Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) reads from his sixth collection, Listen (MadHat Press, 2020), lucid, smart portrayals of the “darker corners” of despair through scores of illuminating juxtapositions. Experimenting with many verse […]
Spark your creativity, make connections, and share the gift of poetry! The P. Faith McMahon Wintonbury Library offers readings by notable poets and a warm, supportive atmosphere for sharing your own work. Featured poets for this event are Lori Desrosiers (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) and Benjamin Grossberg. Open mic follows the featured poets. Sign up during […]
The annual festival offers six days and evenings of extraordinary workshops, talks on craft, Q&A, panel discussions, readings, and social events with award winning-faculty and special guests. Workshop and featured faculty poets include David Baker, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Traci Brimhall, Eduardo C. Corral, Vievee Francis, Kevin Prufer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty), Martha Rhodes and Tim Seibles; the Special Guest Poet, Gregory […]
On Sunday, February 28th at 4:30pm, the Toadstool Bookshop and the Loom Poetry Series will host a live, online reading from three poets, Kevin Prufer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty), Angela […]
Pamela Petro (Creative Nonfiction; Graphic Novel & Comics, MFA Writing Faculty) will be reading from and talking about her new book, The Long Field. The talk will center around how […]
Michael Lowenthal (Fiction, MFA Writing Faculty) will be one of the speakers at the 2021 Annual Saints and Sinners Literary Festival. Events will be entirely virtual, and there is no registration fee. The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as an innovative way to reach the community […]
Gibson's Bookstore will be hosting David Elliott (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) for a virtual event as he presents his latest novel in verse, The Seventh Raven, a retelling of the Grimms' fairytale of the same name. Best-selling author David Elliott examines the timeless themes of balance, transformation, and restoration in this evocative tale about a girl who […]
A book discussion with Michael Lowenthal (Fiction, MFA Writing Faculty) in conversation with Christopher Castellani on Lowenthal's new story collection. Participants will be able to purchase books signed by the author. See the event page for details. Sex with Strangers is a fiercely honest exploration of the risks and rewards of contemporary relationships—and hookups. The collection […]
Join Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) as a featured reader for Timothy Gager's Virtual Fridays Dire Literary Series. Events can be viewed on live stream at the Virtual Fridays Dire Literary Series Group on Facebook. All feature segments will be uploaded to YouTube afterwards.
A fiercely honest exploration of the risks and rewards of contemporary relationships,Sex with Strangers embraces the dizzying power of attraction across the spectrum of sexuality and infatuation. In this fearless collection, lust and loneliness drive a diverse cast of queer and straight characters into sometimes precarious entanglements. Recognizing that any partner is unknowable on some […]
Michael Lowenthal (Fiction, MFA Writing Faculty) will feature in White Whale's virtual events series for his latest, Sex with Strangers. He'll be joined by local author and professor, William Lychack, author of Cargill Falls, for a reading. Michael Lowenthal is the author of four novels: The Same Embrace, Avoidance, Charity Girl, and The Paternity Test. His short stories and essays […]
Boswell presents an evening with writer Michael Lowenthal (Fiction, MFA Writing Faculty), author of Avoidance, The Paternity Test, and now Sex with Strangers: Stories. For this event, Lowenthal will be in conversation with Stephen McCauley, author of My Ex-Life. Recognizing that any partner is unknowable on some level, Michael Lowenthal writes about how intimacy can […]