Charlotte Writers Club North: Rebecca McClanahan

Thursday, February 4th, 2021, 7:00-8:30pm In the Key of New York City: A Virtual Event with Rebecca McClanahan and Gilda Morina Syverson Hosted by Main Street Books and Charlotte Writers’ Club North, this reading and conversation features the newest book by Rebecca McClanahan, In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays. Memoirist […]

Felicia Zamora, Peggy Shumaker & Maurya Simon AQR Benefit Reading Series!

Virtual

Felicia Zamora, Peggy Shumaker & Maurya Simon February 7 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm AKST Watch this event online at https://aqreview.org/aqr-benefit-reading-series/. About Pièces de Résistance You can help AQR reach new literary milestones. Please mark your calendars for Pièces de Résistance, an extraordinary benefit series celebrating AQR’s 40th anniversary.  Join us for 21 free, live online readings and conversations, featuring 58 exceptional new, emerging, and established […]

Shirley Lim & Dana Gioia on Formalism in Poetry! Moderated by Kate Gale

Virtual

Red Hen Press Poetry Lecture and Conversation Series: Shirley Lim and Dana Gioia Streamed live on redhen.org, facebook.com/redhenpress, and youtube.com/redhenpressbeats With the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Red Hen Press is proud to bring a unique lecture and conversation series to the public, focusing on the history and future of formalism in […]

The History and Future of Black Literature: A Black History Month Event

Virtual

Featuring Khalisa Rae, Dexter L. Booth, Nordette Adams, Karisma Price, and Tée V. Smith, with conversation moderated by Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Red Hen Press is excited to bring this reading and conversation to your viewing screens! Join us for a reading and conversation on the history and future of Black literature, especially in the context […]

SHAPING A BOOK OF ESSAYS w/ SEBASTIAN MATTHEWS & REBECCA MCCLANAHAN

Virtual

Nonfiction and memoir writers, learn to shape your essays into a book with Sebastian Matthews and Rebecca McClanahan. About this Event The nonfiction writer who creates a book from independent pieces encounters challenges that the writer of a single-arc narrative does not. Though each essay can stand alone, each should also relate to the other […]

$75

Curated Conversation(s): Jacqueline Balderrama with CYNTHIA HOGUE

Virtual

Jacqueline Balderrama discusses her debut poetry collection, Now In Color, with Cynthia Hogue. Curated Conversation(s): a Latinx Poetry Show is a monthly interview with a Latinx poet who has recently published their first book. The debut poets themselves have selected their interlocutors. Register HERE to be notified when this episode premieres! You’ll receive an email with instructions for viewing […]

Free

LIVE ON – ZOOM: Poetry & Practice Spring Reading Series – Danielle Vogel, Wesleyan University

Virtual

Mar 31, 2021 04:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada) Join us for poetry and conversation about creative, research, and transformative practices. Featuring contemporary poets reading from their recent books and in dialogue with KU student writers and artists. In collaboration with this spring's graduate poetry seminar (ENGL 752) and the Global Grasslands CoLABorative's […]

Free

Jennifer Risher, CBS Lectures

Virtual

JOIN US on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 5:30 PM PT for a CPS Lecture with Jennifer Risher on We Need To Talk: A Memoir About Wealth. Zoom link will be given to those who RSVP. CPS Lectures is a free discussion series that normally takes place in San Francisco, however events are being hosted virtually […]