Join us at this dynamic small press book fair featuring zines, prints, art books, and more from a wide array of makers.

We are thrilled to celebrate our latest collaborative publication—A POSSIBLE PRACTICE: Surrender My Softness—with a book launch and conversation on Saturday, November 11 at 11 a.m. at Twice Sold Tales in Farmington, ME.

This event will be an intimate gathering with CLEARING Co-Directors Alana Dao and meg willing. They will share short readings from the book, speak about their experiences with this unique collaborative practice, and answer questions from the community. Light refreshments will be served.

Roses are red, violets are endless hues of lavender, white, yellow, periwinkle. The classic love letter is commercialized, commodified, chocolate-coated, pink-enameled and bouquet-shaped. A prewritten Hallmark bookmark for February.

What if we deconstructed it? Examined it? Fractured it? Spoke to it like a friend? A lover? A stranger? A child? Someone who has hurt us?

In this generative writing workshop, which will double in some ways as a meditative writing workshop, we will learn together to write a kind of love letter that comes from a tender, secret place we must work a little bit to find.

We will consider: how do words enter the body? How does being seen affect the heart? What is relationship? What is vulnerability? Am I a friend to myself? How can I show someone I see them? How do we support each other? How might I make peace? How might I love a stranger? What is keeping the fire lit?

Registration required. Register here.