Join us for a conversation about the Black history of the Adirondack Mountains with legendary civil rights activist Alice Green and historian Amy Godine.Alice Green is the author of a […]
Lydia Davis, one of the most accomplished writers of our time, presents Our Strangers: Stories (2023), her new collection addressing topics ranging from marriage to tiny insects.The New Yorker called […]
A Galère of Poetic Autopsies is held on the first Thursday of each month at Hudson’s historic Park Theater. Expect the unexpected as poets, writers, and other creatives from the […]
Alice McDermott, one of the leading novelists of her generation, is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Absolution (2023), about the lives of American women on the margins […]
Join us for the 6th program of our 10th season at Next Year’s Words, a New Paltz Literary Forum, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at 7:30 at Elting Memorial Library, […]
Julia Alvarez is one of America’s most acclaimed and best-loved fiction writers and poets. Her novels about the Dominican and Dominican-American experiences have not only inspired new generations of Latinx […]
Julia Alvarez is one of America’s most acclaimed and best-loved fiction writers and poets. Her novels about the Dominican and Dominican-American experiences have not only inspired new generations of Latinx […]
Tracy K. Smith is an award-winning poet, memoirist, editor, translator, and opera librettist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for her 2011 poetry collection, Life on Mars, an elegy for her father, […]
Expect the unexpected as poets, writers, and other creatives from the Hudson area and beyond reveal the inspiration and shadows behind their work.Featuring Slink G Moss, Alyson Pou, and Mary […]
Next Year’s Words, founded and hosted by Susan Chute, is a reading forum in New Paltz for creative writing in local communities. We aim to mix young and seasoned voices, […]
STREAM is “Saint Rocco’s Electronic Art and Music” salon — a platform for sound poetry, moving image visual poetry, and electronic music that engages with language.Performances by Federico Balducci, Elizabeth […]
Featured readers: Jill Dearman, Bobby Miller, and barb morrison.“A Galère of Poetic Autopsies” is a monthly series at Hudson’s historic Park Theater on the first Thursday of each month (except […]
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
