NYWW @ NYPL
This April, in celebration of National Poetry Month, New York Public Library is hosting forty (40) online poetry workshops, ten in Spanish, two in Chinese, and all FREE led by an international roster of poet-instructors of New York Writers Workshop.
These workshops are open to everyone, regardless of writing level, and to all in New York and beyond – even outside the United States! Check out the workshop details here and register today. |
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At NYPL Edenwald Library
NYWW @ NYPL
This November, in celebration of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), New York Public Library is hosting five (5) 4-session FREE online workshops by New York Writers Workshop.
These workshops are open to everyone, regardless of writing level, and to all in New York and beyond – even outside the United States! Check out the workshop details below and register today.
These workshops are open to everyone, regardless of writing level, and to all in New York and beyond – even outside the United States! Check out the workshop details below and register today.
At NYPL Edenwald Library
New York Writer's Workshop Presents:
Allowing Character to Drive Narrative with Christina Chiu
It’s hard to trust others to do the work, especially when she’s a character in your mind. But strong narrative is built on strong character; someone deeply realized, and while not necessarily “likeable” to all, has a resonant experience, which however unique, is universal. In this workshop we will explore the complexities of character and how to build trust in yourself to write that character.
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Christina Chiu is the winner of the James Alan McPherson Award for her novel Beauty. She is also author of Troublemaker and Other Saints, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Troublemaker was a nominee for a BOMC Stephen Crane First Fiction Award, and winner of the Asian American Literary Award. Chiu has published in Tin House, The New Guard, Washington Square, The MacGuffin, Charlie Chan is Dead 2, Not the Only One, Washington Square, and has won literary prizes from Playboy, New Stone Circle, El Dorado Writers’ Guild, World Wide Writers. Chiu hosts the virtual Let’s Talk Books Author Series and curates and co-hosts the Pen Parentis Literary Salon in NYC. She is a founding member of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and member of the New York Writers Workshop. Christina is also a shoe designer. She received her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University.
Schedule:
Session 1: Nov. 9 (Monday) -11:00-12:00 Noon
Session 2: Nov. 18 (Wednesday) - 11:00-12:00 Noon
(No session during Thanksgiving week)
Session 3: Dec. 2 (Wednesday) - 11:00-12:00 Noon
Session 4: Dec. 9 (Wednesday) - 11:00-12:00 Noon
Important: Please plan to attend all four sessions.
To register, click here: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2020/11/09/writing-workshop-fiction-writing-christina-chiu
Session 1: Nov. 9 (Monday) -11:00-12:00 Noon
Session 2: Nov. 18 (Wednesday) - 11:00-12:00 Noon
(No session during Thanksgiving week)
Session 3: Dec. 2 (Wednesday) - 11:00-12:00 Noon
Session 4: Dec. 9 (Wednesday) - 11:00-12:00 Noon
Important: Please plan to attend all four sessions.
To register, click here: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2020/11/09/writing-workshop-fiction-writing-christina-chiu
New York Writers Workshop Presents:
Finding the Heart of Your Story with Laura Geringer Bass
At NYPL Kips Bay Library
In this workshop, we will explore the art of writing your own stories. Each week, the group will be offered several timed prompts as jumping off points to writing brief pieces in class. Volunteers will read their work aloud to share with their fellow writers. In addition, we will read and discuss short excerpts from a diverse selection of story collections. These will be examples of triumphs of craft and technique: point of view, setting, use of the five senses, dialogue, etc. We will not critique one another’s work. The goal is to inspire and encourage participants, with the help of open-ended prompts, to search memory, dream and their own pool of ideas and to discover, in that process, the freedom and focus to write their own original stories.
