Any project can be daunting at the start. Some projects are still daunting in the middle, especially when they have a lot of moving parts — or shifting scenes! So how do you make sure that your writing stays on track towards your goal? Figuring out a project management plan can set you up for […]
Join Newtonville Books to celebrate the launch of local author Lisa Robinson's (WFYP, June 2011) latest book, Gifts from Georgia's Garden.
Join Cambridge Common Writers for the first meeting of our new Book Club! This inaugural event will be hosted by Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) and will discuss How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill edited by Jericho Brown. Participants are encouraged to read the book prior to the event. […]
Join Lyz Lenz (Fiction, June 2011) at Western Carolina University for a reading from This Ex-American 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—from journalist […]
Learn about the process of publishing Charlotte and the Quiet Place and discuss the interaction between art and words with Deborah Sosin (Nonfiction, January 2015).
Books and journals are not the only way for writers to get their words out into the larger world. In this panel discussion at the 2024 WriteAngles Conference, authors will explore other means of sharing your stories. What are the unique strengths and requirements of formats like podcasts, fan fiction sites, story slams, and songs? […]
In Exhibitionist by Shari Caplan (Poetry, June 2014), the reader is invited to explore poems as installation; in this museum, the personal and the persona poem variously expose and mask aspects of the speaker as she probes her bisexuality, her evolution into motherhood, and how our relationships to art and desire are linked. Drawing from painting, performance […]
is a Boston-based, queer reading and open mic series founded by L Scully (Nonfiction, January 2023) platforming emerging writers. Together with Bug World, they will present a lineup of local authors and poets, with a special feature by Philadelphia-based author Graham Irvin, promoting his new book, “I Have a Gun.” The planned readings will be […]
April is National Poetry Month! Arlington’s Beehive Poetry Group invites you to the “New Book and Open Mic” series. Featuring readings from recent publications by local poets, followed by an open mic for other poets to share their work. April’s featured poets are Vijaya Sundaram and Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty). Introductions by Steven Rapp. […]
Join Cambridge Common Writers for an Open Mic with members of the Lesley MFA community!
Come join Lyz Lenz (Fiction, June 2011) and Garrett Bucks for an event at Pageturners Lounge. Literary Pub Quiz to follow.Lyz is a New York Times bestselling author, whose writing has appeared in The Washington Post, the Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times, and others. Her book God Land was published in 2019, through […]
From February 1994 to August 1996, the Tuesday night open mic at It’s Your Mug was a community event that had a lasting impact on Washington’s poetry scene that continues to impact American poetry. Celebrate the event’s 30th anniversary with original host and founder Toni Asante Lightfoot, and a group of Mug regulars including Toni Blackman, Kenny […]
