July 9, 2025 at 6:00 pm-7:00 pm – ABOUT THE WORKSHOP In times of collective upheaval, why write intimate personal stories? This workshop will explore memoir writing as a political act – one that can ground us in authentic truth, encourage essential inquiry, and foster deeper connection to issues that matter. Together, we’ll consider brief readings of contemporary work through the lens of […]
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Cooper Street Workshop: Ordinary Moments – Writing Flash Nonfiction
July 23, 2025 at 12:00 pm-1:00 pm – ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Ordinary moments are the ones that make up most of our lives, yet we don’t always feel they’re worthy of writing about. In short pieces of nonfiction known as flash, writers can zoom in on little moments and make meaning of them within 750 words. A morning making pancakes, the receipt of […]
Cooper Street Workshop: Using Mindful Self-Compassion to Empower Your Writing
August 6, 2025 at 6:00 pm-7:00 pm – ABOUT THE WORKSHOP This workshop, led by a trained mindful self-compassion (MSC) teacher, will focus on using gentle attention to cultivate a writing practice that feeds you. For writers to conjure distinctive worlds, it helps to turn the lens of awareness on the textures of daily life and our internal landscapes. MSC can help us […]
The Nick Virgilio Haiku Association’s Midnight Notes at Rutgers University-Camden Writers House
August 12, 2025 at 7:00 pm-9:00 pm – As part of the Year of the Arts at Rutgers-Camden, the Writers House is teaming up with the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association to host several of NVHA’s beloved Midnight Notes workshops on Rutgers-Camden’s campus! Write with local poets in a low-pressure environment on August 12 from 7-9pm at the Rutgers-Camden Writers House. Our host is […]
Writers in Camden (10th Anniversary Programming) – Lauren Grodstein & Tom McAllister
September 18, 2025 at 7:00 pm-8:30 pm – Acclaimed authors and MFA professors Lauren Grodstein and Tom McAllister will read from their work in Rutgers-Camden’s Campus Center Multipurpose Room. Lauren Grodstein is the author of six novels, including A Dog in Georgia, the Read with Jenna selection We Must Not Think of Ourselves, New York Times bestseller A Friend of the Family and the Washington Post Book of the Year The Explanation […]
Rutgers-Camden MFA Presents: A Night of Poetry and Prose
September 24, 2025 at 7:00 pm-9:00 pm – The second-year students in the MFA program will read selections of their work at Tattooed Mom, 530 South Street, Philadelphia, PA. Doors at 6pm, reading at 7pm. No cover.