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Laura Geringer Bass has taught the “Finding the Heart of Your Story” writing workshop at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, at Stonybrook University in Southampton, at the East Harlem School,NYC at Girls Write Now, NYC, at Foster Pride, NYC and in cooperation with First Book and An Open Book Foundation, Washington D.C. among other organizations and schools nationwide. She is the author of THE GIRL WITH MORE THAN ONE HEART (Abrams, 2018) and over twenty books for young people. For many years, she was the publisher of an award-winning literary imprint, Laura Geringer Books at HarperCollins. She is a member of New York Writers Workshop and serves on the board of First Book, a non-profit social enterprise that has distributed over 180 million books to children in need. You may find more information about LGB at www.laurageringerbass.com
Schedule:
Session 1: Nov. 9 (Monday) - 3:00-4:00 pm
Session 2: Nov. 16 (Monday) - 3:00-4:00 pm
Session 3: Nov. 23 (Monday) - 3:00-4:00 pm
Session 4: Nov. 30 (Monday) - 3:00-4:00 pm
Important: Please plan to attend all four sessions.
To register, click here: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2020/11/09/clone-writing-workshop-fiction-writing-laura-geringer-bass
Session 1: Nov. 9 (Monday) - 3:00-4:00 pm
Session 2: Nov. 16 (Monday) - 3:00-4:00 pm
Session 3: Nov. 23 (Monday) - 3:00-4:00 pm
Session 4: Nov. 30 (Monday) - 3:00-4:00 pm
Important: Please plan to attend all four sessions.
To register, click here: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2020/11/09/clone-writing-workshop-fiction-writing-laura-geringer-bass
New York Writers Workshop Presents:
Stories Times Two: A Workshop in Narrative Prose with Tim Tomlinson
At NYPL Soundview Library
There are no rules for storytelling, only guidelines. The guidelines define the conventions that writers often follow. These include plot development, character motivation, and causality. But many stories, contemporary and past, work outside, around, or under the guidelines—they do things differently. Each session of Stories Times Two considers both kinds: a story that embodies the conventions, and one that presents alternatives. Participants will do exercises based on those stories, and we’ll discuss the results. Writers under consideration include some of the following: Nicole Krauss, Joy Castro, Raymond Carver, Carmen Maria Machado, Kate Zambreno, Gary Lutz, Deborah Levy, Alice Walker, Lydia Davis, Ottessa Moshfegh.
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Tim Tomlinson is the author of Requiem for the Tree Fort I Set on Fire (poetry) and This Is Not Happening to You (short fiction). His chapbook Yolanda: An Oral History in Verse, chronicles the impact of the climate change catastrophe, super-typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), on Tacloban, in Leyte, the Philippines. Recent work appears in About Place Journal, CHILLFiltr Review, Columbia Journal, The Good Life Review, Passengers Journal, Text (Australia), Poet Sounds: An Anthology Inspired by the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, and A Feast of Narrative: Stories by Italian-American Writers. He is a co-author of New York Writers Workshop’s craftbook The Portable MFA in Creative Writing, currently in use on four continents. He’s a co-founder of New York Writers Workshop, and a professor in NYU’s Global Liberal Studies. Visit Tim at timtomlinson.org.
Schedule:
Session 1: Nov. 9 (Monday) - 3:30-4:30 pm.
Session 2: Nov. 18 (Wednesday) - 3:30-4:30 pm.
(No session during Thanksgiving week)
Session 3: Dec. 2 (Wednesday) - 3:30-4:30 pm.
Session 4: Dec. 9 (Wednesday) - 3:30-4:30 pm.
Important: Please plan to attend all four sessions.
To register, click here: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2020/11/09/writing-workshop-fiction-writing-tim-tomlinson
Session 1: Nov. 9 (Monday) - 3:30-4:30 pm.
Session 2: Nov. 18 (Wednesday) - 3:30-4:30 pm.
(No session during Thanksgiving week)
Session 3: Dec. 2 (Wednesday) - 3:30-4:30 pm.
Session 4: Dec. 9 (Wednesday) - 3:30-4:30 pm.
Important: Please plan to attend all four sessions.
To register, click here: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2020/11/09/writing-workshop-fiction-writing-tim-tomlinson
What are the principles of storytelling that make a great memoir work? In this workshop, we will discuss those principles and put them to work. We will do readings, writing exercises, and meditations, all with the goal of bringing our stories to life on the page. Whether you are writing fiction or creative nonfiction, novels or short stories, memoirs or personal essays, this workshop is designed to help you tap into the experiences you lived through and the people you know, and turn these experiences into stories and these people into characters.
