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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Blue Life by Mundy McLaughlin
DESCRIPTION:Visit Ben McNally Books in Toronto for a book launch event with Mundy McLaughlin (Fiction\, January 2019) for her debut novel\, Blue Life (Civil Sector Press). Mundy will be joined in conversation with writer Lilita Tannis with a signing to follow. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSet in late 1970s New York City\, Blue Life follows the intertwined paths of Luna\, an art student and Didi\, an aspiring actress\, who meet as performers in the legendary “Go-Go” dancing scene across the water in New Jersey. \n\n\n\nBonding on their shared experiences\, Luna and Didi form an instant connection\, but while Luna’s path ascends through her work as a burgeoning artist in New York City’s famed East Village\, Didi’s life spirals downwards. Their divergent\, but connected paths test both their friendship and their loyalty.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-launch-blue-life-by-mundy-mclaughlin/
LOCATION:Ben McNally Books\, 108 Queen Street East\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5C 1S6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ben McNally Books":MAILTO:info@benmcnallybooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T193000
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SUMMARY:A Staged Reading of Gas Light Therapy by Patricia Lynn
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Greg Stein is pumped. He’s ready. He is so ready to introduce his newest invention\, THE VICTOR—a revolutionary device that can permanently erase a woman’s most traumatic memory. And after he conducts a clinical trial super quick? He can take his pretty baby into mass production. But after he tricks a seemingly naive woman into being his test subject\, Greg is anything but pumped. Because the woman he picked? She is not naive. In fact\, both she and THE VICTOR are far more powerful than they seem… \n\n\n\nVery loosely inspired by Frankenstein\, Gas Light Therapy is a twisted but witty exploration of mental health\, identity\, and the importance of recognizing that good intentions should never excuse dangerous actions. \n\n\n\nWritten by Patricia Lynn (WSS\, June 2023)Directed by Jenn Susi \n\n\n\nRehearsal Stage Manager Heather Olmstead* \n\n\n\nCAST \n\n\n\nAlexander Settineri* as GREGMark Weatherup Jr.* as ALEXRita McCann as PATIENCEPatricia Lynn* as THE VICTOR \n\n\n\n* Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of a contract in this Off-Off-Broadway production.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/a-staged-reading-of-gas-light-therapy-by-patricia-lynn/
LOCATION:The Flea Theater\, 20 Thomas Street\, New York\, New York\, 10007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Rogue Theater Festival":MAILTO:roguetheaterfestival@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Alameda Book Con 2026 - featuring Abbie Harlow
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Alameda Free Library for the 2026 Alameda Book Con\, featuring a number of authors\, including Abbie Harlow (WFYP\, June 2019)\, who will be talking about her book\, The Butterfly’s Sting. All events are free and open to the public.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/alameda-book-con-2026-featuring-abbie-harlow/
LOCATION:Alameda Main Library\, 1550 Oak Street\, Alameda\, California\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of the Alameda Free Library":MAILTO:info@alamedafriends.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T193000
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SUMMARY:What The Universe Is: Jen Sperry Steinorth and Michael Mercurio
DESCRIPTION:Join Jennifer Sperry Steinorth and Michael Mercurio (Poetry\, January 2017) for the virtual poetry series What The Universe Is. \n\n\n\nJennifer Sperry Steinorth’s books include Boys Behind Glass (TRP\, 2026)\, A Wake with Nine Shades (TRP\, 2019)\, and Her Read\, A Graphic Poem (TRP\, 2021)\, recipient of the Texas Institute of Letters’ Fred Whitehead Award and a Foreword Reviews Prize in Poetry. An interdisciplinary artist and licensed builder\, she lectures at the University of Michigan and has received residencies and fellowships from Yale\, Vermont Studio Center\, Community of Writers\, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, and elsewhere. She spins the O is for Octopus substack & is the biographer of CD Wright. \n\n\n\nA poet\, editor\, and occasional critic\, Michael Mercurio lives and writes in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. His poems\, interviews\, and reviews have been published or are forthcoming in Palette Poetry\, Thrush\, The Common\, Cream City Review\, Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club)\, Sugar House Review\, Lily Poetry Review\, and elsewhere. In the summer of 2025\, Michael participated in the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Workshop. \n\n\n\nMichael is the founder and curator of What The Universe Is: A (Virtual) Reading Series\, where established and emerging poets read together monthly on Zoom. In addition\, he posts regular dispatches on his Substack\, A Slight Case of Overthinking\, including close readings of notable poems and musings on life as an aging Gen Xer.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/what-the-universe-is-jen-sperry-steinorth-and-michael-mercurio/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:No Ordinary Women: Book talk and signing with P O'Connell Pearson
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed author P. O’Connell Pearson (WFYP\, June 2015) tells the inspiring story of the trailblazing women of the Progressive movement and their work that led to political\, economic\, and social change that impacts us to this very day in her new book for middle grade readers\, No Ordinary Women: How Progressive Era Reformers Reshaped America. Visit Scrawl Books for a talk and signing to learn more about historical research and American history in the early 1900s.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/no-ordinary-women-book-talk-and-signing-with-p-oconnell-pearson/
LOCATION:Scrawl Books\, 11911 Freedom Dr\, Reston\, Virginia\, 20190\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Scrawl Books":MAILTO:info@scrawlbooks.com
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SUMMARY:E.M. Elliott and David Elliott with Mary Burchenal: Bonebag
