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SUMMARY:Hayley Krischer discusses & signs YOU BELONG TO ME with Liz Lawson
DESCRIPTION:Barnes & Noble Clifton Commons will be hosting a book signing with Hayley Krischer (Fiction\, June 2009) in celebration of her new book You Belong to Me. Hayley will be in discussion with New York Times bestselling author Liz Lawson. Attendees must purchase the featured title\, You Belong to Me\, from the store in order to gain access to the signing line.  \n\n\n\nHayley Krischer is the author of The Falling Girls\, Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf and the adult fiction book\, Where Are You\, Echo Blue? She has written for The New York Times\, Elle\, The Atlantic and more. She lives in New Jersey with her family.Liz Lawson is the New York Times bestselling author of The Agathas (with Kathleen Glasgow) and The Lucky Ones. Liz lives with her family and two VERY bratty cats. You can find her on TikTok\, Instagram\, and Twitter at @lzlwsn.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/hayley-krischer-discusses-signs-you-belong-to-me-with-liz-lawson/
LOCATION:Clifton Commons\, 395 Route 3 East\, Clifton\, New Jersey\, 07014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Reclaiming Our Voices: Poetry\, Identity\, and the Power of Community with Enzo Silon Surin
DESCRIPTION:S.U.R.E. Diversity and Award-winning author and educator Enzo Silon Surin (Poetry\, 2012) invites educators\, book clubs\, and local groups from Lynn and Swampscott to engage in meaningful conversations about identity\, belonging\, and community through the lens of poetry and storytelling. \n\n\n\nInspired by the themes explored in American Scapegoat\, each 60 to 70-minute session includes a book discussion followed by a generative writing workshop. This gives participants a deeper understanding of their personal stories and roles within their communities. \n\n\n\nReclaiming Our Voices: Poetry\, Identity\, and the Power of Community \n\n\n\nApril 12\, 2025 – Adult Discussion with groups from Lynn and Swampscott with Enzo \n\n\n\nApril 16\, 2025 – High School Discussion with groups from Lynn and Swampscott with Enzo
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/reclaiming-our-voices-poetry-identity-and-the-power-of-community-with-enzo-silon-surin/
LOCATION:Lynn Museum & Arts Center\, 590 Washington Street\, Lynn\, Massachusetts\, 01901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Author Event at the Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library: Sara Levine
DESCRIPTION:Local author Sara Levine (WFYP\, January 2006) will kick off National Library Week (April 6-12) at the WWM Library along with her latest book\, Hello Dog/Hello Human. (It’s a guide for humans in dealing with dogs and for dogs in dealing with humans!) Sara will read from that book\, plus her award-winning picture book Bone by Bone. Afterwards\, kids will be invited to participate in an activity involving animals and their skeletons. Books will be available Sara’s books for sale and signing!  \n\n\n\nRegistration requested. This event is free\, for all ages\, and all are welcome.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-event-at-the-willoughby-wallace-memorial-library-sara-levine/
LOCATION:Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library\, 146 Thimble Islands Road\, Stony Creek\, Connecticut\, 06405\, United States
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SUMMARY:Firewater Poetics at Emerson College with Enzo Silon Surin
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Enzo Silon Surin (Poetry\, 2012) in a night of poetry and spoken word\, bringing together dynamic voices to explore creativity\, identity\, and the power of storytelling.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/firewater-poetics-at-emerson-college-with-enzo-silon-surin/
LOCATION:Emerson College\, 120 Boylston Street\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02116\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Poet Swap: Not the Poetry Reading You’re Used To with Kate Kearns\, Mike Bove and David Stankiewicz
DESCRIPTION:Kate Kearns (Poetry\, June 2008)\, Mike Bove and David Stankiewicz are shaking up the usual poetry reading format. \n\n\n\nWhy? Because at a normal reading\, there’s surprise and discovery for the audience\, but there’s none for the poet. In a poet swap\, the poet gets to see their own work in a new and likely uncomfortable way\, and the audience gets the added bonus of watching them squirm. \n\n\n\nWhat’s a poet swap? It’s like a body swap for a body of work. A trust fall. A torture wheel. Instead of presenting their own writing\, each reader will present one of the other poets’ work\, which they’ve had time to read and prepare. \n\n\n\nAt this event\, Kate Kearns will present Mike Bove’s poetry\, Mike will present David’s\, and David will present Kate’s. The poet whose work is being read has no idea what poems the reader has chosen\, what order they’re in\, or what context will come with them. The only rule is all poems must be read word for word\, true to the original. \n\n\n\nKate Kearns is the author of You Are Ruining My Loneliness (Littoral Books\, 2023) and How to Love an Introvert (Finishing Line Press\, 2015). Kate’s work has appeared in Rustica\, the Maine Sunday Telegram\, Salamander\, Peregrine\, Sugar House Review and elsewhere. Kate was a finalist for the Charles Simic Memorial Prize and the 2024 Maine Postmark Competition. She earned her MFA from Lesley University. Learn more at www.katekearns.com. \n\n\n\nMike Bove is a prize-winning author of four books of poetry. His poems have appeared in Rattle\, Southern Humanities Review\, Tar River Poetry\, Rust & Moth\, and many others. He served as a 2024 Writer-in-Residence at Acadia National Park and is Associate Editor for Hole in the Head Review. Mike lives with his family in Portland\, Maine where he was born and raised. www.mikebove.com \n\n\n\nDavid Stankiewicz is the author of two poetry books: Night Garden (Deerbrook Editions 2024) and My First Beatrice (Moon Pie Press 2013). A graduate of the Stonecoast MFA program\, David is a professor of English at Southern Maine Community College. He lives in Cape Elizabeth with his family.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/poet-swap-not-the-poetry-reading-youre-used-to-with-kate-kearns-mike-bove-and-david-stankiewicz/
LOCATION:Print: A Bookstore\, 273 Congress St\, Portland\, Maine\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Where the Universe Is with Michael Mercurio
DESCRIPTION:Join Michael Mercurio (Poetry\, January 2017) and Rebecca Faulkner for an in-person session of Michael’s online poetry series\, What the Universe Is during the 2025 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Los Angeles\, California. Attendees can RSVP to read a poem during the event\, which will be held outside of the conference area.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/where-the-universe-is-with-michael-mercurio/
LOCATION:The Liberties of Dublin\, 1111 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90017\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:CCW Presents: To Die Is Different Than Supposed by Alissa Butterworth\, Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual celebration of Alissa Butterworth’s (Fiction\, June 2012) debut novel\, To Die Is Different Than Supposed! Registration required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe died by bicycle\, by a breakfast gone bad\, by a fist\, a broken promise\, a rowboat\, letters no one else was supposed to see.Twenty years ago\, the Gable family was nearly perfect—five siblings growing up in an old farmhouse in Pennsylvania with supposedly loving parents. But when a series of devastating events rocks the family—a house fire\, the death of their young brother\, infidelity\, and betrayal—the siblings are left shattered and lost.Jackson is the oldest\, the distant wanderer. Lex is trapped on the other side\, desperately trying to communicate. Adrian is on the verge of a breakdown. Ella is haunted\, finding comfort in a familiar ghost. Remy is the embittered “good” son. And Calvin is the youngest\, the half-brother trying to make sense of inherited pain.When the estranged siblings come together for their father’s funeral\, they must reckon with his legacy of abuse and abandonment\, and with the secrets they kept from each other for so long. Will Jackson find it in himself to tell the horrific story the family most needs to hear? Or will they all be forever trapped by their complicated pasts\, unable to move into a more hopeful and united future?
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/ccw-presents-to-die-is-different-than-supposed-by-alissa-butterworth-book-launch/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
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SUMMARY:Kate Fussner\, author of 13 Ways to Say Goodbye\, in conversation with Sara Farizan
DESCRIPTION:Porter Square Books is excited to welcome Kate Fussner (WFYP\, June 2021) to discuss her novel\, 13 Ways to Say Goodbye. Author Sara Farizan (WFYP\, January 2012) will join Fussner in conversation. RSVP requested. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA novel-in-verse about life after loss\, 13 Ways to Say Goodbye beautifully renders the power of sibling bonds\, the depth of grief\, and the strength of learning to love again\, perfect for fans of Everywhere Blue and The Distance to Home\, from the author of The Song of Us. \n\n\n\nNina always followed her older sister\, Lily. But just before her thirteenth birthday\, Lily died\, leaving Nina behind forever. \n\n\n\nIn the three years since she lost her sister\, Nina has completed Lily’s secret Before Birthday lists to continue in her footsteps. But now Nina is catching up. When Nina flies to Paris\, France\, and completes tasks that Lily never finished\, Nina finds herself magically transported inside of her own memories\, face-to-face with the ghosts of her past. \n\n\n\nWith her birthday looming and the last list running out\, Nina is torn between visiting her sister in her memories and adventuring in the present\, including crushing hard on her art classmate\, Sylvie. Should she follow Lily’s instructions or try something new? And what happens when she finishes the list?