Before each class, you will receive a link to a reading and a series of writing prompts. |
At NYPL Muhlenberg Library
New York Writers Workshop presents:
Principles of Storytelling & Memoir with Laura Zinn Fromm
Laura Zinn Fromm is a journalist, editor, writing coach and the author of Sweet Survival: Tales of Cooking & Coping, published by Greenpoint Press. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University. She is a member of New York Writers Workshop and teaches fiction and creative nonfiction workshops in New York City. She has also taught at Columbia and Montclair State. A former reporter and editor at Business Week magazine, she is a winner of the Clarion Award and the Newspaper Guild’s Page One Award for Labor Reporting. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Bloomberg Business Week and elsewhere. She edited Millburn Short Hills magazine from 2016-2017. She has appeared on CBS, CNBC, and various cable channels, and lives in New York City with her husband and sons.
Schedule:
Session 1: Nov. 12, Thursday - 5:00-6:00 pm
Session 2: Nov. 19, Thursday - 5:00-6:00 pm
(Skip Thanksgiving Day - Nov. 26th)
Session 3: Dec. 3, Thursday - 5:00-6:00 pm
Session 4: Dec. 10, Thursday - 5:00-6:00 pm
Important: Please plan to attend all four sessions.
To register, click here: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2020/11/12/writing-workshop-nonfiction-writing-laura-zinn-fromm
Session 1: Nov. 12, Thursday - 5:00-6:00 pm
Session 2: Nov. 19, Thursday - 5:00-6:00 pm
(Skip Thanksgiving Day - Nov. 26th)
Session 3: Dec. 3, Thursday - 5:00-6:00 pm
Session 4: Dec. 10, Thursday - 5:00-6:00 pm
Important: Please plan to attend all four sessions.
To register, click here: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2020/11/12/writing-workshop-nonfiction-writing-laura-zinn-fromm
How many times have you said to yourself, “You know, I could write a novel?” And how many times have you actually sat down and at least started to put words on paper? If you’re most people, the answer is, well, “no comment.” This workshop will give you all the tools you need to at least begin that Great American Novel you’ve been thinking about so long. We’ll talk about characters, plot, dialogue, structure, plotting, and how to write scenes. By the end of the class, you’ll at least know how to write a novel even if you’re still an A student in procrastination.
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New York Writers Workshop Presents:
How to Write a Novel: Getting Started with Charles Salzberg
At NYPL Tremont Library
Charles Salzberg is a former magazine journalist and nonfiction book writer. His novel Swann's Last Song was nominated for a Shamus Award, as was Second Story Man, winner of the Beverly Hills Book Award. He's the author of Swann Dives In, Swann's Lake of Despair, Swann's Down and Swann's Way Out, as well as Devil in the Hole, named by Suspense magazine as one of the best crime novels of 2013. He has written several novellas, included in the collections, Triple Shot, Three Strikes, and Third Degree. He is a Founding Member of New York Writers Workshop, and on the board of MWA-NY and PrisonWrites.
Schedule:
Session 1: Nov. 12, Thursday - 2:00-3:00 pm
Session 2: Nov. 18, Wednesday- 2:00-3:00 pm
(Skip Thanksgiving week - week of Nov. 23rd)
Session 3: Dec. 2, Wednesday - 2:00-3:00 pm
Session 4: Dec. 9, Wednesday - 2:00-3:00 pm.
Important: Please plan to attend all four sessions.
To register, click here: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2020/11/12/writing-workshop-fiction-writing-charles-salzberg-0
Session 1: Nov. 12, Thursday - 2:00-3:00 pm
Session 2: Nov. 18, Wednesday- 2:00-3:00 pm
(Skip Thanksgiving week - week of Nov. 23rd)
Session 3: Dec. 2, Wednesday - 2:00-3:00 pm
Session 4: Dec. 9, Wednesday - 2:00-3:00 pm.
Important: Please plan to attend all four sessions.
To register, click here: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2020/11/12/writing-workshop-fiction-writing-charles-salzberg-0
NYWW @ NYPL -- Past Workshops
RIGHT HERE (WRITE HERE): A WORKSHOP IN MEMOIR.
