Join Arrowsmith Press for their Fall 2023 Book Launch with authors Christopher Merrill, Diane Mehta, and Steven Cramer (MFA Writing Faculty, Poetry). This event will take place both in-person at the Boston University Katzenberg Center and online.
Join Cambridge Common Writers as we celebrate the launch of Jody Hobbs Hesler's (Fiction, June 2017) new book, What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better. The grisly death of the hermit outsider in a tight-knit neighborhood prompts a young mom to yearn for solitude. A man wrestles with regrets from a 30-year-old affair […]
Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017) will present her book What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better as part of a benefit for the Literacy Council of Madison County at Revalation Vineyards. The grisly death of the hermit outsider in a tight-knit neighborhood prompts a young mom to yearn for solitude. A man wrestles […]
Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) and Pamela Petro (Nonficton/Graphic Novel & Comics, MFA Writing Faculty) will be at Tidepool Bookshop to read and discuss their respective works, Departures from Rilke and The Long Field. Steven Cramer’s newest book of poems, Departures from Rilke, derives from his favorites among Rainer Maria Rilke’s two volumes of New […]
DEBORAH SOSIN (Nonfiction, January 2015) is a writer, editor, psychotherapist, and GrubStreet instructor. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Boston Globe Magazine, Salon, Cognoscenti, Brevity Blog, and elsewhere. Her craft essay on the self as antihero in creative nonfiction appeared in The Writer’s Chronicle. She is the author of the forthcoming Sober Starting Today Workbook: Powerful Mindfulness & CBT Tools to Help You […]
Join Cornerstone Press for a celebration of several of their authors, including Jeff Esterholm, Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017), and Kevin Clouther. This event will be in-person and livestreamed.
Back again for 2023, Arlington Open Studios will be hosting poetry readings by local poets. This year's readings are being presented in the Arlington Center for the Arts' Shaira Ali Gallery, 3rd floor of the Arlington Community Center, 1-3pm. Participating Poets:
Join Sunu P. Chandy, Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017), and Martha Anne Toll for Lifting Up Marginalized Voices: a Reading and Discussion at The Potter’s House! Sunu P. Chandy (she/her) is a social justice activist including through her work as a poet and a civil rights attorney. She’s the daughter of immigrants from Kerala, India, […]
Mystic Seaport Museum is excited to host local author Nada Samih-Rotondo (Fiction, June 2012) as she reads excerpts from her new memoir, All Water Has Perfect Memory, in the Treworgy Planetarium. Guests will enjoy an immersive storytelling experience that showcases the exact star patterns overhead as they appear in her book, followed by a Q&A session […]
Local authors share strategies for coping with rejection on the road to publication at LitArts RI. The path to publication can be riddled with rejection. Whether you are looking for an agent, submitting to publishers, sending your manuscript out to contests, or receiving a challenging round of editorial feedback, cultivating care is key. On Sat, […]
Join Lily Poetry Review as Askold Melnyczuk and Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) read from their works.
A reading by faculty and staff, followed by a reception.
