UNLOCKING THE PEN
A Poetry Writing Workshop
presented by:
Yolanda Coulaz
A Poetry Writing Workshop
presented by:
Yolanda Coulaz
followed by:
A Poetry Reading & Book Signing
Sunday, September 14, 2008
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Workshop (fee applies)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Reading & Book Signing (free & open to the public)
@
The Village Bookshoppe
7 North Village Ave.
Rockville Centre, NY
(516) 764-1395
This workshop is writing intensive wherein participants will craft poems using various prompts and samples provided. It's all about UNLOCKING THE PEN, opening the gates, and letting loose those creative creatures we all have locked up inside ourselves! There is a $15 workshop fee ($20 after August 31st). To register send check or money order to The Village Bookshoppe. Include name and contact information. *Class size is limited. Please register early.
Yolanda Coulaz is a poet, photographer, editor, and founder of Purple Sage Press. She teaches poetry writing workshops to middle and high school students throughout Long Island and is coordinator and host of the Farmingdale Library Poetry Series. She has won numerous awards and has been published in newspapers, magazines and anthologies including Flutter, Long Island Quarterly, The Long Islander, Xanadu, The Lyric, New Verse News, Soul Fountain, North Shore Woman's Newspaper, Long Island Sounds, Voices Israel, Songs of Seasoned Women, and the PPA Literary Review. Her poem "Aftershock" was included in an anthology entitled Echoes from the Heart: an Anthology of Poetry for Peace/from 9.11 to Infinity. Coulaz edited and published the anthology For Loving Precious Beast to help benefit Loving Touch Animal Rescue. Her first book of poetry Spirits and Oxygen is currently being used in an advanced course in poetry at SUNY Stony Brook. Contact her at yolandacoulaz@msn.com or (631) 420-0425.
This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Directions to The Village Bookshoppe
From the north (via Meadowbrook Pkwy S / Meadowbrook State Pkwy / Senator Norman J Levy Memorial Pkwy )
1. At exit M6 W, take ramp right for Southern Pkwy West / Southern State Pkwy toward New York 3.4 mi
2. At exit 19S, take ramp right for Peninsula Blvd toward Rockville Ctr 2.1 mi
3. Turn left onto Lakeview Ave 0.2 mi
4. Turn right onto N Village Ave 0.6 mi
5. Arrive at 7 N Village Ave, Rockville Centre , NY 11570
The last intersection is SR-27 / Pow/Mia Memorial Hwy / Sunrise Hwy. If you reach Merrick Rd , you've gone too far.
From the east (via Southern Pkwy W / Southern State Pkwy)
1. At exit 19S, take ramp right for Peninsula Blvd toward Rockville Ctr 2.1 mi
2. Turn left onto Lakeview Ave 0.2 mi
3. Turn right onto N Village Ave 0.6 mi
4. Arrive at 7 N Village Ave, Rockville Centre , NY 11570
The last intersection is SR-27 / Pow/Mia Memorial Hwy / Sunrise Hwy. If you reach Merrick Rd , you've gone too far.
From the east (via SR-27 / Pow/Mia Memorial Hwy / E Sunrise Hwy W)
1. Keep left to stay on SR-27 West / Pow/Mia Memorial Hwy / W Sunrise Hwy 3.5 mi
2. Turn left onto N Village Ave 0.1 mi
3. Arrive at 7 N Village Ave, Rockville Centre , NY 11570
The last intersection is SR-27 / Pow/Mia Memorial Hwy / Sunrise Hwy. If you reach Merrick Rd , you've gone too far.
From the west (via Southern Pkwy E / Southern State Pkwy)
1. At exit 17S, take ramp right for Hempstead Ave South toward Malverne 0.2 mi
2. Turn right onto Hempstead Ave 0.1 mi
3. Keep straight onto Ocean Ave 1.5 mi
4. Turn left onto Merrick Rd 0.3 mi
5. Take ramp left and follow signs for SR-27 East / Pow/Mia Memorial Hwy / Sunrise Hwy 0.3 mi
6. Turn right onto N Village Ave 0.1 mi
7. Arrive at 7 N Village Ave, Rockville Centre , NY 11570
The last intersection is SR-27 / Pow/Mia Memorial Hwy / Sunrise Hwy. If you reach Merrick Rd , you've gone too far.
Yolanda Coulaz - Purple Sage Press
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