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/kate-fussner-author-of-13-ways-to-say-goodbye-in-conversation-with-sara-farizan/
LOCATION:Porter Square Books\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02140\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time with Sara Levine\, author of Hello Dog / Hello Human
DESCRIPTION:Porter Square Books is delighted to welcome picture book author Sara Levine (Nonfiction/WFYP\, January 2006) for a story time featuring her book Hello Dog / Hello Human! RSVP requested. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn how to properly introduce yourself to a dog or human in this enticing flip book guide that is two stories in one\, perfect for fans of MAY I PET YOUR DOG?\, TAILS ARE NOT FOR PULLING\, and all dog-lovers. \n\n\n\nA clever\, useful how-to flip book guide for both humans and our canine best friends\, Hello Dog / Hello Human offers advice to little humans (and dogs) on how to politely introduce themselves. \n\n\n\nThe book opens with a primer on how little humans should interact with dogs. Flip the book and find another story that advises dogs on how to interact with humans\, offering a fun insight into a dog’s mind while also providing additional information and empathy for our four-legged friends. \n\n\n\nThis delightful guide encourages readers to properly interact with the furry companions\, and the format is perfect for younger hands\, robust and ready to be read and shared. With a charming cast of dogs\, sweet art\, and a fun special format\, this is the perfect gift book for families looking to adopt a furry friend\, or anyone who wants to celebrate our canine pals.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/story-time-with-sara-levine-author-of-hello-dog-hello-human/
LOCATION:Porter Square Books\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02140\, United States
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SUMMARY:Author Night Thrillers Panel: Alafair Burke\, TR Hendricks\, Vanessa Cuti\, and Hayley Krishcher
DESCRIPTION:Join authors Alafair Burke\, TR Hendricks\, Vanessa Cuti\, and Hayley Krisher (Fiction\, June 2009) at the Venetian Room in the Lindenhurst Memorial Library for their discussion of the suspense fiction writing process. 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-night-thrillers-panel-alafair-burke-tr-hendricks-vanessa-cuti-and-hayley-krishcher/
LOCATION:Lindenhurst Memorial Library\, 1 Lee Avenue\, Lindenhurst\, New York\, 11757\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250114T130000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Event with Jasmine Warga
DESCRIPTION:Register for admission to this virtual author event with Jasmine Warga (WFYP\, June 2013) for your WHOLE school! Admission includes 5 hardcover copies of A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall. Recommended for Students in 4th-6th Grades. Space is limited. \n\n\n\nFrom the award-winning\, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover’s Story and Other Words for Home comes an extraordinary story about two friends\, a ghost\, a missing painting\, and a turtle named Agatha. The perfect next read for fans of The Swifts\, Kate DiCamillo\, and Erin Entrada Kelly. A painting has been stolen! When Rami sees a floating girl in the museum\, he knows he has seen her somewhere before. Then he realizes: She looks just like the girl in the painting that has gone missing. But how does her appearance connect to the theft? Agatha the turtle knows–she has been watching from the garden. But she can’t exactly tell anyone…can she? Will Rami\, with the help of his classmate\, Veda\, be able to solve the mystery? The clues are all around them\, but they’ll have to be brave enough to really look. This is a whimsical\, moving story about the universal desire to be seen and understood and how art can help us find connection\, even when we are at our loneliest. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe One and Only Ivan meets The Wild Robot\, in this unique and deeply moving middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover\, from Jasmine Warga\, the Newbery Honor-winning author of Other Words for Home. Meet Resilience\, a Mars rover determined to live up to his name. Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him\, he begins to develop human-like feelings. Maybe there’s a problem with his programming… Human emotions or not\, launch day comes\, and Res blasts off to Mars\, accompanied by a friendly drone helicopter named Fly. But Res quickly discovers that Mars is a dangerous place filled with dust storms and giant cliffs. As he navigates Mars’s difficult landscape\, Res is tested in ways that go beyond space exploration. As millions of people back on Earth follow his progress\, will Res have the determination\, courage — and resilience — to succeed…and survive? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJasmine Warga is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of middle grade novels Other Words For Home\, The Shape of Thunder\, and A Rover’s Story. Other Words For Home earned multiple awards\, including a John Newbery Honor\, a Walter Honor for Young Readers\, and a Charlotte Huck Honor. The Shape of Thunder was a School Library Journal and Bank Street best book of the year\, a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Children’s and YA Book Award\, and has been named to several state award reading lists. A Rover’s Story\, her latest novel\, was an instant New York Times bestseller\, a Indie Next List and a Junior Library Guild selection\, and was named a best book of the year by Publishers Weekly and The Washington Post. She is also the author of young adult novel\, My Heart and Other Black Holes\, which has been translated into over twenty different languages. Her next middle grade novel\, A STRANGE THING HAPPENED IN CHERRY HALL\, will be published on September 10th\, 2024. Originally from Cincinnati\, she now lives in the Chicago-area with her family in a house filled with books.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/virtual-author-event-with-jasmine-warga/
