Summer 2010 catalogue

summer literary festivalwhat would nature do?

july 9 - 25, 2010

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¡ s a l u d o s ! I am thinking of an early summer. I am thinking of wet hills in the rain Pouring water. Shedding it Down empty acres of oak and manzanita Down to the old green brush tangled in the sun, Greasewood, sage, and spring mustard.

–Jack Spicer

What would nature do? This is the fundamental question that scientists, designers, engineers, architects, and makers of all kinds are asking themselves, and the answers just may save us. Cool a home like a termite, make non-toxic color like a butterfly. This is biomimicry, an emerging discipline based on imitating nature to solve human problems in a healthy way.

Since writers and readers have been comparing, linking, imitating, and bringing like and unlike together throughout history, we are naturals at the creative thinking involved in biomimicry. So we dedicate this summer’s festival to honoring the role of language in healthy solutions. Join us for classes, free events, and performances celebrating nature. (We’re discounting all our fee-based classes again to help you in these difficult times.)

If the economy has begun to treat you better, we ask that you please consider making a contribution — however small — to our annual fund so that we can continue sharing the healing power of reading and writing with the homeless, at-risk teens, battered women and children, – all free for folk who’ve been told they have “nothing to say.” Your gift is a healthy way to help solve a human problem!

¡Mil gracias!

Rosemary CatacalosExecutive | Artistic Director

Gemini Ink, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, is extremely grateful for contributions from avid readers and writers, as well as grants from the George W. Brackenridge Foundation, the Brown Foundation, the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs, Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation, the Edouard Foundation, theFund, Guerra • DeBerry • Coody Marketing and Communications, H-E-B, the Albert and Bessie Mae Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, Ruth Lang Charitable Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Lifshutz Foundation, the Martin Foundation, Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Genevieve and Ward Orsinger Foundation, Rackspace Foundation, the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts, the San Antonio Express-News, the Smothers Foundation, the Jack and Doris Smothers and Mary Ann Smothers Bruni Memorial Foundation, and the Texas Commission on the Arts. We extend very special thanks for in-kind support to H-E-B and Clear Visions Inc. for the printing of our course catalogues.

a b o u t G e m i n i I n kGemini Ink nurtures writers and readers and builds community through literature and the related arts.We now serve an average of 5,000 patrons annually – from the avid reader to troubled youth, and from the professional writer to the elder who wants to record her family stories.

Writers in Communities (WIC) sends professional writers into diverse community settings to work alongside students of all ages, needs, interests, and abilities in free workshops based in oral traditions, reading, and creative writing.

Autograph Series presents writers of national and international stature – many of them recipients of major prizes such as the Pulitzer or National Book Award – in free public performances and a ticketed colloquium luncheon the next day.

University Without Walls (UWW) offers three semesters of fee-based reading groups and workshops and also many free literary events, all led by professional writers, scholars, and interdisciplinary artists.

Dramatic Readers Theater (DRT) features professional actors interpreting literary works in free performances, often accompanied by original music.

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Dates Classes & Events Page

Monday, May 17 Summer Registration Begins page 21

Tuesday, May 18 Writers Respond to Art page 23

Friday, June 4 First Friday Open Mic page 20

Friday, July 9 Nonfiction / Patoski page 6 Festival Reading page 20

Saturday, July 10 Poetry / Bitsui page 4 Lifelong Learning / Kohout page 9

Monday, July 12 Young Writers Camp (age 13-18) page 10 Delgado & Peacock* Fiction / Rosdahl* page 4

Friday, July 16 POV Film Screening page 20

Saturday, July 17 Screenwriting / Hawes-Davis page 8 Multi-Genre / Landres page 7 Private Consultations / Landres page 7 Sunday, July 18 Lifelong Learning / Warren* page 9 Lifelong Learning / Aitches page 8 Monday, July 19 Young Writers Camp (age 8-12) page 10 Delgado & Peacock*

Thursday, July 22 2 to Watch page 20

Friday, July 23 Festival Reading page 20

Saturday, July 24 Poetry / Pai page 5

Sunday, July 25 Young Writers Camp Reading page 20 Community Talk page 20 Summer Festival Ends

Friday, August 6 First Friday Staff Reading page 20

Note: Classes are shown here by genre and instructor(s). See page listings for detailed class descriptions and registration deadlines. *Multi-session courses are shown with an asterisk.

Cover Art: Linocut by Tony Arias, from In and Around the Alamo City, a book of linocuts and poetry by art students of Mrs. Mary Free, San Antonio Vocational and Technical School (now Fox Tech High School), Class of 1941.


About Our Classes Are you interested in music, photography, theater, science, or philosophy? Are you a teacher searching for ideas to use in the classroom? Are you a business professional wanting to polish your communication skills? Do you enjoy books and good conversation? Maybe you’ve always wanted to be a writer, but you’re not sure how to get started. Or you’re a writer whose work needs more attention. The University Without Walls program offers a wide range of classes and workshops for anyone with an inquisitive mind. Whether you’re curious about ideas or deeply committed to the craft of writing, you’ll find the literary camaraderie you’re looking for at Gemini Ink. Our faculty members have extensive credentials and are committed to teaching. And, at the heart of our classes are creative, intelligent, and talented students like you. Join our community and make Gemini Ink part of your life. Course LevelsBeginner: Writers or readers who are new to the course subject and/or design.Intermediate: Writers or readers who have background knowledge of the course subject, will complete required readings, and will actively participate in class discussion. These writers have had working practice with this aspect of craft and have participated in at least one writing workshop (either with Gemini Ink or elsewhere); they are comfortable with in-class writing exercises.I n t e r m e d i a t e / A d v a n c e d : Intermediate level requirements, plus a knowledge of all technical and formal aspects pertinent to this class. Participants are experienced in critical analysis. Writers have a history of practical experience in this area, have participated in several writing workshops, and are probably researching the publication process (and have a realistic understanding of its demands). Advanced: Intermediate/Advanced requirements, plus extensive knowledge of this course subject. Each participant is something of an expert in this field. Each writer has attained a professional level, that is, writing has become an integral part of her/his routine and her/his work is of publication quality.

