The BCA Playwright Residency presents a reading/workshop of a new play in development, (UN)HOUSED by Fabiola R. Decius (WSS, June 2015), at the Boston Center for the Arts. (UN)HOUSED tells the story of a single mother, Elianie, and her recent college graduate daughter, Skylar, who has moved back home. As Skylar tries to navigate the […]
Science has shown that the best way to help our kids become independent, kind, and happy is by talking with them. And yet we often find ourselves distracted, exhausted, or at a loss as to how to have meaningful conversations. Harvard lecturer, speech pathologist, and mother, Rebecca Rolland (Fiction, June 2017) offers an essential, evidence-based […]
Late August is a perfect time to sit with the exceptional poems of Natalie Padilla Young and Autumn McClintock and consider the world around us - both built and natural - and the ways it affects us and we affect it.Natalie Padilla Young (Poetry, January 2009) co-founded and manages the poetry magazine Sugar House Review. By […]
Novels-in-verse challenge writers to tell stories with far fewer words. But while to some this may feel like a test, it’s also an opportunity to play: with format, white space, word choice, metaphors, structure, rhythm, and more. In this seminar, writers will be asked to re-imagine scenes from a work-in-progress with an emphasis on how […]