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A Poetry Workshop at Kerouac House with Writer-in-Residence Sean Patrick Mulroy

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MAD about Words invites Scribblers:

“With a diverse professional background in both spoken word and literary studies, Sean Patrick Mulroy is a nationally recognized performer and an award winning professor. He holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow, a 2017 Kurt Brown Prize Winner, and 2017-2018 Writer-in-Residence at The Kerouac Project.

 The Jack Kerouac Writer-in-Residence Project of Orlando partners with MAD about Words to offer you this opportunity to learn from and write Sean Patrick Mulroy, the current writer-in-residence at Kerouac House.

Part of your workshop fee will go to support Kerouac House.

WHEN: February 10, 2018, 10AM – 1PM

WHERE: Kerouac House, 1418 Clouser Avenue, Orlando FL 32804  MAP

FEE: $35.
Part of your fee goes to support Kerouac House.

 Space is Limited. Advance Registration is Required.”
Click here for details and to register.

Rollins College Hosts Communities Conference II

Rollins will host a one-day on-campus conference on Thursday, January 25, from 7:30 am. to 8:30 p.m. as part of the 29th annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities.

Communities Conference II: Civic Conversations Continue will explore issues concerning 21st-century American life in communities of color.  Rollins President Grant Cornwell and poet and activist Sonia Sanchez will speak at the opening plenary session at 8:30 a.m., with breakout sessions, panels, and other presentations to follow throughout the day.

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