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SUMMARY:Adam Theater Presents: Library Lion
DESCRIPTION:“‬Library Lion\,” based on one of Time Magazine’s 100 ‬best Children’s books of all time\, by Michelle Knudsen (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty). The musical play features a cast of five actors and three puppeteers who operate a puppet designed and built by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop with live music. Directed by award winning director\, Ran Bechor. \n\n\n\nAfter all spots of the inaugural show as a site-specific play at Boston Public Library have been taken – Adam Theater is proud to present for the first time in the USA the theater adaptation of Library Lion. In the library\, there are books. But also very clear rules: no shouting\, no running\, no eating or drinking. But what happens when one day a lion enters the library? He doesn’t roar or rampage\, and contrary to expectations\, he peacefully joins storytelling hour. Not everyone is okay with this\, after all\, he doesn’t abide by the rules. (A lion? In the library? – that’s completely out of order!) It will be revealed that rules are important to follow\, but not only that: That it is also very important\, here and there\, to dust off some of these rule books as well. \n\n\n\nPlaywright & Lyrics by Eli Bijaoui\, Award winning Director Ran Bechor\, Music by Yoni Rechter.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/adam-theater-presents-library-lion/
LOCATION:Calderwood Pavilion\, 527 Tremont St\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02116\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250108T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241119T021644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241119T021646Z
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SUMMARY:John Hodgen\, Jennifer Martelli and Kevin Prufer with an introduction by Martha Collins
DESCRIPTION:Join the Grolier Poetry Bookshop for a poetry reading by John Hodgen\, Jennifer Martelli and Kevin Prufer (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty) with an introduction by Martha Collins. This event will take place synchronously in-store at 6 Plympton Street and on Zoom. Registration is required for both options\, please sign up ahead of time as there is limited space.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/john-hodgen-jennifer-martelli-and-kevin-prufer-with-an-introduction-by-martha-collins/
LOCATION:Grolier Poetry Book Shop\, 6 Plympton Street\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241201T182928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241201T182931Z
UID:11003-1734202800-1734206400@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Presentation and Signing: Where Are You\, Echo Blue? by Hayley Krishcher
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to a presentation and signing at Asbury Book Cooperative with Hayley Krischer (Fiction\, June 2009) presenting her newest title\, WHERE ARE YOU\, ECHO BLUE? \n\n\n\nAward-winning journalist and YA novelist Hayley Krischer makes her adult novel debut with WHERE ARE YOU\, ECHO BLUE? (Dutton; on sale July 16\, 2024)\, a whirlwind tale of celebrity\, fandom\, and the price of ambition. The novel follows both Goldie Klein\, a scrappy young journalist trying to make it in the New York magazine world\, and the object of her admiration\, Echo Blue\, the most famous child star of thenineties who goes missing on the eve of the millennium. When Echo disappears ahead of a highly publicized New Year’s Eve television appearance\, most people assume it’s because she’s gotten herself into trouble. After all\, between strained family relationships\, a high-profile relationship with a Hollywood “bad boy\,” and a stint in rehab\, she’s no stranger to drama. But Goldie is Echo’s biggest fan and knows there must be more to the story. Determined to make this investigation her big media break\, she sets off for L.A. in search of Echo—and the truth. \n\n\n\nGoldie\, and readers\, fall deep into Echo’s complicated past\, following her rise from plucky child star to ingenue to rebel. The more Goldie unearths\, the more she questions her own complicity in the young star’s downfall\, but it becomes impossible to pull herself away. Alternating perspectives between the two women until their twin journeys collide\, WHERE ARE YOU\, ECHO BLUE? is a sharp interrogation of celebrity culture\, the thin line between admiration and obsession\, and what it means to tell other peoples’ stories. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHayley Krischer has earned critical acclaim for her moving YA novels\, Something Happened to AliGreenleaf and The Falling Girls. She also spent two decades as a journalist\, examining culture and interviewing celebrities—including Gabrielle Union\, Celine Dion\, and former child star Tatum O’Neal—for publications like the New York Times\, Marie Claire\, and the Atlantic.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/presentation-and-signing-where-are-you-echo-blue-by-hayley-krishcher/
LOCATION:Asbury Book Cooperative\, 644A Cookman Ave\, Asbury Park\, New Jersey\, 07712\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Asbury Book Cooperative":MAILTO:info@asburybookcoop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T120000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20240725T021541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240725T021542Z
