Inspired by Infrastructure - Free NEORSD Tour and Writing Workshop
Do you ever wonder what happens behind the walls of a wastewater treatment plant? Would you like to set a mystery in Cleveland's prodigious sewer system? Are you the kind of person who is inspired to write poetry about gravity thickening or sludge incineration?
Join us for a unique writing workshop in collaboration with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Together we will learn evocative wastewater treatment terminology, take a tour of the Easterly Plant and neighboring White City Beach, practice translating the senses into written word, and create our own shitty first drafts. This class is free but spots are limited so sign up now!
This workshop includes a walking tour of an industrial facility, and a half-mile walk between Easterly and White City Beach. Please let us know if you have any accessibility concerns so we may provide accommodation.
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Details: Inspired by Infrastructure - Free NEORSD Tour and Writing Workshop takes place Saturday, June 21 from 9am-12pm in person at NEORSD Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant (14021 Lakeshore Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44110).
Prerequisites: None
Genre: Multigenre
Level: All levels
Format: Plant tour, discussion, in-class writing exercises and sharing
Location: Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant (14021 Lakeshore Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44110).
Size: Limited to 25 participants.
Suggested Sequence: Follow this class with a generative fiction writing workshop or feedback course.
Thank you to the North East Ohio Regional Sewer District for sponsoring this event!
Work with the best...
Laura Maylene Walter is the author of the novel Body of Stars (Dutton, 2021) and the short story collection Living Arrangements (BkMk Press, 2011). Laura’s writing has appeared in Poets & Writers, Kenyon Review, Slate, The Sun, and many others. Laura is a founding editor of Literary Cleveland’s Gordon Square Review and is the Ohio Center for the Book Fellow at Cleveland Public Library, where she hosts Page Count, a literary podcast.
Christine Umerley, PE, is a Project Manager for the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. As part of the Planning group, she is responsible for projects that evaluate and forecast future needs, as well as tracking compliance with NEORSD's 25-year Project Clean Lake program. In her free time, you can find Christine hunched over her novel draft, behind a podcast mic, or performing in the Greater Cleveland theater community.
Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant
14021 Lakeshore Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44110
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