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SUMMARY:Contemplating Now Podcast
DESCRIPTION:Sophfronia’s interview with Contemplating Now Podcast host Cassidy Hall goes live in early April. A link will be posted when available.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/contemplating-now-podcast/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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SUMMARY:Encountering Silence Podcast
DESCRIPTION:Sophfronia’s interview with Encountering Silence Podcast host Cassidy Hall goes live in early April. A link will be posted when available.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/encountering-silence-podcast/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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SUMMARY:Deviate with Rolf Potts Podcast
DESCRIPTION:Sophfronia’s interview with Deviate Podcast host Rolf Potts will be recorded March 22. A link will be posted when available.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/deviate-with-rolf-potts-podcast/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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SUMMARY:Alma College MFA in Creative Writing Summer Residency\, Alma\, MI
DESCRIPTION:As director of Alma’s MFA program\, Sophfronia is pleased to announce its first residency. Residency is the heart of the MFA experience. Students\, faculty\, visiting writers\, and guest speakers from the publishing industry come together to form a diverse and dynamic artistic community teeming with the energy of a shared commitment to writing. U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo will kick off the residency with a craft talk for students in the afternoon and a public reading in the evening.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/alma-college-mfa-in-creative-writing-summer-residency-alma-mi/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210721
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210727
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210716T225036Z
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SUMMARY:Breaking the Academic Mold - Workshop\, Online
DESCRIPTION:Breaking the Academic Mold\nLiberating the Powerful\, Personal Voice Inside You\nMany scholars yearn to speak to a broader audience through creative nonfiction\, blogs\, op-eds\, and memoir. This workshop is for academics who have written mainly for peers but long to share their knowledge or personal experience in a more innovative way with a wider audience. \nParticipants in this workshop will develop their writing voice in service of topics about which they care\, and about which they have some expertise. A combination of seminars\, workshops\, and individual instruction\, our week together will help you unlearn the worst academic habits\, free your creative spirit\, structure your work more effectively\, and speak on the page in a truer\, more engaging voice. Our focus will be on releasing the professors’ voice to the public square. \nThis inaugural jointly sponsored Wabash Center/Collegeville Institute workshop is by invitation only. Invited participants are scholars and teachers of religion and theology. \nDue to COVID precautions\, the workshop will meet in the virtual sphere via Zoom. \nLeadership Team\nSophfronia Scott\, Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing\, Alma College\nMichael N. McGregor\, Writing Faculty\, Collegeville Institute\nDr. P. Kimberleigh Jordan\, Associate Director of Educational Design\, The Wabash Center
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/breaking-the-academic-mold-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210802
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SUMMARY:Emerging Writers Workshop\, Online
DESCRIPTION:Collegeville Institute participants (accepted via application) attend a virtual writing workshop that will involve formal seminars\, individual mentorship and goal setting\, peer-to-peer work\, and time for participants to develop\, write\, and polish their first article. \nAfter the workshop\, McGregor and Scott will continue to work online with their assigned participants to develop a series of articles and/or essays to be published in Bearings Online. This work will include direct feedback on writing\, Zoom sessions\, and instruction on specific writing techniques. On occasion all six writers may gather together online for instruction.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/emerging-writers-workshop-online/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210918
DTSTAMP:20260405T101439
CREATED:20210716T225653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210716T225653Z
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SUMMARY:Publishing in Color Conference\, Online
DESCRIPTION:Sophfronia Scott will present an informational session on the Alma College MFA in Creative Writing graduate program. Exact date and time TBD.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/publishing-in-color-conference-online/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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SUMMARY:Tuesdays with Merton\, Online Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Sophfronia Scott will be in conversation with members of the International Thomas Merton Society. Details TBD\, but registration will be at link below when available. \nRegistration
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/tuesdays-with-merton-online-presentation/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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SUMMARY:Ladyparts-A Memoir: Deborah Copaken in Conversation with Sophfronia Scott
