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Book RecsBookstore Picks
May Blooms
May is the season of flowers and the following writers, acknowledged as gifted stylists and storytellers, all have blossoming careers
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Events
On America: The Carceral System and Racial Justice with Ian Manuel and Yusef Salaam
Wednesday, 7:30 pm EDT May 26, 2021
Ian Manuel and Yusef Salaam come together for a special event in the On America series to discuss matters of...
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VideosOn America
On America: We Are Each Other’s Harvest and the Legacy of Black Farmers
Over the past 100 years, the number of Black farmers working the land throughout the United States has gone from one million to 45,000
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Videos
Richard Wright’s The Man Who Lived Underground with Malcolm Wright, John Kulka, and Kevin Powell
From the author of Native Son and Black Boy, The Man Who Lived Underground is a previously unpublished novel by Richard...
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Groups+Workshops
Exploring Lyric Research: Cultivating Obsession to Inform a Narrative with Makenna Goodman (Sold Out)
Once a week Thursdays, 7:00 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT July 29 to September 2, 2021
Obsession is about interest and paying close attention. To fixate on a theme, a person, an idea, a theory—and then project our own desires on...
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Groups+Workshops
I Share This Shape with You: Fiction and Translation with Bonnie Chau
Once a week Tuesdays, 7:00 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT July 13 to August 17, 2021
“Say I bend, I love, I stretch, I break. // Say I bend language translation, I love language translation, I stretch language translation...
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Groups+Workshops
On Writing Grief with Diane Zinna (Sold Out) (June 2021)
Once a week Mondays, 7:00 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT June 21 to August 9, 2021
I have come to believe that if you can write grief as you truly experienced it, you can write anything. During our time together, you will have...
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Groups+Workshops
Writing for Survivors with Terese Marie Mailhot (Sold Out)
Saturday & Sunday 2:00 pm EDT - 5:00 pm EDT July 17 to July 18, 2021
A generative two-day workshop on writing hard truths and exacting our survival. We’ll talk about how to write about trauma, how to give...
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Groups+Workshops
Truth and Lies: Autobiographical Fiction and Fictional Autobiography with Lisa Zeidner (Sold Out)
Friday - Sunday 11:00 am EDT - 1:00 pm EDT July 9 to July 11, 2021
We will consider the differences between nonfiction and fiction when using material from life—expectations about voice, plot, and approaches to memory
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Groups+Workshops
How to Get In: Applying to Fellowships, Residencies, Conferences, and Creative Writing Programs with Jonathan Escoffery (Sold Out) (June 2021)
Friday - Sunday 2:00 pm EDT - 4:00 pm EDT June 25 to June 27, 2021
Whether you want to enhance your craft or win more writerly time and support, chances are that someday you’ll face a competitive application process