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		NEW February 2006 Literary Salon

Writing Workshops


Sunday Feb 5. 2-4 p.m. Creative Writing Workshop Reynolds Branch of the Boulder Public Library	The cost of two workshops is a total of $45, which includes a free issue of Many Mountains Moving. The cost of one workshop is $25. Regular participants (returning writers) can pay $20. To register, e-mail [email protected] or call Jeffrey Ethan Lee at (970) 351-1476 at the University of Northern Colorado.
	Jeffrey Ethan Lee
	Sunday from 2-4 p.m. Send e-mail with questions or to reserve a spot. Spaces are limited! Participants can also get a free back issue at the end of the workshop. The new poetry books invisible sister, They Sing at Midnight and Feeding the Fear of the Earth will be available for sale at the workshop. Free back issues available for all who attend. Visit the faculty web site of Jeffrey Ethan Lee Jeffrey Ethan Lee won the 2002 Sow's Ear Poetry Chapbook competition for The Sylf (published 2003), published Strangers in a Homeland (chapbook with Ashland Press, 2001), and won the first Tupelo Press Prize for literary fiction in 2001. Learn several methods to find the spontaneous voice within yourself. Learn to use other voices that inhabit or haunt you and your imagination, and let those voices create characters and situations. Learn a freewriting game that allows for a fun, collaborative exchange of inspiration and ideas. Learn to write a poem based upon a "still-life" analogous to those set up by visual artists. Learn to write a poem without adjectives, and learn why this exercise is a good idea.

Literary Salon


February 17th Salon, Potluck & Open Mic	MMM is a friend of the Poetry Show on KRFC 88.9 FM in Fort Collins.	Many Mountains Moving Literary Journal Presents a February Poetry Salon & Potluck Featured Readers: Chris Ransick and Aaron Abeyta Followed by book signings and open mic. Performance poetry welcomed. Bring a dish to share. Coffee, tea and wine provided. When: Friday, February 17th, 2006 Where: St. John's Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine St, Boulder Time: 7:00 p.m. Contact Barbara Sorensen: (303) 823-5149 for more information A $2.00 donation would be appreciated.
		Aaron Abeyta is originally from Antonito, Colorado and currently teaches English at Adams State College. A graduate of the CSU M.F.A. program in creative writing, Abeyta's first book Colcha was recently announced as an American Book Award winner for 2002. Additionally, he won the Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship for Poetry in 1998 and the Grand Prize for his the poem "Colcha" from the Academy of American Poets. He has also had work published widely in literary journals and magazines. Of Abeyta and his poetry, Ruth Heide writes that his work attempts "to preserve a culture and way of life." She cites the strong element of storytelling in his work and Abeyta explains, "I just grew up with a real strong oral tradition, especially with my grandparents. My grandparents told really good stories…To me, they were like history lessons, learning a history that's not in books. It's a cultural history."

		Author and teacher Chris Ransick has won awards for his books of poetry and fiction, as well as recognition for his workshops and speaking appearances. His work with writers and writing extends from his local library and schools to the international community of PEN USA's Freedom to Write Committee. A lover of all things literary, Chris has 25 years of professional experience with college-level courses and community workshops. A recent participant remarked about experience a workshop with Chris, "[He] offers ringing insight and clarity in his work, both on the page and at the front of the room." Chris's collection of short fiction, A Return to Emptiness, was winner of the Colorado Authors' League award for best fiction and a fiction finalist for the 2005 Colorado Book Award. His first book, Never Summer, Poems From Thin Air, was recently re-released with a new design and ten new poems. It was the winner of the 2003 Colorado Book Award for Poetry.