Writing Your South: an Online Seminar with Jacqueline Allen Trimble (September 25, 2024 6-8pm EDT)

“Satan, you toothless old pimp, you can retire.”

—from “The Supreme Court and Everybody Else Throwing Idle Hands Around Here,” by Jacqueline Allen Trimble

Join us for "Writing Your South," an exclusive quarterly series of two-hour online seminars hosted by Salvation South. In these intimate sessions, you'll have the rare opportunity to engage directly with acclaimed Southern authors as they share their unique perspectives on capturing the essence of the South in their writing.

On September 25 at 6 pm EDT, Writing Your South will welcome the award-winning Alabama poet Jacqueline Allen Trimble, author of two collections of poetry, 2016's American Happiness and 2022's How to Survive the Apocalypse. Over the last year, Trimble has contributed four poems to Salvation South.

Jackie will join Salvation South poetry editor Andy Fogle and editor-in-chief Chuck Reece in an eye-opening conversation about how she writes poetry that forcefully and fiercely lays out her own visions for and views of the South. 

Praise for Jacqueline Allen Trimble's American Happiness:

"Jacqueline Trimble waited a long time to publish this first book, but she is right on time. I longed for her kind of poetry, these cut-to-the-flesh poems, this verse that sings the old-time religion of difficult truths with new courage and utter sister-beauty. And I am so grateful for her gift, her grown woman poetics."

—Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois, a 2021 Oprah's Book Club pick

"It is cause for celebration that Ms. Trimble is making poetry that is timely and timeless, elegant and brutal, wise and innocent."

—Mark Childress, author of Crazy in Alabama

Praise for How to Survive the Apocalypse:

“Black poets have always told the truth with God in one hand and blood in the other, and Jacqueline Trimble sits squarely in that tradition with How to Survive the Apocalypse. Her poems, which come from the gut, which come from the throat, which come from the beating heart of a Black woman making meaning out of the soured meal of America, are a wonder to behold.”

—Ashley M. Jones, Poet Laureate of Alabama and author of Reparations Now!  

Why Attend?

• Exclusive Access: With attendance capped at just 25 participants, you'll enjoy a personalized experience with ample opportunity for meaningful conversation and direct interaction with our esteemed guest authors.
• Expert Insights: Learn from the best as our guest authors reveal their secrets, techniques, and inspirations behind their celebrated works that bring the Southern landscape and culture to life.
• Interactive Experience: These seminars are designed to be interactive, ensuring that your questions and thoughts are heard and addressed by the authors themselves.

Invest in Your Craft:

• While tickets are priced to reflect the value of this unique experience and to ensure our speakers receive a well-deserved honorarium, the insights and connections you'll gain are priceless. Don't miss out on this chance to deepen your understanding of Southern writing and elevate your own work.
• Secure your spot today and immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Southern storytelling with "Writing Your South."
  

Trimble is a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellow, a Cave Canem Fellow, and a two-time Alabama State Council on the Arts Fellow. American Happiness, won the Balcones Poetry Prize, and How to Survive the Apocalypse, was named one of the ten best poetry books of 2022 by the New York Public Library. She is a professor of English and chairs the Department of Languages and Literatures at Alabama State University in Montgomery.