Writing Across the Spectrum (In Person)

Jersey City Writers proudly hosts Writing Across the Spectrum, a monthly workshop created to support neurodivergent writers who love to craft stories and connect with other creative people. Our workshops include skill building prompts, reading and discussing the work of published writers, and embracing self-expression. * Please be on time! Doors open at 2:45 PM * Bring laptop or pen and paper * Light food and beverages available. * No alcohol allowed *Our Writers Across the Spectrum facilitator Attorious Renée Augustin is a nonbinary (she/they/oracle/omen), queer, performance poet, filmmaker, and educator from Wanamassa, NJ. Their work focuses on transformation and community, and their hope is for their art to serve as a catalyst in the liberation of all people from oppressive systems. Attorious received their poetry MFA at Rutgers University- Newark, they are the host of Lampblack’s Instagram Live Series, “The Inky Bulb” and they alchemize each day through vibration.* *This event is hosted by our ADA coordinator, Linda DeGise-Kotowski. Linda is a lifelong resident of Jersey City. She struggled with a learning disability and with autism spectrum disorder growing up. She's had a passion for writing since she was in middle school. She's been a government employee for nearly 20 years and has an associates degree from Hudson County Community College. She published her first poetry chapbook “Poetry of Emotions,” in January of 2020 and has completed the second draft of her play “Autism In The Garden State.” She has been a member of the JCW since 2014.* *Supported by public funds from the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund.*