DESCRIPTION:Twenty years after her iconic memoir Shutterbabe\, Deborah Copaken is at her darkly comedic nadir: battered\, broke\, divorcing\, dissected\, and dying—literally—on sexism’s battlefield as she scoops up what she believes to be her internal organs into a glass container before heading off to the hospital . . . in an UberPool. \nLadyparts is her irreverent inventory of both the female body and the body politic of womanhood in America\, the story of one woman brought to her knees by the one-two-twelve punch of divorce\, solo motherhood\, healthcare Frogger\, unaffordable childcare\, shady landlords\, her father’s death\, college tuitions\, sexual harassment\, corporate indifference\, ageism\, sexism\, and plain old bad luck. Plus seven serious illnesses\, one atop the other\, which provide the book’s narrative skeleton: vagina\, uterus\, breast\, heart\, cervix\, brain\, and lungs. She bounces back from each bum body part\, finds workarounds for every setback—she transforms her home into a commune to pay rent; sells her soul for health insurance; turns FBI informant when her sexual harasser is nominated to the White House—but in her slippery struggle to survive a steep plunge off the middle-class ladder\, she is suddenly awoken to what it means to have no safety net. \nSide-splittingly funny one minute\, a freak horror show the next\, quintessentially American\, Ladyparts is an era-defining memoir for our time. \nCopaken will be in conversation with author (and college classmate) Sophfronia Scott. \nFREE program\, but donations are gratefully accepted. REGISTER HERE. \nSigned copies of Ladyparts are available for purchase through the Mark Twain Store; proceeds benefit The Mark Twain House & Museum. Books will be shipped after the event. We regret that we are NOT able to ship books outside the United States as it is cost-prohibitive to do so. \n———————————- \nDeborah Copaken is the New York Times bestselling author of several books\, including Shutterbabe\, The Red Book\, and Between Here and April. A contributing writer at The Atlantic\, she was also a TV writer on Emily in Paris\, a performer (The Moth\, etc.)\, and an Emmy Award–winning news producer and photojournalist. Her photographs have appeared in Time\, Newsweek\, and The New York Times. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, The Guardian\, The Financial Times\, Observer\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Nation\, Slate\, O\, the Oprah Magazine\, and Paris Match\, among others. Her column “When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist” was adapted for the Modern Love streaming series. She lives in Brooklyn with her family. \nSophfronia Scott is the director of the Alma College MFA in Creative Writing for the 21st Century program and the author of novels and works of nonfiction including\, most recently\, The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton\, about which she spoke for the Twain House in May. \n 
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/ladyparts-a-memoir-deborah-copaken-in-conversation-with-sophfronia-scott/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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SUMMARY:Progressive Christian Voices: Today and Tomorrow - Webinar
DESCRIPTION:A webinar hosted by Brian Allain and intended to deal with “big questions.” The session will feature three Broadleaf Books authors addressing questions such as:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease tell us briefly about your background and a bit about your most recent book \n\n\nWhat have you been reading lately that has most impacted you? \n\n\nWhat do you believe are currently the most pressing issues that progressive Christians should address? \n\n\nIn what ways would you suggest that progressive Christians take action to address these needs? \n\n\nThere seems to be an increasingly wide gap between progressive and conservative Christians in the United States. Does that matter? Should we do anything about it? \n\n\nLooking forward\, what plans can you speak about in terms of where your own work is headed? (future books\, activism\, etc.)
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/progressive-christian-voices-today-and-tomorrow-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211007T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210813T162746Z
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SUMMARY:Alma MFA Open House featuring David Lynn\, Alma College\, Alma\, MI
DESCRIPTION:A reading by fiction writer and Kenyon Review editor emeritus David Lynn. Informational session on applying for the Alma College MFA in Creative Writing. \nUPDATE: I’m reading at this event too! I’ll read from The Seeker and the Monk. More details soon.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/alma-mfa-open-house-featuring-david-lynn/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211016T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211016T140000
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CREATED:20211010T231407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211010T231407Z
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SUMMARY:Madeleine Mornings\, Online Writers' Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the late Madeleine L’Engle (A Wrinkle in Time)\, these virtual mini-retreats\, co-hosted by Sarah Arthur and Sophfronia Scott\,  are designed to spark insight\, foster connections\, deepen your reading\, and lend structure to your writing and spiritual life.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/madeleine-mornings-online-writers-retreat/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211023T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211023T163000
DTSTAMP:20260405T101439
CREATED:20210716T231737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210716T232132Z
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SUMMARY:The Humanity of Thomas Merton - Retreat Day\, Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center\, West Hartford\, CT
DESCRIPTION:The Humanity of Thomas Merton\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContemplative Enrichment Day\nSaturday\, October 23\, 2021\n9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (ET)\nSophfronia Scott\, M.F.A.\nThough Thomas Merton lived as a contemplative monk studying\, writing\, and praying\, he remained vulnerable in his humanity\, making him most accessible to us. Seen through the lens of grace\, Merton’s teaching can help us learn to reach for God through our imperfections. During our time together\, we will focus on developing a relationship with Merton’s spirituality that might deepen our own. \nThis program will be offered both in-person and online via Zoom. Information on how to access the program on Zoom will be sent to participants in advance. \nOffering: $65 (includes lunch) \nRegister at this link. 
