The evening's reading will include E.B. Bartels, Visiting Writer, nonfiction, plus: Janet Hurley, Alum, nonfiction (June 2008), and Kate Kearns, Alum, poetry (June 2008), presented by Cambridge Common Writers. There will be a reception following the reading.
Join the Lesley MFA program for an evening reading with Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) and Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics, MFA Writing Faculty). This event will take place both in person and over Zoom. MICHELLE KNUDSEN is the New York Times best-selling author of fifty books for children and teens, including the award-winning picture book Library Lion, […]
For its January 2024 All Lesley Reads Visiting Writer Series, Lesley University’s MFA Program inCreative Writing is honored to sponsor an international conversation and reading with Ukrainian poet and translator, Yuliya Musakovska; poet and translator Olena Jennings; and essayist, novelist, and poet,Askold Melnyczuk, founder of the celebrated literary magazine AGNI and currently publisher ofArrowsmith Press. […]
Join the Lesley MFA program for an evening reading with Kevin Prufer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) and Jason Reynolds (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty). This event will take place both in person and on Zoom. KEVIN PRUFER is the author of seven books of poetry and the editor of numerous anthologies, the most recent of which […]
Join visiting writer Patricia Pearson (WFYP, June 2015), author of We Are Your Children Too: Black Students, White Supremacists, and the Battle for America's Schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. This event will be both in person and online.
PANELISTS: Tracey Baptiste, Chris Lynch, Patricia Pearson. Moderator: Sara Farizan. This event will be both in person and on Zoom.
Join the Lesley MFA program for an evening reading with Kate Snodgrass (Emerita MFA Faculty for WSS) and Chris Lynch (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty). This event will be both in person and online. KATE SNODGRASS served as the Artistic Director of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and of the Elliot Norton Award-winning Boston Theater Marathon (which she […]
Join the Lesley MFA program for an evening reading with Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) and Janet Pocorobba (Nonfiction, June 2006, Program Director). This event will be held both in-person and over Zoom. STEVEN CRAMER is the author of six poetry collections and has published poems and essays in journals such as The Atlantic Monthly, […]
Join the Lesley MFA program for an evening reading with alums Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017) and Adria Karlsson (WFYP, January 2023). This event will be held both in person and on Zoom. JODY HOBBS HESLER is the author of the story collection What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better (Cornerstone Press, October 2023), […]
The Thought Leadership Series at Lesley University welcomes guest presenters who engage members of our community and the public in conversation and, through that exchange, encourage us all to act as catalysts for a more connected and just world. These presentations are free and open to all. Jasmine Warga (WFYP), a 2013 graduate of Lesley […]
Jasmine Warga (WFYP, June 2013), the 2024 Finnegan Lecturer, will talk about the power of stories, particularly the power of narrative and stories for young people in her talk "Connecting Through Story." Jasmine is the New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author of many books for young people, including Other Words For Home and A Rover's […]