Local Poet Hosting Writing Workshops

Nancy Keating, a published poet and Babylon area resident, will hold a series of six "poetry jumpstart" writing workshops from Monday, October 18 to Monday, November 22 at the Babylon Bean-Coffee Extreme, 17 Fire Island Avenue, Babylon.

Each workshop will start at 7:00 p.m. This series is sponsored by the Babylon Village Arts Council.

Keating will use an adaptation of the workshop model pioneered by Amherst Poets & Writers founder Pat Schneider. Participants will write for timed periods using a series of prompts as jumping-off points. Reading these works aloud to the group is optional; comments in response, if any, should be constructive in nature as all work created in these workshops is understood to be "first drafts" and not completed poems.

Participation is free but group size is limited; please sign up by calling (631) 275-5387.