DESCRIPTION:Visit Brookline Booksmith to celebrate the release of Bonebag with authors E.M. Elliott and David Elliott (WFYP\, Mentor)\, in conversation with Mary Burchenal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this riveting middle-grade fantasy\, New York Times bestselling author David Elliott and E.M. Elliott tell the story of a forest-dwelling boy forced to confront the mysteries of his life. \n\n\n\nTrapped in a dark forest with his cold-hearted parents\, Bonebag leads a cruel and isolated existence. However\, he feels deep in his bones that things weren’t always this way: he has known happiness before. Why does it feel like it was in a past life? \n\n\n\nWhen Bonebag discovers a locket that burns him to the touch\, and a ghostly girl beckons him into the deep woods\, he must grapple with the riddle of where he came from and how he came to be. Only then can he begin to rewrite his fate. \n\n\n\nFrom New York Times bestselling author David Elliott and his son\, E.M. Elliott\, this powerful middle-grade fantasy will take readers on a quest that tackles the mystery of belonging with high-octane twists and turns along the way. \n\n\n\nRSVP may be required for entrance to the event
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/e-m-elliott-and-david-elliott-with-mary-burchenal-bonebag/
LOCATION:Brookline Booksmith\, 279 Harvard Street\, Brookline\, Massachusetts\, 02446-2908\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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SUMMARY:Deborah Sosin in "Mortified" live
DESCRIPTION:Join WBUR and Deborah Sosin (Nonfiction\, January 2015) reading from her childhood diaries on “Moritified”– a comic excavation of teen angst artifacts as shared by their original authors in front of total strangers.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/deborah-sosin-in-mortified-live/
LOCATION:WBUR City Space\, 890 Commonwealth Avenue\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02215
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260725T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260725T170000
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SUMMARY:Self-Portrait in an Ekphrastic Mirror with Michael Mercurio (Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:As a visual artist\, writing about your own work – whether it’s an artist statement\, exhibition placards\, or grant proposals – can be a challenge. Ekphrastic poetry (a.k.a. poetry inspired by visual art) can help you think differently about the process. This 3-hour virtual workshop will include time reading and analyzing ekphrastic poems together\, followed by a 45min period for drafting ekphrastic writing (it need not be poetry!) in response to a piece of art selected by the student and 45 minutes of sharing and discussion.  \n\n\n\nAbout the instructor: A graduate of the Lesley University MFA program in creative writing\, Michael Mercurio (Poetry\, January 2017) lives and writes in Western Massachusetts. His poems\, critical essays\, and interviews have been published in Palette Poetry\, Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club)\, the Common\, Thrush Poetry Journal\, Bear Review\, Sugar House Review\, Lily Poetry Review\, The Inflectionist Review\, Rust + Moth\, Coal Hill Review\, and elsewhere. He has taught this workshop for the low-res MFA programs in visual arts at Lesley University and Clark University\, and he is a regular instructor for Pioneer Valley Writers Workshop.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/self-portrait-in-an-ekphrastic-mirror-with-michael-mercurio-workshop/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260802T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260802T153000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk - P. O'Connell Pearson
DESCRIPTION:Local author and historian P. (Patty) O’Connell Pearson (WFYP\, June 2015) will be visiting the City of Fairfax Regional Library to talk about her newest book\, No Ordinary Women: How Progressive Era Reformers Reshaped America.  This book\, recommended for ages 10 and up\, details a period of time defined by rampant inequality. Through grassroots movements\, people remade American society and government from the ground up. These activists were the Progressives\, and thousands of them were women—even though women did not yet have the right to vote.  \n\n\n\nCopies of the book will be available for sale and author signature.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-talk-p-oconnell-pearson/
LOCATION:City of Fairfax Regional Library\, 10360 North St\, Fairfax\, Virginia\, 22030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T160000
DTSTAMP:20260704T130615Z
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SUMMARY:Writing About Illness with Grace & Humor with Sharisse Zeroonian
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Sharisse Zeroonian (WSS\, January 2024) \n\n\n\nHealth and illness; it’s an inescapable part of life. But sometimes\, it can be hard to write about. How do we do so in an emotionally balanced\, powerful\, and sensitive way? Come join this fun\, interactive workshop to learn how! \n\n\n\nStudents will: \n\n\n\n\nUse craft elements to fully capture the medical experience through in-class writing exercises\n\n\n\nExamine examples of art and stories with a health focus\n\n\n\nLearn how to temper the gravity of such subjects with humor and sensitivity
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/writing-about-illness-with-grace-humor-with-sharisse-zeroonian/
LOCATION:Wickford Art Association\, 36 Beach St\, North Kingstown\, Rhode Island\, 02852\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260821T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260821T223000
DTSTAMP:20260702T024837Z
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SUMMARY:A Staged Reading of Eyes Shut. Door Open. by Cassie Seinuk
DESCRIPTION:Gods and monsters don’t need an invitation. Neither do brothers. Eyes Shut. Door Open. is a psychological horror play dressed in the glamour of the New York art scene. TURNER STREET has everything — the paintings\, the opening\, the girl. What he doesn’t have is an exit from his past. Not with Palmer at the door. Not with Johanna’s real agenda sharpening in the dark. And not with the shadow that’s been waiting at the edge of every good thing Turner has ever had. One apartment. One night. One living nightmare. Can you own what you built from someone else’s suffering? \n\n\n\nCassie M. Seinuk (WSS\, June 2013 & Mentor) – PlaywrightChristopher Randolph – DirectorMichael Underhill – TURNEREmma Svitil – JOHANNAGilberto Saenz – PALMERJaine Ye – Stage Direction ReaderPatrick R. Greene – Original sound design and composerCMS Productions – Producers
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/a-staged-reading-of-eyes-shut-door-open-by-cassie-seinuk/
LOCATION:The Tank\, 312 W 36th St\, New York\, New York\, 10018\, United States
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