Course levels are self-selected.

classesFICTION

#1 Structural Biomimicry in Short ProseLevel: AllInstructor: Lyle RosdahlStructure in nature weaves beauty and complexity into our world, why not in our writing as well? Come explore how nature, through biomimicry, can inspire not only content and form in short prose writing (flash fiction and cross-genre short prose), but structure. Prepare to stretch your imagination and the limits of your writing. The class will consist of discussion, in-class writing, in-class reading and collaborative creation. We will look at a variety of reading and visual materials both in class and online. Bring your laptop, or some paper and a pen and your insatiable desire for life, nature and writing.

Date: Monday – Thursday, July 12 – July 15; 7 – 9pmLimit: 12 ParticipantsRegistration Deadline: Friday, July 9CPE Credits: 6 Language ArtsFee: $110 Discounted Fee: $99

POETRY

#2 Poetry In MotionLevel: AllInstructor: Sherwin BitsuiIn Navajo language and thought, the world and universe are constantly in motion. This workshop will explore Navajo traditional and contemporary poetic works in an attempt to create a poem or the beginnings of a body of work that is informed by indigenous sensibilities of time and space. Utilizing indigenous perspective, participants will write into the formations of the land’s language by following the shapes and dimensions of places that speak to them.

Date: Saturday, July 10, 9am – noon Limit: 12 ParticipantsRegistration Deadline: Wednesday, July 7CPE Credits: 3 Language ArtsFee: $90 Discounted Fee: $81


How to Register A registration form appears on page 21. Please mail the completed form to Gemini Ink at 513 S. Presa, San Antonio, TX 78205, along with your class tuition and registration fee. You may also register by visiting our website at www.geminiink.org, calling us at 210.734.9673 (877.734.9673, toll-free), or visiting our office at the above address.

Registration and Payment Policies Registration and payment should be made as soon as possible. Class size is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. After the published deadline, we accept registrations on a space-available basis until three days before the class. A late fee will be assessed after the first class meeting for any unpaid tuition. We will charge a $10 processing fee for any returned check.

Registration Fee Be sure to include the $10 registration fee in your total. The fee is required each time you enroll for classes and helps cover expenses like registration staffing, classroom maintenance, handouts, flyers, mailings, and supplies. If you are taking several classes, register for them all at once to avoid paying multiple registration fees!

Credit Card Payments Gemini Ink accepts VISA and MasterCard payments for class tuition or contributions. For more information, please call the office at 210.734.9673.

Class Cancellations Gemini Ink reserves the right to cancel or reschedule courses to adjust for enrollment. If it is necessary to cancel a course, all registered participants will be informed immediately and will be extended the opportunity to transfer to another course. If participants enrolled in a canceled class do not wish to transfer, a full refund will be made.

Discounts on Class Tuition! The class fee reflects our existing 10% discount. An additional 5% deduction is offered to educators, seniors (65+), and students. Refer five friends to any University Without Walls class or combination of classes, and we’ll waive your tuition for one class or workshop. Some restrictions apply. Call the office at 210.734.9673 for details.

#3 The Exquisite Eye: A Poetry WorkshopLevel: AllInstructor: Shin Yu Pai This workshop will focus on ekphrastic poetry, writing inspired by the visual arts. We will look at various models that deploy a range of strategies including descriptive illustration, the poem as interpretive occasion, and ekphrasis as a critical meditation. We’ll read poets with ties to the Southwest including Carol Moldaw, Arthur Sze, and Miriam Sagan. Participants will sharpen their powers of observation and try their hand at writing poems based on photographic images from the Wittliff Collections’ Southwestern and Mexican Photography Collection. In keeping with the theme of environment and landscape, we will contemplate images of place, drawing inspiration from images composed by children from Mineral de Pozos, Guanajuato, to anonymous photographers documenting la zona de tolerancia in the red light districts of Mexican bordertowns, to Graciela Iturbide’s images of quotidian life in Juchitán, Oaxaca.

Date: Saturday, July 24, 9am - noonLimit: 12 ParticipantsRegistration Deadline: Wednesday, July 21CPE Credits: 3 Language ArtsFee: $90 Discounted Fee: $81

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Withdrawals A student may withdraw from a Gemini Ink workshop at any time. The student must notify the office at least 5 business days prior to the first date of the workshop to be eligible for full tuition refunds, less a $25 withdrawal fee. Alternately, tuition transfers to another class are available within the same semester.

Withdrawal notifications not made within 5 business days of the workshop are not eligible for tuition refunds, but students may transfer tuition to another class within the same semester, less a $25 late withdrawal fee and/or faculty cost.

Withdrawal notifications made the day of the workshop or after the workshop has begun are not eligible for refunds or transfers of any kind.

Transfer of tuition across semesters is not possible. Failure to attend sessions or verbal notification to instructor will not be regarded as official notice of withdrawal.

Refunds will be processed within 14 business days. Refund checks must be cashed within 90 days of the check date. Otherwise, we will have to charge for any stop-payment costs we incur.

Special Info Occasionally classes will be photographed or videotaped. Please notify the instructor if you wish to be excluded. Adult classes are open to high school students by permission of the instructor only. On occasion, classes may deviate from the published course descriptions.

Volunteering. Do the Write Thing. Work toward a free class! We have lots of opportunities and a variety of jobs to do. To learn more please call 210.734.9673 and pitch in!

