Writers in Buenos Aires

Poetry Reading Series, Dec 10th

2009-12-04T19:44:00.003-03:00

Summer is Here

THE GLOT OF POETRY - A READING SERIES - EL GLOT DE LA POESÍA

Free - Gratis

Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009

Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Location: S.A.D.E. (Sociedad Argentina de Escritores)
Uruguay 1371 Piso 3

Description

Guest Readers - Elisa Dejistani and María Cristina Azcona

For Readers and Listeners of Poetry

This is the 2nd gathering for the Glot of Poetry Reading Series. The GOPRS is polyglot—poems may be read in English, Spanish, or any other language. The theory is that poetry is a language.

There is open mike for those who wish to read, but members of the audience do not have to participate in open mike. In fact, we hope those who attend feel free to simply sit back, listen, and enjoy the spoken word.

A café is adjacent to the recital room, where refreshments will be available before, during, and after the reading.

Website: http://www.thepowerofpoetryreadingseries.blogspot.com/
Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178745648930

¡El 2do Lectura EL GLOT DE LA POESÍA -CICLO DE LECTURA!

Recital para poetas, lectores y oyentes de poesía

Jueves 10 de diciembre de 2009

De 19 a 21 en la S.A.D.E. (Sociedad Argentina de Escritores)

Uruguay 1371 Piso 3ro

Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Entrada libre y gratuita

Sitio Web http://www.thepowerofpoetryreadingseries.blogspot.com/

Lectoras invitadas: Ricardo Krakobsky, Elisa Dejistani, and María Cristina Azcona

Éste es el segundo encuentro del CICLO DE LECTURA. EL GLOT DE LA POESÍA.

El ciclo es políglota, pueden leerse poemas en castellano, inglés o cualquier otra lengua.

La teoría es que la POESÍA es un idioma.

El salón cuenta con un bufé con bebidas para antes, durante y después del recital.

Hay open mike, pero los miembros del público no necesariamente tienen que participar del micrófono abierto. De hecho, esperamos que aquellos que asistan se sientan libres de ponerse cómodos, escuchar y disfrutar de la palabra hablada.

Sunday Merienda & Book Swap

2009-09-15T15:14:00.000-03:00

Back from the northern hemisphere and summer’s over. Fortunately, there’s spring! And I’m sure those of you who’ve been snuggling up with your space heaters are even more excited than I am. Join us for the last day of winter:

Writers in Buenos Aires Sunday Merienda & Book Swap
Sunday, September 20th
5 p.m.
Bar de Cao
Av. Independencia 2400 (corner of Matheu)
in the barrio of San Cristóbal

Come meet up with other writers to chat and/or trade or lend books! Book part optional, your presence is more than enlightening enough. If you bring a book or few, keep in mind that trading is perhaps a better alternative to lending when dealing with folks you don’t know, i.e. lend at your own risk and make sure your name is written inside so your lendee can keep track. Hope to see you there!

POWER OF POETRY Reading Series update
Photos from the first reading are up at:
http://thepowerofpoetryreadingseries.blogspot.com/
The next reading is planned for early December.

WRITERS IN THE NEWS
Have you published something exciting? Won an award? Been featured in the media? Let us know your news!

“Mirror, Mirror” short fiction by Sharon Haywood:
http://sixsentences.blogspot.com/2009/08/mirror-mirror.html

Power of Poetry Time Change

2009-08-27T10:06:00.001-03:00

Please take note of the change in time from 7 pm to 8 pm for this event:

THE POWER OF POETRY - A READING SERIES - EL PODER DE LA POESÍA
Thursday, August 27, 2009
8:00pm - 10:00pm
S.A.D.E. (Sociedad Argentina de Escritores)
Uruguay 1371 Piso 3
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Guest Reader - Mong Lan

For Readers and Listeners of Poetry

This is the 1st gathering for the Power of Poetry Reading Series. The
POPRS is polyglot—poems may be read in English, Spanish, or any other
language. The theory is that poetry is a language.

Plan for the 1st gathering: A microphone will be on a stand at one end
of the recital room. Chairs will be placed in rows facing the
microphone. The officers of the group will have five to ten minutes
each to say something and read a poem or two. A guest reader will read
for about twenty minutes, and then attendees who want to read may
participate in open mike. A sign-in sheet will be available for those
who want to read. Each person who makes it on the sign-in sheet will
have five to ten minutes to read. Books written by the guest reader
will be available for sale.

Members of the audience do not have to participate in open mike. In
fact, we hope those who attend feel free to simply sit back, listen,
and enjoy the spoken word.

A café is adjacent to the recital room, where refreshments will be
available before, during, and after the reading.

The themes for this reading will be:

We are past mid-winter

Spring is almost upon us

Meteor showers

The new moon

Website: http://www.thepowerofpoetryreadingseries.blogspot.com/

Event: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1089340412&ref=profile#/event.php?eid=160181430960&ref=mf

NEWS & EVENTS

2009-08-14T12:07:00.003-03:00

I’m writing from up at the Vermont Studio Center where I’m doing a writing residency alongside a gorgeous river, replete with turtles, and a woodchuck that munches on clovers outside my window. A good dose of nature, summer, and an escape from the many distractions of Buenos Aires (everything here shuts down at 9 p.m.!). I will be back in September, but if any of you are itching for a meet-up or book swap, you are more than welcome to host one, I am quite expendable really! All you have to do is pick a time and place, make a reservation for 10-20 people, and send me the details about a week in advance for me to post it, and of course, show up on time.

POWER OF POETRY Reading Series is launched!

We are Past Midwinter

Guest Reader - Mong Lan

Location: S.A.D.E.

Uruguay 1371 Piso 3

Date of Event: Thursday, 27 August, 2009

Time of Event: 8 PM

The officers of the group will have five minutes each to say something and read a poem or two of theirs. After the officers of the group have spoken, the guest reader will read for about twenty minutes, then open mike for the attendees. A sign-in sheet will be available for those who would like to read. Each person who makes it on the sign-in sheet will have five minutes to read.

The themes for this reading will be:

We are past mid-winter

Spring is almost upon us

Meteor showers

The new moon

More info: http://thepowerofpoetryreadingseries.blogspot.com/

New Zona Norte writers group is looking for members!

Thursdays 7:30 in Olivos (sometimes in Martinez)

Contact: Karla Sutton, karla624@gmail.com

Writers in BA Bar Night!

2009-07-01T15:30:00.002-03:00

Take note: Bar Night postponed to NEXT FRIDAY, JULY 10th, same time & place

Writers in Buenos Aires Bar Night

Friday, July 10th

9 p.m.

