Receive expert writing advice in one-on-one consultations and workshops with writers Rosemarie Dombrowski and Shawnte Orion in Glendale Public Library’s writer in residence program, running from August through October.

Dombrowski is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Phoenix, the founding editor of rinky dink press, and the founding director of Revisionary Arts, a nonprofit that facilitates self-care and healing through poetry.

She’s published four collections of poetry and is a teaching professor at Arizona State University. Her work has been featured in numerous journals and anthologies, at poets.org, NPR, TEDx and elsewhere.

Orion is the author of Gravity & Spectacle (a collaboration with photographer Jia Oak Baker from Tolsun Books) and The Existentialist Cookbook (NYQBooks).

He is an editor for rinky dink press and his poems have appeared in Threepenny Review, Barrelhouse, Sugar House Review, New York Quarterly, and on the flipside of a split 7-inch vinyl record with San Francisco band Sweat Lodge. Visit his website at https://batteredhive.blogspot.com for information.

August sessions are:

• Creative Writing: Inspired By the Cinema is from 6:30-7:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4 in Velma Teague Library, 7010 N. 58th Ave. Discover how classic film editing techniques can bring new energy to writing. Join writer in residence Shawnte Orion for a playful, hands-on workshop using interactive prompts that embrace purpose, chance, and happy mistakes.
• One-on-one consultations with Orion are available at 10, 10:30, 11 and 11:30 a.m., as well as 12:15, 12:45, 1:15 and 1:45  p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9, in Foothills Library Branch, 19055 N 57th Ave.
• One-on-one consultations with Dombrowski are available at 10, 10:30, 11 and 11:30 a.m., as well as noon, 12:30, 1 and 1:30  p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 13, in Foothills Library Branch.
• One-on-one consultations with Orion are available at 1:30, 2, 2:45  and 3:15 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 17, in Foothills Library Branch.
• One-on-one consultations with Orion are available at 5:45, 6:15, 7 and 7:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 18, in Foothills Library Branch.
• A writer in residence workshop: Poetic Medicine: Writing for Wellness 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 at Foothills Library. This workshop will highlight the ways in which the reading and writing of poetry (aka poetic medicine) can improve mental and physical health. The group will review some studies that support the effectiveness of this practice as a means to combating stress, illness, grief, and aging. Brief poetic readings, discussions and writing exercises are on tap. Writers of all genres are welcome.
• One-on-one consultations with Dombrowski are available at 10, 10:30, 11 and 11:30 a.m., as well as noon, 12:30, 1 and 1:30  p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 27, in Foothills Library Branch.