Writers Workshop with Charles Coe! Saturday, March 23 10 am - 2 pm, at a home in Cohasset. $125 per person, including lunch.
Everyone has a story to tell or feelings to explore... how do we express ourselves with honesty and craft? The day will include writing prompts and exercises, conversations about the craft of poetry and prose poetry, and a "deep dive" into how we can use the medium of poetry to explore and express a world view based on spiritual, humane values grounded in experience. Limited in number, to experienced AND new writers, and Charles will send a prompt or two to registered participants in advance. TO REGISTER: email Nina Wellford (ninawellford@gmail.com) by March 22.
Everyone has a story to tell or feelings to explore... how do we express ourselves with honesty and craft? The day will include writing prompts and exercises, conversations about the craft of poetry and prose poetry, and a "deep dive" into how we can use the medium of poetry to explore and express a world view based on spiritual, humane values grounded in experience. Limited in number, to experienced AND new writers, and Charles will send a prompt or two to registered participants in advance. TO REGISTER: email Nina Wellford (ninawellford@gmail.com) by March 22.
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A Poet and a Memoirist meet for lunch. They both recall the day they met, 30 years ago. Whose account is closer to the “truth?” Does it matter?
Join acclaimed poet Charles Coe and newly published memoirist and editor Mary Ford on Saturday, March 23 at 4:30 pm at Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham Square, for a fascinating discussion of how our personal histories are preserved in words. What rises to the surface of memory?
Charles Coe has published 4 books of poetry and a novella. He’s taught at numerous writing conferences, has been poet-in-residence at Wheaton College and the Chautauqua Institution, and is a professor of English and writing. He has also served as artist-in-residence for the City of Boston. For eighteen years he supervised the Organizational Support Grants program at the Massachusetts Cultural Council, where he heard the stories of many other artists and organizations. Learn more about Charles at www.charlescoe.org
Mary Ford’s captivating memoir-turned-novel, “Boy at the Crossroads,” about the early life of her husband Conley Ford, was published in 2021. Mary Ford is a retired, award-winning journalist who spent twenty-eight years as the beloved editor of two successful, small-town newspapers in Massachusetts, the Hingham Journal and the Cohasset Mariner. Learn more at maryfordedit.com
They will share readings of their own life’s stories and talk about how they were able to capture the essence of those moments. This will play out inside the Old Ship Meeting House - a National Historic Landmark with a long history of its own. Built in 1681, it is the only Puritan Meeting House from the 17th century still standing. Please join Charles and Mary as they add their unique voices to this special space.
Join acclaimed poet Charles Coe and newly published memoirist and editor Mary Ford on Saturday, March 23 at 4:30 pm at Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham Square, for a fascinating discussion of how our personal histories are preserved in words. What rises to the surface of memory?
Charles Coe has published 4 books of poetry and a novella. He’s taught at numerous writing conferences, has been poet-in-residence at Wheaton College and the Chautauqua Institution, and is a professor of English and writing. He has also served as artist-in-residence for the City of Boston. For eighteen years he supervised the Organizational Support Grants program at the Massachusetts Cultural Council, where he heard the stories of many other artists and organizations. Learn more about Charles at www.charlescoe.org
Mary Ford’s captivating memoir-turned-novel, “Boy at the Crossroads,” about the early life of her husband Conley Ford, was published in 2021. Mary Ford is a retired, award-winning journalist who spent twenty-eight years as the beloved editor of two successful, small-town newspapers in Massachusetts, the Hingham Journal and the Cohasset Mariner. Learn more at maryfordedit.com
They will share readings of their own life’s stories and talk about how they were able to capture the essence of those moments. This will play out inside the Old Ship Meeting House - a National Historic Landmark with a long history of its own. Built in 1681, it is the only Puritan Meeting House from the 17th century still standing. Please join Charles and Mary as they add their unique voices to this special space.