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Alanna Nelson

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Published over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Solitary moments are good, Reader.

But so are moments together.

Meredith Race leads the summer Writer's Prompt Session. Come to play with words in different ways. Sign up for the July or August sessions, or just drop in.

Friday, July 18 at New Bedford's Rotch-Jones Dutch House

Kick off your weekend with spoken word in the garden. Contributors to Waterscapes will read from 5:30 to 7pm.

Friday, July 18, 7pm at Wild Heart Herb House

Grab a lawn chair and get ready for a poetry and movement experience by Aneshia Savino. Anomaly Poetry's open mic will follow. One night, so much great writing!

Or you can just on a bench, lounge on a hammock and read Sippizine. Read it online, or buy your print copy (there's still a couple copies left).​

What are you reading or writing these days?

Playing around with ideas of "Movement" for Volume 6 of Sippizine? Let me know by via email or click over to Sippizine on Patreon, and let the conversation begin.

I'm heading for the hammock,

Alanna

P.O. Box 1302, New Bedford, MA 02741
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Alanna Nelson

Editor, Publisher - Sippizine

Shining a light on the Massachusetts South Coast creatives with the semiannual cultural zine, Sippizine.

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