La Poesia

Chile 502 (on the corner of Bolivar)

San Telmo

Come out of hibernation and join us at this beautiful classic literary café & bar to meet up and chat with other writers. They have delicious food, too. Friends of writers also welcome! Hope to see you there!

June/July News & Events

2009-06-26T16:32:00.001-03:00

Writers in BA Bar Night

9 p.m.

Friday, July 3rd

La Poesia

Chile 502 (on the corner of Bolivar)

San Telmo

TALKARAMA

English/Spanish Conversation Group

Now POETRY RECITAL!

TOMORROW, Saturday 27th of June

• from 6 to 7 pm

Poetry Reading and Recital

Please, bring some poems to read and share. (In Spanish or English)

• From 7 to 8 pm

We are going to meet again for another Talkarama English-Spanish Conversation Group

Bilingual chats and hanging out

Pizza Mass (Paseo La Plaza)

Montevideo 1601, corner Sarmiento

Buenos Aires City

Feel free to invite your friends and spread the word

Contact: Pablo, potenza78ar@hotmail.com

WRITERS IN THE NEWS

Have you published something exciting? Won an award? Been featured in the media? Let us know your news!

WBA on Radio Nacional!

Listen to the recorded interview of Sharon Haywood, Donigan Merritt, and Maryann Ullmann at the book fair at the following links:

Part 1 http://doniganmerritt.typepad.com/files/entrevista-feria-parte-1.mp3

Part 2 http://doniganmerritt.typepad.com/files/entrevista-feria-parte-2.mp3

Sharon Haywood published the following articles: “Applause for ‘Bodies’ by Susie Orbach” at http://www.adiosbarbie.com/features/applause-for-bodies and “Remembering Ruby” at http://anybody.squarespace.com/anybody_vent/2009/6/21/remembering-ruby.html

NEWS & EVENTS

2009-05-27T16:16:00.001-03:00

SUNDAY MERIENDA & BOOK SWAP

5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 31^st

Eterna Cadencia

Honduras 5574 (near Fitz Roy)

Palermo Hollywood

Join us on the sofas in the back room of the café next to the Eterna Cadencia book store. Meet up with other writers to chat and/or trade or lend books! Book part optional, your presence is more than enlightening enough. If you bring a book or few, keep in mind that trading is perhaps a better alternative to lending when dealing with folks you don’t know, i.e. lend at your own risk and make sure your name is written inside so your lendee can keep track. Hope to see you there!

WRITERS IN THE NEWS

Have you published something exciting? Won an award? Been featured in the media? Let us know your news!

Maya Frost has launched her new book, The New Global Student! From the website: “The New Global Student will show you how to completely avoid the angst and expense of the traditional college admissions game. Discover the creative and strategic alternatives guaranteed to prime students for their most thrilling and fulfilling opportunities.” www.newglobalstudent.com Congratulations, Maya!

Donigan Merritt published a guest blog post about the Book Fair on Reading Group Guides. Check it out:http://www.readinggroupguides.com/blog/2009/05/donigan-merritt-impressions-from-buenos.asp

Sharon Haywood published her article, “Music’s New Bold and Bountiful” on Adios Barbie: http://www.adiosbarbie.com/features/musics-new-bold-and-bountiful

Writers in BA on Radio Nacional Argentina!

2009-05-04T20:41:00.005-03:00

NEWS & EVENTS

Check out Writers in BA on Radio Nacional Argentina! Writers in Buenos Aires members Donigan Merritt, Sharon Haywood, and me (Maryann Ullmann) were interviewed today at the Feria del Libro for Radio Nacional’s English-language program for Radiodifusion al Exterior to air TOMORROW, MAY 5th at both 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. (probably in the second half of the show, 3:30 & 11:30). Listen on-line at: http://www.radionacional.com.ar/ to hear your fellow expat writers ramble on and make fools of us all.

If any of you have websites or blogs that you have not yet added to the Writers in BA blog and you want me to add them, let me know ASAP as there will surely be some extra hits tomorrow after the interview airs…so don’t get missed just because you were wallowing in your slovenly self-pitying writers’ procrastination…speaking of which, I have *finally* launched my own website: www.maryannullmann.com, so if I can do it, believe me, you can do it.

Panel: “How to Form and Maintain a Writer’s Group”
Tuesday, May 5th, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
At the Feria del Libro, La Rural Exhibition Hall, by Plaza Italia in Palermo
Location: Sala A. Storni, White Pavilion
Participating: Amanda Fernandez, Katharine Jones, Tara Sullivan, Sharon Haywood, Ambi Alexander, and Maryann Ullmann
Description: Many writers strengthen their craft by participating in writing groups, which differ in structure from the local "Taller Literario" format. Members of Thursdays@Three, a writing group of seven English-speaking foreigners living in Buenos Aires, will discuss how to form and run a peer-led writing group, including guidelines for critique, group structure, membership, and group goals. (panel led in Spanish)

Writing Classes (in English)

Start May 7th and May 12th Eight week classes for those who write, and those who want to write, but need a jump start. Open to native and non-native English speakers alike. We’re so sure you’ll love these classes we invite you to try the first session of each class for free! Class titles listed below; check out our website for the details, and for free (weekly) writing exercises: www.BuenosAiresWordsmith.com And feel free to contact us with any questions: BuenosAiresWordsmith@gmail.com

The Craft of Writing
Meets Thursdays in Palermo Viejo
Eight week course starts May 7th

The Creative Path to Writing Better
Meets Tuesdays in Palermo Viejo
Eight week course starts May 12th

Writers in BA Guide to the Book Fair

2009-04-20T11:43:00.007-03:00

35^th International Buenos Aires Book Fair

La Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires is coming up, April 23^rd-May 11^th. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a giant exposition of books, authors, readings, workshops, and a variety of random and informative booths from Mormons to anarchists …

This year there will be talks and readings by American authors Junot Díaz (Drown, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao) and Annie Proulx (Brokeback Mountain, The Shipping News). There will also be Writers in BA members participating at various levels: María Christina Azcona will be signing her book, A Guide to Find Peace; and my writers’ group, Thursdays@Three, will be publishing a compilation, giving readings, and leading workshops on screenwriting and running a writers’ group. Details are on the schedule below.

The Book Fair is at La Rural exhibition center, by Plaza Italia, Santa Fe & Sarmiento, on the D subte line in Palermo, also served by a gazillion buses. The book fair is HUGE, so if you’re coming for a specific event, make sure to get there early so you have time to orient yourself and find it. You can get schedules and maps there or on-line. Day entrance passes are $10 pesos Mon-Thurs and $13 pesos Fri-Sun, and it opens at 2 p.m. and stays open until 10 p.m. (Sun-Thurs) and 11 p.m. (Fri & Sat), and until 1 a.m. Thursday, April 30^th (eve of a holiday).

