Library hosts writing workshops

The Sweetwater County Library System will sponsor two free writing workshops with scholar Lori Howe.

The first is at 6:30 p.m. June 27 at the Rock Springs Library and the second is at 6:30 p.m. June 28 at the Sweetwater County Library.

Howe’s workshop, “Writing Workshop: All the Water in Wyoming—Poems and Personal Essays,” will focus on the meanings of water in Wyoming through poetry or personal essay.

When participants leave the workshop, they will have a strong framework and approach for writing creatively about matters of great importance to them as Wyoming residents, drawing on their own knowledge and experience.

Howe is the author of “Cloudshade: Poems of the High Plains and Voices at Twilight: A Poet’s Guide to Wyoming Ghost Towns.” 

She has taught English and creative writing workshops for the last decade at the University of Wyoming and Laramie County Community College (Laramie and Cheyenne campuses).  She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Spanish, a master’s degree in English, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from UW, and is a doctoral candidate in Literacy Studies at UW, with a focus on critical thinking skills and creativity for struggling writers. She teaches workshops for the Wyoming Latina project and the Wyoming Writing Project, and has been a guest poet on Wyoming Public Radio.

She is editor in chief of “Clerestory: Poems of the Mountain West,” an online literary magazine dedicated to showcasing the work of Wyoming writers.

“Writing Workshop: All the Water in Wyoming — Poems and Personal Essays” is presented by the Wyoming Humanities Council as part of its ThinkWY Road Scholars Tours program.

The Wyoming Humanities Council provides public humanities-based programs in partnership with local organizations and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities with additional support from private donors and the Wyoming Legislature.