At The Inkwell Denver returns to in-person readings on Saturday at Counterpath! We will be hosting a book celebration and reading for Ashley Howell Bun with guest readers Leonora Simonovis, Lauren Samblanet and Jason Masino.
The event kicks off with a writer’s workshop with Ashley Howell Bun and Leonora Simonovis, 3:30-5:30pm, followed by the reading at 6:00pm.
Healing the Body Through Writing: A Somatic Experience with Ashley Howell Bunn and Leonora Simonovis
The goal of this workshop is to create a safe and grounded space to explore the connection between physical and subtle bodies through writing and yoga. We will utilize yoga asana (physical postures and movement), a variety of other somatic practices including guided mindfulness, accessible breath-work, and sound healing techniques, to illuminate the physical and subtle body relationship. In connection with these somatic experiences, we will have space for generative writing, creative body mapping, and reflection. Take what you need, leave the rest. Yoga reminds us that we are whole as we are and the tools to heal ourselves already exist within. Somatic practices allow us to tap into the knowledge and medicine each of us possess. We hope you leave with new tools that welcome more ease, contentment and health into your life, and that you gain deeper insight into your personal practice.
Reader Bios
Ashley Howell Bunn completed her MFA in poetry through Regis University and holds a MA in Literature from Northwestern University. She is on the editorial staff for the literary journal, Inverted Syntax, and writes a monthly Yoga, Tarot, and Astrology column for Writual Planner. Her work has previously appeared in The Colorado Sun, South Broadway Ghost Society, Global Poemic, Twenty Bellows, patchwork litmag, Mulberry Literary and others. She is a certified and experienced yoga guide trained in a variety of styles including Yoga Nidra and restorative yoga. Her first chapbook, in coming light, was published in 2022 by Middle Creek Publishing. She lives in Denver, CO with her child where she practices yoga and runs in the sunshine.
Leonora Simonovis is the author of Study of the Raft, winner of the 2021 Colorado Prize for Poetry and Honorable mention recipient for the International Latino Book Awards. Her work has appeared in Gargoyle, Kweli Journal, Diode Poetry Journal, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and The Rumpus, among others. Her poems have also been featured in Verse Daily, Sims Library of Poetry, and CIACLA (Contemporary Irish Center, Los Angeles). She has been the recipient of fellowships from Women Who Submit (WWS), VONA, and the Poetry Foundation. A Venezuelan American poet, Leonora grew up in Caracas, Venezuela and currently lives in San Diego, CA, where she teaches Latin American literature and creative writing in Spanish at the University of San Diego.
Lauren Samblanet is a hybrid writer who cross-pollinates with other forms of making & other makers of forms. some of her writing has been published in a shadow map: an anthology by survivors of sexual assault, fence, dreginald, entropy, bedfellows, the tiny, crab fat magazine, and aglimpseof. She offers creative process workshops and support through reinventing creative process. you can find more of her work here:
https://www.laurensamblanet.com/
Jason Masino is an artist and writer. Originally from California, he received his BA in Dramatic Art from the University of California, Davis, and his MFA in Poetry from Regis University. His work has been published in Cultural Daily, Inverted Syntax, Rigorous, South Florida Poetry Journal, fifth wheel press, and others. His debut hybrid/poetry book -- Sinner's Prayer -- will be released in late 2022 (Passengers Press).