For more info on the Book Fair: www.el-libro.org.ar

How to find it: http://www.el-libro.org.ar/internacional/general/como-llegar.html

Writers in Buenos Aires Book Fair Highlights:

Friday, April 24^th:

3 & 4 p.m. Presentation and reading by Michael Casey, author of Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image. U.S. Embassy stand, Yellow Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 2023.

5 p.m. Reading by Donigan Merritt from his novel Possessed by Shadows. (same location)

6 p.m. Presentation by Michael Luongo, author of Frommer’s Buenos Aires: “Buenos Aires through the Eyes of an American Travel Writer.” (same location)

Saturday, April 25^th:

3 p.m. Readings by Maryann Ullmann & Ambi Alexander from Thursdays@Three: Expat Writers in Buenos Aires. U.S. Embassy stand, Yellow Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 2023.

4-5 p.m. Panel: “How to Write a Screenplay"

Location: Sala D.F. Sarmiento, White Pavilion

Participating: Katharine Jones and Tara Sullivan

Description: Two members of Thursdays@Three, a writing group of English speaking foreigners living in Buenos Aires, will present key points to consider when writing a screenplay. Topics covered will include: 1. How to turn a "story" into a screenplay; 2. Screenplay structure; 3. Plot v. character driven screenplays; 4. What you want from each scene; 5. What makes dialogue work, and how you know when it doesn't. (panel led in Spanish)

6 p.m. Talk by Annie Proulx, author of “Brokeback Mountain” and The Shipping News: “Anchoring Fiction in Geography.” Sala J.C. (Julio Cortázar), Ochre Pavilion

Sunday, April 26^th:

6 p.m. Readings by Amanda Fernandez, Katharine Jones, and Tara Sullivan from Thursdays@Three: Expat Writers in Buenos Aires. U.S. Embassy stand, Yellow Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 2023.

Tuesday, April 28^th:

6 p.m. Reading by Donigan Merritt from his novel The Common Bond. U.S. Embassy stand, Yellow Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 2023.

Thursday, April 30^th:

7 p.m. Book signing of A Guide to Find Peace by Maria Cristina Azcona. Stand Sade, Blue Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 331.

Friday, May 1^st

5 p.m. Readings by Amanda Fernandez and Maryann Ullmann from Thursdays@Three: Expat Writers in Buenos Aires. U.S. Embassy stand, Yellow Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 2023.

6 p.m. Reading by Don Ranard from a forthcoming book of travel stories. (same location)

7 p.m. Readings by Tara Sullivan, Katharine Jones, and Ambi Alexander from Thursdays@Three: Expat Writers in Buenos Aires. (same location)

Saturday, May 2^nd

6 p.m. Presentation by Brian Byrnes, author of Fodor’s Argentina and Fodor’s Buenos Aires: “Travel Writing: Describing Argentina to the World.” U.S. Embassy stand, Yellow Pavilion, Calle 35, Stand 2023.

8 p.m. Talk by Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Drown: “From Santo Domingo to New York: the Experience of Immigrants in the United States.” Sala J.C. (Julio Cortázar), Ochre Pavilion

Tuesday, May 5^th

4:30-5:30 p.m. Panel: "How to Form and Maintain a Writer’s Group”

Location: Sala A. Storni, White Pavilion

Participating: Amanda Fernandez, Katharine Jones, Tara Sullivan, Sharon Haywood, Ambi Alexander, and Maryann Ullmann

Description: Many writers strengthen their craft by participating in writing groups, which differ in structure from the local "Taller Literario" format. Members of Thursdays@Three, a writing group of seven English-speaking foreigners living in Buenos Aires, will discuss how to form and run a peer-led writing group, including guidelines for critique, group structure, membership, and group goals. (panel led in Spanish)

Next Bar Night & Book Fair News

2009-03-31T11:02:00.002-03:00

Thanks to all who came out for the book swap/merienda last Sunday! It was a good time with no shortage of books to go around so we will definitely do it again. And a big, big thanks to all those who responded to my desperate pleas for housing and computer help! Gracias a ustedes I am now writing to you from my adorable new apartment in Chacarita on my new MacBook and have moved on to plotting the acquisition of a kitten.

Writers in BA Bar Night

Friday, April 3rd

9 pm

Bar Sugar

@ Costa Rice 4619

(near Armenia) in Palermo

Pry yourself away from your typewriter, emerge from your hovel, and come out and meet other writers to discuss conspiratorial plots to take over the city. Friends/companions welcome. Spread the word!

35th International Buenos Aires Book Fair

La Feria Internacional del Libro Buenos Aires is coming up, April 23rd-May 11th. If you're not familiar with it, it's a giant exposition of books, authors, readings, workshops, and a variety of random and informative booths from Mormons to anarchists ...

This year there will be talks and readings by American authors Junot Diaz (Drown, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao) and Annie Proulx (Brokeback Mountain, The Shipping News). There will also be Writers in BA members participating at various levels: Maria Christina Azcona will be signing her book, A Guide to Find Peace; the Thursdays@Three writers' group will be publishing a compilation, giving readings, and leading workshops on screenwriting and running a writers' group. If anybody else has book fair related news, please let me know this week and I will but together a little Writers in BA guide to the Book Fair with schedule. Send to writersinba@gmail.com.

For more info on the Book Fair: www.el-libro.org.ar

Sunday Merienda/Book Swap & More!

2009-03-16T14:01:00.001-03:00

Greetings all! Very sorry to have been MIA on WBA activities. I am back from Córdoba, and, as I’m sure many of you who have been around B.A. for a while can in some way sympathize with, I find myself scrambling to find an affordable apartment and contending with a computer suffering a slow sputtering death at the same time. Thus, I’m going to put out a shameless plea: Anybody have a lead on a place to live, an HP specialist/miracle worker, an affordable laptop for sale, or somebody coming from the states that could bring me a computer if I order one on-line?

O.K. enough begging…

Sunday Merienda & Book Swap!:
Sunday, March 22
5 p.m.
Bar de Cao
Av. Independencia 2400 (corner of Matheu)
in the barrio of San Cristóbal

Come meet up with other writers to chat and/or trade or lend books! Book part optional, your presence is more than enlightening enough. If you bring a book or few, keep in mind that trading is perhaps a better alternative to lending when dealing with folks you don’t know, i.e. lend at your own risk and make sure your name is written inside so your lendee can keep track. Hope to see you there!

