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Writing from Scratch: A Creative Writing Workshop ~ Limited seating! Registration required.
Sat., November 21 AND Sat., Dec. 5 from 1-4
at The Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main Street, Middletown, Connecticut - 860-347-4957
Each workshop is self-contained...
Hello everyone!
I want to thank all of you who attended Writing from Scratch: A Creative Writing Workshop on Saturday, October 17 in Middletown, CT. It was a tremendous success, with attendees ranging from age 15 to retirees. You are all fantasti...
Hello everyone!
As writers, we know how hard it is to give our work over to someone else for critique. We fall in love with our words, cherish them as if they are children, and fight like animals when someone tells us to change our words or, heav...
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- Eileen Albrizio is an American writer of poetry and prose, a freelance proofreader and editor, and a small business owner. She was born in Hartford, CT in 1963, where she still lives today. Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary publications, including the Common Ground Review and The Underwood Review. She is the author of three print volumes of poetry: Messy on the Inside, Rain – Dark as Water in Winter, and Perennials: New & Selected Poems (Nominated for the 2008 Connecticut Book Award), all published by Ye Olde Font Shoppe Press.
On the Edge, a recitation of her poetry on CD was produced with the help of a 2003 Poetry Fellowship from the Greater Hartford Arts Council. She has also penned several plays, two novels, and is currently working on a compilation of fictional short stories. She is a 2008 recipient of the New Boston Fund Individual Artist Fellowship. Albrizio has taught poetry and creative writing in several colleges and cultural institutions as well as the York Correctional Institute, Connecticut’s only maximum-security prison for women.
In 2005, Albrizio left a twelve-year career as a radio news host and broadcast journalist. Nine of those twelve years were spent working for National Public Radio and its Connecticut affiliate, WNPR in Hartford, CT. During her broadcasting career, her newscasts, spot news stories and featured stories were repeatedly awarded first-prize honors from the Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists.
Albrizio graduated from the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, and then went on to earn her BFA in Theatre from Central Connecticut State University as well as her MA in English from the same university. In addition to her writing and teaching, Albrizio assists her husband, Wayne Horgan, who is a Realtor with Prudential Connecticut Realty. The two have owned and operated Heroes & Hitters, a comic book store in Rocky Hill, CT, since 1989.
- My Books..
- Messy on the Inside was published by Ye Olde Font Shoppe Press in 1998. Albrizio's first book of poetry, it consists of 60 poems written entirely in formal verse. Utilizing such traditional forms as the English sonnet, pantoum, villanelle, sestina and haiku, this book spotlights Albrizio's ability to master form without losing the poem's accessibility. From the success of this book, Albrizio created an acclaimed formal verse workshop.
Rain - Dark as Water in Winter was published by Ye Olde Font Shoppe Press in 2001. This book consists of a one-act play written in verse, as well as 30 poems written in traditional forms. The one-act play, Rain, was honored by the Writer’s Digest as one of the best written one-act plays of 1997. The two-character play focuses on the cycle of an emotionally abusive relationship between Rain and her lover, Perfidy. The play has a profound iambic rhythm, while the rhyme, although consistently placed, is only subtly heard.
Perennials: New & Selected Poems marks Albrizio’s break from traditional forms. It was published by Ye Olde Font Shoppe Press in 2007. Although it includes some of her most well received poems from her previous two books, it also consists of over 30 new poems that are largely written in free verse or in forms of her own creation. She continues to teach poetry workshops, but has since added a segment on applying the rhetorical devices used in formal verse to free-verse writing. The Greater Hartford Arts Council and the New Boston Fund have honored with excellence several free-verse poems that were later included in the first chapter of this book.
Perennials: New & Selected Poems was nominated for the 2008 CT Book Award.
On the Edge (Audio CD) was produced in 2003 with the help of a Poetry Fellowship from the Greater Hartford Arts Council. This audio collection, featuring the voice of Eileen Albrzio, consists of 20 selected poems from her three books of poetry.
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- http://www.angelfire.com/art/albrizio
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- http://eileenalbrizio.blogspot.com/
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Two Creative Writing Workshops!
