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ORIGIN #7 INCLUDED IN GARGOYLE ISSUE 64

Which came first?  The falling from the skyor the longing to return to it? You lifting yourself toward me,all heated skin and beyond, that look of ravage hauntand need and the briefest sighting of you spirit bared.You told me you…
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Empowering the Survivor’s Voice: Writing as a Means of Healing

Date: TBA 2016 During 2016, Dora McQuaid will host a workshop in State College, PA, where Penn State University is located, to afford survivors of sexual violence the opportunity to gather as a group for a weeklong intensive writing workshop.…

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Dora will be on tour internationally with her collection of poems

Dora will be on tour internationally with her collection of poems, the scorched earth and the scorched earth: spoken audio disc companion during 2016. Please check back for dates and locations or sign up for Dora’s once-monthly ENewsletter here. the scorched earth is Dora E. McQuaid’s…

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AN EVENING WITH CRISIS CENTER NORTH AT THE CARNEGIE

Photos from my ongoing speaking and book tour with my book, the scorched earth, continue to come in. Here is one of me taking the stage at the Andrew Carnegie Music Hall and Library in Pittsburgh for the benefit event…
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AUTHOR EVENT: DORA E. MCQUAID PRESENTS the scorched earth AT THE CHESTER COUNTY BOOK COMPANY

Wednesday November 11, 20157:00 – 9:00 pm967 Paoli Pike, West Goshen CenterWest Chester, PA Dora is excited to return to her hometown of West Chester and to the Chester County Book Company, where she had her first job at the…

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DORA RETURNS TO PENN STATE AND STATE COLLEGE, PA

As part of her book and speaking tour across Pennsylvania, Dora will do two public events in Centre County: PUBLIC TALK AT THE INSPIRATION MURAL WITH MURALIST MICHAEL PILATO AND BOOK SIGNING: AT THE STUDENT BOOKSTORESTATE COLLEGE, PASaturday, November 7th at 2:00pm…

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CRISIS CENTER NORTH PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH DORA E. MCQUAID: POET. ACTIVIST. TEACHER. SPEAKER.

Thursday, October 28, 20156:00 – 10:00 pmAndrew Carnegie Music Hall, Carnegie, PA Dora will be serving as Keynote Speaker for Crisis Center North’s Annual Celebration, with the generous corporate sponsorship of Verizon’s Hopeline. Verizon’s Hopeline, which provides free cell phones…

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DORA TRAVELS TO LOS ANGELES FOR THE FLAME, FIST AND DANCE TOUR! WITH PAT PAYNE & SANDRA HUNTER AKKA B.

“I have been flame, fist, dance and spin…”From Dora’s poem, Homecoming, in her collection of poems, the scorched earth. As part of her current book and speaking tour, Dora will be in Los Angeles for several events during the first week of October 2015.…

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Poetry Night at The Taos Inn for the 41st Annual Taos Fall Arts Festival

7:00 – 10:00 pm, Wednesday, September 30, 2015The Historic Taos Inn, Taos, NM Dora performs solo and with award-winning poet and event curator Erin Bad Hand Kerr. An Evening of poetry, spoken word and music at the Historic Taos Inn,…

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