Events
River Writing is for everyone and we'd love to welcome you to the table. If the $40 tuition presents a barrier to your participation, please request sliding scale. If you'd like to dive in a bit deeper, consider joining a multi-week series. Click here to see our current schedule.
2 Hours @ the Table with Tiffany 3/31/25
Two Hours at the Table with Tiffany
6:30 - 8:30 PM MST
Meeting on Zoom
Everyone is Welcome! (16+)
Limited to 8 Participants
About Tiffany
About River Writing
We create a friendly place to practice by making community agreements. We read poetry aloud to find prompts and then write with pen and paper to say the truest things we can say. Before beginning, we agree to be kind, to keep each other’s confidence, and to listen to each other with undivided attention. We agree to take care of ourselves and to share responsibility for creating a welcoming space. Everyone is invited. We practice non-judgement by forgoing apology, critique, and praise. It can be challenging not to praise each other, but we choose to opt out temporarily in order to take respite from the culture of comparison. Sharing your writing is optional. When you choose to read, we respond simply by saying thank you.
Confluence: A Reading from the River on 4/10/25
Thursday, April 10th 6-7pm MST.
Meeting on Zoom.
Register before April 10th 5pm to receive the link
Uncensored. Everyone is invited! (16+)
Join us for the sheer pleasure of listening!
Featured poet, Sarah May
Our Readers
Karen Bayard
Tiffany Burns
Moudi Sbeity
Marybeth Jarvis Clark
Karen Bean
Cat Cates
Debbie Fetters
Suzy Eskenazi
Maria Davis
nan seymour
About Sarah May
Our featured poet Sarah May will open with selections from her new book "Our stories are our bodies". Sarah May is a Salvadoreña artist, weaver, poet, and bruja who has long called the Lake home. As someone who lives in the in-between of multiple worlds and identities, Great Salt Lake is a sacred place where she is seen and held in all she is and where she cultivated her magic into the artist, poet, and storyteller she is today. Sarah served as the Director for the 2025 Great Salt Lake Vigil at the Capitol.
About River Writing
We write together in circles shaped by community agreements. This is the practice: we read poetry aloud to find a prompt and then write with pen and paper to say the truest thing we can say. Before beginning, we agree to be kind, to keep each other’s confidence, and to listen to each other with undivided attention. We agree to take care of ourselves and to share responsibility for creating a welcoming space. Everyone is invited. We practice non-judgement by forgoing apology, critique, and praise. It can be hard not to praise, but we choose to opt out temporarily in order to take respite from the culture of comparison. When a participant chooses to read, we respond simply by saying thank you.
2 Hours @ the Table with Karen 4/17/25
Thursday, April 17th from 6:00-8:00 pm MST
Meeting on Zoom
Everyone Welcome! (16+) Sliding scale available
Limited to 8 Participants
About Karen
About River Writing
We create a friendly place to practice by making community agreements. We read poetry aloud to find prompts and then write with pen and paper to say the truest things we can say. Before beginning, we agree to be kind, to keep each other’s confidence, and to listen to each other with undivided attention. We agree to take care of ourselves and to share responsibility for creating a welcoming space. Everyone is invited. We practice non-judgement by forgoing apology, critique, and praise. It can be challenging not to praise each other, but we choose to opt out temporarily in order to take respite from the culture of comparison. Sharing your writing is optional. When you choose to read, we respond simply by saying thank you.
2 Hours @ the Table with Karen 5/11/25
Sunday, May 11th from 2:00-4:00 pm MST
Meeting on Zoom
Everyone Welcome! (16+) Sliding scale available
Limited to 8 Participants
About Karen
About River Writing
We create a friendly place to practice by making community agreements. We read poetry aloud to find prompts and then write with pen and paper to say the truest things we can say. Before beginning, we agree to be kind, to keep each other’s confidence, and to listen to each other with undivided attention. We agree to take care of ourselves and to share responsibility for creating a welcoming space. Everyone is invited. We practice non-judgement by forgoing apology, critique, and praise. It can be challenging not to praise each other, but we choose to opt out temporarily in order to take respite from the culture of comparison. Sharing your writing is optional. When you choose to read, we respond simply by saying thank you.