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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Reading: Sara Farizan & Doug Bauer
DESCRIPTION:Join the Lesley MFA community for a reading with Sara Farizan (WFYP\, January 2012) and the visiting writer sponsered by Cambridge Common Writers\, Doug Bauer (Fiction). This event is open to the public both in-person and on Zoom. There will be a reception hosted by CCW following the event.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-reading-sara-farizan-doug-bauer/
LOCATION:University Hall Amphitheater\, 99 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230109T183000
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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Reading: Cynthia Platt & Janet Pocorobba
DESCRIPTION:Join the Lesley MFA community for this reading with Cynthia Platt (MFA Writing Faculty & Alum\, WFYP) and Janet Pocorobba (MFA Writing Faculty & Alum\, Nonfiction). This event is open to the public both in-person and on Zoom.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-reading-cynthia-platt-janet-pocorobba/
LOCATION:University Hall Amphitheater\, 99 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230108T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230108T193000
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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Reading: Ellen Lewis & John Rozum
DESCRIPTION:Join the Lesley MFA community for a reading with Ellen Lewis (MFA Writing Faculty; WSS) and John Rozum (Graphic Novel & Comics). This event is open to the public both in-person and on Zoom.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-reading-ellen-lewis-john-rozum/
LOCATION:University Hall Amphitheater\, 99 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230108T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230108T123000
DTSTAMP:20221212T152331Z
CREATED:20221212T152330Z
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SUMMARY:WFYP Panel: What It Means to Write Meaningful Stories
DESCRIPTION:Join the Lesley community for a WFYP MFA Writing Faculty panel with Tracey Baptiste\, Anika Aldamuy Denise\, David Elliott\, and Cynthia Platt. Moderated by Mikki Knudsen. This event is open to the public both in-person and on Zoom.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/wfyp-panel-what-it-means-to-write-meaningful-stories/
LOCATION:University Hall Amphitheater\, 99 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230108T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230108T113000
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CREATED:20221212T150051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T151618Z
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SUMMARY:Crafting Picture Books with Heart with Visiting Writer Anika Aldamuy Denise
DESCRIPTION:Join the Lesley MFA community for a panel on Crafting Picture Books with Heart with visiting writer Anika Aldamuy Denise. This panel will be open to the public both on Zoom and in-person. \n\n\n\nAnika Aldamuy Denise is the author of ten picture books including the Pura Belpré author honor-winning Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré and A Girl Named Rosita: The Story of Rita Moreno: Actor\, Singer\, Dancer\, Trailblazer!. Raised in Queens\, New York\, she now lives with her husband and three daughters in Rhode Island. Visit her online at anikadenise.com.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/test-event/
LOCATION:University Hall Amphitheater\, 99 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230107T183000
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SUMMARY:All Lesley Reads: Visiting Writer\, Meg Day
DESCRIPTION:Join the Lesley MFA community for the All Lesley Reads event with visiting writer\, Meg Day. This event is open to the public both in-person and on Zoom. \n\n\n\nMeg Day was raised in northern California’s Bay Area. Day holds a B.A. from the University of California\, San Diego\, an M.F.A. from Mills College\, and a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing with an emphasis on Disability Poetics from the University of Utah where Day was a Steffensen-Cannon Fellow\, a United States Point Foundation Scholar\, and Poetry Editor for Quarterly West. The 2015-2016 recipient of the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship and a 2013 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry\, Day has also received awards and fellowships from the Association of Writers & Writing Programs\, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference\, The Amy Clampitt Fund\, Lambda Literary Foundation\, Hedgebrook\, Squaw Valley Writers\, the Taft-Nicholson Center for Environmental Humanities\, and the International Queer Arts Festival. Day is Assistant Professor of English & Creative Writing in the MFA Program at North Carolina State University.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/all-lesley-reads-visiting-writer-meg-day-2/
LOCATION:University Hall Amphitheater\, 99 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230106T170000
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CREATED:20221212T142405Z
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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Reading Series: Erin Belieu and Jason Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:Join the Lesley community for an evening reading by Erin Belieu (MFA Writing Faculty; Poetry) and Jason Reynolds (MFA Writing Faculty; WFYP). The event is free and open to the public\, both in-person and via Zoom.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-reading-series-erin-belieu-and-jason-reynolds/