NONFICTION

#4 An Intense Exploration of Writing about NatureLevel: AllInstructor: Joe Nick Patoski Over the course of four hours the class will cover what nature writing is and isn’t, how to effectively communicate ideas, concepts, and issues concerning the natural world through the use of words as opposed to images, and the various motivations behind nature writing. We will also explore who the audiences are, the use of nature writing to win hearts and minds, and what exactly constitutes great nature writing. The class will consist of lecture, discussion, and writing and reading.

Date: Friday, July 9, noon – 4pm (short break included)Limit: 12 ParticipantsRegistration Deadline: Wednesday, July 7Required Materials: Students should bring pen and paper, laptop, and an article, book, or collection of their favorite nature writing. They should be prepared to read a passage and discuss it as means of explaining why the writing is so compelling. Recommended Reading: For those lacking a background in nature writing, the following books are suggested – Walden by Henry David Thoreau, A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, Desert Solitaire and Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey, Into the Wild and Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, The Springs of Texas by Gunnar Brune and Helen BesseCPE Credits: 4 Language ArtsFee: $100 Discounted Fee: $90

Open Writing WorkshopJoin this peer-driven workshop facilitated by longtime Gemini Ink volunteers Jim Dawes and Roland Huff. Share your writing and get feedback on works-in-progress in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere. The workshop is held from 6:30 - 8:30 pm, on the last Monday of every month at Gemini Ink, 513 S. Presa.This season’s Open Writing Workshops will be held on June 28, July 26, and August 30. Bring 6 - 10 copies of your work to share!Free and open to all writers!


Credit for Teachers Gemini Ink is registered with the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) as a provider of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) activities for standard certificate renewal for teachers. CPE credits are listed by each course description. Credit should be requested at the time of registration. Certificates will be mailed within 7 days of course completion.

Business and Professional Managers If you are looking for an exciting continuing education experience for your valued employees, a Gemini Ink class is ideal. University Without Walls class offerings begin on page 4. For writing instruction in the workplace, contact the Director of the Writers in Communities program at our office. Whether held at our site or yours, our classes will enrich your employees’ lives on and off the job.

Course Texts Most course texts and faculty books may be purchased at the Gemini Ink office during business hours (call for availability), or at The Twig Book Shop, 200 E. Grayson Ste. 124, 1.800.SAYTWIG. The Twig donates 20% of our in-office book sales to Gemini Ink.www.thetwig.booksense.com

Manuscript SubmissionsFor courses requiring advance manuscripts, please send manuscript attached to an email to [email protected]. Manuscripts must have at least one-inch margins, be in an easily legible font, adhere to the instructor’s specified length limitations, and, if fiction, be double-spaced. Please note that Gemini Ink is unable to reformat manuscripts that don’t meet these guidelines. Include your instructor’s name, along with your name and contact information. The email should indicate “manuscript” and class number in the subject line. Manuscripts will be circulated electronically for advance critique. Please bring one hard copy to class. Manuscripts submitted after the published deadline will be distributed in class and discussed only at the instructor’s discretion. Call 210.734.9673 for instructions if you don’t use email.

MULTI-GENRE

#5 Getting Published Despite the EconomyLevel: Intermediate and aboveInstructor: Marcela LandresGetting published is never easy, but the current economic climate offers additional challenges—and opportunities. In this workshop, you will learn: why debut writers are more valuable than published authors; what agents and editors are looking for more than ever; and the one trait that will ensure publication (hint: it’s not about the writing).

Date: Saturday, July 17, 9am - noonLimit: 35 ParticipantsRegistration Deadline: Wednesday, July 14Fee: $50 Discounted Fee: $45

#6 Private Appointments with Editorial Consultant Level: Intermediate and aboveInstructor: Marcela LandresThe first 20 writers to register and send a manuscript will each receive a 20-minute private consultation with editorial consultant Marcela Landres, who will offer professional suggestions and advice for each writer.

Date: Saturday, July 17; 1 – 8pmLimit: 20 ParticipantsRegistration Deadline: Wednesday, July 14Required Manuscript: By the registration deadline, submit a writing sample of up to 10 double-spaced pages of prose. Please include your name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail address on the first page of your manuscript. Note: poetry and children’s books are not eligible.Fee: $50 Discounted Fee: $45

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Thank You We are grateful to our many Gemini Ink donors and funders who make it possible to keep your tuition affordable.

Interested in Teaching? Proposals for classes are invited! Generally, we require that our faculty have significant publishing and teaching experience. Please send a sample course outline, résumé/curriculum vitae, and (if possible) a copy of a recent book. Direct your materials to Leslie Plant, the director of University Without Walls, or, to teach in community settings, send to the director of Writers in Communities.

Plans in the MakingParents! If your children are interested in classes/workshops for young writers, please call our office at 210.734.9673 to get on our planning list. When we have ten potential students, we’ll try to put a workshop together, depending on instructor availability and compatible ages in the group.

Where to Find Us Unless otherwise noted, events take place in our bright green building at 513 S. Presa in Southtown/King William. If you are coming from 35&10, exit Durango Blvd. East. Drive to S. Presa and turn right. We are on your right. From 37/281, exit Durango Blvd. West. Drive to the stoplight at S. Alamo and turn left; take the next right on S. Presa. We are on your left almost at the end of the block.

Parking Parking for classes and events at our facility is available in front of the building, along the street, and across the street in the lot marked “Gemini Ink.” In the interest of being good neighbors, we ask that you not park in the El Mirador restaurant lot next door.

Accessibility Gemini Ink provides parking for the physically challenged in front of the building, which is wheelchair accessible. Office Hours Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm; closed on all major holidays.

SCREENWRITING

#7 Writing Treatments for Documentaries Level: IntermediateInstructor: Doug Hawes-DavisYou never know what a camera might catch when the script is thrown out! While this is the thrilling part of filming a documentary, it can also prove to be an impediment in the planning process. However, a solid treatment or outline will provide the framework necessary to bring your vision to fruition. Join producer and director of the award-winning documentary Libby, Montana, Doug Hawes-Davis, as he offers advice and guidance on writing treatments for documentaries. Students are encouraged to bring their ideas, outlines, and “films-in-progress” to be workshopped and refined in class.

