D. Dina Friedman IMMIGRANTS Book Launch

The Odyssey Bookshop 9 College St, South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States

Join Odyssey Bookshop in person on Tuesday, January 23 at 7 PM, as local author D. Dina Friedman (Fiction, January 2016) presents her new collection, Immigrants. About the Book With sensitivity and wit, Friedman creates a tableau of characters, scenery, sounds, smells, and tastes as varied as those who have claimed or seek to claim a home within […]

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AWP: In Praise of Legacy: Writers of Color and the Challenge of the Canon

Room 2503AB, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 2 301 W 13th St #100, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

The word “canon” in literary studies was intended to refer to humanity’s greatest writings—those which all "educated" people should know. Thanks to the work of critics and scholars of color, however, we are now able to recognize the exclusions, the silences, and the gaps that exist in the traditional concept of the canon. The four […]

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AWP: Lit Mags Explore Challenges & Methods of Expanding Diversity, Equity & Inclusion with Robbie Gamble

Kansas City Convention Center 301 West 13th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Solstice Literary Magazine is presenting a panel at AWP 2024 on expanding DEI in literary magazines. This panel, moderated by Editor-in-Chief Lorena Hernández Leonard, will include Poetry Editor Robbie Gamble (Poetry/Nonfiction, January 2017/June 2020); AGNI Senior Editor, Shuchi Saraswat; and Pangyrus Nonfiction Editor, Artress Bethany White, and Reviews Editor, Anri Wheeler.

Gathering the Loose Petals: A Celebration of the Work of Afaa Michael Weaver

Room 2211, Kansas City Convention Center, Street Level 301 W 13th St #100, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

This gathering of writers and scholars seeks to celebrate and honor the work of Afaa Michael Weaver and his storied career as a poet, essayist, playwright, mentor and much more. A number of presenters, including Dr. Tara Betts, Danielle Legros Georges, and Enzo Silon Surin (Poetry, 2012) will discuss poems by Weaver that have inspired […]

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 […]

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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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