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The BCA Playwright Residency presents a reading of current resident Fabiola R. Decius’ play: (UN)HOUSED

BCA Black Box Theatre 539 Tremont St, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

(UN)HOUSED is a story about a single mother, Elianie, and her recent college graduate daughter, Skylar, who has moved back home. As Skylar tries to navigate the world of adulthood, she and her mother learn that their two-bedroom home of ten years has been put up for sale by their landlord. When a new landlord […]

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Poetry at Fruitlands with Robbie Gamble

Fruitlands Museum 100-132 Prospect Hill Rd, Harvard, Massachusetts, United States

Join the New England Poetry Club at Fruitlands Museum for monthly poetry readings this winter. This month's poets are Chard deNiord, Robbie Gamble (Poetry/Nonfiction, January 2017/June 2020), and Pamela Gemme. Sponsoring poetry in New England since 1915, the New England Poetry Club presents readings by poets with ties to the New England states and annual […]

$5

Gotham Writers Workshop: Tricky Topics with Cindy House

Online Zoom Event

Join Melissa Petro, Jerald Walker, and Cindy House (Fiction, June 2017) as they discuss how to handle challenges such as writing about family and tackling supercharged material. Kelly Caldwell will moderate.

You Were Born a Poem: a Master Craft Class by Enzo Silon Surin (via Zoom)

Online Zoom Event

There are a number of things that inform who we are as individuals, which consequently inform the way we process and reflect the world we inhabit. These same factors are at play in the decisions we make as writers and they have a profound effect on how, when, and where we make use of the […]

$130

Blacksmith House Poetry Series – David Daniel and Steven Cramer

Blacksmith House 56 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) reads from Departures from Rilke, with David Daniel, whose new collection is What Love Is. Founded in 1973, the award-winning Blacksmith House Poetry Series brings established and emerging writers of poetry and fiction to Harvard Square. In person readings will take place at 56 Brattle on Mondays at 8pm. Admission is […]

$5

First Friday Book Talk & Reading with Pamela Petro

Online Zoom Event

Join Larksong Writers Place for a book talk and reading of The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence, A Memoir with Pamela Petro (Nonfiction, Graphic Novels & Comics, MFA Writing Faculty). Registration is required. Sign ups are also available for Pamela Petro's writing workshop "In Search of Home" scheduled for Saturday, March 2, […]

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Michelle Knudsen launches new book, in conversation with Tracey Baptiste

Lofty Pigeon Books 743 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States

Join New York Times bestselling authors Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) and Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) for a conversation and reception to launch Michelle’s new picture book, Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten. Readers and book lovers of all ages are welcome to join us as we mark the publication of this […]

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Nathan Tavares: Welcome to Forever – Brookline Booksmith

Brookline Booksmith 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

In person at Brookline Booksmith! Celebrate the launch of Welcome to Forever with author Nathan Tavares (Fiction, June 2011). This event will also be live-streamed to the store's YouTube channel. Books are available for pre-order and to purchase at the event. A sweeping, psychedelic romance of two men caught in a looping world of artificial realities, edited […]

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THIS AMERICAN EX-WIFE by Lyz Lenz in conversation with Laura Danger

Women & Children First 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, Illinois, United States

Join Women & Children First in welcoming Lyz Lenz (Fiction, June 2011) to celebrate the release of This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life. For this event, Lyz will be joined in conversation by Laura Danger. A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America […]

The 2023-24 Lesley University Thought Leadership Series – Jasmine Warga

The Thought Leadership Series at Lesley University welcomes guest presenters who engage members of our community and the public in conversation and, through that exchange, encourage us all to act as catalysts for a more connected and just world. These presentations are free and open to all. Jasmine Warga (WFYP), a 2013 graduate of Lesley […]

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Meet the Author: Lyz Lenz – This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Meet author Lyz Lenz (Fiction, June 2011) as she discusses This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life, a deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot. This event will be moderated […]

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Finnegan Lecture 2024 Jasmine Warga

Online Zoom Event

Jasmine Warga (WFYP, June 2013), the 2024 Finnegan Lecturer, will talk about the power of stories, particularly the power of narrative and stories for young people in her talk "Connecting Through Story." Jasmine is the New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author of many books for young people, including Other Words For Home and A Rover's […]

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