New Poetry Reading Series & Facebook Group:
From Stephen Page:
Group Pen B.A.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=145964390003&ref=mf#/group.php?gid=145964390003&ref=mf
THE POWER OF POETRY - A READING SERIES - EL PODER DE LA POESÍA
-POETRY OF THE AMERICAS
-POETRY OF THE WORLD
A CROSS-CULTURAL GATHERING FOR POETS AND POETRY LOVERS.
*Come and read your poems, poems from other authors, or just listen
and enjoy the poetry recital
*In English, Spanish, or any other language.
-------------------------------------------------------------
EL PODER DE LA POESÍA – CICLO DE LECTURA
-Poesía de América
-Poesía del mundo
UN ENCUENTRO CULTURAL PARA POETAS Y AMANTES DE LA POESÍA.
*Vení a leer tus poemas, de otros autores, o tan solo a escuchar y
disfrutar de la poesía
*En español, inglés o cualquier otro idioma

Writers in the News:
Have you published something exciting? Won an award? Been featured in the media? Let us know your news!

Check out this article about children’s beauty pageants:
“A good role model?” by Sharon Haywood
http://www.any-body.org/

News and Events

2009-02-17T18:06:00.000-02:00

I am off to Córdoba for two weeks and plan to hold the next meet-up as soon as I get back, probably Sunday, March 8th as a Sunday merienda and book swap, will keep you posted! In the meantime, plenty to keep you busy:

Poetry Reading, Thursday!:
Writers in BA member Walter Viegas will be reading his poetry, in Spanish
Thursday, February 19th at Boutique del Libro, Thames 1762 at 7:30 pm.
From Walter:
Leo mis poemas en Librería La Boutique del Libro, Thames 1762
el jueves 19 de febrero a las 19.30 hs
junto a los poetas Laura Wittner, Martin de Souza y Natalia Moret
Entrada libre y gratuita.
Por favor, difundir.

Poetry Reading Series:
Writers in BA member Stephen Page is organizing a poetry reading series and would like to invite other folks to participate:
From Stephen:
I will be starting a poetry reading series in March, perhaps June, entitled
Poetry of the Americas
Poetry of the World
It will most likely take place in cafes or libraries, be bilingual, and run on a quarterly basis to coincide with seasonal changes. I you are interested, send me a message. Pablo Laurito has already volunteered to be my assistant to handle the Castellano poetry.
Stephen Page, smpage@fibertel.com.ar, or contact on Facebook

Next Bar Night and Pete Sevang Results!

2009-01-31T18:27:00.000-02:00

Writers in Buenos Aires Bar Night
9 p.m., Wednesday, February 4th
La Poesia
Chile 502, corner of Bolivar
San Telmo

Pry yourself away from your typewriter, emerge from your hovel, and come out and meet other writers to discuss conspiratorial plots to take over the city.

We will meet upstairs in the balcony section. La Poesia is a beautiful, recently re-opened literary cafe with lots of history, so come check it out! Friends/companions welcome. Spread the word!
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THE PETE SEVANG RESULTS ARE IN!
Frankly, I’m more confused about who the real Pete Sevang is than ever now, but there are some convincing theories. Thanks to everyone who submitted entries! They were all fun to read. The judging process was blind (a third party compiled the entries anonymously from the writersinba account for reading). The full results are published below.

FIRST PLACE
and the Grand Prize of $1.10 in monedas goes to:
“Who is Pete Sevang?”
By Rachel Paiste

SECOND PLACE
“Were You Sevanged?”
By Sharon Haywood

THIRD PLACE
“Who is Pete Sevang?”
By Noah Pedrini

HONORABLE MENTIONS
“Pete Sevang – Postman” by Skye Brannon
“Who is Pete Sevang?” by Scott Alexander Young
“Who is Pete Sevang?” by Karla Sutton
“The Reinvention of Pete” by Fred Aceves

"Who is Pete Sevang?" Contest Winners

2009-01-31T18:10:00.003-02:00

FIRST PLACE

Who is Pete Sevang?
By Rachel Paiste

He rubbed Tomas’ head one more time, and leaned over to softly kiss his brow. He had been doing this every night for some time now, but it never got easier. Or harder, really. It just was. He put his two kids in bed, kissed their quietly resting foreheads, and slipped out. His wife rarely even noticed his exit. Sometimes she asked questions, but it seemed that lately she had bored of them. Tonight was no different. He had his whole excuse planned: there was a late night meeting at the firm, this was an incredibly challenging case, they needed to put in many extra hours. But she could not be bothered to look up from her TV program. He slipped out unseen.

Went to his car. Peered towards the back seat; the outfit was there, in a Kevingston bag. He pulled out of the driveway and drove towards Once.

Entered the Burger King. Changed into the slinky red gown, the one with holes in all the right places. Fitted his wig to his now ashen hair. Spent fifteen minutes delicately applying his makeup, attaching his false lashes, gargling mouthwash.

Taking to the streets, he felt like a different person. The real Pete Sevang. It was only 14 minutes before a John picked him up. After a few moments of haggling price, he slipped into the red Peugeot and was off.

SECOND PLACE

Were you Sevanged?
By Sharon Haywood

Are you a writer in Argentina? Looking for love in Dubai? Hoping to network with other teachers in Japan? If you answered yes, then you were probably Sevanged. Pete Sevanged to be exact. I was too.

Single, born in June, a freelance writer and teacher—that’s all you know about him; well, at least that’s all he told you via his Facebook account. And of course, that he resided in the same city you live in. His profile picture displayed a stunning shot of Mount Kilimanjaro. His photo albums exhibited various pictures of supposed pets: two Golden Labs, a Siamese cat, a cockatoo, and a teddy-bear hamster. Did you chuckle at the cute accompanying captions? I did.

His wall was filled with benign pleasantries such as, “Nice to meet you—maybe in person soon!”; “Hope to see you at the party!”; “Sorry you couldn’t make it. Maybe next time.” Were you one of the hundreds of friends who wrote on his wall? I was.

He’s gone now. Evaporated into cyber-space. The closest hit Facebook comes up with is multiple Peter Strangs. Google only lists blog entries from confused writers in Buenos Aires, heartbroken women in the United Arab Emirates, and angry educators in Asia. I hope you take refuge knowing you’re not alone. I’m sure you’re like me now, a lot more discerning about whom you call friends. One last question though: Did you notice that he disappeared the same day your bank balance read zero? I didn’t either.

THIRD PLACE

Who is Pete Sevang?
By Noah Pedrini

Peter Sevang, acclaimed social linguist and gender theorist, was pronounced dead Sunday night after his raft capsized off the coast of Miami.

Raised in the Cuban countryside by his father, a diplomat, Sevang was fluent in three languages by the age of seven. Majoring in Gender Studies at the University of Havana, his influential dissertation Debemos Girar a la Izquierda garnered international attention and incensed his peers. In it, Sevang argued that popularly-held male/female stereotypes were largely based in fact. He asserted that the gender of words related to such stereotypes were predominantly of one gender or the other, and the decision of which wasn't arbitrary as popularly believed but based on centuries of observed behavior.

