Hester Kaplan (Fiction, MFA Writing Faculty) will be in conversation with Taylor Polites to discuss her new novel, Twice Born. All of Riffraff Bookstore's events are free and open to the public. Twice Born is a deeply reflective memoir weaving together the personal story of Hester Kaplan’s acclaimed biographer father and his fraught effect on […]
Hear July Westhale (Poetry, June 2013) and other poets at Litquake, San Francisco's Literary Festival. This celebration of poetry collates a half-dozen poets’ stylings. Featuring multi-hyphenate award-winning poets for a […]
Join author Abbie Harlow (WFYP, June 2019) at Books Inc. in Alameda to read and sign copies of her first novel, The Butterfly’s Sting. Never again. That's what seventeen-year-old Bo […]
Lindsey O'Neill (Poetry, June 2019) will host The Art of Alchemy: Yoga, Poetry & Creative Sustainability. In a world that often pulls us away from the sacred in everyday life, […]
Join author Celeste Mohammad (Fiction, June 2016) at the Sevenoaks Bookshop to celebrate the release of her new novel, Ever Since We Small. Celeste Mohammed’s second novel-in-stories, Ever Since We […]
Join writer L Scully (Nonfiction, January 2023) for a single session workshop focused on creating your own DIY sonnets. You will accompany L for one evening of their daily sonnet […]
Celeste Mohammad (Fiction, June 2016) will be in conversation with Emily Zobel Marshall at Waterstones, Leeds to celebrate the release of her new novel, Ever Since We Small.
Hear poet Frances Donovan (Poetry, June 2019) and others at Square Root Readings: Rozzie Poets Edition & Open Mic. Books for sale before the event at Rozzie Bound.
Join Hester Kaplan (Fiction, MFA Writing Faculty) and Pulitzer Prize-winner Megan Marshall in the session: Memoir: On Writing the Lives of Others and Ourselves at the Boston Book Festival. Together, they explore the many facets of biography and memoir, illuminating how writing about the lives of others helps us understand ourselves in deep and surprising ways. […]
Join L Scully (Nonfiction, January 2023) at Unnameable Books for the launch of their poetry collection, Self-Romancing (Dopamine Books). They will be in conversation with CA Conrad (Listen to the […]
Celeste Mohammed (Fiction, June 2016) will be joined by fellow Trinidadian writer Ayanna Lloyd-Banwo to explore themes of belonging, resistance, and legacy — and how West African and Caribbean folklore […]
Hester Kaplan (Fiction, MFA Writing Faculty) joins her sister, Polly Kaplan, to discuss their father Justin, known for his award-winning biographies of Mark Twain and Walt Whitman. Despite his relatively prolific output, Justin rarely wrote, or said, much about himself—even to his daughters. Standing at his open casket, Hester has the realization that while alive, […]