A Gathering of the Tribes Presents: THE STOOP PROJECT: NO SUCH THING AS WRITER’S BLOCK Facilitated by: UGBA (in person only)

https://www.bgsqd.com/event/stoop-project-july-21/

NO SUCH THING AS WRITER’S BLOCK

Facilitated by: UGBA

This is a generative writing workshop, open to all skill levels.

$5 DONATION, RESERVE YOUR SPOT – MONDAY, JULY 21

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

In this session, I will be sharing tools gathered over my 15+ year career as a professional writer and writing-workshop facilitator to equip writers (both novice and veteran) with the confidence to quiet that little voice in their head that says: I’ve gone as far as I can. I haven’t got anything left. It’s a lie! There are always more words—sometimes you just need an instructor willing to teach you how to find them: I am that instructor!

THE STOOP PROJECT: SUMMER SERIES 2025

Hosted by A Gathering of the Tribes, The Stoop Project: Summer Series 2025 features a curated selection of generative writing workshops by bearded poet Thomas Fucaloro. Sessions are open to all skill levels and will be held in person every third Monday from June through August 2025 at The Center’s bookstore, Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, in NYC. Each workshop will be led by a different facilitator and focus on a unique theme. A $5 donation reserves your spot — see calendar for all event listings.

In tandem with the workshops, each month Tribes will select a featured book from the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division.

This event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC, 10011.

Please note: the Bureau is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. We will open at 6 PM on Monday, July 21st, for this workshop, which will begin at 6:30 PM.

THE HISTORY OF THE STOOP

The Stoop Poetry Workshop (1991–1995) was established and facilitated by Tribes’ founder Steve Cannon with fellow Lower East Side poet Bob Holman. Conceived on the stoop of Cannon’s East 3rd Street residence, the workshop served as a creative incubator held before the Nuyorican Poets Café’s Friday Night Slams — allowing poets to refine their work and perform it the same evening. An extraordinary roster of poets participated in the Workshop, including reg e. gaines, Edwin Torres, Tracie Morris, Dana Bryant, Mia Hansford, Keith Roach, Paul Beatty, Willie Perdomo, Dael Orlandersmith, Ed Morales, Ra, and Mike Tyler.

Building on Cannon’s ethos of “Each one, teach one,” The Stoop Project expands the original vision of the Workshop by inviting a wide array of guest facilitators to carry forward its spirit of collective growth, experimentation, and intergenerational exchange.

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR

UGBA (‘oog ba’) Ungrateful Black Artist (pronoun inclusive) is a queer poet, rapper, playwright, actor, and activist based out of Brooklyn, NY. UGBA is the founder/host of CEREMONIES—a Brooklyn-based monthly Black-Queer artist showcase held in honor of Essex Hemphill. UGBA is also the founder of “Dark-Skin Support Group,” a virtual support network for dark-skin Black Americans in need of a space to discuss the realities of colorism. In 2020, UGBA was named a “Black LGBTQ+ playwright you need to know ” by Time Out NY. UGBA is the former script assistant for the Pulitzer Prize-winning and 5 time TONY nominated Broadway show “Fat Ham.” He is an alumnus of the Public Theater’s #BARS program and Emerging Writers Group 2020-2023 cohort.