Red Letter Live Poetry Readings with Steven Cramer

Arlington Center for the Arts' Shaira Ali Gallery 20 Academy St, Arlington, Massachusetts, United States

Back again for 2023, Arlington Open Studios will be hosting poetry readings by local poets. This year's readings are being presented in the Arlington Center for the Arts' Shaira Ali Gallery, 3rd floor of the Arlington Community Center, 1-3pm. Participating Poets:

Free

Lifting Up Marginalized Voices: Reading and Discussion

Potter's House 1658 COLUMBIA ROAD NORTHWEST, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Join Sunu P. Chandy, Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017), and Martha Anne Toll for Lifting Up Marginalized Voices: a Reading and Discussion at The Potter’s House! Sunu P. Chandy (she/her) is a social justice activist including through her work as a poet and a civil rights attorney. She’s the daughter of immigrants from Kerala, India, […]

Free

All Water Has Perfect Memory: Book Talk with Nada-Samih-Rotondo

Mystic Seaport Museum 75 Greenmanville Ave, Mystic, Connecticut, United States

Mystic Seaport Museum is excited to host local author Nada Samih-Rotondo (Fiction, June 2012) as she reads excerpts from her new memoir, All Water Has Perfect Memory, in the Treworgy Planetarium. Guests will enjoy an immersive storytelling experience that showcases the exact star patterns overhead as they appear in her book, followed by a Q&A session […]

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Care in Publishing: Resilience in the Face of Rejection with Nada Samih-Rotondo

LitArts RI 400 Harris Ave Unit E, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Local authors share strategies for coping with rejection on the road to publication at LitArts RI. The path to publication can be riddled with rejection. Whether you are looking for an agent, submitting to publishers, sending your manuscript out to contests, or receiving a challenging round of editorial feedback, cultivating care is key. On Sat, […]

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Befriend Your Inner Critic Workshop with Deborah Sosin

Online Zoom Event

You might be familiar with your Inner Critic—the voice that says you’re not good enough. Or compares yourself to others. Or expects nothing but perfection. Our instinct is to push that voice away. But, paradoxically, we can find more inner peace and free up creative energy by moving toward that voice, with curiosity and compassion. […]

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Poetry Round Robin with Kate Kearns

Scarborough Public Library Meeting Room 48 Gorham Road, Scarborough, Maine, United States

Come join the fun as local poets Kate Kearns (Poetry, June 2008), Meghan Sterling, and Katherine Hagopian Berry play “round robin” with poetry. Instead of each of person doing a “set,” they take turns sharing one poem at a time that’s related to the one that came before, so they keep responding and building on […]

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Katie Cotugno LA Book Launch for Meet the Benedettos

The Ripped Bodice - Los Angeles 3806 Main St., Culver City, California, United States

The Ripped Bodice is hosting an LA launch event with Katie Cotugno (Fiction, June 2015) on Friday, December 8th at 7pm PST. She will be in conversation about her new novel, Meet the Benedettos, with author Elissa Sussman.  There will be a book signing to follow. This is a ticketed event that includes a copy […]

$20

An Evening with Kate Fussner, author of The Song of Us

Barefoot Books 23 Bradford St, Second Floor, Concord, Massachusetts, United States

Barefoot Books is committed to opening children’s hearts, minds, and worlds so that they can embody kindness in all its forms. 826 Boston thanks Barefoot Books for hosting this event at their Bradford Mill home in West Concord. Featuring author Kate Fussner (WFYP, June 2021), whose debut middle-grade novel, The Song of Us, retells the […]

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The Eras Tour: Local Author Edition with Sara Zarr

The King's English Bookshop 1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

On the 13th of December, join 13 local authors for a special event at The King’s English Bookshop! Meet authors in unique reading “eras”, get your books signed, and hang out with other readers and collect bookish friendship bracelets! This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Authors: Lyla Sage: Cowboy […]

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What The Universe Is: Adrian Matejka and Kevin Prufer

Online Zoom Event

Come close out the 2023 season of What The Universe Is with two of America’s finest poets: Adrian Matejka was born in Germany as part of a military family. He grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana and is a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington and the MFA program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is the […]

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