Solicited by the US Department of Internal Affairs shortly thereafter, Sevang researched the growing rate of divorce among married couples in America. His findings posited a direct correlation between the percentage of words in a country's language that were gendered and its number of successful marriages. What resulted from the use of Modern English, he wrote, was “the erosion of an inferred passion through language that keeps relationships alive when they would otherwise wither away.”

Sevang's recommendation—update the English language so that most of its words are gendered, or officially adopt the language of a minority population as a second—was summarily rejected.

Immediately exiled from the country, Sevang was forced to leave the young fiancé he had met only months before.

Returning to Cuba, he taught at his alma mater until his death.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Pete Sevang - Postman
By Skye Brannon

Pete Sevang is a U.S. postman turned alcoholic, just last week. He's boxer shorts on Tuesday and banana hammock on Friday night. Behind a bar that has a sign that says "Bar", he has parked the eagle headed postal-truck with its beak tucked in a crack between dumpster and carpet van. Pete Sevang slurs these words, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night...but whiskey's another story." He's all laughs at three and moody murmurs at ten.

He sits beside a man far less interesting and far more pungent. This is not a difficult task in the least. The two are on bar stools that squeak when turned, although no one's sober enough to hear it. Are they really squeaking? Pete Sevang is divorcee unextraordinaire and step-boyfriend when he feels the need. He is pretzels on game day and popcorn at the movies. He started favoring mixed nuts, just last week.

Inside Pete Sevang's squat postal truck there is a passport. The passport has a photo of a lady that had applied an extra layer of make-up just for the passport photo's occasion. Passport photos last for years, she had reckoned while applying lines. Honeymoons were worth the passport wait, but she had waited too long herself. She only had a day before the plane left, and Pete Sevang was going to ruin it for her. Pete Sevang had ruined so much for her already. She was an ex-wife turned new bride, just last week.

Who is Pete Sevang?
By Scott Alexander Young

Even as the Buenos Aires night fibrillates with hi-tech fireworks and the racket of a kajillion taxistas listening to Tango volume way up high; the enquiry “who is Pete Sevang” rings loud and clear for fashionably fluttering lips in Palermo’s haute bohemian café society circa 2064.

Little does this cyber-age sewing circle of foppish gossips know of Sevang’s secret life as a luxury lovin’ Vigilante!

Tonight - Sevang is wearing his usual holographic smoking jacket and monogrammed airborne pumps, surrounded by an entourage of distractingly beautiful midgets.

Earlier, Sevang had to dispatch an intruder from his presidential suite: a hulking psychopath with an eye-patch, a bad Afro and even worse Lithuanian accent.

There was a bodaciously rocktacious action sequence in which a lot of frightfully expensive furniture was smashed, but Sevang’s shirt-front somehow remained spotless.

Ultimately, Sevang’s experience with the French Foreign Legion and San Francisco’s chapter of the Sisters-of-Perpetual-Indulgence paid off. Not only did he expel the infectiously louché assassin, he tumbled over a thrillingly obtuse scintilla of evidence.

On ejection the henchman caught his jacket on the door, ripping open its breast pocket. He’d salvaged his wallet, but in the confusion didn’t notice when a micro-chip sized diary dropped to the floor; one that belonged to elusive femme fatale, Maryann Ullmann.

All of a sudden, the case was cracked wide open!!!

This is what these society types just don’t get. Sevang can boogie-oogie-oogie all night long, but when it comes to fieldwork, the guy is all suave professionalism!

Who is Pete Sevang?
By Karla Sutton

"Peter Sevang. passenger, Peter Se-vang, please come to gate 5,” a nasal voice blares, another noise amongst the clamor of JFK. A toddler wails. I wince, look up. The man walking to the counter looks familiar, but I don’t remember the name.

He looks as though he rolled out of bed and put on his clothes from the night before: wrinkled, grey suit, polished shoes. He is tall, thin, unshaven, longish brown hair pulled back in a ponytail.

Nonchalantly attempting to get closer, I trip over someone’s laptop charger. I am no longer bored girl, hours early for my flight. I am sly, film-noir sleuth. My eavesdropping imparts that Mr. Sevang, flying standby, will be sitting in seat 40B.

I look at my boarding pass: 40A.

Moments later, Mr. Sevang slides a slim briefcase into the overhead compartment. He takes his seat without a glance in my direction. Smells strongly of cigarettes. I stare down at my book, sleuthing peripherally.

I make a coughing noise, the obvious-clearing-your-throat type. I cross and re-cross my shortly-skirted legs. Nothing. Not a hint of eyeball movement from Mr. Sevang. So, I accidentally drop my book on his foot.

We both bend and reach at the same time.

“I know you!” I stammer. You’re John from 5A!”

“Would you please lower your voice, miss,” he whispers with a fake Nordic accent. “My name is Petah, and I do not know vat you are talking about.” He winks.

The Reinvention of Pete
By Fred Aceves

"Nice talking to you. My name’s Pete Sevang,” the fortyish man says to a fellow American as she gathers her newspaper and leaves the café. He’s impressed by the ease with which he’s using his new name, by how naturally he can fabricate his background.

Last night he arrived in Buenos Aires with an assumed name to reinvent himself.

Made up stories will replace his old self, bit by bit, so he can turn into Pete Sevang.

And who is Pete Sevang? He doesn’t know. But it’s someone whose personality, whose life will soon take shape.

This is the beauty of expatriation, thinks Pete, as he finishes the hard tip of his medialuna and wipes the stickiness from his fingers. You are anonymous, an unknown to yourself, too. If you are the life you lead, it follows that a changed life, the one he’s working at now, makes him a different person. With his 122,674 dollars in the bank.

He will find a trendy apartment, seek out business opportunities, get hair plugs at a third-world price and lose the beer belly that is not a beer belly but a buffalo-wings-and-Coke belly. This last goal he made just minutes ago, after watching crowds hustle down the sidewalk and counting only five fatties among them.

The unknown who, what, where and how of Pete’s new life has filled him with a longing he hasn’t felt for years. He asks for the bill. It’s mid-morning and he has many things he wants to be today.

WIN $1.10 in MONEDAS

2009-01-12T16:52:00.001-02:00

NEWS & EVENTS

Great Sunday Merienda meet-up, thanks to all who came out! A great idea came up to do a book swap, so the next merienda will include this feature. And we will still have more bar nights, too, for those who prefer to go out under cover of night, but you won’t be expected to lug your books to those.

