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All Lesley Reads: Ukranian Writing in a Time of Russian Invasion

University Hall - Amphitheater 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

For its January 2024 All Lesley Reads Visiting Writer Series, Lesley University’s MFA Program inCreative Writing is honored to sponsor an international conversation and reading with Ukrainian poet and translator, Yuliya Musakovska; poet and translator Olena Jennings; and essayist, novelist, and poet,Askold Melnyczuk, founder of the celebrated literary magazine AGNI and currently publisher ofArrowsmith Press. […]

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Lesley MFA Winter Reading Series – Kevin Prufer & Jason Reynolds

University Hall - Amphitheater 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Join the Lesley MFA program for an evening reading with Kevin Prufer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) and Jason Reynolds (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty). This event will take place both in person and on Zoom. KEVIN PRUFER is the author of seven books of poetry and the editor of numerous anthologies, the most recent of which […]

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Lesley MFA Writing for Young People Open Lecture Series – History as Story, not Grocery List: Writing Factual Middle Grade

University Hall - Amphitheater 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Join visiting writer Patricia Pearson (WFYP, June 2015), author of We Are Your Children Too: Black Students, White Supremacists, and the Battle for America's Schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. This event will be both in person and online.

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Lesley MFA Winter Reading Series – Kate Snodgrass & Chris Lynch

University Hall - Amphitheater 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Join the Lesley MFA program for an evening reading with Kate Snodgrass (Emerita MFA Faculty for WSS) and Chris Lynch (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty). This event will be both in person and online. KATE SNODGRASS served as the Artistic Director of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and of the Elliot Norton Award-winning Boston Theater Marathon (which she […]

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Lesley MFA Winter Reading Series – Steven Cramer & Janet Pocorobba

University Hall - Amphitheater 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Join the Lesley MFA program for an evening reading with Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) and Janet Pocorobba (Nonfiction, June 2006, Program Director). This event will be held both in-person and over Zoom. STEVEN CRAMER is the author of six poetry collections and has published poems and essays in journals such as The Atlantic Monthly, […]

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Lesley MFA Winter Reading Series – Jody Hobbs Hesler & Adria Karlsson

University Hall - Amphitheater 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Join the Lesley MFA program for an evening reading with alums Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017) and Adria Karlsson (WFYP, January 2023). This event will be held both in person and on Zoom. JODY HOBBS HESLER is the author of the story collection What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better (Cornerstone Press, October 2023), […]

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An Evening of Poetry with Shamar Hill, Enzo Silon Surin, and Martha Collins

McNally Jackson Seaport 4 Fulton St, New York, New York, United States

Join McNally Jackson Booksellers for an evening of readings and thought, curated by Shamar Hill. Drinks and socializing to follow. RSVP Required. Shamar Hill, a Black and Jewish writer, is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Cave Canem, and the Fine Arts Work Center. He […]

$5

Writing for Healing Workshop with Amy Mevorach

Cambridge Center for Adult Education 42 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Sometimes the hardest stories to tell are the ones that most need to be told. This class will focus on creating a safe space and a practice of self-care as you write, in prose or poetry, with the intent to heal and release. Drawing from the psychological insights of Judith Hermann, Natalie Goldberg, and Gabor […]

$250

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 […]

Convention Prices Apply

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.