Nearby Universe members Brook Bhagat, M.R. Hyde, Maddie Van Batum, and Lisa Macedo reveled in inspiration and community at the Castle Rock Writers’ Conference on Saturday. It was great to reconnect with the lovely folks from Castle Rock Writers and make new friends. Poetry track presenters included brice maiurro (ecopoetics) and Poet Laureate Marissa Forbes (historical poetry), who were both fantastic. Brook’s icing on the cake was a book swap: Only Flying and Pen and Pulse for Marissa’s exquisite, eye-opening collections, Surviving Peter Pan and Brief and Bleeding Margins. Score! Fiction/creative nonfiction workshops were courtesy of the Gemini Writers’ Studio, and there was a panel on publishing for everyone. Thank you, PPSC, for sponsoring our attendance — we learned so much and had so much fun. Photos courtesy of Castle Rock Writers.
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