by Angelo Pizarro

It was a relaxing and very enjoyable first workshop in the café at Borders Bookstore on March 6.  Some members who read their work to the group were:

• Andrea Wonsch, who read parts of a wonderful children’s story she’s working on;
• Jim Stafford shared a spellbinding and dark tale of horror;
• Naylet Leon shared a beautiful, sensitive and very personal piece of poetry with the group;
• Michelle Iberg read an enthralling narrative—typical of her brilliant prose style; working on his second book, “The China Incident”,
• Jeff Benjamin read the opening pages to his latest piece- based on the fascinating present-day true story of politics and how close the U.S. came to armed conflict with China not too long ago;

As for me, I read a raw non-fiction piece based on my time as a soldier in the US Army.  All members gave specific, very constructive feedback to the work shared.  The gathering of such diverse artists is a wonderful way to encourage writers to aspire to greater self-improvement, to foster innovative and provocative creativity.

We are looking forward to doing this at least twice every month, so that we can help make Miami’s community of writers a literary bright spot of artistic quality.

Check out the next workshop:
When: March 20, 2009 7:00 PM
Where: Borders Bookstore
358 San Lorenzo Ave
Miami, FL 33146

Please bring at least 5 copies of the work that you want to be evaluated.
The workshop will be in the Cafe area of the bookstore.
If you have any questions or need more information, please feel free to contact Angelo at apizarro2low@yahoo.com.