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/the-humanity-of-thomas-merton-retreat-day/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211031T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211031T120000
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SUMMARY:Seeking Everyday Faith with Thomas Merton\, Christ Church Greenwich\, Greenwich\, CT
DESCRIPTION:Seeking Everyday Faith with Thomas Merton\n\nIn conversation with Deborah Goodrich Royce\, author Sophfronia Scott shares her deep dive into the private journals of the famous Trappist monk\, and the connection she found in his pages that led to her new book The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton. As a Black woman who is not Catholic\, Scott both learns from and pushes back against Merton\, holding spirited\, and intimate conversations on race\, ambition\, faith\, activism\, nature\, prayer\, friendship\, and love.\nSophfronia Scott is a Harvard-educated novelist\, essayist\, and leading contemplative thinker whose work has appeared in numerous publications and received a 2020 Artist Fellowship Grant from the Connecticut Office of the Arts as well as the 2021 Thomas Merton Award from the International Thomas Merton Society.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/seeking-everyday-faith-with-thomas-merton-christ-church-greenwich-greenwich-ct/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211106T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211106T143000
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SUMMARY:Seeking Hope with Thomas Merton\, River's Edge and Centering Space\, Cleveland\, Ohio
DESCRIPTION:Details TBD
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/seeking-hope-with-thomas-merton-rivers-edge-and-centering-space-cleveland-ohio/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211113
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SUMMARY:Writing For Your Life Conference\, Online
DESCRIPTION:Sophfronia Scott will present an informational session on the Alma College MFA in Creative Writing graduate program. Exact date and time TBD.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/writing-for-your-life-conference-online/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T101439
CREATED:20210716T233304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210716T233304Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesdays Writers Discussion Group\, Online
DESCRIPTION:Sophfronia Scott will be the featured author for November discussing a writing topic for this group hosted by Brian Allain. Details TBD. Registration at this link.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/second-tuesdays-writers-discussion-group-online/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211114T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211114T120000
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CREATED:20211010T230946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211010T230946Z
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SUMMARY:Seeking Everyday Faith with Thomas Merton\, St. Bart's Church\, New York\, NY
DESCRIPTION:Seeking Everyday Faith with Thomas Merton\n\nAuthor Sophfronia Scott shares her deep dive into the private journals of the famous Trappist monk\, and the connection she found in his pages that led to her book The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton. As a Black woman who is not Catholic\, Scott both learns from and pushes back against Merton\, holding spirited\, and intimate conversations on race\, ambition\, faith\, activism\, nature\, prayer\, friendship\, and love.\nSophfronia Scott is a Harvard-educated novelist\, essayist\, and leading contemplative thinker whose work has appeared in numerous publications. She has received a 2020 Artist Fellowship Grant from the Connecticut Office of the Arts as well as the 2021 Thomas Merton Award from the International Thomas Merton Society. \nNote: If this event is in person\, it will also be livestreamed.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/seeking-everyday-faith-with-thomas-merton-st-barts-church-new-york-ny/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220107
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SUMMARY:Alma College MFA in Creative Writing Winter Residency\, Roscommon\, MI
DESCRIPTION:As director of Alma’s MFA program\, Sophfronia is pleased to announce its winter residency. Residency is the heart of the MFA experience. Students\, faculty\, visiting writers\, and guest speakers from the publishing industry come together to form a diverse and dynamic artistic community teeming with the energy of a shared commitment to writing. \nWe’ll convene for our winter residencies at the Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center on the shore of Higgins Lake in Michigan’s gorgeous northern woods. The center\, known for its modern facilities with rustic décor\, has a legacy of conservation education. We’ll be able to appreciate Michigan’s abundant natural resources and sparkling winters with activities such as ice fishing\, sledding\, snowshoeing\, cross-country skiing and downhill skiing. Guests will have access to miles and miles of groomed cross-country ski trails located across the main road of the facility.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/alma-college-mfa-in-creative-writing-winter-residency-roscommon-mi/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220121T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220121T140000