LOCATION:University Hall Amphitheater\, 99 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220112T190000
DTSTAMP:20211227T233422Z
CREATED:20211227T233421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211227T233422Z
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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Winter Reading Series — SJ Rozan & Thato Mwosa
DESCRIPTION:Join SJ Rozan\, Visiting Author\, Fiction\, and WSS Alum Thato Mwosa (June 2017) as they read from and show their work. Registration is free and open to the public.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-winter-reading-series-sj-rozan-thato-mwosa/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220110T190000
DTSTAMP:20211227T230930Z
CREATED:20211227T230928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211227T230930Z
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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Winter Reading Series — Tracey Baptiste & Matthew Henry
DESCRIPTION:Join Tracey Baptiste (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) and Matthew Henry\, Visiting Poet\, as they read from their work. Registration is free and open to the public.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-winter-reading-series-tracey-baptiste-matthew-henry/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220109T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220109T190000
DTSTAMP:20211227T223706Z
CREATED:20211227T223704Z
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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Winter Reading Series — Adrian Matejka & Grace Talusan
DESCRIPTION:Join Adrian Matejka (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) and Grace Talusan\, Visiting Nonfiction Author\, as they read from their work. Registration is free and open to the public.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-winter-reading-series-adrian-matejka-grace-talusan/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220109T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220109T130000
DTSTAMP:20211227T220810Z
CREATED:20211227T220809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211227T220810Z
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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Winter Reading Series — Andrea Wang
DESCRIPTION:Picture book writing seminar with Andrea Wang (WFYP\, June 2011). Registration is free and open to the public.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-winter-reading-series-andrea-wang/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220108T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220108T193000
DTSTAMP:20211227T220231Z
CREATED:20211227T220230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211227T220231Z
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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Winter Reading Series -- Kyle Lukoff
DESCRIPTION:Lesley University’s All Lesley Reads Visiting Writer for the January 2022 residency will be Kyle Lukoff\, author of the National Book Award finalist middle grade novel\, Too Bright to See\, the Stonewall-award winning picture book\, When Aidan Became A Brother\, Explosion at the Poem Factory\, and many more. \n\n\n\nWhile becoming a writer Kyle worked as a bookseller for 10 years\, and then nine more years as a school librarian. He lives in New York City\, and “hopes you’re having a nice day.” \n\n\n\nRegistration is free and open to the public.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-winter-reading-series-kyle-lukoff/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220107T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220107T180000
DTSTAMP:20211227T213723Z
CREATED:20211227T213721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211227T213723Z
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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Winter Reading Series -- David Elliott & Kyoko Mori
DESCRIPTION:Join David Elliott (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) and Kyoko Mori (Nonfiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) as they read from their work. Registration is free and open to the public.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-winter-reading-series-david-elliott-kyoko-mori/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210621T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210621T200000
DTSTAMP:20210616T011023Z
CREATED:20210616T011005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210616T011023Z
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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Evening Reading Series - Sara Farizan (WFYP) and Kate Snodgrass (WSS)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-evening-reading-series-sara-farizan-wfyp-and-kate-snodgrass-wss/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210620T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210620T200000
DTSTAMP:20210616T011037Z
CREATED:20210616T004008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210616T011037Z
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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Evening Reading Series - Pam Petro (Nonfiction) and Kevin Prufer (Poetry)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-evening-reading-series-pam-petro-and-kevin-prufer/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210618T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210618T193000
DTSTAMP:20210616T011050Z
