Virtual Reading: VISITING HOURS by Jami Brandli

Online Event

Jami Brandli (WSS, MFA Writing Faculty) has a virtual reading of her play, VISITING HOURS, this Saturday, August 15th at 2pm PST/5pm EST as part of The Road Theatre's Summer Playwrights Festival. There will also be a live talk-back with the director and actors right after the reading and the recording will then be available […]

Free

Powell’s Books Presents Megan Margulies in Conversation with Jacque Nodell

Online Zoom Event

Megan Margulies (Nonfiction, June 2008) discusses her new memoir, My Captain America, in conversation with Jacque Nodell, author of How to Go Steady, curator of the blog Sequential Crush, and granddaughter of Martin Nodell, creator of the original Green Lantern.

Free

Cambridge Common Presents: An Online Reading with Lesley MFA Alums and Mentors

Online Zoom Event

If you’re nostalgic for the on-campus residencies of old, want to hear what your fellow classmates and your mentors have been working on since graduation, or if you’re curious just what exactly you can do with an MFA in Creative Writing, here’s your chance to hear alums and faculty from the Lesley University low-res MFA […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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