Writers in Camden: Jive Poetic

March 12, 2025 at 6:00 pm-7:00 pm –       Acclaimed author Jive Poetic will read from his work. Jive Poetic is a writer, organizer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He received his BA in Media Studies from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and his MFA in Writing and Activism from Pratt Institute. In 2017 Jive was […]

In Conversation Series: Shefali Luthra

April 3, 2025 at 12:45 pm-1:45 pm – In conversation with Gender Studies, and the Department of Political Science, the Writers House welcomes Shefali Luthra, who will read from and discuss her book, Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America. Tiffany was 16 and wanted an abortion, but she lived in Texas in 2022, and the state’s six-week ban and parental […]

Outside the Wire: Writing Grief – In-person Workshop

April 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm-4:00 pm – ABOUT THE FACILITATORS Warriors Writers is a veterans focused arts nonprofit that fosters artistic exploration and expression through casual, welcoming writing workshops, designed for people of all writing and art experience and exposure. By reflecting and creating in a comfortable space, we encourage and support healing and community building. ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP Facilitated by experienced […]

MFA Org Presents: Local & Visiting Writers Series with August Thompson

April 8, 2025 at 12:45 pm-1:45 pm – In addition to a short reading, August Thompson will present a craft talk, “Step by step: from drafting to editing to revising to submitting.” In this craft survey, we’ll discuss how to draft, finish, revise, revise again, query agents and go on submission for your novel, short story collection, nonfiction manuscript, or poetry collection. We’ll […]

Outside the Wire: Literary Exhibit Reading & Open Mic

April 17, 2025 at 6:00 pm-7:00 pm – Outside the Wire is a multi-format humanities project that highlights the narratives and experiences of American veterans throughout the country’s history of conflict. This year, we have explored the diverse ways veterans, active duty service members, and their families have responded to and been impacted by grief. At this event, we’ll have a reading from […]

Writers in Camden: Andrea Lawlor

April 21, 2025 at 6:00 pm-7:15 pm –       Acclaimed author Andrea Lawlor will read from their work in Rutgers-Camden’s Fine Arts Building (314 Linden St., Camden, NJ, 08102), Room 110. Andrea Lawlor is the author of a chapbook, Position Papers (Factory Hollow Press, 2016), and a novel, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl (Rescue Press, 2017; Vintage, 2019; […]