April 17, 2024 at 6:00 pm-8:00 pm – Whether you’re writing fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, you’ve probably had the experience of bumping up against a gap in your memories or your knowledge–and in this workshop, we’ll experiment with lots of different methods for creative research to help you deepen your scenes, enrich your characterization and imagery, and build an engrossing world for your […]
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In Conversation Series: Susan Muaddi Darraj
April 18, 2024 at 12:45 pm-1:45 pm – With support from an Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Advocacy (IDEA) Innovation Grant, and in conversation with the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, the Writers House welcomes writer and MFA alum Susan Muaddi Darraj for a reading and Q&A moderated by ISGRJ Postdoctoral Fellow andie millares. Susan will be reading from and discussing her […]
Make-a-Journal Crafting Event with Paul Robeson Library
April 22, 2024 at 11:20 am-12:20 pm – Come celebrate National Poetry Month with the Writers House! We’ll provide journals and all the supplies you need to decorate them, and there will be an opportunity to contribute to a group poem. Snacks provided. Front area of the Paul Robeson Library (past security, near the windows). Swipe your RU ID for entry.
Cooper Street Workshop: Finding the Heart of a Scene
May 4, 2024 at 1:00 pm-4:00 pm – We will begin by comparing a scene that stagnant with one that has movement. We’ll discuss what makes a scene move and what elements should be a part of every scene. We’ll learn how to give the scene a sense of progression and forward-movement that drives plot and pulls in the reader. Then, participants will […]
MFA Graduate Reading
May 10, 2024 at 5:00 pm-7:00 pm – Come celebrate our graduating MFA students at a reading of their work! Free and open to the public. Friday, May 10, 5-7pm (doors 4:30) Paul Robeson Library
Summer Wednesdays on Cooper Street: Generative Poetry Through Performance & Play (In Person)
June 5, 2024 at 5:30 pm-6:30 pm – INSTRUCTOR: Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP: In this generative workshop, we will consider poems that engage and manipulate found forms (for instance, a choose your own adventure, an online chat room dialogue, a classified ad). Attendees will then use these examples to inspire their own experiments, considering routes to writing poems through games, jokes, and […]