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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Celebrate Andrea Wang’s (WFYP, June 2011) newest book, Summer at Squee! Summer at Squee is a new middle grade novel about a Chinese American tween who attends a Boston-based Chinese cultural overnight camp and the many ways it transforms her. Andrea Wang is a favorite local author and has received many awards including a Caldecott […]
Join Jody Hobbs Hesler and her fellow authors at Hundred Acre Books as they read from their work and discuss how it lifts up marginalized voices.
Instructor: Benjamin Roesch (Fiction, January 2016) Course Description: We talk to other people all the time. Speech is at the center of our lives. Which begs the question: why is writing dialogue in fiction SO hard? And why does it so often fall flat or feel fake? In this 2-hour, interactive workshop, we’ll dig into […]
