Springing into Words: An Update

Yes, indeed, it has been quite a long time since I have made a post here! And this one will be a repeat for those who receive my emailed newsletter, but there are so many new activities shared on my website, I just wanted all to see!

Here is a brief guide:

I have a new book! Will There Also Be Singing? contains poems of witness and protest about my native Appalachia and our country as a whole. I hope you will check it out—preorders are now available le for its late April publication.

And if you are local to Cincinnati, please save Sunday afternoon, April 28, 2- 5 pm, for Poems and Pints, a good old-fashioned (as in pre-pandemic!) house party to celebrate three new books of poetry—and new batches of my husband, Owen’s, beer! Come just for a reading from three poets, Katerina Stoykova, Richard Hague and me on the half hour, or (better yet) stay the whole afternoon. All books will be available at the party.

You can find out more about the party and how to RSVP on the Upcoming Readings & Recent Events page which also includes:

• Woman-Made, Nature-Inspired Women’s History Month Poetry Reading, Friday, March 22, 7:00 pm Fernbank Lodge at Cincinnati’s Fernbank Park
• Women of Appalachia Performance, April 6, 2024, 1-3 pm, Berea College, Loyal Jones Appalachian Center (Berea, Kentucky) and at the Reece Museum Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee on Saturday, May 4, 1-3 pm.
• Reading Between the Wines on Wednesday, April 17, 7-9 pm at the Springboro (Ohio) Historical Museum
• Poetry in the Garden at the Clifton Branch (Cincinnati, Ohio) Library Monday, April 22, 6-8 pm (includes an open mic)
• Laureates and Friends at Athens Uncorked, Athens Ohio, on Thursday, April 25, 6-8 pm

If poetry readings aren’t your thing, you will find a number of workshops, both virtual and in-person on my Writers Workshops and Retreats page. One is even free!

• Developing Your Manuscript—an online informational workshop offered by The Notebooks Collective, Saturday, March 30, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
• Finding the Poem in Family Stories—an online generative workshop offered by The Notebooks Collective, Tuesday, April 9, 7-9 pm
• Writing Where and What You Know (and What You Don’t), Saturday, April 13, 1-4:30 pm (Free!), Loyal Jones Appalachian Center, Berea College, Berea, KY
• Community of Creative Writers River Retreat (along the Ohio River in Northern Kentucky), Saturday, April 27, 10 am -4 pm
• Realms of the Mothers Workshop, Saturday, May 11, 10 am – 12:30 pm in Cincinnati’s Spring Grove Village neighborhood
• Caring for the Caregiver Writing Experience—online, Thursday, May 9—and future dates—10 am – 1 pm

For the women writers among you, I’ll note that while my May Knobs Haven Retreats for Women is full, there are openings in both the August and December retreats.

Will I ever blog again? Not this spring, but surely in the future. In the meantime, check out my interview at Woman-Made, Nature-Inspired: Pauletta Hansel – Great Parks of Hamilton County Blog).

I hope to see you at an event in person or online.

Pauletta