The question that confronts—and confounds—the beginning memoirist is: where do I enter this vast morass, my life? This workshop in memoir will provide a number of answers to that question, all of which boil down to one: right here. We’ll look at samples of memoir, both recent and classic, for ideas about entry points, structure, movement, and voice, and we’ll use those samples as springboards for our own work. Over the course of the four sessions, we’ll build self-portraits in prose, and we’ll explore how those portraits connect to and depend three pillars of personal experience: places, times, and other people. Over the course of the four sessions, you’ll enter and re-enter what appeared to be a morass, but now becomes your story.
THIS IS A FOUR SESSION WORKSHOP. PLEASE SIGN UP IF YOU ARE WILLING TO COMMIT TO ALL SESSIONS
Register: NYPL Creative Aging Series—Memoir w/Dr Kaia Niambi Shivers, or call (212) 491-2070
DATES: Four Thursdays—May 2, May 9, May 16, & May 23, 2019
TIME: 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
FOR: Adults 50+
PLACE: NYPL Countee Cullen 104 W 136th St, New York, NY 10030
Kaia Niambi Shivers lives by her lifelong mantra — academia, artistry and activism as a professor in Liberal Studies at New York University. Her research focuses on black representations in media and the African diaspora. Currently, she looks at how Nollywood audiences imagine, construct and perform identity in the urban United States. Before the academy, Shivers worked as a journalist, covering the beat then entertainment and travel. Soon after she freelanced as a writer and blogger on current affairs. Now as a professor, she embarks on making films that fuse her research and journalism background. As well, Shivers is a writer and poet, producing short stories and poems for over two decades, some of them found in anthologies and her book, Bits & Pieces of My Truth. Since 2016, she has been filming a docuseries called, “Orisa in the Ghetto,” a 15-part documentary delving into the experiences of Black folk in the United States, it is a fusion of Afrofuturism, African storytelling, and African diaspora culture. The first part in the series titled, “The Black Divine,” investigates the concept of god and how diasporans (and specifically descendants of enslaved Africans) envisioned themselves as divine. Her second installation explores experiences and ideas around social justice. Last year, Shivers launched Ark Republic, a news media site that uses robust storytelling to explore and cover issues and topics of the day. The site works with about 40 contributors all over the world to produce and create narratives through multi-media.
New York Writers Workshop endeavors to make our classes available to everyone. We offer free workshops and presentations through the New York Public Library branch libraries, the Brooklyn Public Library, and the Queens Public Library. Watch out for our free library workshops in Fall and Winter 2017!
To register for NYPL workshops: http://www.nypl.org
Click "Classes" or search by branch to find a workshop, and follow the instructions of each individual library to register.
To request a workshop at a New York Public Library branch or your local library, please contact us.
Check back frequently for information about upcoming New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library workshops.
THIS IS A FOUR SESSION WORKSHOP. PLEASE SIGN UP IF YOU ARE WILLING TO COMMIT TO ALL SESSIONS
Register: NYPL Creative Aging Series—Memoir w/Dr Kaia Niambi Shivers, or call (212) 491-2070
DATES: Four Thursdays—May 2, May 9, May 16, & May 23, 2019
TIME: 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
FOR: Adults 50+
PLACE: NYPL Countee Cullen 104 W 136th St, New York, NY 10030
Kaia Niambi Shivers lives by her lifelong mantra — academia, artistry and activism as a professor in Liberal Studies at New York University. Her research focuses on black representations in media and the African diaspora. Currently, she looks at how Nollywood audiences imagine, construct and perform identity in the urban United States. Before the academy, Shivers worked as a journalist, covering the beat then entertainment and travel. Soon after she freelanced as a writer and blogger on current affairs. Now as a professor, she embarks on making films that fuse her research and journalism background. As well, Shivers is a writer and poet, producing short stories and poems for over two decades, some of them found in anthologies and her book, Bits & Pieces of My Truth. Since 2016, she has been filming a docuseries called, “Orisa in the Ghetto,” a 15-part documentary delving into the experiences of Black folk in the United States, it is a fusion of Afrofuturism, African storytelling, and African diaspora culture. The first part in the series titled, “The Black Divine,” investigates the concept of god and how diasporans (and specifically descendants of enslaved Africans) envisioned themselves as divine. Her second installation explores experiences and ideas around social justice. Last year, Shivers launched Ark Republic, a news media site that uses robust storytelling to explore and cover issues and topics of the day. The site works with about 40 contributors all over the world to produce and create narratives through multi-media.