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SUMMARY:Music Into Written Word with Erin Cecilia Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Erin Cecilia Thomas (Jan ’23\, Fiction) will be instructing the seminar\, ‘Music Into Written Word.’  \n\n\n\nHow can writers translate the intangible experience of listening to or performing music into written words? This seminar will look at the work of writers who use music in their narratives and the craft elements they employ\, such as syntax\, sentence structure\, metaphor\, rhythm\, and tone. We will look at examples of how writing styles vary according to the musical genre being described\, and how other elements such as character and setting affect how the reader interprets a scene that revolves around music. Samples of music will be played followed by text that describes the music to show how these techniques are applied. We will listen to a piece of music and free-write\, and volunteers can present their writing for discussion.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/music-into-written-word-with-erin-cecilia-thomas/
LOCATION:The Porch House\, 2811 Dogwood Pl\, Nashville\, Tennessee\, 37204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Porch":MAILTO:hello@porchtn.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241201T183249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241201T183250Z
UID:11009-1733859000-1733862600@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:What The Universe Is: Carl Phillips and Erin Belieu
DESCRIPTION:Join the final session of the 2024 season of What The Universe Is: A (Virtual) Reading Series hosted by Michael Mercurio (Poet\, January 2017) and featured poets Carl Phillips and Erin Belieu (Poetry\, MFA Writing Faculty). 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/what-the-universe-is-carl-phillips-and-erin-belieu/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241207T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241207T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241101T182735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241101T182750Z
UID:10929-1733598000-1733601600@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Cambridge Common Readers: The Message with Saraciea J Fennell
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion led by Saraciea J Fennell (WFYP\, January 2020) on The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates. You do not need to have read the book to participate\, but we encourage it! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don’t—shape our realities.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/cambridge-common-readers-the-message-with-saraciea-j-fennell/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:CCW Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Common Writers":MAILTO:lesleycambridgecommon@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241204T203000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241126T005528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241126T005531Z
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SUMMARY:The Making of a Picture Book: From Concept to Completion with Deborah Sosin
DESCRIPTION:Have you always wondered what’s involved in writing a picture book? In this Zoominar with Deborah Sosin (Nonfiction\, January 2015)\, you’ll review the step-by-step process that led to the publication of Charlotte and the Quiet Place (Parallax Press\, 2015). You’ll review the earliest scribbled notes through to the finished product and explore the joys and challenges of revising. You’ll also discuss the evolution of Sara Woolley’s vibrant illustrations and see how the art and words interact. Open to all lovers of picture books and the creative process! Q&A to follow.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-making-of-a-picture-book-from-concept-to-completion-with-deborah-sosin-3/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241130T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241130T150000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241119T015555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241119T015701Z
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SUMMARY:When the Trees Finally Testify - Book Signing with Bonita Lee Penn
DESCRIPTION:If you’re near Pittsburgh\, PA\, consider stopping by City Books where Bonita Lee Penn (Poetry\, January 2015) will be signing copies of her latest poetry collection\, When the Trees Finally Testify. Light refreshments will be served.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/when-the-trees-finally-testify-book-signing-with-bonita-lee-penn/
LOCATION:City Books\, 908 Galveston Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, 15233\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="City Books":MAILTO:citybookspgh@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T173000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241101T181151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241101T181154Z
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Common Writers Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual Lesley MFA community Open Mic! Alums and current students of the Lesley MFA program welcome. No sign up — just show up!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/cambridge-common-writers-open-mic/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:CCW Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Common Writers":MAILTO:lesleycambridgecommon@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T173000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241119T003425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241119T003427Z