Since many of us have other jobs or entrepreneurial side projects to actually support ourselves while writing, it seems appropriate that we should support each other in these endeavors as well. Thus, Writers in Buenos Aires is extending free advertising for such activities in the newsletter and on the blog, for WBA members only. Are you a freelance zoot suit model? Black market moneda vendor? Psychic? Whatever your services, send a 50 word limit description + relevant contact info and website for the newsletter classifieds (will run twice) and a 15 word limit ad for the blog (will stay up) to writersinba@gmail.com. And be sure to check out the classifieds at right to see what your fellow writers have to offer.

Now a shameless plea: please help me! I installed Google adsense on the blog and have made US$1.49 so far, which is really exciting and I’m hoping to save up for a beer or ice cream. So if you’re bored, procrastinating your writing project, burnt out on facebooking, by all means click away on the google ads on the right side and very bottom of this page. You may even find something of interest.

Given this new lucrative income, I’m upping the stakes on the ‘Who is Pete Sevang?’ Writing Contest (Guidelines below, DEADLINE THIS THURSDAY, JANUARY 15!). The first prize winner will receive AR$1.10 in *real* monedas for a now-inflated bus ride. Yes, *genuine* monedas. Don’t let this opportunity slip by!

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THE ‘WHO IS PETE SEVANG?’ WRITING CONTEST
Deadline: THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, MIDNIGHT!

Yep that’s right, there’s still a contest for your creative outlets, deadline extended to January 15th, because I know some of you have *intriguing* manuscripts in the works and I want to read them! So the question of the day is “Who is Pete Sevang?” Similar rules apply.

This is a fiction contest based on no actual person, except to the extent that fiction draws on real life, i.e. you can base Pete Sevang on your real life evil stepfather bent on publicly humiliating you, but you must give him a Texas accent and a Batman costume that he steals away in at night.

What we do know about Pete Sevang: He is a writer lurking in Buenos Aires that nobody has met.

Send a paragraph of flash fiction or a poem (limit 250 words) on the topic ‘Who is Pete Sevang?’ to writersinba@gmail.com with “Who is Pete Sevang?” in the subject heading. Deadline JANUARY 15, 2009. First, second and third prize entries will be published on our blog and reserve an honorary slot to read them at the forthcoming open mike (to be announced). First place winner will also receive $1.10 in *real* monedas.

We’ll have more serious contests in the future, too, with serious prizes and judges and blind submission procedure, but this is to get us going!

SPOTLIGHT: PROFILE YOUR FELLOW WRITERS! Seeking submissions…

2009-01-12T16:49:00.001-02:00

As an ongoing writing project, you are invited to interview and profile each other for publication in the WBA newsletter & blog as a way of getting to know each other and getting our names and our work out there! Profiles will be published on a rolling basis, up to 1 or 2 bi-weekly.

You can profile a friend or use this as an opportunity to get to know someone new!
*What you get as the writer: A byline and clip of your writing published on our site
*What you get as the interviewee: A spotlight and publicity for your work
To solicit an interview, you can:
-Come to one of the Writers in BA meet-ups and find someone there
-Peruse the writers' sites listed on the Writers in BA blog for something that strikes your interest
-Put a call out on the google group as a willing interviewer or interviewee (writersinba@googlegroups.com)
-Find someone who isn't yet in Writers in BA, but perhaps should be...

GUIDELINES
-Limit 500 words
-Please keep it up to your best writing standards and edit carefully!
-Please provide the contact info of the person being profiled if they are not already in WBA so the final profile can be cleared with them for accuracy.
-Provide a link to the profilee's website if relevant (and yours, too!)
-Provide a photo if possible (an original one that you have the right to distribute legally, please)
-The person being profiled does not need to be a published author, or even necessarily a writer; they could be an editor, literary translator, or something of the sort.
-The person being profiled does not need to be a continual resident in Argentina if their work or time spent here is relevant.
Send submissions to: writersinba@gmail.com

Reminder: THE ‘WHO IS PETE SEVANG?’ WRITING CONTEST, Deadline: JANUARY 15!

2009-01-06T12:14:00.000-02:00

It's only 250 words. Don't procrastinate. Don't let this deadline pass you by. You've got eight days. That's 31.25 words per day. Totally doable, no excuses!

THE 'WHO IS PETE SEVANG?' WRITING CONTEST
Deadline: THURSDAY, JANUARY 15!

Yep that's right, there's still a contest for your creative outlets, deadline extended to January 15th, because I know some of you have *intriguing* manuscripts in the works and I want to read them! So the question of the day is "Who is Pete Sevang?" Similar rules apply.

This is a fiction contest based on no actual person, except to the extent that fiction draws on real life, i.e. you can base Pete Sevang on your real life evil stepfather bent on publicly humiliating you, but you must give him a Texas accent and a Batman costume that he steals away in at night.

What we do know about Pete Sevang: He is a writer lurking in Buenos Aires that nobody has met.

Send a paragraph of flash fiction or a poem (limit 250 words) on the topic 'Who is Pete Sevang?' to writersinba@gmail.com with "Who is Pete Sevang?" in the subject heading. Deadline JANUARY 15, 2009. First, second and third prize entries will be published on our blog and reserve an honorary slot to read them at the forthcoming open mike (to be announced).

Sunday Merienda

2008-12-30T21:28:00.000-02:00

WRITERS IN BA SUNDAY MERIENDA
Sunday, January 4, 2009
5 p.m.
@ Eterna Cadencia
Honduras 5574 (near Fitz Roy) in Palermo

Come out for a coffee and chat with fellow writers and literary aficionados at this elegant bookstore café. Join us in the back room lounging on the sofas and discussing paradigm-shifting ideas yet to be disclosed to the rest of the world. Friends/companions welcome.

Happy Holidays...

2008-12-22T11:38:00.002-02:00

Thanks again to all those who came out to the meet-up on Friday night! It was a smaller crowd, about 15, as to be expected with folks traveling for the holidays and busy with festivities. But it was still a great mix of new & familiar faces and a jolly good time. After the holidays, we’ll have a Sunday merienda style meet-up, to try out a different day and onda, specific time and location to be announced.

A few thoughts on our adventurous and creative lifestyles and the Writers in BA family: Some of you are Argentines, some of you are seasoned expats that are here for the long haul, and some of you are here and gone in an explorative interlude of your life, either to figure out your life’s purpose (suerte on finding that here!), run away from the wreckage of your previous life, or simply to commune with your muse and amass juicy material for your writings.

Whatever the case, should you be one of those that leave us, we do hope you’ll stay in touch. If you publish something exciting or win an award, we want to know! If you become a well-to-do editor and want to hire us lovely freelancers in B.A., we want to know! If you strike it rich, marry rich, or work for a rich arts foundation, and want to fund a writers’ center here for all sorts of cool projects and residencies and whatnot, we want to know! Plus, you have to stay in touch, because you know you’ll end up back here; this place has a hold on your soul, like it or not.
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THE ‘WHO IS PETE SEVANG?’ WRITING CONTEST
Deadline: JANUARY 15!