Date: Saturday, July 17, noon – 4pm (short break included)Limit: 12 ParticipantsRegistration Deadline: Wednesday, July 14CPE Credits: 3 Language ArtsFee: $90 Discounted Fee: $81

LIFELONG LEARNING

#8 North American Indians: Spiritual and Physical Survival Through Nature Level: AllInstructor: Marian AitchesHave you ever wondered how indigenous people managed to thrive on this continent for thousands of years in balance with the earth and her resources? This course will introduce fundamental principles of respect for the natural world such as mimicry of natural forms, seasonal rounds, reciprocity, sustainability, and natural law. Students will experience lecture, documentary film, and discussion of readings provided. We will also workshop our writing (poetry and prose), focusing on ways we can regain balance through cooperative and generative work.

Date: Sunday, July 18, 1pm – 5pm (short break included)Limit: 12 ParticipantsRegistration Deadline: Wednesday, July 14CPE Credits: 4 Language ArtsFee: $50 Discounted Fee: $45


Gift Shop Our inventory includes books by current and previous Gemini Ink faculty; signed, limited edition prints, handmade chapbooks of the works of Gemini award winners, and gift certificates for University Without Walls classes and workshops. We also stock the literary journal, Rain Taxi, which is free for the taking. Visit us soon!

Lending Library Gemini Ink has an eclectic array of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and how-to-write books, as well as literary journals that are available to borrow. Please stop by and check out our titles.

Facilities Rental Does your writing group, discussion group, or book club need a place to meet? The Gemini Ink conference room and large meeting room are each available for a small $20/hour rental fee. Our facility belongs to you. Please take this opportunity to call the office for details.

StaffRosemary Catacalos Executive | Artistic DirectorRachel Christilles* Financial OfficerJennifer Herrera Director, CommunicationsAnisa Onofre Director, WIC Leslie Plant Director, UWWEvelyn Reyes Managing DirectorCarolene Zehner Registrar | Operations Manager*part-time

VolunteersJim Dawes Facilitator, Open Writing WorkshopRoland Huff Facilitator, Open Writing Workshop

ConsultantsGloria Pins Arecchi CPABett Butler & Pamela Dean Kenny Dramatic Readers Theater

InternsBianca Esquivel Melinda GonzalezJuan Daniel Torres NegrónAngelia Potter

#9 Dawn and Dusk: Crepuscular WritingLevel: AllInstructor: Mobi WarrenCertain mammals are most active at the crepuscular hours, dawn and dusk, when the soft blurring of light provides protection from predators. We will explore the crepuscular nuances, shadows and lights, in our own voices while exploring the trails of Government Canyon State Natural Area. This workshop combines 4-5 miles of hiking with journaling. We will meet at the Government Canyon Visitor’s Center on Sunday and Monday, and then gather at Gemini Ink on Tuesday to craft journal entries into poems.

Dates: Sunday, July 18th, 7am – 10am at Government Canyon State Natural Area, 12861 Galm Rd. San Antonio, TX 78254, Monday, July 19, 7pm – 10pm at same location, Tuesday, July 20, 1pm – 3pm at Gemini Ink Limit: 12 ParticipantsRegistration Deadline: Friday, July 16Required Materials: $6.00 per day entry fee for Government Canyon, a journal to write in, a quart of water with a snack, wear sturdy walking shoes or hiking boots, a flashlight CPE Credits: 6 Language ArtsFee: $94 Discounted Fee: $85

#10 Madroño Ranch SeminarInstructors: Martin Kohout and Heather Catto KohoutWhere is the intersection of place and creativity? Of community and creativity? Solitude and creativity? These are the questions we ask in our efforts to open Madroño Ranch: A Center for Writing and the Environment in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, which we hope will combine humane ranching, organic farming, and ethical hunting, with a creative space. Join us for a discussion of what makes an artists’ community flourish in a rural setting. Time for lively talk and writing will be included.

Date: Saturday, July 10, 9am – 1pm (short break included)Limit: 20 ParticipantsRegistration Deadline: Wednesday, July 7Fee: $50 Discounted Fee: $45


Gemini InkBoard of DirectorsMarian Aitches Senior Lecturer in History, University of Texas at San AntonioNorma E. Cantú, Ph.D. Professor of English, University of Texas at San Antonio, WriterRosemary Catacalos (Ex officio), Executive | Artistic Director, WriterTess Coody Partner, Guerra . DeBerry . Coody Marketing & Communications, WriterWilliam A. Dupont, AIA San Antonio Conservation Society Endowed Professor of Architecture, University of Texas at San AntonioWilliam Fisher Attorney, Cox, Smith, Matthews Inc. Anthony E. Hargrove Executive Director, Ella Austin Community CenterJulie Hasdorff Attorney, Hasdorff & Convery, PCJames Heidelberg Attorney, Escamilla & Poneck, Inc.María Luisa Holmgreen AttorneyMarianne C. Reuter Arts Consultant

National Advisory Board Dorothy Allison San FranciscoRobert Boswell HoustonSandra Cisneros San AntonioKaty Flato San AntonioRobert Flynn San AntonioErnest J. Gaines LouisianaEdward Hirsch New YorkTony Hoagland HoustonPhillip Lopate New YorkTerry McMillan CaliforniaW.S. Merwin HawaiiAntonya Nelson HoustonNaomi Shihab NyeSan AntonioGregory Orr CharlottesvilleCarolyn Osborn AustinMartha Rhodes New YorkRichard Russo MaineJohn Phillip SantosSan AntonioEllen Bryant Voigt VermontChuck Wachtel New York Marion Winik Pennsylvania

YOUNG WRITERS CAMP

How Does Your Story Grow?Instructors: Derek Delgado and Donna PeacockHow does a caterpillar know when to spin a cocoon, a seed to pull itself from the earth towards the sun? From childhood tales of “Jack and the Beanstalk” and The Wind in the Willows, to classics of Twain and Melville, the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost, and on into contemporary fiction writers and poets like Cormac McCarthy, Mary Oliver, and Gary Snyder, nature has proved a constant inspiration for art and literature. Students will explore ways they have been inspired by nature and experiment with bringing these muses to the page in prose and poetry. The playful environment will nurture and celebrate each student’s perspective and voice and encourage sharing within a supportive writing community. Finally, on Sunday, July 25, all camp participants are invited to share their work in a public reading at Gemini Ink.