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SUMMARY:Eat and Read at Melba's\, New Orleans\, LA
DESCRIPTION:Sophfronia Scott will sign copies of The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton\, as part of a communal literacy awareness project. The books will be given away to community members.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/eat-and-read-at-melbas-new-orleans-la/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220129T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220129T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T101439
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211010T231615Z
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SUMMARY:Madeleine Mornings\, Online Writers' Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the late Madeleine L’Engle (A Wrinkle in Time)\, these virtual mini-retreats\, co-hosted by Sarah Arthur and Sophfronia Scott\,  are designed to spark insight\, foster connections\, deepen your reading\, and lend structure to your writing and spiritual life.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/madeleine-mornings-online-writers-retreat-2/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T190000
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SUMMARY:16TH Annual Thomas Merton Black History Month Lecture\, Bellarmine University\, Louisville\, KY
DESCRIPTION:Sophfronia Scott will deliver a lecture\, TITLE TBD\, at this annual event hosted by the Merton Center. \nThe event is free and open to the public.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/16th-annual-thomas-merton-black-history-month-lecture-bellarmine-university-louisville-ky/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220410
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SUMMARY:The Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain & Ireland Conference\, Oakham School\, Rutland\, England
DESCRIPTION:Oakham Conference 2022 \non the theme ‘Where is Our Hope?’ \nOur Residential Conference will be held at Oakham School from Thu 7th April to Sat 9th April 2022. \nIn his journal entry of April 15\, 1965\, Thomas Merton asks the question: ‘Where is our hope?’ He argues that if our hope is in a temporal and secular humanism of technological and political progress\, we will be participating in the stupidity and barbarism of the despoiling of God’s creation. \nFor Merton\, ‘our hope must be in God.’ For us in one of the wealthiest countries in the world\, this answer can all too easily be equated with Christian optimism. \nBut for the many people who live precarious lives\, not even knowing where the next meal will come from\, this question is meaningless – There is no hope in this world. The very structures and support that we in the affluent West take for granted are absent. The only hope can be in heaven\, in the riches of the world to come\, further embedding the view that they are never for the here and now. \nIf\, for Merton\, ‘the real root of Christian hope is the presence of the Risen Lord among us’ (Merton’s circular letter of Lent\, 1967)\, how might this be worked out in our lives\, in our communities\, in our world? \nSophfronia Scott. will deliver a workshop on Bearing Witness to Hope: Merton’s Reach for Simplicity
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/the-thomas-merton-society-of-great-britain-ireland-conference-oakham-school-rutland-england/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220507T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220507T140000
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SUMMARY:Madeleine Mornings\, Online Writers' Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the late Madeleine L’Engle (A Wrinkle in Time)\, these virtual mini-retreats\, co-hosted by Sarah Arthur and Sophfronia Scott\,  are designed to spark insight\, foster connections\, deepen your reading\, and lend structure to your writing and spiritual life.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/madeleine-mornings-online-writers-retreat-3/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220627
DTSTAMP:20260405T101439
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SUMMARY:Alma College MFA in Creative Writing Summer Residency\, Alma\, MI
DESCRIPTION:As director of Alma’s MFA program\, Sophfronia is pleased to announce its summer 2022 residency. Residency is the heart of the MFA experience. Students\, faculty\, visiting writers\, and guest speakers from the publishing industry come together to form a diverse and dynamic artistic community teeming with the energy of a shared commitment to writing. Visiting writers Deborah Copaken\, Matthew Dickman\, and S. Kirk Walsh will join the residency with craft talks\, informal talks for students and public readings in the evening.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/alma-college-mfa-in-creative-writing-summer-residency/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220707T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220707T153000
DTSTAMP:20260405T101439
CREATED:20220514T031810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220514T031810Z
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SUMMARY:Chautauqua Institution Summer Lecture\, Chautauqua\, NY
DESCRIPTION:Sophfronia’s reflections on Thomas Merton’s wisdom and personal journals\, as related in her book\, The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton\, will inform her lecture on the theme\, “Reconnecting with the Natural World.”
