Events

During this creative workshop (or playshop) we will use books, art, and ephemera from the Sitting Room to prompt our writing. Nicole R. Zimmerman will invite us to play with forms, such as erasure poetry and bibliomancy, as we explore the library and write expressively. Participants will have time to share writing aloud (always optional). Rather than critique just-written work, the group’s attentive listening and affirmative feedback will guide our practice. This event commemorates 5 years since Nicole offered her first Amherst Writers workshop here in person before sheltering-in-place began in March 2020. 

Please RSVP to JoAnn Borri at joannborri@gmail.com. Limit 10

Conjuring the past, speaking to the present: Black women writers and poets.

Please RSVP to JoAnn Borri at joannborri@gmail.com. Limit 8.

What do we readers, writers, artists, and seekers encounter when entering The Sitting Room Library? Join us for a lively, collaborative experience as we absorb and embody essences of this magical treasure house. Through writing, oral stories and movement we will weave threads of our individual and collective impressions into a multilayered quilt. We will make the richness and history of this unique repository come alive! Join us for this dynamic, adventuresome afternoon. Bring your imagination! All are welcome. 

Please RSVP to JoAnn Borri at joannborri@gmail.com. Limit 8.

These Round Tables are a new way of getting small groups in conversation using the rich resources of the Sitting Room Library. Here is how we are imagining them: no cost, no advance preparation needed. And only one meeting planned. Browse the library, select a book. Each person speaks and also listens and thus we have what we all say we are wanting: conversation. Bring your curiosity!