TIM TINGLE

INSTRUCTOR: TIM TINGLE - Bring story ideas and a fresh mind and body. Through writing, storytelling, and readings, students will uncover elements of light in even the darkest narrative. From dark times or memories, students will craft a story, spoken or written, and be given the opportunity to either read or perform their writing. Tingle, a storyteller-turned-writer, will offer feedback in both mediums. Poetic images and evocative word choices will strengthen an oral performance; and a ready grasp of vocal rhythms will increase a writer’s ability to reach his audience. Students will leave the workshop with a plot-candle in the darkness, and a story ready for revision. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Date: Sat May 8, 9am – 3pm
Limit: 12 Participants
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, May 5
CPE Credits: 5 Language Arts
Fee: $66 Discounted Fee: $60

Tim Tingle is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a frequent speaker at tribal events. Author of six books, including the award-winning Crossing Bok Chitto (Cinco Puntos Press, 2006), Tingle was a featured storyteller at the Native American wing of the Smithsonian Institute in 2006 and 2007. At the 2008 American Library Association Conference in Anaheim, California, he performed on the multi-ethnic concert, “Many Voices, One Nation.” His first book, Walking the Choctaw Road (Cinco Puntos Press, 2005), is a fictional depiction of tribal history covering two centuries, and his upcoming children’s book, Saltypie (Cinco Puntos Press, 2010), is a family tale of 20th century Indian struggles and triumph.
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