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Live Virtual Group Session: 6PM EDT September 23rd 2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this session! For this session we took a close look at the painting “Almost A Very Rare Thing” by Sasha Gordon, posted below. Our prompt was: โ€œWrite about an unexpected gift.โ€ Participants are warmly encouraged to share what you wrote below (โ€œLeave a Replyโ€), to keep the conversationโ€ฆ

Encuentros virtuales en vivo: Sรกbado 19 de septiembre, 13:00 EDT

Nos reunimos cinco personas desde Nueva York, Argentina y Espaรฑa. Trabajamos con dos fotografรญas: โ€œUn mรฉdico marinero visita a un pacienteโ€ y โ€œTrenes hospitalarios. Vista interior de un vagรณn de hospitalizaciรณnโ€ de la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina. Fotografรญas en blanco y negro. Empezamos describiendo las imรกgenes, intentando descifrar las historias que muestran. Pensamos en fotografรญas de la guerra. Desdeโ€ฆ

ฮ–ฯ‰ฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮฎ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮตฮดฯฮฏฮฑ ฮฑฯ†ฮทฮณฮทฮผฮฑฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ ฮนฮฑฯ„ฯฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚: ฮšฯ…ฯฮนฮฑฮบฮฎ 13 ฮฃฮตฯ€ฯ„ฮตฮผฮฒฯฮฏฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฯƒฯ„ฮนฯ‚ 8:00ย ฮผ.ฮผ. (ฯŽฯฮฑ ฮ•ฮปฮปฮฌฮดฮฑฯ‚)

ฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฟ:ย ฮ•ฮปฮญฮฝฮท, ฮฎ ฮฟ ฮšฮฑฮฝฮญฮฝฮฑฯ‚ย (ฮกฮญฮฑ ฮ“ฮฑฮปฮฑฮฝฮฌฮบฮท) ฮธฮญฮผฮฑ:ย ฮ“ฯฮฌฯˆฯ„ฮต ฮณฮนโ€™ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯ…ฮผฮฒฮฑฮฏฮฝฮตฮน ฮฑฮฝฮฌฮผฮตฯƒฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฯฮนฮฝ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฮผฮตฯ„ฮฌ. ฮˆฮพฯ‰ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮท ฮฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮปฮท ฮบฯฯฯ†ฯ„ฮทฮบฮฑ ฯƒฮต ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯƒฯ…ฯƒฯ„ฮฌฮดฮฑ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ€ฮนฮบฯฮฟฮดฮฌฯ†ฮฝฮตฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ…ฮบฮนฮญฯ‚, ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮธฮญฯฮนฮตฯ…ฮฑฮฝ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮปฯŽฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮฑ ฯ‡ฮฑฮปฮฌฯƒฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฑ ฮผฮนฮฑฯ‚ ฮฑฮณฯฮฟฮนฮบฮฏฮฑฯ‚. ฮ•ฮบฮตฮฏ ฮฌฮปฮปฮฑฮพฮฑ. ฮ•ฮฏฯ‡ฮฑ ฮฑฮณฮฟฯฮฌฯƒฮตฮน ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฯฮนฮบฯŒ ฯƒฮบฮฟฯฯฮฟ ฮบฮฟฯ…ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฮผฮน, ฮฑฮบฯฮนฮฒฯŽฯ‚ ฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฮตฮบฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯ†ฮฟฯฮฟฯฯƒฮฑฮฝฮต ฮฟฮน ฮบฮฟฮผฯˆฮฟฮฏ ฮฝฮญฮฟฮน ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯ€ฯŒฮปฮทฯ‚. ฮคฯŒฮฝฮนฯƒฮฑโ€ฆ

Live Virtual Group Session: 12PM EDT September 11th 2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this session! For this session we read a poem “Returning Birds” by Wisล‚awa Szymborska, and took a close look at “Paysage Azteequeย 1950” by Rufino Tomayo posted below. Our prompt was:ย “Begin your writing with: โ€œRejoice, O reasonโ€ฆโ€.โ€ Participants are warmly encouraged to share what you wrote below (โ€œLeaveโ€ฆ

Live Virtual Group Session: 12PM EDT August 5th 2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this session! For this session we took a close look at a photo taken by Kathleen Sullivan and read the poem “Breakage” by Mary Oliver, posted below. Our prompt was: โ€œTell a story of the broken and then opened.โ€ Participants are warmly encouraged to share what you wroteโ€ฆ

