feedback, the one-of-a-kind KANEKO reading series, introduces established and emerging writers together to read works in progress to an audience that is invited to give feedback. Part reading, part conversation, these events establish a dialogue between writer and audience to elevate and celebrate the conversation between craft and the writing process. feedback takes place April 23, 2015, from 7 to 9 p.m. at KANEKO. This event is free and open to the public. feedback is scripted by the generous support of Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Arts Council.
The conversation between the writers and their audience continues April 25, 2015, with feedback’s featured writers, Novelist, Screenwriter, and Memoirist Brent Spencer, and Poet and Novelist Liz Kay, leading a writing workshop at the KANEKO-UNO Library from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The workshop is free, but space is limited. Those who wish to register must fill out an application available online at: http://thekaneko.org/feedback. Applications will also be available at KANEKO, 1111 Jones Street.
The Featured Readers
Brent Spencer, Novelist, Screenwriter, Memoirist
Brent Spencer is a novelist, short-story writer, and screenwriter whose published work includes the novel The Lost Son (Arcade Publishing) and a collection of stories, Are We Not Men? (Arcade Publishing), which was chosen by the editors of The Village Voice Literary Supplement as one of the best books of the year. His most recent book is the memoir Rattlesnake Daddy: A Son’s Search for His Father, winner of the Nebraska Book Award. He teaches creative writing and film at Creighton University in Omaha, where he directs the creative writing program and coordinates the film studies minor. Among his awards are the Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford, where he was also a Jones Lecturer in Creative Writing, and the James Michener Award at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he earned the MFA. He has also been awarded fellowships from Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, and The Millay Colony. His fiction, poetry, and articles have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The American Literary Review, Epoch, The Missouri Review, GQ, Writers Digest, and elsewhere.
Liz Kay, Poet, Novelist
Liz Kay is a founding editor of Spark Wheel Press and the journal burntdistrict. Her poems have appeared in such journals as Willow Springs, Sugar House Review, and Beloit Poetry Journal. She is the author of a chapbook, Something to Help Me Sleep (dancing girl press, 2012). Her debut novel Monsters: A Love Story will be published by Putnam in 2016.
About KANEKO
KANEKO is a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to exploring and encouraging the creative process and how it impacts our lives. Established by internationally renowned sculptor Jun Kaneko and his wife, Ree, KANEKO was conceived of as “open space for your mind,” a place where thoughtful examination of others’ ideas through exhibitions and public programs leads us to new and exciting ideas of our own.
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>p>feedback, the one-of-a-kind KANEKO reading series, introduces established and emerging writers together to read works in progress to an audience that is invited to give feedback. Part reading, part conversation, these events establish a dialogue between writer and audience to elevate and celebrate the conversation between craft and the writing process. feedback takes place April 23, 2015, from 7 to 9 p.m. at KANEKO. This event is free and open to the public. feedback is scripted by the generous support of Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Arts Council.>/p>
>p>The conversation between the writers and their audience continues April 25, 2015, with feedback’s featured writers, Novelist, Screenwriter, and Memoirist Brent Spencer, and Poet and Novelist Liz Kay, leading a writing workshop at the KANEKO-UNO Library from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.>/p>
>p>The workshop is free, but space is limited. Those who wish to register must fill out an application available online at: >a href=”http://thekaneko.org/feedback” target=”_blank”>http://thekaneko.org/feedback>/a>. Applications will also be available at KANEKO, 1111 Jones Street.>/p>
>p>>span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>>strong>The Featured Readers>/strong>>/span>>/p>
>p>>em>Brent Spencer, Novelist, Screenwriter, Memoirist>/em>>/p>
>p>Brent Spencer is a novelist, short-story writer, and screenwriter whose published work includes the novel The Lost Son (Arcade Publishing) and a collection of stories, Are We Not Men? (Arcade Publishing), which was chosen by the editors of The Village Voice Literary Supplement as one of the best books of the year. His most recent book is the memoir Rattlesnake Daddy: A Son’s Search for His Father, winner of the Nebraska Book Award. He teaches creative writing and film at Creighton University in Omaha, where he directs the creative writing program and coordinates the film studies minor. Among his awards are the Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford, where he was also a Jones Lecturer in Creative Writing, and the James Michener Award at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he earned the MFA. He has also been awarded fellowships from Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, and The Millay Colony. His fiction, poetry, and articles have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The American Literary Review, Epoch, The Missouri Review, GQ, Writers Digest, and elsewhere.>/p>
>p>>em>Liz Kay, Poet, Novelist>/em>>/p>
>p>Liz Kay is a founding editor of Spark Wheel Press and the journal burntdistrict. Her poems have appeared in such journals as Willow Springs, Sugar House Review, and Beloit Poetry Journal. She is the author of a chapbook, Something to Help Me Sleep (dancing girl press, 2012). Her debut novel Monsters: A Love Story will be published by Putnam in 2016.>/p>
>p>>span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>>strong>About KANEKO>/strong>>/span>>/p>
>p>KANEKO is a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to exploring and encouraging the creative process and how it impacts our lives. Established by internationally renowned sculptor Jun Kaneko and his wife, Ree, KANEKO was conceived of as “open space for your mind,” a place where thoughtful examination of others’ ideas through exhibitions and public programs leads us to new and exciting ideas of our own.>/p>