New York Writers Workshop endeavors to make our classes available to everyone. We offer free workshops and presentations through the New York Public Library branch libraries, the Brooklyn Public Library, and the Queens Public Library. Watch out for our free library workshops in Fall and Winter 2017!
To register for NYPL workshops: http://www.nypl.org
Click "Classes" or search by branch to find a workshop, and follow the instructions of each individual library to register.
To request a workshop at a New York Public Library branch or your local library, please contact us.
Check back frequently for information about upcoming New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library workshops.
TELLING YOUR STORY: A THREE SESSION WORKSHOP
Saturday, October 8, 2016, 3 p.m.
Saturday, October 15, 2016, 3 p.m.
Saturday, October 22, 2016, 3 p.m.
PROGRAM LOCATION: Jefferson Market Library, First Floor
How to register: Online
Telling Your Story is a workshop series focused on, but not limited to, writing from personal experience in fiction and non-fiction prose forms, and poetry. Generally, sessions include discussion of samples of published work, followed by in-session writing exercises, then sensitive critiques of the work produced. It is not necessary to attend all three sessions—each session stands alone. However, the final meeting may consider work that participants have developed over the three sessions. Optional reading and writing assignments might be suggested for the times between sessions. By the end of the sequence, participants who've attended all three sessions will have generated drafts of at least one new poem, and two new pieces of autobiographical prose.
Saturdays, October 8, 15, 22
3 pm to 4:30 pm
Session I—Instructor: Laura Bass (October 8): This session focuses on how to hook your reader from the very first sentence and, in the process, discover the heart of your story. Works may range from novels and novellas for a general reading audience including teens and preteens to short stories, flash fiction, graphic novels and picture book texts.
Session II—Instructor: Tim Tomlinson (October 15): This session addresses the personal poem. Participants will mine personal experience and use the autobiographical to create drafts of two poems. Tim will discuss process and outcomes, and he’ll address the relationship between personal poem and personal prose. Published work will serve as examples.
Session III—Instructor: Loren Kleinman (October 22): Loren Kleinman’s session will come at personal work through Creative Non-Fiction/Memoir. Prompts will derive from her acclaimed workshops, Writing to Heal, and Writing the Self.
Whether you attend one session or all please register online. Thank you! Registration opens Saturday, September 24.
All events and courses are free and open to the public. Presented in the 1st floor Willa Cather Community Room.
ShowRegister Now for: Telling Your Story: A Three Session Workshop
Saturday, October 15, 2016, 3 p.m.
Saturday, October 22, 2016, 3 p.m.
PROGRAM LOCATION: Jefferson Market Library, First Floor
How to register: Online
Telling Your Story is a workshop series focused on, but not limited to, writing from personal experience in fiction and non-fiction prose forms, and poetry. Generally, sessions include discussion of samples of published work, followed by in-session writing exercises, then sensitive critiques of the work produced. It is not necessary to attend all three sessions—each session stands alone. However, the final meeting may consider work that participants have developed over the three sessions. Optional reading and writing assignments might be suggested for the times between sessions. By the end of the sequence, participants who've attended all three sessions will have generated drafts of at least one new poem, and two new pieces of autobiographical prose.
Saturdays, October 8, 15, 22
3 pm to 4:30 pm
Session I—Instructor: Laura Bass (October 8): This session focuses on how to hook your reader from the very first sentence and, in the process, discover the heart of your story. Works may range from novels and novellas for a general reading audience including teens and preteens to short stories, flash fiction, graphic novels and picture book texts.