#11 Session I (ages 13 – 18)Dates: Monday – Friday, July 12 – July 16, 10:30am - 1:30pmLimit: 20 ParticipantsRegistration Deadline: Wednesday, July 7Required Materials: Bring your favorite writing tools and a sack lunchFee: $160 Discounted Fee: $140

#12 Session II (ages 8 – 12)Date: Monday – Friday, July 19 – July 23, 10:30am - 1:30pmLimit: 20 ParticipantsRegistration Deadline: Wednesday, July 14Required Materials: Bring your favorite writing tools and a sack lunchFee: $160 Discounted Fee: $140

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A native of San Antonio, Marian Aitches received her Ph.D. from the University of North Texas in 1990. She is an award-winning professor whose courses at the University of Texas at San Antonio focus on American Indian studies as well as race, ethnicity, gender, class and nationalism. Fishing for Light (Wings Press, 2009), her first collection of poetry, won the 2009 Wings Press Joanie Whitebird Chapbook competition. Her first full-length collection, Ours is a Flower (Pecan Grove Press, April 2010) examines connections humans share with each other through history and the earth.

Sherwin Bitsui is originally from the Navajo Reservation in Northern Arizona. He currently lives in Tucson and is the recipient of the 2000-2001 Individual Poet Grant from the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, a Lannan Foundation Marfa Writers’ Residency, a 2006 Whiting Writers’ Award and, more recently, a 2008 Tucson Local Genius Award. Sherwin has published his poems in American Poet, The Iowa Review, Lit Magazine, Ahani: Poetry International and Narrative Magazine. He is the author of Shapeshift (University of Arizona Press, 2003) and Flood Song (Copper Canyon Press, 2009).

An El Paso native, Derek Delgado is a writer of short stories and sudden fiction. He graduated from St. Mary’s University and currently teaches with Gemini Ink’s Writers in Communities program, in addition to courses at Our Lady of the Lake University, where he earned his M.A. Among his short stories are “Sweat Pea” and “Friends and Neighbors,” both of which appeared in The Thing Itself Literary Journal. He is currently pursuing his M.F.A. in Creative Writing (fiction) from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA.

Doug Hawes-Davis co-founded High Plains Films with Drury Gunn Carr in 1992. Since then, the “do it all yourself” filmmakers have collaborated on more than a 20 documentaries, including the PBS POV documentary Libby, Montana. Their films have been screened around the world and won more than 40 awards. Challenging in both form and content, their work is intended to provide insight into the relationship between human society and the natural world.


Husband and wife Martin Kohout and Heather Catto Kohout live in Austin and are co-authors of the blog “Free Range: Food, Writing, the Texas Hill Country, and More” (http://madronoranch.blogspot.com/). They are also co-directors of Madroño Ranch: A Center for Writing and the Environment, in Medina, Texas. Heather, a San Antonio native, is a published poet and freelance theology teacher. She has a bachelor’s degree in English literature

from Williams College, a master’s degree in English literature from the University of Texas at Austin. Martin, born in San Francisco, has a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Williams College and a master’s degree in American studies from the University of Texas at Austin. He was for many years a writer and editor with the Texas State Historical Association and with Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the NEH. He is the author of the award-winning biography Hal Chase: The Defiant Life and Turbulent Times of Baseball’s Biggest Crook (McFarland & Company, 2001).

Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think: The Real Reason They Rejected You, and is the publisher of the e-zine Latinidad, which was chosen as one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers by Writer’s Digest magazine. An editorial consultant who helps writers get published by editing their work and educating them on the business side of publishing, she was formerly an editor with Simon & Schuster. She works with writers of all backgrounds in fiction and nonfiction and specializes in helping Latino writers get published.

Shin Yu Pai is the author of seven books of poetry including Haiku Not Bombs (Booklyn, 2008), Sightings (1913 Press, 2007), and Equivalence (La Alameda, 2003). White Pine Press will publish her latest collection, Adamantine, in Fall 2010. She has been commissioned twice to compose poems responding to artworks in the collections of the Dallas Museum of Art. Her work is featured in the Poetry in Motion program on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. She has taught poetry workshops at Southern Methodist University and The University of Texas at Dallas, and served as the 2004 Peter Taylor Fellow at Kenyon College.

Joe Nick Patoski spent 18 years as a staff writer for Texas Monthly magazine, and his byline has appeared in the Texas Observer, Texas Parks & Wildlife, and National Geographic, among others. He is the author or co-author of six books including his collaborations with photographer Laurence Parent -Texas Mountains (2001), Texas Coast (2005), and Big Bend National Park (2006), all published by University of Texas Press. His profiles of families practicing outstanding land stewardship, Generations on the Land, a collaborative venture with the Sand County Foundation and Texas A&M Press, will be published in 2010.


Donna Peacock is the author of two published non-fiction works, as well as both original and adapted material for children’s theatre productions. She was the first Director of Creative Writing at the North East School of the Arts, where she designed and implemented what was then the nation’s only high school four-year creative writing program. Cited for excellence and outstanding innovation in the teaching of the Humanities by the Texas Committee for the Humanities, she is also a memoirist, writing workshop presenter, and creative writing curriculum designer.

