Mary Silwance / Writing the Other: Authentic Inclusivity

Saturday, September 7, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to noon

Mary Silwance is an Egyptian immigrant living in Kansas City and a mother of three daughters. She teaches adult EAL at Penn Valley, is a KCAI writing adjunct, and facilities workshops on writing as well as ecology for area organizations. Mary serves on the editorial teams of Whispering Prairie Press and Flying Ketchup Press, where, as Poetry-Editor-in-Residence, she conceptualized and was editor of, Of Our Own Accord, an anthology of women’s embodied experiences to be released summer of 2024. Mary published her first full-length collection of poetry, We Remember Ourselves, in 2024. You can find her publications, radio, and zoom presentations as well as workshop offerings on writing and ecology at https://www.marysilwance.com. Mary’s work focuses on how the personal and collective are intertwined and writes toward emancipation from within to create a lush future for all beings. 

THIS IS THE Third EVENT OF OUR 2024 BEGINNER WORKSHOP SERIES.

Park in front of the building or in the center lot of the Bank of America parking lot— not along the street side or west-edge side.

Fees for each event: $40 members/$50 nonmembers/$30 current, full-time students.

The Writers Place encourages your membership: https://thewritersplace.wildapricot.org/