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SUMMARY:Writers Read: Nicole Young-Martin\, Doug Selwyn\, Dahlia Riddington
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read is a monthly opportunity for an audience to come a
 nd listen to local writers in an intimate environment. Each second Wednesd
 ay of the month\, three writers read from their work\, followed by a discu
 ssion facilitated by Lindy Whiton. These discussions have been eye opening
 \, touching\, and inspiring. Audiences have left the venue ready to write.
 \n\nNicole Young-Martin (she/her) is the producer and host of the award-wi
 nning podcast\, Black Writers Read\, which is the recipient of the 2024 Bl
 ack Podcasting Award for Best Literary Podcast. Her poetry has been publis
 hed in Meat for Tea: The Valley Review\, the 2022 Connecticut Bards and Th
 e Rebel’s Zeitgeist through Black Writers for Peace and Social Justice. 
 Nicole’s award-winning play\, get (t)his!\, has been produced in Western
  MA\, New York City\, and Detroit (her hometown).\n\nDoug Selwyn taught at
  K-12 public schools from 1985 until 2000 and then at university as a prof
 essor of education until he retired in 2017. His published works include A
 ll Children Are All Our Children\, Following the Threads: Bringing Inquiry
  Research into the Classroom\, and At the Center of All Possibilities: Tra
 nsforming Education for Our Children’s Future\; his monthly column for t
 he Greenfield Recorder features his commentary on educational issues. He h
 as read his fiction and poetry at the Garlic and Arts Festival Word Stage.
 \n\nDahlia Riddington is a writer\, musician\, dancer\, and all-around ent
 husiast of artistic creation. She is originally from Greenfield\, MA\, and
  most recently graduated from Smith College\, where she studied Creative W
 riting and Paleoclimatology. Her poetry writing is inspired by the local l
 andscape of Western MA and by the intricacies and intimacies of people.\n\
 nFor more information\, email lindy@localaccess.org.\n\n$1-5 suggested don
 ation
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