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SUMMARY:We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) Presents Our 10th Anniversary Celebration – An Activation of Hope
DESCRIPTION:For the last several years\, far too many communities have experienced and endured unprecedented calls for book bans. But in recent months\, the pendulum has started to swing in the other direction. When authors\, educators\, and community activists unite to preserve the right to access information and the truth\, and to protect the rights of all children to read widely and diversely\, we win. \n\n\n\nTopics of EmphasisAdvocacyCommunity & Public Literacy EffortsDigital & Media LiteraciesEquity & Social JusticeLiterature & ReadingProfessional Learning & SupportTeacher Education & Supporting New Teachers\n\n\n\nPresenters Phil Bildner & Ellen Oh will discuss these topics with Samira Ahmed\, Tracey Baptiste (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, and Dhonielle Clayton. Moderated by Cornelius Minor.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/we-need-diverse-books-wndb-presents-our-10th-anniversary-celebration-an-activation-of-hope/
LOCATION:Boston Convention & Exhibition Center\, 415 Summer Street\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T143000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241119T013717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241119T013719Z
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SUMMARY:The Queer-o’s Journey: Expanding the Literary Canon by Utilizing LGBTQ+ Texts to Teach and Subvert Tropes in Middle and High School Classrooms
DESCRIPTION:The hero’s journey is a staple in English study\, and pairing that framework with LGBTQ+ texts enables students to explore key story elements and to engage in nuanced discussion about the power in subverting traditional narratives. Join LGBTQ+ authors as they offer a robust list of exciting texts for middle and high school students and discuss the dynamic work these stories can do in classrooms. \n\n\n\nTopic of EmphasisComposition & WritingEquity & Social JusticeLiterature & ReadingSocial-Emotional Learning\n\n\n\nPresenters: Jen Ferguson\, Kate Fussner (WFYP\, June 2021)\, Edward Underhill\, and Kelly Williams. Speaker: Caroline Huntoon.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-queer-os-journey-expanding-the-literary-canon-by-utilizing-lgbtq-texts-to-teach-and-subvert-tropes-in-middle-and-high-school-classrooms/
LOCATION:Boston Convention & Exhibition Center\, 415 Summer Street\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241119T020903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241119T020906Z
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SUMMARY:Restorying Silences and Reclaiming Ourselves: Asian/American Stories
DESCRIPTION:Highlighting themes of hope and humanity\, the session will begin with a brief overview of the complex and nuanced influences of race\, culture\, and sociopolitical identities on Asian/Americans and the stories they tell. The presenters will discuss how themes of silence\, trauma\, and the importance of storytelling connect their reading/writing of texts and personal experiences. \n\n\n\nTopics of EmphasisComposition & WritingCulturally Affirming TeachingEquity & Social JusticeLiterature & ReadingSocial-Emotional LearningSupporting English Learners\n\n\n\nPresenters: Chu Ly\, Nidhi Chanani\, Andrea Wang (WFYP\, June 2011)\, Mike Jung\, Rani Pan\, and Jamie Jo Hoang. Speaker: Jung Kim.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/restorying-silences-and-reclaiming-ourselves-asian-american-stories/
LOCATION:Boston Convention & Exhibition Center\, 415 Summer Street\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241007T011720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T011722Z
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SUMMARY:What Artists See: The Violence Within with Megan Doney
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for two Northern Virginia book launches by Amanda Newell\, and Megan Doney (WFYP\, June 2008) at Mason Exhibitions\, Arlington. \n\n\n\nAmanda Newell’s new book is: Postmortem Say – published by Červená Barva Press \n\n\n\nMegan Doney’s new book is: Unarmed: An American Educator’s Memoir – published by Washington Writers’ Publishing House \n\n\n\nThe backdrop of this event is Mason’s collaboration with South African print-making. The event will include readings\, and participation by the audience. Themes include gun violence\, and how we perceive threats to our selves and our societies. The framing of South African and American artists and audiences will allow for an international exploration of creativity and violence.  \n\n\n\nThis exhibition is a traveling exhibition. Mason Exhibitions Arlington programs are created under the leadership of Alissa Maru. For more about the exhibition’s launch in Fairfax\, click here. Curation by Alissa Maru\, LaNitra Berger and her students. The exhibition will add new work when it comes to the Mason -Arlington. \n\n\n\n Collaborators include: Washington Writers’ Publishing House.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/what-artists-see-the-violence-within-with-megan-doney/
LOCATION:Mason Exhibitions\, 3601 North Fairfax Dr\, Arlington\, Virginia\, 22201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alan Cheuse International Writers Center":MAILTO:cheuse@gmu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20241109T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20241109T190000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241108T012234Z
