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SUMMARY:Writers Read ft. David Ram\, Bob Barba\, and Edite Cunhã
DESCRIPTION:LAVA hosts this monthly series\, Writers Read\, on the second W
 ednesday every month. Coordinated by Lindy Whiton\, the series brings in l
 ocal writers and a couple of outside surprises. Continue to look for each 
 month's cast\, for the year is already booked with people we are excited t
 o bring to our Center. $5 suggested donation.\n\nReading in February will 
 be David Ram\, Bob Barba\, and Edite Cunhã.\n\nDAVID RAM taught at HCC an
 d GCC from which he retired as a professor of English. Ram lived in Frankl
 in County for three decades then resettled in Easthampton where he enjoys 
 working on poems\, rowing on the pond\, and hanging out with his wife\, ki
 ds and grandkids.\n\nBOB BARBA graduated from Ohio University a long time 
 ago with an English degree\, which led directly to his first job as a crac
 ker baker. He has published both narrative non-fiction and poetry in a ver
 y short and eclectic list of very minor publications. His earliest inspira
 tion to write poetry came from his brilliant oldest sister\, Rose\, and he
  was later encouraged by several amazing teachers.\n\nEDITE CUNHÃ is a wr
 iter\, artist\, teacher and activist. Her fiction has been published both 
 locally and nationally and won awards and fellowships including Smith’s 
 Spencer Prize for Excellence in Writing\, AWP’s Intro Writing Award and 
 the Tara Fellowship for short fiction. Cunhã has a BA from Smith College 
 and an MFA from Warren Wilson College. She lives in Turners Falls\, MA.\n\
 n(Amy Dryansky was originally scheduled to read\; she had to cancel due to
  illness and has rescheduled to appear in April.)
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