{"id":282,"date":"2023-10-04T19:15:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crmintler.com\/opwaf\/?page_id=282"},"modified":"2025-10-19T17:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:11:09","slug":"the-writers-guild","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opwaf.org\/?page_id=282","title":{"rendered":"The Writers Guild"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2016, Keith Charisma, a founding member of the Writers Guild, contacted OU Writing Center Director Michele Eodice asking for faculty volunteers to mentor a creative writing group.<\/p>\n

Soon after, Eodice, Rachel Jackson, Nick LoLordo, and Catherine Mintler, lecturers in the University of Oklahoma\u2019s Expository Writing Program, began monthly workshops with the eleven committed and focused writers, and in 2019, Expository Writing lecturer Timothy Bradford joined the group as another writing mentor.<\/p>\n

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\nBy year\u2019s end, Mongrel Empire Press published Emergence: Writings by the JHCC Writers Guild<\/em>, featuring work by Michael \u201cRico\u201d Cruz, Shonach Lokisson, Dilemma, Luke Anthem Sinclair, Elzie Hooks, Jr., Shannon D. Hunt, Mory\u00e9 D. Chandler, Sr., Anonymous Kquote, Kirby Lowe, Keith Charisma, and Mr. Washington.
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\nThe publication of Emergence<\/em> was followed by a release reading inside the facility and a public reading at the Norman Public Library Central. Two additional readings were held at Gabby’s Southern Cuisine in Ardmore, Oklahoma and Commonplace Books in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n

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\nYou can purchase of Emergence<\/em> from any OPWAF member at public readings or on Amazon.com by clicking on the following link:\u00a0 Emergence: Writings of the JHCC Writers Guild<\/a><\/p>\n

OPWAF has been invited to to read selections from Emergence as part of the Dreamscapes art exhibit at Chimera Cafe in Tulsa, Oklahoma on October 6, 2023.<\/p>\n

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\nIn the summer of 2023, the Writers Guild received a grant and materials from PEN America to do a ten-week workshop trial of PEN America\u2019s new textbook and curriculum, and the results of this workshop will be published in the forthcoming anthology, Sidewalk Discussions<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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You can make a difference in so many ways: joining OPWAF as a volunteer, giving a guest lecture or writing workshop, or by making a charitable donation to OPWAF to support incarcerated writers by clicking on the following link or scanning the QR code below.<\/p>\n

Your charitable donation helps incarcerated writers and artists be seen and heard!<\/a><\/p>\n

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