The Writers Guild at Bloomington is an association of writers committed to mutual support and the professional development of their craft. Its mission is to foster interaction among writers as well as other artists, educators, and the Monroe County public, thereby enhancing the vibrancy of the arts and the writing community in the greater Bloomington area.
Events Calendar
Ryser Scholarship Awarded
The Writers Guild at Bloomington is delighted to announce
that Hanh Tam Bui is the recipient of the 2020 Ryser Scholarship.
Hanh is a student at Bloomington High School South where she is a member of the Writing Club.
It also happens that the namesake of the scholarship, Joan Ryser, was an English teacher at BHSS.
Hanh will be attending A Gathering of Writers workshop at the Indianapolis Writers Center.
She will attend in March of 2021.
Congratulations Hanh!
IU presents online via Zoom:
Community Conversation Hour | The “Chinese Virus”: COVID-19 + Anti-Asian Racism
Click HERE to register
Zoom log-in information and meeting password will be sent via email upon registration.
How is this association connected to a long history of “yellow peril” fears in American culture and beyond? What can we do, both individually and collectively, to create solidarity and communal uplift in a time of anti-Asian hostility and other widening social divisions? Please join the College Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Asian American Studies Program to explore these questions and their far-reaching impacts.
Our conversation will feature a reading by poet Lisa Kwong and selected works from the Asian American Studies Program Physical Distancing Creativity Showcase.
May First Weds Spoken Word Series goes virtual
Guest Readers: LuAnne Holliday, Tim Heerdink and Eric Rensberger.
Music by Jason Fickel.
We will live stream the event to the Writers Guild Facebook page.
If you don’t use Facebook, contact Tony Brewer for a direct
Zoom link. beatnik_a_go_go@yahoo.com
Thanks to Tony and to Kyle Quass for working out the technology,
and to the performers for being willing to work with this format.
First Weds Spoken Word Series
virtual version rescheduled
Sponsored in part by the
Indiana Arts Commission, Bloomington Arts Commission, and the
Bloomington Urban Enterprise Association – Indiana
JILL KELLY KOREN is the author of THOUGH THE WORD IS A LIE (Dos Madres Press, 2020), THE WORK OF THE BODY (Dos Madres Press, 2015), and While the Water Rises Around Us (Finishing Line, 2011). She is the recipient of an Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant and emcees poetry nights
at Village Lights Bookstore. She teaches poetry, literature, and writing at Ivy Tech Community College, where she was awarded the 2019 President’s Award for Excellence in Instruction. She lives with her family in Madison, Indiana.
JULIANA CRESPO’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in North American Review, Literary Orphans, Flash Fiction Magazine, Mothers Always Write, Mud City Journal, Ruminate, Fiction Southeast, and OTV. She is an English teacher at a high school in Bloomington, Indiana, where she also lives with
her family.
JOSEPH KERSCHBAUM is a poet and spoken word artist based in Bloomington, Indiana. He has published 7 books of poetry (and his 8th book is forthcoming in 2020) and two spoken word albums. Joseph has performed at numerous venues around the country. He has been a featured performer at festivals
such as the Bucktown Arts Fest, the Etheridge Knight Festival of the Arts, as well as Heartland Incantations, a reading series that celebrates Hoosier poets. He has been the captain of the Bloomington Poetry Slam and competed in the Midwest Poetry Slam League.
Joseph was 1/4 of the bombastic touring group, The Reservoir Dogwoods. The Reservoir Dogwoods is a collective of 4 Hoosier poets who tour the Midwest extensively. And they happen to be some of Joseph’s favorite people. Joseph has been awarded the Greer Foundation
Fellowship for Creative Writing from the Bloomington Area Arts Council for completion of his book Dead Stars Have No Graves. Joseph has also been awarded an Individual Artistic Grant from The Indiana Arts Commission and The National Endowment for the Arts.
THE DUGAN DUO, an acoustic folk duo from Madison IN, are Jill Kelly Koren and Paul Kelly.
First Weds Spoken Word Series
virtual version
Featuring poets Erik Fuhrer, Jeffrey Bean, Jennifer Payne
with music by ORTET x Urban Deer
Sponsored in part by the
Indiana Arts Commission, Bloomington Arts Commission, and the
Bloomington Urban Enterprise Association – Indiana