The annual festival offers six days and evenings of extraordinary workshops, talks on craft, Q&A, panel discussions, readings, and social events with award winning-faculty and special guests. Workshop and featured faculty poets include David Baker, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Traci Brimhall, Eduardo C. Corral, Vievee Francis, Kevin Prufer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty), Martha Rhodes and Tim Seibles; the Special Guest Poet, Gregory […]
Hayley Krischer (Fiction, June 2009) joins the Montclair Public Library for a virtual discussion of her debut young adult novel Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf. The themes of this novel are timely, focusing on sexual assault and the aftermath for survivors. She will be joined by Kiara Sarner, a Sexual Violence Prevention Specialist from SAVE […]
Every writer—no matter how accomplished they may be—feels the pressure of finding the right words to invigorate their manuscripts, to tell stories that resonate with readers and that linger for a long time. In this half-day workshop, writers will explore how the origins of words we use and the sounds of them can enhance their […]
Join The Boston Globe's Black History Month Film Festival in a virtual screening and discussion of Thato Mwosa's (WSS, June 2017) first narrative feature, Memoirs of a Black Girl. Memoirs of a Black Girl is a Coming-of-Age feature drama that explores the lives of diverse urban students in an underserved High School in Roxbury, MA. […]
Hosted by Kristina LeBlanc, join Jennifer for a reading and celebration of her debut poetry collection. Please email or message Jennifer for the Zoom link and password at [email protected].
Best-selling author and Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing faculty Jason Reynolds (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) is Lesley University's Black History Month speaker. He will read from and discuss his latest book, "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You," followed by a Q&A session.
Featuring 10-minute Plays by:Sandra CruzeWendy Ewan (WSS, June 2018)Sabrina HillKen LevineAnthony LeyvaJohn MabeyMartha PattersonEric Henry SandersRegister soon because space is limited.
Join Cambridge Common Writers for readings and conversation with A.J. Verdelle (Fiction, MFA Writing Faculty), author of The Good Negress and winner of the Vursell Distinguished Fiction Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Whiting Award in fiction, the Bunting Fellowship, the NEA Critical Studies Award, a finalist for PEN/Faulkner Award, the […]
On Sunday, February 28th at 4:30pm, the Toadstool Bookshop and the Loom Poetry Series will host a live, online reading from three poets, Kevin Prufer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty), Angela Narciso Torres, and Reginald Gibbons, to celebrate the release of their new books from Four Way Books. This event will be free and open to […]
Pamela Petro (Creative Nonfiction; Graphic Novel & Comics, MFA Writing Faculty) will be reading from and talking about her new book, The Long Field. The talk will center around how a small Welsh market town--Lampeter--became the second hometown of a suburban-raised American of German and Hungarian descent.
Michael Lowenthal (Fiction, MFA Writing Faculty) will be one of the speakers at the 2021 Annual Saints and Sinners Literary Festival. Events will be entirely virtual, and there is no registration fee. The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as an innovative way to reach the community […]
Join Kenzie Allen, Jon D. Lee (Poetry, January 2017), and Michael Mercurio (Poetry, January 2017) for the continuation of the reading series, “What The Universe Is,” as they engage in conversation both through and about poetry and other modes of creative expression.