Encuentros virtuales en vivo: Sรกbado 18 de julio, 13:00 EDT

El texto que escogimos para hoy fue VII Mayte Gรณmez Molina (1993-) (Deย Mi piel virtual, cansada,ย Editorial de la Universidad de Granada, 2021)opiada de Un estallido, Antologรญa de la poesรญa espaรฑola 2000-2025. Ed. Catedra La propuesta de escritura fue “Escribeย sobre las preguntas que no te haces.” Aquรญ, ahora alentamos a los participantes que si asรญ loโ€ฆ

Live Virtual Group Session: 6PM EDT July 13th 2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this session! For this session we read a poem “[i love them still]” by Fatimah Asghar, posted below. Our prompt was:ย โ€œStart your writing with ‘Scattered like a seed…’โ€ Participants are warmly encouraged to share what you wrote below (โ€œLeave a Replyโ€), to keep the conversation going here,โ€ฆ

ฮ–ฯ‰ฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮฎ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮตฮดฯฮฏฮฑ ฮฑฯ†ฮทฮณฮทฮผฮฑฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ ฮนฮฑฯ„ฯฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚: ฮšฯ…ฯฮนฮฑฮบฮฎ 12 ฮ™ฮฟฯฮปฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฯƒฯ„ฮนฯ‚ 8:00ย ฮผ.ฮผ. (ฯŽฯฮฑ ฮ•ฮปฮปฮฌฮดฮฑฯ‚)

ฮฃฮฑฯ‚ ฮตฯ…ฯ‡ฮฑฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฮผฮต ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯ…ฮผฮผฮตฯ„ฮตฮฏฯ‡ฮฑฯ„ฮต ฯƒฮต ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฯ„ฮท ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮตฮดฯฮฏฮฑ. ฮœฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮนฮบฮฎ: We Let It Inย (ฮœฯ€ฯฮฌฮนฮฑฮฝ ฮŠฮฝฮฟ) ฮ˜ฮญฮผฮฑ:ย ฮ“ฯฮฌฯˆฯ„ฮต ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฯ†ฮฎฮฝฮตฮนฯ‚ ฮบฮฌฯ„ฮน ฮฎ ฮบฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฟฮฝ ฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฯฮฌฯƒฮตฮน. ฮฃฯฮฝฯ„ฮฟฮผฮฑ ฮธฮฑ ฮผฮฟฮนฯฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฮผฮต ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฯƒฯƒฯŒฯ„ฮตฯฮตฯ‚ ฯ€ฮปฮทฯฮฟฯ†ฮฟฯฮฏฮตฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ…ฮปฮนฮบฯŒ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮท ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮตฮดฯฮฏฮฑ, ฮณฮนโ€™ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฯƒฮฑฯ‚ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฮบฮฑฮปฮฟฯฮผฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮตฯ€ฮนฯƒฮบฮตฯ†ฮธฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฮพฮฑฮฝฮฌ ฯ„ฮท ฯƒฮตฮปฮฏฮดฮฑ. ฮฃฯ„ฮฟ ฮผฮตฯ„ฮฑฮพฯ, ฮบฮฑฮปฮฟฯฮผฮต ฯŒฮปฮตฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯŒฮปฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฯŒฯƒฮฟฮน ฯƒฯ…ฮผฮผฮตฯ„ฮตฮฏฯ‡ฮฑฯ„ฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮฟฮนฯฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฯŒฯƒฮฑ ฮณฯฮฌฯˆฮฑฯ„ฮตโ€ฆ

Live Virtual Group Session: 12PM EDT July 1st 2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this session! For this session we read a poem “Disclosure” by Camisha L. Jones, posted below. Our prompt was:โ€œWrite about sounds that beckon.โ€ Participants are warmly encouraged to share what you wrote below (โ€œLeave a Replyโ€), to keep the conversation going here, bearing in mind that theโ€ฆ

Live Virtual Group Session: 6PM EDT July 15th 2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this session! For this session we read an excerpt (p 9-10) from Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto, posted below. Our prompt was:ย โ€œwhat happens when time slows down.โ€ Participants are warmly encouraged to share what you wrote below (โ€œLeave a Replyโ€), to keepโ€ฆ

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