Writing from Scratch: A Creative Writing Workshop ~ Limited seating! Registration required.
Sat., November 21 AND Sat., Dec. 5 from 1-4
at The Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main Street, Middletown, Connecticut - 860-347-4957
Each workshop is self-contained, so you may take one or both!
Only $15 per workshop!
Email me at: EileenRain@aol.com to register!!
In this workshop, we will begin by exploring the fundamentals of poetry, including form, meter, rhyme, and rhetorical devices such as repetition and met… Continue
Sat., November 21 AND Sat., Dec. 5 from 1-4
at The Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main Street, Middletown, Connecticut - 860-347-4957
Each workshop is self-contained, so you may take one or both!
Only $15 per workshop!
Email me at: EileenRain@aol.com to register!!
In this workshop, we will begin by exploring the fundamentals of poetry, including form, meter, rhyme, and rhetorical devices such as repetition and met… Continue
Posted on November 2, 2009 at 10:32am —
Thank You for Another Successful Creative Writing Workshop! Are You Interested in a Future One?
Hello everyone!
I want to thank all of you who attended Writing from Scratch: A Creative Writing Workshop on Saturday, October 17 in Middletown, CT. It was a tremendous success, with attendees ranging from age 15 to retirees. You are all fantastic writers and your enthusiasm is inspiring! The class was split into two sections; poetry and prose. In the poetry section, we concentrated on iambic pentameter and the basic structure of building a sonnet. In the second section, we concentrated on the… Continue
I want to thank all of you who attended Writing from Scratch: A Creative Writing Workshop on Saturday, October 17 in Middletown, CT. It was a tremendous success, with attendees ranging from age 15 to retirees. You are all fantastic writers and your enthusiasm is inspiring! The class was split into two sections; poetry and prose. In the poetry section, we concentrated on iambic pentameter and the basic structure of building a sonnet. In the second section, we concentrated on the… Continue
Posted on October 18, 2009 at 2:09pm —
Proofreading and Editing Service
Hello everyone!
As writers, we know how hard it is to give our work over to someone else for critique. We fall in love with our words, cherish them as if they are children, and fight like animals when someone tells us to change our words or, heaven forbid, throw them away. Yet, as writers, we also know that when we finish a project we become very close to it, often too close to see the errors or omissions that may serve to undermine our masterpiece. We do the best we can, reading and rereading,… Continue
As writers, we know how hard it is to give our work over to someone else for critique. We fall in love with our words, cherish them as if they are children, and fight like animals when someone tells us to change our words or, heaven forbid, throw them away. Yet, as writers, we also know that when we finish a project we become very close to it, often too close to see the errors or omissions that may serve to undermine our masterpiece. We do the best we can, reading and rereading,… Continue
Posted on September 17, 2009 at 4:36pm —
Proofreading and Editing Service
As writers, we know how hard it is to give our work over to someone else for critique. We fall in love with our words, cherish them as if they are children, and fight like animals when someone tells us to change our words or, heaven forbid, throw them away. Yet, as writers, we also know that when we finish a project we become very close to it, often too close to see the errors or omissions that may serve to undermine our masterpiece. We do the best we can, reading and rereading, reviewing and sc… Continue
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 4:02pm —
Connie-Magnan Albrizio Wins the 2009 CT Press Club Communcations Contest
It is my great honor to announce that Connie-Magnan Albrizio (my mother) won the 2009 CT Press Club Communcations Contest for her first book of poetry, Lion's Tooth. This compilation is a lifetime in the making. A well-deserved tribute to Connie, who turns 77 next month, for her life-long dedication to the written word!
Congratulations Mom!!
Eileen Albrizio
Congratulations Mom!!
Eileen Albrizio
Posted on April 22, 2009 at 5:58pm —
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Take care and enjoy your weekend! MJ
Love your page, too! It looks like you've been at this author business for a little while now huh? I've been doing it for 4 years now and love it - I've learned a lot but am sure I have a TON more to learn!
Happy spring!
MJ