Through generative writing exercises, students will create dialogue, set scenes, and write stage directions. With prompts, individual participants will create short solo monologues, and the group will also devise scenes collaboratively based on a short play reading.Laura-Jean Schwartau is a member of Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA. As a director, actor, and choreographer, LJ has worked in […]
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, 93 Main Street, New Paltz, New York 12561. We anticipate a wonderful celebration of the written word with our esteemed, nationally known poets.The featured readers […]
Writers in the Mountains (WIM) presents The Amherst Method, a generative writing workshop with poet Sharon Israel, the last Friday of the month from 3 to 5 pm at Roxbury Library, 53742 State Hwy 30, Roxbury, NY. The next session will be held on April 26. Advance registration is recommended. Bring a notebook and pen.Never written before? […]
Join the Poetry Caravan of Columbia County and your neighbors and friends at the Chatham Public Library for an open-mic style poetry event. Bring your favorite poems – yours or someone else’s – to share with the group. Or, just come to listen and enjoy poetry! Light refreshments will be served.This event is free and […]
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 authors, they have also helped to enlarge the map of world literature. Her magical new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories (April 2024), explores what […]
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 authors, they have also helped to enlarge the map of world literature. Her magical new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories (April 2024), explores what happens to […]
Tom Corrado will discuss making a poem by reading and talking about poems by John Ashbery, Louise Gluck, Frank O’Hara, and Mary Oliver.
Local poet Alan Casline will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.Alan Casline is an American poet, editor, and small press publisher. He was born in Fort Johnson, New York in 1951 and attended St. Lawrence University and SUNY-Albany. As […]
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, a scientist who worked on the Hubble Space Telescope. Her memoir, Ordinary Light, was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction.Smith served as […]
From Julia Alvarez to William Wordsworth, poets have often evoked a sense of place in their work. A poem of place may be about your present home in this present time, or it may look to the past or the future. It may be set where you once lived, somewhere you’ve visited, or anywhere you […]
Sometimes the muse is just waiting for you to write, and sometimes there’s a blank computer screen or notepad staring back at you. That’s where writing prompts can help. At the next meeting of the Upper Hudson Chapter of Sisters in Crime, held at the East Greenbush Community Library and online, author and instructor Ellen […]
Come join us for an afternoon of captivating poetry with the talented Carol Durant and friends at Eden Cafe.Get ready to be swept away by words as our local poets share their unique perspectives on life, love, and everything in between. Whether you’re a seasoned poetry enthusiast or just looking for a fun afternoon out, this […]
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.