CREATED:20210616T003508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210616T011050Z
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SUMMARY:Lesley MFA Evening Reading Series - Michael Lowenthal (Fiction) and Celeste Mohammed (Fiction)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-mfa-evening-reading-series-michael-lowenthal-and-celeste-mohammed/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210407T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210407T200000
DTSTAMP:20210330T235301Z
CREATED:20210305T222408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210330T235301Z
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SUMMARY:Finnegan Lecture with National Book Award finalist Candice Iloh ’17
DESCRIPTION:Lesley University’s 2021 Evelyn M. Finnegan Children’s Literature Lecture Series speaker is Nigerian-American writer and dancer Candice Iloh. A 2017 graduate of Lesley’s MFA Program in Creative Writing for Young People\, Candice is a fitting choice for this well-regarded lecture series. Their first novel\, “Every Body Looking\,” was a 2021 Printz Award Honoree and a finalist for a 2020 National Book Award. Named in honor of the noted children’s book author\, the lecture brings to the Lesley community renowned authors and artists recognized for excellence in the children’s literature genre. The university and the Finnegan family are proud to welcome this distinguished alumna artist back to Lesley for the first-ever virtual Finnegan lecture. \n\n\n\nCandice Iloh is a first-generation Nigerian-American writer and dancer from the Midwest by way of Washington\, D.C.\, and Brooklyn\, New York. They are a graduate of Howard University and the Rhode Island Writers Colony. They received her MFA in Creative Writing for Young People at Lesley in 2017. Their work has earned them fellowships from Lambda Literary and VONA and a residency with Hi-ARTS where they debuted their first one-person show. A 2020 National Book Award Finalist and 2021 Printz Award Honoree\, “Every Body Looking” is their first novel.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/finnegan-lecture-with-national-book-award-finalist-candice-iloh-17/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210223T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210223T170000
DTSTAMP:20210416T211313Z
CREATED:20210126T212607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T211313Z
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SUMMARY:The R-Word: How Racism Spread Across the Nation - featuring Jason Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:Best-selling author and Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing faculty Jason Reynolds (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) is Lesley University’s Black History Month speaker. He will read from and discuss his latest book\, “Stamped: Racism\, Antiracism and You\,” followed by a Q&A session.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-r-word-how-racism-spread-across-the-nation-featuring-jason-reynolds/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210114T200000
DTSTAMP:20201223T174418Z
CREATED:20201223T174416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201223T174418Z
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SUMMARY:Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing - Graduating Student Readings
DESCRIPTION:Rex Arrasmith | Doug Chase | John Colaianni | Robbie Gamble | Ted Omo |
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-university-mfa-in-creative-writing-graduating-student-readings-2/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Danielle Legros Georges":MAILTO:dgeorges@lesley.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210113T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210113T210000
DTSTAMP:20210106T023600Z
CREATED:20210105T205544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210106T023600Z
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SUMMARY:Alumni Pajama Party and All-Genre Invitational
DESCRIPTION:We at Cambridge Common Writers are pleased to invite you to the second virtual Alumni Pajama Party and All-Genre Invitational at the Lesley MFA in Creative Writing program’s January residency. We’ve got an excellent line-up of readers from all genres and hope to see you there! \n\n\n\nAqueela C. Britt (Fiction\, June 2018)Fabia Oliveira (Nonfiction\, 2017)Lisa Pegram (Poetry\, June 2012)Jasmine Warga (WFYP\, June 2013)Thato Mwosa (WSS\, June 2017)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeeting ID: 939 9083 4974 \n\n\n\nPasscode: 557660 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/alumni-pajama-party-and-all-genre-invitational-2/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Common Writers":MAILTO:lesleycambridgecommon@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210113T200000
DTSTAMP:20201223T174231Z
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SUMMARY:Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing - Graduating Student Readings
DESCRIPTION:Amy Jenness | Novuyo Masakhane | Seif-Eldeine Och | Jesse Senzer |
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-university-mfa-in-creative-writing-graduating-student-readings/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Danielle Legros Georges":MAILTO:dgeorges@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210112T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210112T163000
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SUMMARY:Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing Panel - What Our “Failures” Teach Us