Lyle D. Rosdahl is a San Antonio transplant who has taken root. He writes for the San Antonio Current (where he also edits the flash fiction section), teaches English at Palo Alto College, and works at the public library. Lyle was featured in the Artpace/Gemini Ink collaboration, 2 to Watch, where he read from an ongoing manuscript he is writing using tarot cards. He has a fascination with Oulipo (a writing technique employing experimental formal constraints) and regularly uses different constraints in his own work.

Mobi Warren, a local educator and Master Naturalist, leads monthly Haiku Hikes at Government Canyon State Natural Area. An environmental activist/poet, she has organized poetry readings at Mitchell Lake Audubon Center and at Luminaria 2010 (350.org Poets). She is the translator of A Taste of Earth (Parallax Press, 1993), a collection of Vietnamese myths and legends by Thich Nhat Hanh, and the editor of The Great Hoop of Life (A Tribe of Two Press, 2000) by Native American oral historian Paula Underwood. She is an experienced workshop facilitator who loves working at the intersection of the natural world and human language.

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Texas CoastJoe Nick Patoski

The Texas coast is the essence of the shore: sun, sand, surf, dunes, flats, wetlands, bays, estuaries, islands, and peninsulas. On the whole, it is a complex soup rich in marine life, shorebirds, and waterfowl. Industry is abundant along the same coastline for different reasons, mainly the easy access to the Gulf and the world beyond. Many of the more scenic parts of the coast have been obscured by resorts, condos, homes, and businesses. But even with those distractions and diversions, the Texas coast, that precise point at which sand, sky, and water converge, nourishes the soul like no other physical place on Earth.


f a c u l t y e x c e r p t s c o n t d .

Blankets of Bark by Sherwin Bitsui Point north, north where they walkin long blankets of curled bark,dividing a line in the sand,smelling like cracked shell,desert wind, river where they left youcalling wolves from the hills, a list of namesgrowling from within the whirlwind.

Woman from the north,lost sister who clapped at rain clouds.We were once thereholding lightning boltsabove the heads of sleeping snakes.

Woman, sister, the cave wants our skin back,it wants to shake our legs free from saltand untwist our hair into strands of yarnpulled rootless from the pocket of a manwho barks when he is reminded of the setting sun.

At 5 A.M., crickets gather in the doorway,each of them a handful of smoke,crawling to the house of a weeping woman,breaking rocks on the thigh of a man stretching,ordering us to drop coins into her shadow,saying, “There, that is where we were born.”

Born with leaves under our coats,two years of solitude,the sky never sailed from us,we rowed toward it,only to find a shell, a house, and a weeping woman.

Lately, instead of the images of dreams waking me up, as has always been the case, it is sounds that jolt me awake. The thumps and roars and slithering of creatures unseen. The ghosts that slam cupboards shut. The apparitions of robbers breaking down the front door: splinter. The crunch and splat of bodies falling from the sky. I wake up each time with my skull closer to the window at the head of the bed, as if my ethereal dreamself is trying to fling my mortal body out in the interim of unconsciousness.

from “Dream”Lyle Rosdahl


A thousand years away,I will be the bones

some anthropologist holdsup to the light, amazed

by the music they make.

Marian Aitches Marian Aitches

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MoonviewingMoonviewingby Shin Yu Pai

on the night of the last lunar eclipse, moon’s alignment moves into

earth’s outline, to be over-shadowed by the brightness of headlight, brakelight,

blinking red stoplight; this ink dark dome marked by floodlight & helicopter

washes out buildings in Roosevelt Square glaring from Sleep Country to

Dream Clinic, I desertto Greenlake, where mirage-likethis necklace of lamplight

encircles the reservoir misled by grinning cobrahead diffusers flattening into

a florescent skyscape, why give another thought to an old poet moon

Writers in Communities watercolor by Carolina G. Flores

Welcome Macondo Writers!

The Macondo Foundation will be holding its annual Macondo Writer’s Workshop from July 25 - July 31. For more info visit their website at www.macondofoundation.org.


w r i t e r s i n c o m m u n i t i e shelping people tell their stories

Writers in Communities (WIC) provides workshops — always free to participants — highlighting oral traditions, reading, and creative writing. Our professional teaching writers work alongside students of all ages, needs, interests and abilities in diverse community settings — from schools to justice facilities. WIC has served well over 7,000 individuals and published more than 50 chapbooks and broadsides of writing by students of all ages since 2002, and we continue to seek innovative partnerships throughout the community. Our work builds the critical thinking, reading, writing, and verbal skills essential to a healthy and economically thriving populace.

Writers in the SchoolsWIC’s partnership with East Central Independent School District (ECISD) throughout 2009-2010 offered recovering dropouts workshops in poetry, essay, and ceramics. Students studied the writing craft with Regina Moya, Abe Louise Young, Cary Clack, and Derek Delgado. They also created ceramic pieces with local artist Carolina G. Flores. Express-News columnist Cary Clack kicked-off the spring session with the goal of helping students “see that not only should something they write leave echoes, but that their lives should also leave echoes.” ECISD’s student work leaves an echo as an anthology that includes a compilation of their work, published in June 2010.

The “My Neighborhood/Mi Barrio” poetry and mural project was a partnership between WIC and five elementary schools and academies in the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD): Bonham Academy, Crockett Elementary, Douglass Academy, Gates Elementary, and Storm Academy. Some 120 fifth- and sixth-graders worked with professional writers and artists to create poetry and a portable mural reflecting the neighborhood theme. SAISD writers-in-residence were Donna Peacock, Lyle Rosdahl, Rachel Jennings, and Regina Moya. The artists-in-residence were Fadela Castro, Mike Marks, and Robert Poschmann.