Yep that’s right, there’s still a contest for your creative outlets, deadline extended to January 15th, because I know some of you have *intriguing* manuscripts in the works and I want to read them! So the question of the day is “Who is Pete Sevang?” Similar rules apply.

This is a fiction contest based on no actual person, except to the extent that fiction draws on real life, i.e. you can base Pete Sevang on your real life evil stepfather bent on publicly humiliating you, but you must give him a Texas accent and a Batman costume that he steals away in at night.

What we do know about Pete Sevang: He is a writer lurking in Buenos Aires that nobody has met.

Send a paragraph of flash fiction or a poem (limit 250 words) on the topic ‘Who is Pete Sevang?’ to writersinba@gmail.com with “Who is Pete Sevang?” in the subject heading. Deadline JANUARY 15, 2009. First, second and third prize entries will be published on our blog and reserve an honorary slot to read them at the forthcoming open mike (to be announced).

We’ll have more serious contests in the future, too, with serious prizes and judges and blind submission procedure, but this is to get us going!
________________________

SPOTLIGHT: PROFILE YOUR FELLOW WRITERS! Seeking submissions…

As an ongoing writing project, you are invited to interview and profile each other for publication in the WBA newsletter & blog as a way of getting to know each other and getting our names and our work out there! Profiles will be published on a rolling basis, up to 1 or 2 bi-weekly.You can profile a friend or use this as an opportunity to get to know someone new!

*What you get as the writer: A byline and clip of your writing published on our site
*What you get as the interviewee: A spotlight and publicity for your work

To solicit an interview, you can:
-Come to one of the Writers in BA meet-ups and find someone there
-Peruse the writers' sites listed on the Writers in BA blog for something that strikes your interest-Put a call out on the google group as a willing interviewer or interviewee (writersinba@googlegroups.com)
-Find someone who isn't yet in Writers in BA, but perhaps should be...

GUIDELINES
-Limit 500 words
-Please keep it up to your best writing standards and edit carefully!
-Please provide the contact info of the person being profiled if they are not already in WBA so the final profile can be cleared with them for accuracy.
-Provide a link to the profilee's website if relevant (and yours, too!)
-Provide a photo if possible (an original one that you have the right to distribute legally, please)
-The person being profiled does not need to be a published author, or even necessarily a writer; they could be an editor, literary translator, or something of the sort.
-The person being profiled does not need to be a continual resident in Argentina if their work or time spent here is relevant.
Send submissions to: writersinba@gmail.com
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JOIN THE GOOGLE GROUP!
As a way for y’all to communicate with each other more directly and make this space more open I’ve created a google group. You should join even if you’re on Facebook, as there are other members not on Facebook to commune with…

If you have not received an invitation but want to join, check it out at:
http://groups.google.com/group/writersinba
writersinba@googlegroups.com

This is separate from the newsletter & events list; you can choose to subscribe or not subscribe to the google group and you will still receive the newsletter.
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Link your blog or website to ours! Send us a link and we will post it. And check out your fellow writers’ sites already up on the WBA blog.

The many illustrious ways to currently participate in WBA and tell all your friends (writers, fans, editors, agents, etc.) are:

WRITERS IN THE NEWS
Have you published something exciting? Won an award? Been featured in the media? Let us know your news!

Here’s a new venture being launched by WBA member Michelle Alison in Mar del Plata; for further info contact her at english.newspaper@yahoo.com.

The English Newspaper
Argentina’s new paper – free, in print, and online

The English Newspaper is the newest answer to the need for more news and information in English. With only one well known English newspaper now available and focused on Buenos Aires, The English Newspaper will be dedicated to the whole of Argentina. It will target tourists and English speakers and will also be a substantial resource for English language learners.

The English Newspaper will be distributed free throughout Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata to start, and expand to other important cities like Mendoza, Cordoba, Rosario, and Bariloche – with future plans to distribute it in tourist information centres in London and other major cities. The newspaper will also be online, providing global access.

The English Newspaper will not just be a newspaper, but a learning tool. Along with all the important global and local news there will be sections dedicated to the history and geography of Argentina and South America. For tourists coming to Argentina with little knowledge about the country, they will not only find tourist information but also learn about Argentina – all in one attractive format. Tourist information will include important tips and recommendations based on the real-life experiences of those already living here as well as from other tourists.

Indeed, what makes the English Newspaper different is that all of the articles are written by English speaking journalists living in Argentina. The topics will include moving to a new country, adapting to Argentine culture, business ventures from a foreign perspective, and everyday questions such as education and immigration.

The English Newspaper will feature an English language learning section, with grammar and vocabulary available for three different levels of speakers, making it handy and useful for both foreign visitors and native learners. And, there will also be a puzzle section with crosswords and wordsearches to enhance English skills.

The English Newspaper will also publish world weather, currency news, horoscopes and cartoons, and a free classified section for small businesses and items for sale.

The English Newspaper is a new type of newspaper, and as a free newspaper, it will be widely circulated and read – and a great opportunity for marketing by advertisers who are looking for the focused markets it creates.

News & Events

2008-12-15T00:42:00.004-02:00

Catching up on the news now as I have been traveling and befriending penguins down south, but I have not forgotten you all! So time for another meet-up:

Writers in Buenos Aires Bar Night
Friday, 19 December
9 p.m.
Bar Sugar
@ Costa Rica 4619
(near Armenia) in Palermo

Pry yourself away from your typewriter, emerge from your hovel, and come out and meet other writers to discuss conspiratorial plots to take over the city. Friends/companions welcome. Spread the word! (Sorry, I know there’s been a request to vary the day of the week for the meet-ups, and will do, location as well; it’s just that this week is a tad complicated!)
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NEW GOOGLE GROUP
As a way for y’all to communicate with each other more directly and make this space more open I’ve created a google group (sorry I didn’t do this sooner; I’m only semi web savvy).

If you have not received an invitation but want to join, check it out at:
http://groups.google.com/group/writersinba
writersinba@googlegroups.com

This is separate from the newsletter & events list; you can choose to subscribe or not subscribe to the google group and you will still receive the newsletter.
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*UPDATE: The‘Who is Stephen Page?’ Writing Contest is cancelled.*

As an alternative and ongoing writing project, you are invited to interview and profile each other for publication in the newsletter & blog as a way of getting to know each other and getting our names and our work out there! Profiles will be published on a rolling basis, up to 1 or 2 bi-weekly.

