Free Gen for June: Jenny Rowe

The Free Generative Writing Workshops provide a space for career writers, curious beginners, writers of all levels and stages of life. Our goal is to make it easy to meet and learn from some of the most talented writer/teachers living in or passing through Iowa City. Every month a new writer leads a generative workshop, presenting a prompt inspired by their own preoccupations, passions, or interests.

Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry and PorchLight Literary Arts Center.

This month's leader: Jenny Rowe

Date: Sunday, June 21, 5:30-7 pm Central (3:30 P, 4:30 M, 6:30 E)

Platforms: You're invited to attend online or in person

• To attend online, register HERE. After registering, the Zoom link will be automatically emailed to you
• To attend in person, please join us at PorchLight Literary Arts Center, 1019 E. Washington, Iowa City. 

Jenny Rowe taught ESL courses at the University of Iowa and Kirkwood Community College for a decade before earning her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Montana, where she served as editor-in-chief of CutBank. Her most recent work can be found in print through The Hopkins Review and online through Touchstone. She lives in Iowa City and works as a bookseller at Prairie Lights.

Outside Ourselves: an Introduction to Intuitive Writing

Why do some writers talk about their work as if it came from outside themselves, and how do they reach that kind of flow-state? One way to get there is through your intuition, a power we all have and can be strengthened with practice. This workshop will offer a gentle introduction to intuitive writing with a brief meditation, quick-write prompts designed to learn about your intuitive vocabulary, and a final timed write based on inspiration from your own intuitive reading. Writers of all backgrounds and genres welcome!