October 16, 2018 at 6:00 pm-8:00 pm – This generative poetry workshop will invite participants to create work that explores an aspect of their personal, family, or neighborhood history. Participants are encouraged, though not required, to bring a family photo, document, or artifact to the workshop. This workshop is part of Camden County History Week. Email Leah Falk at leah.falk@camden.rutgers.edu to RSVP.
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Writers in Camden and LGBTQIA+ History Month Present: A Workshop with Melissa Febos
October 17, 2018 at 3:00 pm-4:30 pm – Submit your fiction or nonfiction to a workshop with Melissa Febos on October 17 from 3 – 4:30 pm. 3 manuscripts of 10 pages or fewer will be selected; all are welcome to read the workshop samples and attend. Submit here by October 8.
Writers in Camden and LGBTQIA+ History Month Present: Melissa Febos
October 17, 2018 at 7:00 pm-8:30 pm – Melissa Febos is the author of the memoir Whip Smart (St. Martin’s Press 2010), and the essay collection Abandon Me (Bloomsbury 2017), which was a LAMBDA Literary Award finalist, a Publishing Triangle Award finalist, and an Indie Next Pick. Her second essay collection, Girlhood (Bloomsbury), will be published in 2019. Her work has recently appeared in Tin House, Granta, The Believer, The New York […]
The Honors College and Writers in Camden Present: Victor LaValle
November 7, 2018 at 6:00 pm-8:00 pm – Victor LaValle is the author of the short story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, four novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, and The Changeling and two novellas, Lucretia and the Kroons andThe Ballad of Black Tom. He is also the creator and writer of a comic book Victor LaValle’s DESTROYER. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including a Whiting Writers’ […]
Letters Home: Lecture and Discussion with Andrew Carroll, Veterans, and Family Members
November 14, 2018 at 6:00 pm-7:30 pm – On November 14, Andrew Carroll, director of the Center for American War Letters, will present a talk that examines both the history and enduring significance of war letters, followed by a discussion with multiple generations of veterans and their family members. All are welcome at this free event. This event takes place in the Digital […]
Graduate Writing Workshops: Navigating Roadblocks in Writing Assignments
November 19, 2018 at 5:00 pm-5:45 pm – In a perfect world, writing would be a perfectly structured and predictable process; however, the writing process is messy and filled with many unforeseen twists and turns. This workshop will discuss and work through the various roadblocks you may face when working on your writing assignments and provide tips for how to navigate them. Initially, roadblocks may seem like inhibitors […]