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/chautauqua-institution-summer-lecture-chautauqua-ny/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220715T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220715T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T101439
CREATED:20220709T212537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220709T212537Z
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SUMMARY:MFA Nation\, Featured Panel\, Online\, 1455 Summer Literary Festival
DESCRIPTION:Over the last fifty years or so\, the Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing has become one of the important ways that writers study the craft of writing\, gain entry to the literary world\, and connect with the world of literary agents\, book publishers\, and magazine editors. Join us in looking at current trends\, new developments and future challenges in the world of the MFA. This session is for writers considering applying to MFA programs and also for writers looking for alternatives to the MFA but all are welcome!\n\n\nREGISTER FREE at 1455litarts.org/summerfest.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/mfa-nation-featured-panel-online-1455-summer-literary-festival/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220725
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220801
DTSTAMP:20260405T101439
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SUMMARY:Breaking the Academic Mold Workshop\, Collegeville Institute\, Collegeville\, MN
DESCRIPTION:Applications for this jointly sponsored Wabash Center/Collegeville Institute workshop are closed. \nThis writing workshop is for scholars of religion and theology who have written exclusively or primarily in the scholarly genre for other scholars of religion but long to share their knowledge or personal experience in a more creative way with a wider audience. \nMany scholars yearn to speak to a broader audience through creative nonfiction\, blogs\, op-eds\, and memoir. Many scholars want to write with more clarity and imagination. Participants in this workshop will develop their writing voice in service to topics they care about\, and for which they have passion and curiosity. A combination of plenary\, small group and individual instruction\, our week together will help scholars free the creative spirit\, structure their writing more effectively\, and speak on the page in a truer\, more engaging voice. Our focus will be on releasing the professors’ voice to the public square\, giving permission to be imaginative\, and finding new ways of being inspired.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/breaking-the-academic-mold-workshop-collegeville-institute-collegeville-mn/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220901T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220901T153000
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SUMMARY:Merton on Thursday\, Online Talk
DESCRIPTION:This is an online presentation of the talk originally planned for the UK Merton conference scheduled for April 2022 that was cancelled. \nGo to https://www.thomasmertonsociety.org.uk/ \nfor Zoom link details. \nIn his journal entry of April 15\, 1965\, Thomas Merton asks the question: ‘Where is our hope?’ He argues that if our hope is in a temporal and secular humanism of technological and political progress\, we will be participating in the stupidity and barbarism of the despoiling of God’s creation. \nFor Merton\, ‘our hope must be in God.’ For us in one of the wealthiest countries in the world\, this answer can all too easily be equated with Christian optimism. \nBut for the many people who live precarious lives\, not even knowing where the next meal will come from\, this question is meaningless – There is no hope in this world. The very structures and support that we in the affluent West take for granted are absent. The only hope can be in heaven\, in the riches of the world to come\, further embedding the view that they are never for the here and now. \nIf\, for Merton\, ‘the real root of Christian hope is the presence of the Risen Lord among us’ (Merton’s circular letter of Lent\, 1967)\, how might this be worked out in our lives\, in our communities\, in our world? \nSophfronia Scott. will deliver a workshop on Bearing Witness to Hope: Merton’s Reach for Simplicity
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/merton-on-thursday-online-talk/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220925
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SUMMARY:The Write of Your Life Writers' Retreat\, Veneto\, Italy
DESCRIPTION:Join Sophfronia in the idyllic countryside of Italy for ‘The Write of Your Life’ – A one week Writers Retreat. Our home will be at the luxurious Hotel Villa Margherita in Mira. \nUPDATE FROM JANET SIMMONDS: \nI’m pleased to say we are all systems go for the Writer’s Retreat in Italy next September. Sophfronia and I have been delighted by the response we’ve had from our writer friends and colleagues. \nHere are the important pieces of information that you need to know: \nDates of trip: 18-24 September\, 2022 \nProgram Director: Sophfronia Scott \nFull program here: https://wp.me/p97CFs-ee \n\nThe cost of the retreat is as follows: \n\nUS $ 4500 / Euros € 3950 – Double room for single use (one person)\nUS $ 4800 / Euros € 4300  – Junior Suite per person (two people sharing)\nUS $ 3900 / Euros € 3500 – Smaller Twin room per person (two people sharing)\n\n\nTo reserve your place a deposit is required of US $ 1500. You can make the payment by clicking on the following ‘Pay Pal’ link – paypal.me/GrandTouristLtd \nPlease complete the attached booking form and return it to us – a scanned copy is fine. \n\nDon’t hesitate to let me or Sophfronia know if you have any questions\, we’d be delighted to help. \n\nAlways remembering the poetic and magical words of Lord Byron\, \n\n‘But words are things\, \nAnd a small drop of ink\, \nFalling\, like dew\, \nUpon a thought \nProduces that which makes thousands\, \nPerhaps millions\, think’ \n\nFeel free to reach out to us via zoom\, e-mail\, text or even the old fashioned telephone\, if you have any questions at all. \nOnce you are signed up we will invite you to join our private ‘Alumni Facebook Page’ where we share ideas\, thoughts\, book recommendations etc \n\nKindest regards \n\nJanet Simmonds \njanet@grand-tourist.com \nwww.grand-tourist.com \nView the full brochure at this link.
URL:https://sophfronia.com/event/the-write-of-your-life-writers-retreat-veneto-italy/
CATEGORIES:Where is Sophfronia?
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