Toni Morrison wrote, “It seems to me that the best art is political, and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful simultaneously.” In this seminar, participants will read Morrison’s first novel, The Bluest Eye, and several of her essays or speeches, exploring how Morrison uses a colonial language — […]
New York Welsh hosts a monthly meet-up at The Liberty NYC in Manhattan, New York City. In September, they are joined by Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Graphic Novels & Comics, MFA Writing Faculty), author of The Long Field, Wales and the Presence of Absence, a Memoir. For readers of H Is for Hawk, an intimate memoir of […]
A reading and multimedia presentation to celebrate the publication of Shari Caplan's (Poetry, June 2014) "The Red Shoes; a phantasmagoric ballet on paper."
Michael Mercurio (Poetry, January 2017) lives and writes in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. His poems, critical essays, and interviews have appeared in Palette Poetry, The Inflectionist Review, Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club), Lily Poetry Review, Thrush Poetry Journal, Bear Review, Sugar House Review, Rust + Moth, Coal Hill Review, the Common, […]
Join Brown Bookstore for the launch of Nada Samih-Rotondo's debut book All Water Has Perfect Memory. Life changes forever for six-year-old Nada when Iraq's invasion of her birth country of Kuwait pushes her mother to immigrate with her to the United States. Just as she finally settles into her strange new existence apart from her father […]
U35 is a bi-monthly reading series for poets under 35. The series seeks to promote and bolster young Massachusetts poets while giving them a venue to share their work and connect with other poets. If you are a poet under the age of 35, sign up to read via Mass Poetry's website! This event is free and […]
In collaboration with the exhibition ‘Displaced: Raida Adon’s Strangeness‘, this reading and conversation considers the struggle of navigating between multiple, often contentious, identities. Enzo Silon Surin (Poetry, 2012) will be in conversation with Samuel Miranda, moderated by Michael Mercurio (Poetry, January 2017).
Absolution is a workshop designed to challenge the soul(s) of self-narrative. Through a combination of craft and a peer support sharing activity, we will transmutate our confessions and their literature into imperfect texts. Feel free to bring multimedia ephemera for the creation of physical and hybrid works. This workshop is a pro-queer and trans space. L Scully […]
“Freedom to Read” is a fundamental American right: your right to choose the ideas, information, and cultural experiences that are right for you and your family. That right is guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. And your public library supports that right by providing free and open access to all. Book […]
30 authors and allies of children’s literature (see cast below) tell short, true stories of hope. 100% of proceeds go to PEN America to continue the fight against censorship of books and authors. STARRING: Anika Aldamuy Denise * Lesa Cline-Ransome * Lisa Fipps * Daniel Handler * Kimberly Latrice Jones * Erin Entrada Kelly * […]
Conversations with Baldwin: The Salon is a series of digital panel discussions exploring the literature and life of 20th-century author and activist James Baldwin. James Baldwin (1924 - 1987) was an American essayist, novelist, and playwright whose eloquence and passion on the subject of race in America made him an important voice in the 20th century. […]
Celebrate bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) debut picture book along with the illustrators Jerome & Jarrett Pumphrey, all in conversation with award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson. "There Was a Party for Langston" is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he […]