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SUMMARY:Around the World Book Signing with Jorge Armenteros
DESCRIPTION:Visit the English bookshop Librairie Masséna Around the World (58 Rue Gioffredo) in Nice\, France on Saturday 9th November from 5pm to 7pm when author Jorge Armenteros (Fiction\, June 2012) will be signing copies of his latest book – The Curvature of an Absence. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt the edge of a vanishing sea and under the light of a fading sun\, two writers struggle to understand the sudden absence of affective and natural elements from their lives. As they seek a beautiful but rather elusive presence\, they are forced to confront that which is no longer there. To unravel the mysterious absences\, they embark on the improbable project of writing a book. Their erratic journey produces a book that reveals nothing and everything\, but above all\, that reflects the ardent light of a nascent understanding. \n\n\n\nJorge Armenteros was born in 1961 in Havana. Persecuted by the regime\, his family sought asylum as political refugees in Madrid. Soon after\, the USA granted his family entry and they transitioned through Tampa before settling in Puerto Rico. He was the first student in his school to be accepted to Harvard University. There he took several courses in Spanish and Latin American Literature while completing his biomedical engineering degree. Literature\, nonetheless\, was breathing inside of him. So\, he decided to pursue an MFA in creative writing at Lesley University in Cambridge. The Curvature of an Absence is his seventh novel.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/around-the-world-book-signing-with-jorge-armenteros/
LOCATION:Librairie Masséna\, 55\, rue Gioffredo\, Nice\, 06000\, France
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T140000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241017T203525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T203528Z
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SUMMARY:Author Study with Kwame Alexander and special guest Jason Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:During this 45-minute virtual author visit\, Kwame teams up with his friend Jason Reynolds (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) to teach young readers and writers about generating ideas in writing – and more. \n\n\n\nStudents will hear Kwame read from his new book\, Black Star\, then learn a strategy for idea generation in a brief writing craft lesson. Kwame then turns to award-winning\, highly acclaimed author Jason Reynolds for a conversation about his creative process as an author\, poet and podcaster. Students will hear Jason and Kwame discuss where their ideas come from\, how they know when it’s time to pursue a writing idea (and when to walk away)\, and other tidbits kids can apply to their own writing practice. \n\n\n\nThis livestreamed author visit wraps with a live Q&A session\, in which Kwame answers select questions from the webinar chat. This Author Study event is recommended for upper-elementary\, middle\, and high school students who may be more familiar with Jason’s work – but students of all ages and grade levels are welcome. \n\n\n\nThis event will run 45 minutes (1:00 -1:45pm ET / 10:00 – 10:45am PT) and will include an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter. In order to give participants a unique and more personalized experience\, space for this virtual livestream event is limited.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-study-with-kwame-alexander-and-special-guest-jason-reynolds/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Beanstack":MAILTO:sales@zoobean.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241027T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241027T163000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241007T010912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T010914Z
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SUMMARY:Washington Writers’ Publishing House Award Winner Reading & Reception with Megan Doney
DESCRIPTION:The Washington Writers’ Publishing House celebrates the 2024 winners of its annual fiction\, poetry\, and nonfiction contests! Varun Gauri will read from the Carol Trawick 50th Anniversary Fiction award-winning novel For the Blessings of Jupiter and Venus. Chanlee Luu will read from the Jean Feldman Poetry award-winning The Machine Autocorrects Code to I. Megan Doney (WFYP\, June 2008) will read from the Washington Writers’ Publishing House Nonfiction award-winning UNARMED: An American Educator’s Memoir. Reception to follow. RSVP required. \n\n\n\nMegan Doney is a writer and English professor in Virginia. Her work has been published in Ilanot Review\, New Limestone Review\, Rappahannock Review\,  Creative Nonfiction\, Earth &; Altar\, and Inside Higher Ed\, as well as in the anthologies Allegheny and If I Don’t Make It\, I Love You: Survivors in the Aftermath of School Shootings. Her essay “The Wolf and the Dog” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She was a Fulbright scholar in South Africa in 2007\, and returned there in 2015 to study reconciliation and violence. Doney earned an MFA from Lesley University.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/washington-writers-publishing-house-award-winner-reading-reception-with-megan-doney/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh St\, Bethesda\, Maryland\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241026T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241026T123000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241017T211606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T211608Z
