BRITTANYS by Brittany Ackerman
June 18, 2021 by Sarah Gerard I want to recommend a fantastic book that just published, and two upcoming events by the author—one of them is tonight! Both are… Read More
Balancing Priorities – Motherhood and Writing
I’ll keep things short and sweet this week as I practice the subtle art of being overwhelmed by life’s competing priorities—uh, I mean, as my family schedule shifts for school summer vacation. Whenever the juggling act feels a little more athletic than desired, it can help to remember helpful words from other writers on the intersection of motherhood and writing/work…. Read More