The “Our Part of Town” poetry workshop at White Middle School in the Northeast Independent School District (NEISD) wrapped up this spring with a reading and multi-site walking tour. Twenty-two students worked with writers Natalia Treviño and Ignacio Magaloni producing writings that reflect their neighborhood. The vibrant posters were illustrated by artist Carolina G. Flores, and the published results are a series of broadsides that were displayed throughout the Windcrest community.

In partnership with Friends of Bonham, WIC brought a three-week after-school project to a group of 3rd through 5th graders at Bonham Academy. The mission of “Mi Familia/My Family” was to promote poetry and explore concepts of family and home while learning basic poetic techniques. The workshop was facilitated by poet Eduardo Cavazos Garza.

In spring, writers Cary Clack and Ben Olguín facilitated personal narrative workshops at Wood Middle School in the Northeast Independent School District (NEISD). The workshops focused on autobiographical poetry and encouraged students to value the uniqueness of their lives, as well as the magic of language and poetry.

Poet Trey Moore ran two spring workshops in gothic literature for 7th graders at Terrell Wells and Kingsborough Middle Schools in the Harlandale District. Students studied the mythological landscape of gothic literature, the importance of tension and character foils in gothic storytelling, and wrote and illustrated their own gothic short stories. An online anthology of the work will be on the Gemini Ink website this summer.

Writers in Communities Partners

The Bexar County Juvenile Probation DepartmentEast Central Independent School DistrictFriends of Bonham AcademyThe George W. Brackenridge FoundationHarlandale Independent School DistrictJohn Jay High School, Northside Independent School DistrictThe Rackspace FoundationSafe Haven Homeless ShelterSan Antonio Independent School DistrictW.I.N.G.S. for Life, Inc.Wood Middle School, Northeast Independent School District


D. Ellis Phelps and Trey Moore hosted two days of writing workshops at the John Jay Writing Retreat this spring in Boerne, Texas for a group of science and engineering students from the Northside Independent School District. Phelps and Moore discussed writing as a lifestyle and career, as well as explored nature and writing, environmentalism and writing, and the practice of writing to create narratives from personal experience.

Writers in the CommunityWIC held a spring writing workshop at Safe Haven Homeless Shelter encouraging the application of literacy skills including brainstorming, producing, and editing work. It also provided a welcoming environment for individuals to share stories and have their voices heard. Students explored how stillness and empathic listening deepen the act of writing, and how writing can be approached as a healing journey. Trey Moore facilitated. A chapbook will be released this summer.

Writers in the Juvenile Justice SettingLast spring, writer Natalia Treviño facilitated a Storybook Project at W.I.N.G.S. for Life (Women in Need of Greater Strength), an educational residential center that houses adolescent mothers and their children as an alternative to juvenile incarceration. Participants read and discussed classic children’s literature, then created an original story for their own children. Illustrator Regina Moya worked with students to develop illustrations for their stories. An anthology edition of 300 is currently in production. Anthologies are widely distributed through libraries, teen parenting programs, educational fairs, and other public service venues.

Summer WIC ProjectsThis summer, WIC collaborates with Fotofronteras co-founder and photographer Fadela Castro on a two-week intensive project that combines writing and photography. Child Immigrant Stories works with a group of Latin American youth being detained at a local U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-sponsored shelter after entering the U.S. alone. The workshop is led by a WIC writer-in-residence who team-teaches with Castro to inspire students to document their stories in both mediums. A hard-copy anthology will be distributed to future shelter residents, and an exhibit of the work will be included in the 2010 FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA festival.

This summer, WIC collaborates once again with the 386th Drug Court on Poetry’s Dialogue with Image, a writing and illustration workshop. Students work with a writer on developing poems they will illustrate under the direction of one of our artists-in-residence. Their work will be published in a chapbook and a small set of poetry broadsides at the end of the summer.

Opportunity for Professional Writers

If you have a published book (or the equivalent), have experience teaching creative writing, and want to help bring creative writing, reading, storytelling, and thinking to diverse communities, we want to meet you. E-mail your resume or CV and three pages of writing samples to [email protected]


Illustrations by the 6th grade students of Douglass Academy under the guidance of Fadela Castro

My Lifeby Rudy F., JCTC residentPush and Pull

It’s a warm summer night, I can’t go to sleep.Gun shots, sirens, and can’t go to sleep.I struggle to make peace, but still we’re at war,Fighting the endless battle, but don’t know what it’s for.Dad ain’t home, Mama ain’t there.Go to the fridge, ain’t nothing there.Go to the streets, I’ll find something there.It’s “tough luck” my dad used to say, hustling on a cold, rainy day.I pop a pill to ease my mind, keeping away the thought of doing time.Mom died in ‘99, brother doing 59.

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Where I’m From Where I’m From By Bryandra Riley, 7th gradeBy Bryandra Riley, 7th grade

“Our Part of Town” poetry broadsides“Our Part of Town” poetry broadsides

I am from makeup. I am from makeup. The colored eye shadow, from eyeliner and The colored eye shadow, from eyeliner and

mascara.mascara.I am from the two-story home that always I am from the two-story home that always

has a great scent of lavender!has a great scent of lavender!I am from daisy flowers and the pecan I am from daisy flowers and the pecan

tree whose long–gone limbs tree whose long–gone limbs I remember as if they were my own!I remember as if they were my own!

I am from my mom and my daddy!I am from my mom and my daddy!I am from biting my nails and chewing I am from biting my nails and chewing

minty gum when I’m nervous.minty gum when I’m nervous.And from always out with family and And from always out with family and

friends at the movies and parties friends at the movies and parties and every place else having a good time.and every place else having a good time.

