PageSlayers Summer Camp: Knight Arts Challenge Miami Finalist

"MIAMI – Sept. 13, 2016 – Sixty-eight ideas were named finalists today in the Knight Arts Challenge Miami, a community-wide initiative funding the best ideas for the arts in South Florida."

Proud to be chosen out of nearly 1,000 submissions for PageSlayers Summer Camp. If my project is chosen, we'll be bringing creative writing sessions to Opa-Locka at The ARC for 4th and 5th graders. Winning ideas will be announced Nov. 28, so check back then for news (hopefully good!).

Feast Miami #7 Tonight! Come Support PageSlayers Summer Camp!

Tonight's the big night! You can support my project, PageSlayers Summer Camp, by attending Feast dinner #7 at SPINELLO PROJECTS, TODAY, June 10, 2016, 8pm–10pm. 

MY PROJECT:

PageSlayers is a series (2) of free, week-long summer camp sessions starting 2017 for 4th and 5th graders in Opa-locka with multiple goals: fostering a love for words at an early age; providing a safe space to develop young voices; and exposing students to writing outside the standard curriculum. At the core of PageSlayers is love and support—for students who can’t afford camp, this is an opportunity to grow as individuals and navigate the world through writing. 

Lessons are taught primarily by local writers of color in genres such as poetry, flash fiction, and fiction. Form and execution is studied, but equally important is showing that inspiration can be found anywhere: conversations with family, comic books, music, and more. Classes are held in The ARC, and the week culminates in a community reading where students perform their original works, which will also be published in a printed and online anthology.

Come out and support writing and young voices of color tonight, June 10 at SPINELLO PROJECTS!!!

Tent: creative writing 2016

"A week-long seminar for writers and readers hosted by the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA."

It's almost time to head to Amherst for my first intensive writing experience! From May 29-June 5, 2016 I'll be attending workshops, readings, and talks about craft and Jewish literary history through Tent. There are only 20 spots available, so it'll be nice and cozy. The fiction workshop will be taught by Sam Lipsyte and we'll also discuss classics of modern Jewish literature with literary scholar Josh Lambert.

So happy to be chosen as a participant this year and I'm looking forward to reading, writing and learning more about my Jewish roots. Oh, and food. Always food. 

Rugelach, be still my corazón...