Session II—Instructor: Tim Tomlinson (October 15): This session addresses the personal poem. Participants will mine personal experience and use the autobiographical to create drafts of two poems. Tim will discuss process and outcomes, and he’ll address the relationship between personal poem and personal prose. Published work will serve as examples.
Session III—Instructor: Loren Kleinman (October 22): Loren Kleinman’s session will come at personal work through Creative Non-Fiction/Memoir. Prompts will derive from her acclaimed workshops, Writing to Heal, and Writing the Self.
Whether you attend one session or all please register online. Thank you! Registration opens Saturday, September 24.
All events and courses are free and open to the public. Presented in the 1st floor Willa Cather Community Room.
ShowRegister Now for: Telling Your Story: A Three Session Workshop
Wednesday, July 13, 2016, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Jefferson Market Library, First Floor
Online Registration opens Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 10:00am
Telling Your Story: A Series of Workshops in Poetry and Prose, featuring instructors from New York Writers Workshop.
Telling Your Story is a workshop series focused on, but not limited to, writing from personal experience in fiction and non-fiction prose forms, and poetry. In Tim Tomlinson’s July sessions, the first workshop will focus on possibilities of autobiography in poetry. The latter two will focus on autobiography in prose. Each session will begin with a sample or two of published work, followed by an in-session writing exercise, then discussion of the work produced. It is not necessary to attend all three sessions—each session stands alone. But the final meeting may consider work that participants have developed over the three sessions. Tim will offer optional reading and writing assignments for the times between sessions. By the series conclusion, participants who've attended all three sessions will have generated drafts of at least one new poem, and two new pieces of autobiographical prose.
Tim Tomlinson is a co-founder of New York Writers Workshop and co-author of its popular text, The Portable MFA in Creative Writing. He is also the author of the chapbook,Yolanda: An Oral History in Verse (Finishing Line Press), and the forthcoming collection, Requiem for the Tree Fort I Set on Fire (Winter Goose). His poems, stories, and essays have been published in China (United Verses and Anthill), the Philippines (Esquire, Tomas, Silliman Journal, and in the Anvil Press anthology Fast Food Fiction), and the U.S. in numerous venues, including Blue Lyra Review, Caribbean Vistas, Soundings Review, the anthology Long Island Noir (Akashic Books), and most recently inSoftblow, Lime Hawk, and Mulberry Fork Review. He is a member of Asia Pacific Writers & Translators. He teaches in the Global Liberal Studies Program at New York University.
New York Writers Workshop is an alliance of experienced, professional writers of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, plays and screenplays who live and teach in New York City. It is a non-profit organization whose mission is to serve a growing community of aspiring writers with workshops that teach craft, foster creativity, and enable writers, no matter their background or experience, to achieve their full writing potential.
Register online starting June 29! Presented in the 1st floor Willa Cather Community Room.
All events are free and open to the public.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Jefferson Market Library, First Floor
Online Registration opens Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 10:00am
Telling Your Story: A Series of Workshops in Poetry and Prose, featuring instructors from New York Writers Workshop.
Telling Your Story is a workshop series focused on, but not limited to, writing from personal experience in fiction and non-fiction prose forms, and poetry. In Tim Tomlinson’s July sessions, the first workshop will focus on possibilities of autobiography in poetry. The latter two will focus on autobiography in prose. Each session will begin with a sample or two of published work, followed by an in-session writing exercise, then discussion of the work produced. It is not necessary to attend all three sessions—each session stands alone. But the final meeting may consider work that participants have developed over the three sessions. Tim will offer optional reading and writing assignments for the times between sessions. By the series conclusion, participants who've attended all three sessions will have generated drafts of at least one new poem, and two new pieces of autobiographical prose.
Tim Tomlinson is a co-founder of New York Writers Workshop and co-author of its popular text, The Portable MFA in Creative Writing. He is also the author of the chapbook,Yolanda: An Oral History in Verse (Finishing Line Press), and the forthcoming collection, Requiem for the Tree Fort I Set on Fire (Winter Goose). His poems, stories, and essays have been published in China (United Verses and Anthill), the Philippines (Esquire, Tomas, Silliman Journal, and in the Anvil Press anthology Fast Food Fiction), and the U.S. in numerous venues, including Blue Lyra Review, Caribbean Vistas, Soundings Review, the anthology Long Island Noir (Akashic Books), and most recently inSoftblow, Lime Hawk, and Mulberry Fork Review. He is a member of Asia Pacific Writers & Translators. He teaches in the Global Liberal Studies Program at New York University.
