Join us for this CCW event as we celebrate the launch of Emily Inouye Huey (WFYP, June 2011)'s debut novel, Beneath the Wide Silk Sky. Emily will be in conversation with WFYP MFA Writing Faculty Chris Lynch and fellow WFYP cohort Andrea Wang. The readings and conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A.
Join us for this celebration of Elizabeth Shick's debut novel, The Golden Land, which was inspired by the six years she lived in Yangon, Myanmar, and is the winner of the 2021 AWP Prize for the Novel. The event will take place during the following time zones: 8:00 PM December 8 Boston 7:00 AM December 9 […]
Join Cambridge Common Writers as we celebrate the launch of Nada Samih-Rotondo (Fiction, June 2012)'s, All Water Has Perfect Memory: A Memoir. A debut work from a Palestinian-American author, All Water Has Perfect Memory is a memoir that takes readers from the author's ancestral origins--the coast of Yaffa, Palestine--to her birthplace of Kuwait, eventually landing […]
You might be familiar with your Inner Critic—the voice that says you’re not good enough. Or compares yourself to others. Or expects nothing but perfection. Our instinct is to push that voice away. But, paradoxically, we can find more inner peace and free up creative energy by moving toward that voice, with curiosity and compassion. […]
Join Cambridge Common Writers for the first meeting of our new Book Club! This inaugural event will be hosted by Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) and will discuss How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill edited by Jericho Brown. Participants are encouraged to read the book prior to the event. […]
Join Cambridge Common Writers for an Open Mic with members of the Lesley MFA community!
Join us for the next online meeting of Cambridge Common Readers as we discuss My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jean Shapland with Rebecca Joy (Fiction, January 2017). This event is free and open to the Lesley MFA community. You do not need to have attended previous sessions, and while you don't have to read […]
Join the Lesley MFA community for this evening reading with Bonita Lee Penn (Poetry, January 2015) and Tyler Woodsmall (Fiction, June 2020).
Join Cambridge Common Writers for our first duo-book launch event as we celebrate the publications of The Rest of Your Life Soundtrack by Benjamin Roesch (Fiction, January 2016) and Without You Here by Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017)! Moderated by Michael Mercurio (Poetry, January 2017). BENJAMIN ROESCH is a writer, musician, teacher, podcaster, award-winning […]
Join us for the next online meeting of Cambridge Common Readers as we discuss A Year in Practice: Seasonal Rituals and Prompts to Awaken Cycles of Creative Expression by Jacqueline Suskin with Hurley Winkler (Fiction, January 2017). This event is free and open to the Lesley MFA community. You do not need to have attended previous sessions, and while […]
Join us for a virtual Lesley MFA community Open Mic! Alums and current students of the Lesley MFA program welcome. No sign up -- just show up!
Join us for a discussion led by Saraciea J Fennell (WFYP, January 2020) on The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates. You do not need to have read the book to participate, but we encourage it! The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories […]
