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Story and Song: Finding Direction and Momentum in the Music of our Words, Nov. 1, 2023

This event is not sponsored by CWC Mt. Diablo. It is included here as a member benefit.

Date: Wednesday November 1
Time: 6:00 – 8:00pm PDT
Location: Online via Zoom. Link will be sent via email to registrants.
Event webpage: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/story-and-song-finding-direction-and-momentum-in-the-music-of-our-words-tickets-700080298017

Sometimes it’s a slog to write a scene, and sometimes a poem just feels flat. Tuning our ears to language can often break us out of old ruts and help us find new possibilities in our writing. In this free online workshop with Rachel Richardson, we’ll look closely at the sound of the language we’re using, and the musical and rhythmic devices we can lean into to enliven our prose and poetry, amplify meaning, even find where we need to go. We’ll try a few techniques together and you’ll leave with several more in your toolbox.

Presenter Bio:
Rachel Richardson is the author of two previous books of poems, Copperhead and Hundred-Year Wave (Carnegie Mellon University Press), and a forthcoming collection, SMOTHER. She is co-founder of the Berkeley literary center Left Margin LIT and serves as Poetry Advisor for the Bay Area Book Festival. Her poetry and prose have appeared in the New York Times, Yale Review, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere.

Registration Details:
Registration through Eventbrite is required. This creative writing event is hosted by the MFA in Creative Writing program at Dominican University of CA as a service to the public and there is no charge for participating.

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Upcoming Programs

  • March 14, 2026 10:00 a.m., Writers Table – Choose from 6
  • April 11, 2026, Lynda Smith Hoggan: From the Bedroom to the Page: Writing About Sex
  • May 9, 2026, Writers Table – Choose from 6
  • June 13, 2026, David Hakim: Poetry in Its Many Forms

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General Meetings are held the second Saturday of each month, except July and August.
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The Pleasant Hill Senior Center
233 Gregory Lane
Pleasant Hill, CA
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Optional post-meeting events until 1:30. Bring your lunch!
Our meetings are open to the public. See the Meetings and Workshops page to register. 

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