BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Indianapolis Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Indianapolis Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bb9c6dd7-cc7b-460b-b65d-6aff59c0f93a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261024T055755Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261123T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261123T193000 SUMMARY:Reconnecting to the Natural World Through Writing LOCATION:Warren Branch\nWarren Branch X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Warren Branch;X-APPLE-RADI US=10;X-TITLE=Warren Branch:geo:39.7960138,-85.9954793 GEO:39.7960138;-85.9954793 DESCRIPTION:This generative creative nonfiction workshop for adult writers of all levels will teach you how to use your innate senses to become awar e of the natural world around you and describe it through writing..\nhttps ://indianapolis.libnet.info/event/17687996 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

As animals\, humans belong to the natural world\, but modern life can make it hard to remember. Our bodies\, made of cells and fluid\, are already connected\, whether we are conscious of it and can be used as tools to reconnect to the earth. This generative creati ve nonfiction workshop for adult writers of all levels will teach you how to use your innate senses to become aware of the natural world around you and describe it through writing. We will look at examples of nature writin g\, especially short prose and poetry\, and use concise prompts and dynami c exercises to generate our own work.

Pens and notebooks will be provided for participants. You are also welcome to bring your own mater ials and/or a writing device like a laptop.

Facilitator Amy Gastelum has been a public health nurse\ , a teacher\, staff reporter for a nationally syndicated radio show\, and a business owner. She&rsquo\;s also mom to two kids. Gastelum earned her B achelor&rsquo\;s of Science in Nursing from Indiana University in 2008 and began her nursing career on the antenatal unit at the county hospital in Indianapolis. After\, she continued in mother/baby care\, making home visi ts to first-time moms in New York City and Indianapolis. In 2012\, she gra duated from the eight-week intensive Transom Story Workshop for radio stor ytelling on Cape Cod and completed her MFA in Creative Nonfiction at Butle r University in 2025. As a freelancer\, she has reported for PRI&rsquo\;s The World\, NPR News\, Undark\, Side Effects Public Media\, Guernica Magaz ine\, and has taught at Indiana University and Butler University. Gastelum now owns an ecologically-minded garden design and consultation business\, Velma Jean Flowers\, named after her grandmothers. She is writing a book about pursuing self-realization through gardening.

~~About the Butler MFA Community Workshop Series~~
The Butler MFA Community Workshop series is a free writing program facilitated by Butler University alumni o f the MFA in Creative Writing. These one-off workshops\, hosted at partner sites including bookstores\, nonprofits\, and public libraries in the Gre ater Indianapolis area\, connect adults at all stages of their wri ting journeys with workshop experiences shaped by graduate-level study. Thanks to a generous gift from the Efroymson Family Fund\, alumni f rom the program's concentrations in Poetry\, Creative Nonfiction\, and Fic tion will guide local writers into creative practice. Each workshop is des igned to help participants generate new work\, learn new ways of thinking about the craft of writing\, and more confidently continue their own writi ng practices. \;Learn more about Butler University's Master o f Fine Arts in Creative Writing by visiting their website.

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