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SUMMARY:Survival on the Page: Poetry to Empower US
DESCRIPTION:Come join Facilitator Ella Nathanael Alkiewicz (she/her) (Nonfiction\, June 2018) for this workshop on Saturday\, Oct. 26th. Bring your pen and paper. Attendees will visit across the rectangles and hear stories\, jam a little\, and then write. Each participant will have the option to read aloud their work for two-minutes. It’s a safe space for QTBIPOC womxn Survivors. \n\n\n\nAlkiewicz\, a Labrador Inuk\, is a Survivor and remade her life in the Connecticut River Valley. She has taught classes for the Edmonton LifeLong Learners\, Mt. Holyoke College\, North American Indian Center of Boston and recently at The Parlor Room. Alkiewicz\, a Nunatsiavut Beneficiary and dual citizen\, has been published in DarkWinter Literary Magazine\, Inuktitut\, Leaflit\, and more. Her new business\, Ella Alk Inuk LLC\, is in Northampton where she sells her Inuit art and teaches. She enjoys being with her family\, kayaking\, laughing\, painting\, watching sports\, and writing. \n\n\n\nPhoto credit:EAlkiewicz.jpeg by Chris Alkiewicz\, 2022.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/survival-on-the-page-poetry-to-empower-us/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Women's Center":MAILTO:info@cambridgewomenscenter.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241018T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241018T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T182327
CREATED:20241006T001332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241006T001334Z
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SUMMARY:Twenty-Four Seconds from Now: An Evening with Jason Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:FAN is thrilled to host #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) in celebration of his first YA romance\, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now … A LOVE Story. The book has received high praise in advance of publication for its “tender\, sweet\, wholesome” story that shows a “refreshingly different side to male sexuality.” \n\n\n\nReynolds will do a dramatic recitation of the first chapter of the book from memory and then have an in-depth discussion with the audience. Afterwards\, he will pose for pictures with audience members. \n\n\n\nReynolds is a Newbery Award Honoree\, a Printz Award Honoree\, a two-time National Book Award finalist\, a Kirkus Award winner\, a Carnegie Medal winner\, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner\, an NAACP Image Award Winner\, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. He’s also the 2020–2022 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. His many books include All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely)\, When I Was the Greatest\, The Boy in the Black Suit\, Stamped\, As Brave as You\, For Every One\, the Track series (Ghost\, Patina\, Sunny\, and Lu)\, Look Both Ways\, Ain’t Burned All the Bright\, and Long Way Down\, which received a Newbery Honor\, a Printz Honor\, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. \n\n\n\nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded but not live streamed and will be available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. There will be a book giveaway at the event while supplies last. No registration required.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/twenty-four-seconds-from-now-an-evening-with-jason-reynolds/
LOCATION:Evanston Township High School Auditorium\, 1600 Dodge Ave.\, Evanston\, Illinois\, 60201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Family Action Network":MAILTO:info@familyactionnetwork.net
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SUMMARY:Author Night with Megan Doney & Chanlee Luu
DESCRIPTION:Join Blacksburg Books as they host Megan Doney (WFYP\, June 2008) and Chanlee Luu\, winners of the Washington Writers Publishing House Prize in nonfiction and poetry\, respectively. The authors will read from their books as well as talk about the writing process and getting published with a small press. \n\n\n\nMegan Doney – Unarmed: An American Educator’s Memoir \n\n\n\nAfter surviving a school shooting at New River Community College in Christiansburg\, Virginia\, English professor Megan Doney was traumatized and adrift. Rather than hardening her heart and life\, she wrote Unarmed: An American Educator’s Memoir. An insightful response to American gun violence and illusions of public and private safety\, it’s also about her journey over the past decade toward living with an open heart\, alive to luck\, learning\, and love. \n\n\n\nChanlee Luu – The Machine Autocorrects Code to I \n\n\n\nA knock-out debut that erases the boundaries of time and geography with unrestrained wit\, The Machine Autocorrects Code to I holds its subjects – family members at odds with their hopes and fears\, various fruits and animals constrained by the laws of humans\, and an alien seeking beauty in the world – with tenderness and wry knowledge of the fragile systems that hold their world in place. This universe of poems wanders through the messy past\, battles in the charged present\, and dreams/nightmares to the unknown future. In this experiment in forms\, Chanlee Luu is a mad scientist\, cracking Asian jokes\, shoveling golden sand\, and coding her voice to vitality.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-night-with-megan-doney-chanlee-luu/
LOCATION:Blacksburg Books\, 401 S. Main St.\, Ste. 106\, Blacksburg\, Virginia\, 24060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Blacksburg Books":MAILTO:info@blacksburgbooks.com
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