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Eileen Cleary, Anne Pluto, Linda Carney-Goodrich & Gloria Monaghan at Brookline Booksmith

Brookline Booksmith 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

Join Brookline Booksmith for an evening of poetry with Eileen Cleary (Poetry, June 2016), Anne Pluto, Linda Carney-Goodrich, & Gloria Monaghan. This event is part of Third Thursdays Poetry, a monthly reading series at Brookline Booksmith. Eileen Cleary (she/her) is the author of Wild Pack of the Living (Nixes Mate, 2024), 2 a.m. with Keats (Nixes Mate, 2021) and Child Ward […]

Free – $5

Project Management for Poets and Writers, with Michael Mercurio

The Valley's Literary Arts Studio 221 Pine St., Studio #359, Florence, Massachusetts, United States

Any project can be daunting at the start. Some projects are still daunting in the middle, especially when they have a lot of moving parts — or shifting scenes! So how do you make sure that your writing stays on track towards your goal? Figuring out a project management plan can set you up for […]

$75

Reading at Western Carolina University with Lyz Lenz

A.K. Hinds University Center 245 Memorial Drive, Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States

Join Lyz Lenz (Fiction, June 2011) at Western Carolina University for a reading from This Ex-American Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life. A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot—from journalist […]

Free

Beyond the Book with Julie Wittes Schlack

Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States

Books and journals are not the only way for writers to get their words out into the larger world. In this panel discussion at the 2024 WriteAngles Conference, authors will explore other means of sharing your stories. What are the unique strengths and requirements of formats like podcasts, fan fiction sites, story slams, and songs? […]

$150

Author Talk: Shari Caplan – Exhibitionist

Jamaica Plain Public Library 30 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States

In Exhibitionist by Shari Caplan (Poetry, June 2014), the reader is invited to explore poems as installation; in this museum, the personal and the persona poem variously expose and mask aspects of the speaker as she probes her bisexuality, her evolution into motherhood, and how our relationships to art and desire are linked. Drawing from painting, performance […]

Free

A Greater-est Boston Reading with [Working Title]

The Rockwell 255 Elm Street, Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

is a Boston-based, queer reading and open mic series founded by L Scully (Nonfiction, January 2023) platforming emerging writers. Together with Bug World, they will present a lineup of local authors and poets, with a special feature by Philadelphia-based author Graham Irvin, promoting his new book, “I Have a Gun.” The planned readings will be […]

$5 – $10

An Evening with Lyz Lenz and Garrett Bucks

Pageturners Lounge 5004 Dodge St, Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Come join Lyz Lenz (Fiction, June 2011) and Garrett Bucks for an event at Pageturners Lounge. Literary Pub Quiz to follow.Lyz is a New York Times bestselling author, whose writing has appeared in The Washington Post, the Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times, and others. Her book God Land was published in 2019, through […]

Free

It’s Your Mug 30th Anniversary Celebration

The Kennedy Center 2700 F St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

From February 1994 to August 1996, the Tuesday night open mic at It’s Your Mug was a community event that had a lasting impact on Washington’s poetry scene that continues to impact American poetry. Celebrate the event’s 30th anniversary with original host and founder Toni Asante Lightfoot, and a group of Mug regulars including Toni Blackman, Kenny […]

Free

Serabelle Book Launch with Tavi Taylor Black

Vashon Bookshop 17612 Vashon Hwy. SW, Vashon, Washington, United States

Join Tavi Taylor Black for the book launch of her new historical fiction novel, Serabelle, at the Vashon Bookshop.

Free

Author Event: Jody Hobbs Hesler & BettyJoyce Nash

Bluebird & Co 5792 Three Notched Road, Crozet, Virginia, United States

Join Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017) for a book reading featuring author BettyJoyce Nash. Jody Hobbs Hesler has written ever since she could hold a pencil and now lives and writes in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Growing up, she split time between suburban Richmond, Virginia, and the mountains outside Winchester, Virginia. […]

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