DESCRIPTION:Moderated by Laurie Foos \n\n\n\nPanelists: Barry Brodsky\, Sophie Goldstein\, Janet Pocorobba
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-university-mfa-in-creative-writing-panel-what-our-failures-teach-us/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Danielle Legros Georges":MAILTO:dgeorges@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210112T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210112T113000
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SUMMARY:Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing Panel - Creative Writing: Traditions\, Practices\, and Myths
DESCRIPTION:Moderated by Danielle Legros Georges and Janet Pocorobba \n\n\n\nPanelists: Jami Brandli\, Joan Houlihan\, Chris Lynch\, Kyoko Mori
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-university-mfa-in-creative-writing-panel-creative-writing-traditions-practices-and-myths/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Danielle Legros Georges":MAILTO:dgeorges@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210111T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210111T200000
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SUMMARY:Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing Reading Series - Steven Cramer & Rachel Manley
DESCRIPTION:Steven Cramer published his sixth poetry collection\, Listen\, this year. Previous collections include Clangings and Goodbye to the Orchard\, which won the Sheila Motton Prize from the New England Poetry Club and was named an Honor Book in Poetry by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. A recipient of fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Endowment for the Arts\, he founded Lesley’s Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing. \n\n\n\nRachel Manley is a Canadian Governor General’s Award winner for the trilogy Drumblair\, Slipstream and Horses in her Hair\, memoirs on growing up with two generations of her political family in Jamaica. She is the author of the poetry collections Prisms\, Poems 2 and A Light Left On\, and was awarded the Jamaica Centennial Medal for Poetry. Her works of fiction include The Black Peacock and The Fellowship. Her latest work is Lost stitches\, co-authored with Danny Melville\, the story of inventor Thomas Briggs\, founder of the Boston printing company\, Bostitch.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-university-mfa-in-creative-writing-reading-series-steven-cramer-rachel-manley/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Danielle Legros Georges":MAILTO:dgeorges@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210110T200000
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SUMMARY:Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing Reading Series - Sharon Bryan & Tony Eprile
DESCRIPTION:Sharon Bryan is the author of four books of poems\, most recently Sharp Stars\, which received the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award. She edited Where We Stand: Women Poets on Literary Tradition\, and co-edited\, with William Olsen\, Planet on the Table: Poets on the Reading Life. Her awards include NEA Fellowships in Poetry\, arts grants from Tennessee and Washington\, and an Arvon Foundation prize. Her commentary is available on her blog The Poetry Conversation\, sharonbryanpoet.com \n\n\n\nTony Eprile is the author of the New York Times notable book of the year novel\, The Persistence of Memory. His work has appeared in publications including Ploughshares\, The Nation\, and The New York Times. He is completing a novel\, The War Artist\, and a memoir\, God Save Your Bloody Queen. His photographs have appeared in The Christian Science Monitor\, National Geographic and Traveler\, and Discover. He is a mushroom forager\, swimmer\, and practitioner of Uechi Ryu karate.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-university-mfa-in-creative-writing-reading-series-sharon-bryan-tony-eprile/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Danielle Legros Georges":MAILTO:dgeorges@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210109T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210109T190000
DTSTAMP:20201223T171342Z
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SUMMARY:Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing Reading Series - Karen Zacarias
DESCRIPTION:This Residency’s All Lesley Reads visitor is the award-winning playwright Karen Zacarías. \n\n\n\nKaren Zacarías has been named by American Theater Magazine one of the most-produced playwrights in the country\, as well as one of the most-produced theater-for young-people playwrights. Her new play\, The Copper Children\, about an explosive child separation case set in 1905\, premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in early March 2020; her subversive telenovela play Destiny of Desire was to have a run at the Cincinnati Playhouse\, the Milwaukee Rep\, and the Guthrie. Her bilingual adaptation Romeo y Juliet is postponed at Cal Shakes\, along with twenty productions of her plants-and-borders political comedy Native Gardens. \n\n\n\nZacarías’s plays include Mariela in the Desert (short-listed for the Susan Blackburn Prize and winner of the Latino Playwrights Award and the Primus Award)\, The Age of Innocence\, The Book Club Play\, Legacy of Light (which received a Steinberg citation)\, The Sins of Sor Juana (named a Helen Hayes Outstanding Play)\, Just Like Us\, Into the Beautiful North\, and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.   \n\n\n\nShe is the founder of the award-winning Young Playwrights’ Theater\, which teaches playwriting in Washington\, D.C. public schools\, and is a core-founder of the Latinx Theatre Commons\, a national organization that seeks to update the cannon with diverse Latinx stories. \n\n\n\nIn 2019\, Zacarías was voted a Washingtonian of the Year for her arts advocacy by Washingtonian Magazine. She also received a 2019 Sine Fellowship at the American University School of Public Policy for connecting art with policy-making. She is a recipient of the 2019 Lee Reynolds Award for social\, cultural\, or political change with theater given by the League of Professional Theater Women\, and was honored with the 2019 Medallion by the Children’s Theater Foundation. She was also a 2019 speaker at TEDX Broadway. \n\n\n\nZacarías has a BA in International Relations from Stanford University and an MA in Playwriting from Boston University. Born in Mexico\, she now lives in Washington\, D.C. with her three children\, her husband\, and two dogs.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/lesley-university-mfa-in-creative-writing-reading-series-karen-zacarias/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Danielle Legros Georges":MAILTO:dgeorges@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210108T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210108T190000
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SUMMARY:Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing Reading Series - Chris Lynch & Jami Brandli
DESCRIPTION:Chris Lynch has never been a New York Times bestselling author\, not even close. But he has been publishing young-adult and middle-grade novels since 1993. One of them was a National Book Award finalist\, and another was a Michael L. Printz award honor book. His next YA novel\, Walkin’ the Dog\, will be out with Simon & Schuster in 2022\, probably. \n\n\n\nJami Brandli’s award-winning plays include Technicolor Life\, Sisters Three\, Through the Eye of a Needle\, O: A Rhapsody in Divorce\, Visiting Hours and BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!). Her work has been produced and developed at venues including the New Dramatists\, the New York Theatre Workshop\, The Women’s Voices Theater Festival\, and The Inkwell Theater. Her short works are published with Theatre Communications Group\, Dramatic Publishing Company and Smith & Kraus.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/creative-writing-reading-series-chris-lynch-jami-brandli/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Danielle Legros Georges":MAILTO:dgeorges@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T190000
DTSTAMP:20201107T161631Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry for Black Lives: A Reading and Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Lesley University MFA Program in Creative Writing\, the Boston Public Library\, and the Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture present Poetry for Black Lives: A Reading and Conversation\, which showcases contemporary elegies and critical ruminations from the recent volume Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era (Routledge\, 2020). The co-editors of the volume\, Sequoia Maner\, darlene anita scott\, Emily Ruth Rutter\, will join former Boston Poet Laureate and contributor to the volume\, Danielle Legros Georges (Program Director)\, in conversation about the sociopolitical inequities and artistic impulses that compel Black elegy\, as well as the roles that artists\, activists\, and teachers play in the Movement for Black Lives. BPL President David Leonard will introduce this program.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/poetry-for-black-lives-a-reading-and-conversation/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Boston Public Library":MAILTO:ask@bpl.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201025T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201027T235959
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SUMMARY:31st Annual Literacy for All Conference
DESCRIPTION:This year’s annual Literacy for All Conference will feature Lesley alumni\, faculty and bestselling author Jason Reynolds (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, as well as many other leading literacy educators. \n\n\n\nRegister for three days of real-time professional development. The recorded sessions will be available on-demand for participants to reference at their convenience through the end of the year. This nationally renowned literacy and Reading Recovery conference for Pre-K-8 educators is ideal for classroom teachers\, reading specialists\, literacy coaches\, interventionists\, literacy leaders\, administrators\, and Reading Recovery teachers.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/31st-annual-literacy-for-all-conference/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201017T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201017T150000
DTSTAMP:20200911T014708Z
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SUMMARY:So You Want to Write for Young People
DESCRIPTION:Meet members of the Writing for Young People faculty Tracey Baptiste\, David Elliott\, and Mikki Knudsen as they discuss the features that make the Lesley MFA Program in Creative Writing distinct from other programs. There will be plenty of opportunity for Q & A. 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/so-you-want-to-write-for-young-people-2/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Lesley Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Lesley University Graduate Admissions":MAILTO:luadmissions@lesley.edu
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