New York Writers Workshop is an alliance of experienced, professional writers of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, plays and screenplays who live and teach in New York City. It is a non-profit organization whose mission is to serve a growing community of aspiring writers with workshops that teach craft, foster creativity, and enable writers, no matter their background or experience, to achieve their full writing potential.
Register online starting June 29! Presented in the 1st floor Willa Cather Community Room.
All events are free and open to the public.
TELLING YOUR STORY: A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS IN POETRY AND PROSE
New York Writers Workshop presents: Creating Graphic Novels with Alissa Torres
Tuesday, June 14, 7:00-8:30 pm. New York Writers Workshop presents: Creating Graphic Novels withAlissa Torres Explore the powerful genre of the graphic novel. Please bring a notebook (preferably unlined), and pens or pencils with erasers. Alissa Torres is the author of AMERICAN WIDOW (art by Sungyoon Choi), a graphic novel memoir, about her experiences as a 9/11 widow and new mother. She has written many personal essays and articles for publications including salon.com. Her book was listed as a New York Times Editors’ Choice and was an award finalist for the 2008 Books for a Better Life - First Books Category. She has served as judge for Random House Foundation, Inc. Creative Writing Competition and is a non-practicing attorney and with an M.A/ABD in Comparative Literature from New York University and a B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan. Alissa is a member of New York Writers Workshop.
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WRITING WORKSHOPS @ MID-MANHATTAN LIBRARY
Tuesday, June 14, 7:00-8:30 pm. New York Writers Workshop presents: Creating Graphic Novels with Alissa Torres
Explore the powerful genre of the graphic novel. Please bring a notebook (preferably unlined), and pens or pencils with erasers. Alissa Torres is the author of AMERICAN WIDOW (art by Sungyoon Choi), a graphic novel memoir, about her experiences as a 9/11 widow and new mother. She has written many personal essays and articles for publications including salon.com. Her book was listed as a New York Times Editors’ Choice and was an award finalist for the 2008 Books for a Better Life - First Books Category. She has served as judge for Random House Foundation, Inc. Creative Writing Competition and is a non-practicing attorney and with an M.A/ABD in Comparative Literature from New York University and a B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan. Alissa is a member of New York Writers Workshop. |
Tuesday, June 21, 7:00-8:30 pm. New York Writers Workshop presents: How to Create a Compelling Character with Susan Breen
Everything you want to know about writing, just about, begins with creating a character who intrigues people. So how do you go about doing that? Susan Breen's new mystery, Maggie Dove, will be published by Random House Alibi in June 2016. Her stories have been published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Best American NonRequired Reading and her debut novel, The Fiction Class, was published by Penguin.She is a member of New York Writers Workshop. |
How to Create a Compelling Character with Susan Breen
From the Page to the Stage with Lisa L. Kirchner
Tuesday, June 28, 7:00-8:30 pm. New York Writers Workshop presents: From the Page to the Stage with Lisa L. Kirchner
Learn how to transform your writing for oral presentations. Whether you've got a speech to give, a case to make or want to tell your stories to live audiences, this class will help you understand the differences between the written and spoken word. You'll come away with tips and tricks for making your story memorable. Lisa L. Kirchner is the author of the critically-acclaimed Hello American Lady Creature: What I Learned as a Woman in Qatar (Greenpoint Press). She is a member of the New York Writers Workshop and the Florida Literary Arts Commission. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Budget Travel, Salon.com, and xoJane among numerous other outlets. In her past life she ran international marketing and PR campaigns for The Andy Warhol Museum, Ketchum and the Tribeca Film Festival. Her approach to working with clients includes general wellness, a healthy dose of humor and an insistence on movement. Her yoga has been featured on FOX News, BBC Radio, and DNAinfo, and Yahoo!Shine. |