{"id":4458,"date":"2018-02-14T01:45:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T18:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/studentmedia\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2018-02-14T01:56:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T18:56:32","slug":"literary-coffeehouse-the-inspiration-and-connection-between-literary-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/literary-coffeehouse-the-inspiration-and-connection-between-literary-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary Coffeehouse: The Inspiration and Connection between Literary Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Phuong (Kim) Pham<\/em><\/p>\n

On February 5, 2018, the ACC Creative Writing Department welcomed everybody to their monthly gathering, Literacy Coffeehouse, at the Malvern Books bookstore. The open mic event, hosted by John Herndon, is an opportunity for literature lovers to share their passions, or just simply enjoy their time with the literary community.<\/p>\n

The evening started off with cookies to welcome the attendees and the writers discussing their work. After that, the readers began sharing their literary works onstage. One of the hosts, <\/span>David Thornberry, enlightened everyone with his piece about Stephen Hawking\u2019s disease called \u201cAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis,\u201d which he described in his poem as a \u201cthumb\u201d that \u201cbelong to the universe,\u201d a very interesting metaphor. <\/span>This month\u2019s featured reader was Emilee Araujo, an aspiring screenwriter and Creative Writing major at ACC. Emilee brought out many of her works to the audience, including her screenplay and poems. She also captured the audience by reading her first flash fiction, \u201cLemonade,\u201d in which she shared a story about her immigrant dad.<\/span><\/p>\n

Readers, who came from different ages and different backgrounds, were connected through their love of literature Everyone was very open-minded and comfortable sharing their stories in various ways. One of the readers, Heidi Juel, who is also an English teacher at ACC Cypress Creek, shared: \u201cAnybody can come in, and you can see they read plays, poetry, fictions and memoirs\u2026 pretty much anything.\u201d As this was the second time Mrs. Juel had been to the gathering, she loved the environment that the event was giving. \u201cIt\u2019s a good environment if you\u2019ve never done this before, you just take a deep breath, or whatever works for you, look at what you wrote and pretend that nobody\u2019s out there,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a small group, everybody\u2019s here because they like what they\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Literary Coffeehouse is one of many activities hosted by the ACC Creative Writing Department. It opens around the first two weeks of every month. Next month, the event will be on <\/span>March 5th at 7 p.m. at Malvern Books. Every student of ACC is encouraged to join, either listen or share the literary works.<\/span>\"literary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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