BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Notebooks Collective - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Notebooks Collective X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thenotebookscollective.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Notebooks Collective REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T210000 DTSTAMP:20260504T002606 CREATED:20250603T155433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T155436Z UID:1312-1753212600-1753218000@thenotebookscollective.com SUMMARY:In Conversation: Brandel France de Bravo & Marcela Sulak DESCRIPTION:A long-time friendship across continents. Both with roots in Washington\, D.C. and with a deep attention to the world. Join us for an In Conversation to discuss their new work and relationship with writing. \n\n\n\nMarcela says\, “What excites me about speaking to Brandel about Locomotion Cathedral is her mindful examination of the role of the I (as eye\, as conductor and mediator\, as ego\, as interlocutor) not only within a poem\, but also in the world. This attention makes a great poem! but it also feels like a necessary step in understanding our place in the natural world.” \n\n\n\nBrandel adds\, “I love talking to her about poetry because she reads voraciously\, and as a literature professor has the uncanny ability to read something of mine and recommend ten poets whose work could inform or enrich my own. Like me\, she has lived in many countries\, speaks several languages\, and has translated poetry. Our work shares an international perspective\, humor\, a willingness to incorporate prose in our poetry (we both have published many lyric essays)\, and a fascination with fairy tales and nursery rhymes.” \n\n\n\n\n\n Get Tickets\n Get Tickets on Eventbrite\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\nAbout Brandel France de Bravo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandel France de Bravo’s third collection of poems\, Locomotive Cathedral\, was selected in the Backwaters Press contest\, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press (March 2025). She is the author of two previous poetry books: Provenance\, and the chapbook Mother\, Loose. Her poems and essays have appeared in Best American Poetry\, 32 Poems\, Barrow Street\, the Cincinnati Review\, The Georgia Review\, Seneca Review\, Southern Humanities Review and elsewhere. She is co-author of the parenting book\, Trees Make the Best Mobiles\, Simple Ways to Raise Your Child in a Complex World\, and editor of the bilingual anthology\, Mexican Poetry Today: 20/20 Voices. \n\n\n\nAbout Marcela Sulak\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarcela Sulak is the author of five poetry collections\, most recently\, The Fault\, the National Jewish Book Awards finalist\, City of Sky Papers\, and the lyric memoir Mouth Full of Seeds (2020). She’s co-edited the Rose-Metal Press title Family Resemblance: An Anthology and Exploration of 8 Hybrid Literary Genres. A translator from the Czech\, French\, and Hebrew\, Sulak’s work has been recognized by PEN and the NEA fellowship. Sulak is managing editor of The Ilanot Review\, and she directs the Shaindy Rudoff Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Bar-Ilan University. URL:https://thenotebookscollective.com/event/in-conversation-brandel-france-de-bravo-marcela-sulak/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thenotebookscollective.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/july.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T180000 DTSTAMP:20260504T002606 CREATED:20250603T161044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T161046Z UID:1323-1753632000-1753639200@thenotebookscollective.com SUMMARY:Write Two: The Prose Poem as Diptych Memoir DESCRIPTION:This is a class in dualities: two forms\, two poems. (In two hours!) \n\n\n\nThe two forms: We’ll explore the prose poem (a hybrid of prose and poetry) and the prose poem as memoir (a lyric rendering of a narrative or moment from your life). \n\n\n\nThe two poems: Taking inspiration from the diptych in art (a pair of paintings hinged together)\, we’ll discover how to bind poems by form and subject (call and response\, before and after\, shifts in perspective\, and other ways) and be mindful of how tightly or loosely poems depend on each other for meaning and impact. \n\n\n\nThis two-hour generative workshop is for writers of any level and genre who want to explore the prose poem form\, break away from linear storytelling\, and start thinking about intertextuality—the key to eventually building a series of poems or even a book-length project. Also\, once you write a diptych\, how (and where) can you submit it for publication? \n\n\n\nThis generative workshop will include lecture\, readings\, and generative writing prompts. \n\n\n\nCome ready to write and play! \n\n\n\n\n\n Get Tickets\n Get Tickets on Eventbrite\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\nAbout Cynthia Marie Hoffman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCynthia Marie Hoffman is the author of two collections of prose poetry: Exploding Head (Feb 2024) and Call Me When You Want to Talk about the Tombstones\, as well as two previous collections of lineated poetry. Her poems and prose have appeared in The Sun\, Electric Literature\, TIME\, The Believer\, and elsewhere. Recipient of fellowships from the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing\, Civitella Ranieri Foundation\, and the Wisconsin Arts Board\, Cynthia lives in Madison\, WI. \n\n\n\nwww.cynthiamariehoffman.com URL:https://thenotebookscollective.com/event/write-two-the-prose-poem-as-diptych-memoir/ CATEGORIES:Workshop/Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thenotebookscollective.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/write-two.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR