Reading Groups & Writing Workshops
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Groups+Workshops
Writing Girlhood with Anika Jade Levy
Once a week Mondays, 6:00 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT August 10 to September 21, 2026
In Person | Girlhood: one of literature’s richest and most unstable subjects. Sharpen your language, develop new pages, and examine...
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Groups+Workshops
In Short: Joan Lindsay’s Picnic at Hanging Rock with Amanda Lehr
Thursday, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:30 pm EDT August 13, 2026
In Person | St. Valentine’s Day, 1900: nineteen girls go on a picnic—three never come back. Inspired by a dream and drafted in less...
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Groups+Workshops
In Short: Black Femme Transformation in Eloghosa Osunde's "Grief Is the Gift That Breaks the Spirit Open" with Magenta Naaku
Saturday, 1:00 pm EDT - 2:30 pm EDT August 15, 2026
In Person | This vivacious queer story probes the complexities of desire as a Black femme discovers she can shapeshift by inhabiting abandoned bodies
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Groups+Workshops
Cover to Cover: Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills with Channelle Russell
Monday, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT August 17, 2026
Online | Hell is many different things to many different people. In this explosive interpretation of Dante’s Inferno, it looks...
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Groups+Workshops
The Literarians
Wednesday, 12:30 pm EDT - 1:30 pm EDT August 19, 2026
Online | The Literarians is a free monthly discussion group open to members of The Center.
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Groups+Workshops
In Short: Edwidge Danticat’s “Without Inspection” with Maia Butler
Tuesday, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:30 pm EDT August 25, 2026
Online | Six and a half seconds: follow Arnold, an immigrant in Miami, as he relives intimate memories during a tragic workplace fall—set...
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Groups+Workshops
In Short: Black Femme Transformation in 'Pemi Aguda's "Manifest" with Magenta Naaku
Saturday, 1:00 pm EDT - 2:30 pm EDT August 29, 2026
In Person | A Black femme realizes she isn’t quite herself—someone or something wants control of her body. Uncover the tensions between...
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Groups+Workshops
Intro to Fiction: A Writing Workshop for Beginners with Josh Krigman
Once a week Tuesdays, 7:00 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT September 1 to October 6, 2026
Online | Learn the core tools of fiction through close readings, accessible prompts, and supportive workshopping that helps you generate...
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Groups+Workshops
The Year-Long Novel Intensive with Omer Friedlander
Every Other Week Wednesdays, 7:00 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT September 2, 2026 to August 18, 2027
Online | This is your opportunity to finally finish your novel. Over the course of one year, focus on all aspects of novel writing, from...
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Groups+Workshops
Writing Visceral Experimental Fiction with Marc Anthony Richardson
Once a week Thursdays, 7:00 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT September 3 to October 22, 2026
Online | Move beyond linear narratives and conventional storytelling in favor of creative freedom and experimental form
We can only offer full refunds if you cancel one week prior to the start of class. After that, before the start date of class, we can offer a 50% refund. We cannot refund day-of cancellations or refund or partially refund the fee once the class has begun.