Join poet, writer, and writing instructor Amy Asherah (Nonfiction, January 2023) in this writing workshop, where we will explore the ways our bodies hold onto trauma and how expressing ourselves through writing can help us heal. Sharing your writing with the group is encouraged but not required. Amy Asherah has used writing as a way […]
This class will focus on focused revision at the level of language. It's not about plot or form or structure, but rather about the constituent elements that make up sentences or lines. Students will be offered tactics to employ in the service of sharpening their prose or poems, in strengthening their syntax, and in surprising […]
Join Mikki Knudsen at Spirial Books for a storytime reading of her award-winning picture book, Library Lion.
Fiction or non-fiction, the excavation process of writing can trigger past traumas, reopen old wounds, and just be downright exhausting. In this workshop, you'll discover how to: You'll walk away with practical tools to care for yourself while doing meaningful work—so you can keep writing without sacrificing your wellbeing. Open to writers of all levels. […]
Join Cynthia Platt for the book launch of her new children's book at Whitelam Books!
Join Michael Lowenthal at Porter Square Books for the release of Place Envy. Jennifer Haigh will join Lowenthal in conversation. Growing up in places where his family had no past, and met mostly by silence from his Holocaust-refugee grandparents, Michael Lowenthal longed to be from somewhere. Then he realized he was gay and felt displaced from his own displaced family. […]
Bookelicious Presents features live, interactive classroom events with celebrated authors and illustrators, books for your students, and a student activity guide. Join this event with Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, Mentor)! Recommended for Grades 4-6. Last day to sign-up is February 10th. Tracey Baptiste is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books and several short […]
Join Michael Lowenthal as he reads from, Place Envy. Hester Kaplan will join Lowenthal in conversation.
ARTFUL CONNECTIONS is a social justice-lensed event where artists offer music, poetry, readings, and spoken word. Join this month's co-hosts, Ben Keyes and Amy Asherah (Nonfiction, January 2023), for an evening presentation, performance, and discussion. Guests are welcome to add their words, music, and art to the conversation. Refreshments are available. This series is a […]
A reflective conversation on African American archives, collective memory, and the power of preservation with Lindsay Adams, Jason Reynolds (WFYP, Mentor), and Savannah Wood, to coincide with the current Irene and Richard Frary Gallery exhibition, Ceremony: New Works by Lindsay Adams in Conversation with Objects from Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries. Moderated by Ceremony’s guest curator, Claudia M. Watts, the discussion will […]
Join Whitelam Books to celebrate Cynthia Platt's (WFYP, June 2014) NEW picture book, Bunny in Disguise!Egg hunt's starting at high noon!That bunny has to hide eggs soon!We must act now or they'll be latefor this important Easter date!The Easter Bunny is late! Can a group of creative kids help this iconic rabbit get to the […]
Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union at Bowdoin College Visit the Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union at Bowdoin College for the final Longfellow Days Sunday Reading with three Maine poets: Marcia Brown, Marita O’Neil and Kate Kearns (June 2008). Marcia F. Brown is the author of five books of poetry and the essay collection Well Read, Well Fed ~ A […]