• Beyond Comics: Creating Narratives with Words and Pictures

    Online Zoom Event

    Join Lesley University for the Beyond Comics Workshop, hosted by faculty member Pam Petro. You'll explore alternative contemporary word-image combinations and learn about the MFA in Creative Writing program. 

    Free
  • Join Lesley MFA Poetry Faculty for a Free Workshop

    Online Zoom Event

    Join Sharon Bryan and Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) of the Lesley University MFA Program in Creative Writing for a free poetry workshop that demonstrates how work is analyzed and discussed in the Program. An information session on the Program will follow.

    Free
  • So You Want to Write for Young People

    Online Zoom Event

    Meet members of the Writing for Young People faculty--Tracey Baptiste, David Elliott, and Mikki Knudsen--as they discuss the features that make the Lesley MFA Program in Creative Writing distinct from other programs. There will be plenty of opportunity for Q & A.

    Free
  • “Designing Wonder” Book Launch in AltspaceVR with Caitlin Krause

    Online Event

    Designing Wonder: Leading Transformative Experiences in Virtual Reality by Caitlin Krause is a masterful guide on how to create VR experiences with emotional resonance and impact. She introduces a new methodology for how to design meaningful experiences in VR, filled with wonder, exploring the virtual concepts for experiences and education from The Hero's VR Journey to Maslow Before […]

    Free
  • Meet the Fiction Faculty

    Online Zoom Event

    Join Fiction faculty mentors Tony Eprile, Laurie Foos, Hester Kaplan, Rachel Kadish, and Michael Lowenthal for a fun and informal discussion of the genre and Q & A about the Lesley MFA Program in Creative Writing.

    Free
  • The Dream Team Writing Retreat: aka “The Weekend That Changed Your (Writing) Life!”

    Online Zoom Event

    Sessions run from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM EST on Saturday and Sunday. Join Laurie Foos (Fiction, MFA Writing Faculty) and Tony Eprile (Fiction, MFA Writing Faculty) for two intensive days of writing and revising fiction. Jumpstart your creativity and remind yourself why you write via a series of prompts and innovative exercises, and also […]

    $150
  • Monday Night Reading Series with SigWorks: At the Full Yum by Rahima Rice

    Online Event

    Complete opposites Darecia and Jacob struggle to civilly co-parent their teenage son, Ohaji. When a riot that breaks out after a Black teenager is killed by police causes a lockdown, the two are trapped together in their Michigan Park neighborhood – with Ohaji nowhere to be found. The same night is then relived through an […]

    Free
  • Books are Magic – Candice Iloh: Every Body Looking w/ Jason Reynolds

    Online Zoom Event

    Every Body Looking is a novel of a young woman's struggle to carve a place for herself in a world of deeply conflicting messages. Told entirely in verse, Ada's story encompasses her earliest memories as a child, including her abuse at the hands of a young cousin, her mother's rejection and descent into addiction, and her father's attempts […]

    Free
  • Schomburg Center Lit Fest: Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh

    Online Event

    Candice Iloh (WFYP, June 2017) is a first generation Nigerian-American writer, teaching artist, and youth educator celebrating the debut of her novel Every Body Looking. Candice will read from her young adult, novel in verse and discuss her work with writer, organizer, and educator Mahogany L. Browne.  Candice Iloh is a first generation Nigerian-American writer, teaching artist, and […]

    Free
  • Connection: A virtual ten-minute play & spoken word reading – featuring “The Contract” by Wendy Ewan

    Online Zoom Event

    How do we allow ourselves to be open enough to connect?What links us?How are we interrelated?What are the moments that bind people together?Let's explore our connection together. "The greatest distance between two people is misunderstanding." Join Scribe Stages for a reading of 22 short pieces, including one from Wendy Ewan (WSS, June 2018).

    Free