You can profile a friend or use this as an opportunity to get to know someone new!
*What you get as the writer: A byline and clip of your writing published on our site
*What you get as the interviewee: A spotlight and publicity for your work
To solicit an interview, you can:
-Come to the meet-up this Friday to meet someone new (Sugar, 9 pm, Costa Rica 4619)
-Peruse the writers' sites listed on the Writers in BA blog for something that strikes your interest
-Put a call out on the google group as a willing interviewer or interviewee (writersinba@googlegroups.com)
-Find someone who isn't yet in Writers in BA, but perhaps should be...

GUIDELINES
-Limit 500 words
-Please keep it up to your best writing standards and edit carefully!
-Please provide the contact info of the person being profiled if they are not already in WBA so the final profile can be cleared with them for accuracy.
-Provide a link to the profilee's website if relevant (and yours, too!)
-Provide a photo if possible (an original one that you have the right to distribute legally, please)
-The person being profiled does not need to be a published author, or even necessarily a writer; they could be an editor, literary translator, or something of the sort.
-The person being profiled does not need to be a continual resident in Argentina if their work or time spent here is relevant.
Send submissions to: writersinba@gmail.com
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Link your blog or website to ours! Send us a link and we will post it. And check out your fellow writers’ sites already up on the WBA blog.

The many illustrious ways to currently participate in WBA and tell all your friends (writers, fans, editors, agents, etc.) are:

*New* Google group: http://groups.google.com/group/writersinba, writersinba@googlegroups.com
Blog: http://www.writersinba.blogspot.com/
E-mail list: writersinba@gmail.com
Facebook group: “Writers in Buenos Aires”
Idealist.org group.: “Writers in Buenos Aires”
Goodreads.com group: “Writers in Buenos Aires”

Second Meet-up, etc.

2008-11-08T16:24:00.003-02:00

Our list keeps growing! More people keep signing up every day. Welcome! Now that I'm rested up a bit from all the Obama partying and hope you are too (not that the party should stop), time for another meet-up:

Writers in Buenos Aires Bar Night
Friday, 14 November
9 p.m.
Bar Sugar
@ Costa Rica 4619
(near Armenia) in Palermo

Pry yourself away from your typewriter, emerge from your hovel, and come out and meet other writers to discuss conspiratorial plots to take over the city. Friends/companions welcome. Spread the word!

Just to be clear, since there's been a little confusion about precisely what Writers in Buenos Aires is….it is not, in and of itself, a "writers group," but rather a larger, social network of writers groups & individuals, editors, publishers, fans, friends, literary aficionados, translators, that want to meet each other, share resources, and build & connect the community of writers here, since there are so many of us. Argentines, etc. that have a creative interest in the English language are also quite welcome...invite your English students on (since I know many of you teach English).

Link your blog or website to ours! Send us a link and we will post it. And check out your fellow writers' sites already up on the right side of the blog.

Sign up for our E-mail list or Facebook group if you haven't already. We send out event invites, news, job postings, and other notices to your inbox.

The many illustrious ways to currently participate in WBA and tell all your friends (writers, fans, editors, agents, etc.) are:
Blog: www.writersinba.blogspot.com
E-mail list: writersinba@gmail.com
Facebook group: "Writers in Buenos Aires"
Idealist.org group.: "Writers in Buenos Aires"
Goodreads.com group: "Writers in Buenos Aires" (This is also a great website to share book recommendations, possibly create a book exchange and/or book club, highly recommend it!)

News

2008-10-29T16:32:00.003-02:00

Sign up on our e-mail list to receive notices about events, jobs, writers groups, and other fun stuff delivered to your inbox. Send your e-mail address to: writersinba@gmail.com

Thanks to everybody who came out to the Writers in BA meet-up at Sugar last Friday, it was great to meet you all! And for those who couldn’t make it, don’t worry, there will be more. It was a good night, about 20-25 people showed after only a week of reaching out, which affirms that there are many of us lonely writers here wandering the city. The next time the New York Times does one of their articles about the oh-so-trendy, Bohemian expat life in Buenos Aires, you know they’re going to have to call us, so let’s unite and become a force to be reckoned with! Remember, we are the Paris of South America. Fifty years from now, the literary community will be waxing nostalgic about the wave of great expat writers in Buenos Aires circa post-economic crisis. There will be walking tours throughout the city: “So-and-so penned the bulk of her classic novel, Insert Non-Tango Related, Truly Original Title Here, here at Café Margot in Boedo at this very table…you can see where she carved her initials…” Think big, people.

Stay tuned for news on an upcoming Open Mike night/Literary Café. If anybody has any ideas or contacts for venues in which to hold such an event, preferably free-of-charge or inexpensive and with a cozy atmosphere, sound system & bar, let me know…

Link your blog or website to ours! Send us a link and we will post it. And check out your fellow writers’ sites already up on the list at the right.

The many illustrious ways to currently participate in WBA and tell all your friends (writers, fans, editors, agents, etc.) are:

Blog: http://www.writersinba.blogspot.com/
E-mail list: writersinba@gmail.com
Facebook group: “Writers in Buenos Aires”
Idealist.org group.: “Writers in Buenos Aires”
Goodreads.com group: “Writers in Buenos Aires” (This is also a great website to share book recommendations, possibly create a book exchange and/or book club, highly recommend it!)

First Writers in Buenos Aires meet-up!

2008-10-18T19:09:00.000-03:00

Friday, 24 October
8 p.m.
Bar Sugar
@ Costa Rica 4619
(near Armenia) in Palermo

Pry yourself away from your typewriter, emerge from your hovel, and come out and meet other writers to discuss conspiratorial plots to take over the city. Friends/companions welcome. Spread the word!

More info:
writersinba@gmail.com

Welcome to Writers in Buenos Aires!

2008-10-14T15:13:00.000-03:00

There are a lot of us here and we figured it’s about time to create a network to meet each other and share ideas and resources. If you are looking to form or join a writers group, host or attend an event (such as a reading or meet-up), find or advertise literary classes, share resources such as job postings, freelance outlets, etc., or simply meet other writers in the city to commiserate with, this space is yours! We also welcome friends and fans of writers, editors, literary aficionados, etc. And if you have a personal or writers group website you would like to link to the blog, send us the link.

We have this blog: www.writersinba.blogspot.com
an e-mail list: writersinba@gmail.com
and an open Facebook group: “Writers in Buenos Aires”

If you want to post something to the list or blog, send an e-mail to writersinba@gmail.com and your notice will be passed along. This will be moderated! No spam, inappropriate material, excessive posting, or personal e-mails between members. If you do not want to be on this list, please send an e-mail asking to be taken off.

Tell all your friends! If you know anybody you think would be interested in taking part, please invite them to join, on Facebook and/or the e-mail list, and check the blog for updates. And please do share any ideas for what this group can become or how to grow the network!

Maryann Ullmann
Writers in Buenos Aires