September 12, 2019 at 12:45 pm-1:45 pm – Boris Fishman, author of A Replacement Life and Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo, discusses Savage Feast, a family history with recipes. A light lunch will be served. Boris Fishman was born in Minsk, Belarus, and immigrated with his family to New York in 1988, at nine. He is the author of the novel A Replacement Life, […]
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Cooper Street Workshop: Getting Started and Getting Unstuck
September 21, 2019 at 1:00 pm-4:00 pm – Where does writing come from? Where do you get your ideas, and how do you keep going when you’re feeling stuck or uninspired? This workshop will provide you with lots of prompts to spark your imagination and time to get started on new work. Whether you’re a poet, fiction writer, essayist, or general lover of […]
Cooper Street Workshop: Emailing without B.S. – How to Conquer Online Correspondence
September 28, 2019 at 1:00 pm-5:00 pm – This workshop will help writers develop skills for two different yet common business/professional writing scenarios: sending a positive news or routine email and sending a negative news email. Using a short reading from Josh Bernoff’s book Writing Without Bullshit as our guide, this workshop will ensure that writers understand how to compose, organize, and edit […]
Evicted Writing Workshops: Where do you come from? where are you going?
October 3, 2019 at 6:00 pm-8:00 pm – Matthew Desmond’s Evicted, a sobering study of eviction as both a symptom and cause of American poverty, is the Rutgers Reads selection for 2019-20. Inspired by the themes raised by the book, the Writers House will host three generative writing workshops, open to the Rutgers community and general public. These workshops, led by MFA alumni […]
Cooper Street Workshop: Writing Your Story – The Role of Self-Reflection in Writing
October 12, 2019 at 1:00 pm-4:00 pm – Whether you’re crafting a poem, novel, or memoir, every writer brings their individual stories and experiences to the page. In this workshop, we will discuss how introspection and reflection are essential and powerful techniques writers practice to create meaningful work that connects with readers. Through several, craft-oriented writing exercises, we will learn how to use […]
Co-Working Days at the Writers House
October 16, 2019 at 9:00 am-3:00 pm – Co-working at the Writers House is back! Whether you’re a faculty member, student, staff member or community member, join us for quiet solo work, collaborative teamwork, or something in between — whatever your style. If you haven’t had a chance to tackle your to-do list in our beautiful space, this is your chance.