I am from do what’s right and do what I am from do what’s right and do what you have to,you have to,

from never having regrets! from never having regrets! I was born in a beautiful place named I was born in a beautiful place named

Germany. Germany. I am from being sent to Iraq:I am from being sent to Iraq:

I was there for a long, boring year. I was there for a long, boring year. And it wasn’t a pretty picture!And it wasn’t a pretty picture!


Now available from Gemini Ink:Writers in Communities Anthologies

Push and Pull, Spring 2010A collection of poetry by residents of the Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center in San Antonio, from a Fall 2009 workshop.

My Neighborhood/Mi Barrio, Spring 2010A collection of writings by fifth- and sixth- grade students from the San Antonio Independent School District, from fall 2009 poetry and mural workshops. Full-color reproductions of each mural is included in this anthology.

Our Part of Town poetry broadsides, Spring 2010A collection of twenty-two 12” x 18” poetry broadsides by students from White Middle School in the Northeast Independent School District. Each broadside features a student poem, and an illustration by artist Carolina G. Flores.

Each anthology is $10. Poetry broadsides are $8 each. All proceeds benefit the Writers in Communities Program.

Gemini Ink also features a published WIC anthology every month on our website www.geminiink.org

My Neighborhood in Small Pieces(lines written by Mr. Lopez‛s 5th grade students at Crockett Elementary and arranged by Donna Peacock)My Neighborhood / Mi Barrio

I carry with me little things:

Street names that sing--Ruiz, Perez, and Travis;Martin (it was my uncle‛s name),and Albert Street where my cousin lives.Rivas Street where my friends and I playalmost every day. Calaveras; Morales.Oh, and Navidad; it reminds me of Christmas.

The streets run among favorite trees:the pine tree in front of my house;the coconut tree over my backyard;the tree we call “Old Tree” because it is old;the tree with bananas, a banana tree; my mango tree and the tree with flowers--I could jump out of that one. And others, too,

like the small tree that‛s been in frontof my house for years and never growsor the one that grows over the topof my house and keeps me away from the sun.There is a tree shaped like a heart,but it‛s really a lime tree. It has a hole in it. I hide my secrets there.

Walk my neighborhood and you‛ll meet Guillermo with his wavy hair; Magdalena with the pretty name.Sandra, a not very nice lady, or Guadalupe,the nice lady with black-brown hair;Juanita, who has a good house and invites me in;the man who never moves his truck with the boat behind.


m o r e g o o d s t u f f

Community TalkModerated by Analisa Peace of the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance, the executive director of Solar San Antonio Lanny Sinkin, and Greg Harman, the environmental writer from the San Antonio Current, this summer’s Community Talk will explore the issue of environmental justice and each citizen’s responsibility to protect land and natural resources. What can we do in our homes to protect the environment? What governmental policies will do the most to achieve our goals for the environment? And what should our priorities be regarding environmental issues? This honest, organic discussion is open to all members of the community. Come let us know what you think!

Gemini Ink513 S. Presa

Sunday, July 25 at 4:30pmFree and Open to the Public

Free Reading SeriesFriday, June 4, 7pm at Gemini InkOpen Mic – Call 734.9673 to register. Limited spaces available!

Friday, July 9, 7pm at Gemini InkJoe Nick Patoski, Sherwin Bitsui, and Marian Aitches

Friday, July 23, 7pm at Gemini InkShin Yu Pai, Lyle Rosdahl, and Mobi Warren

Sunday, July 25, 2pm at Gemini Ink2010 Young Writers Camp Reading

Friday, August 6, 7pm at Gemini InkStaff Reading

PBS POV Documentary SeriesThis summer Gemini Ink, in partnership with SAY Sí, kicks off an ongoing PBS POV (point-of-view) documentary series with a screening of the award winning documentary Libby, Montana. Previously aired on PBS’ popular POV series, this documentary follows the tumultuous and shocking struggle of a small town whose health and security was sacrificed by the mining company that fueled their economy. Summer faculty member and the film’s director and producer, Doug Hawes-Davis, will be on hand to take questions following the screening.

SAY Sí1518 S. Alamo

San Antonio, TX 78204Friday, July 16 at 7pm

Free and Open to the Public

2 to WatchArtpace and Gemini Ink team up again this summer to present our version of The Odd Couple. Join literary artist Trey Moore and visual artist Ken Little as they discuss the ins and outs of their work and their processes, and the intersections of their unique artistic perspectives.

Thursday, July 226:30pmArtpace

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San Antonio Museum of Art and Gemini Ink present

Writers Respond to ArtWriters Respond to Art

Featuring:Featuring:Marian HaddadMarian Haddad, poet and essayist, has two published poetry collections: a chapbook entitled Saturn Falling Down (2003) and Somewhere between Mexico and a River Called Home (Pecan Grove Press, 2004), listed as recommended reading by The Small Press Review and Valparaiso Review.

Robert BonazziRobert Bonazzi is the author of four books of poems, the most recent being Maestro of Solitude (Wings Press, 2007), and Man in the Mirror: John Howard Griffin and the Story of Black Like Me (Orbis, 1997). He writes an occasional column on poetry, “Poetic Diversity,” for the San Antonio Express-News.

Gregg BarriosGregg Barrios’s talents and range of interests have found expression in the novel, short story, poetry, critical essay, and journalism. However, it is as a poet that he assumes the most importance, by giving voice to the Chicano community spirit in simple, unrhymed, everyday language that captures the humor, mood, and tempo of life in the barrio.

SAMA thanks the M.E. Hart Foundation, and Gemini Ink is grateful to the Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation for helping make this event possible.

Join Gemini Ink and SAMA as we present three San Antonio writers in a reading of their original responses to the museum’s incredible collection of ancient Roman art. Come early to view the artworks, and create your own sense of the collection before hearing the writers’ unique perspectives.

Event:Event:Tuesday, May 18, 6:30 pmSan Antonio Museum of Art 200 West Jones AvenueFree and Open to the Public

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