With support from an Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Advocacy (IDEA) Innovation Grant, and in conversation with the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, the Writers House welcomes writer and MFA alum Susan Muaddi Darraj for a reading and Q&A moderated by ISGRJ Postdoctoral Fellow andie millares. Susan will be reading from and discussing her … Continue reading Be “In Conversation” with Writer and Alumna Susan Muaddi Darraj on April 18…
Writer Ruben Quesada will lead the following workshop, presented by the MFA Org: Crafting Prose Poetry: Tools, Techniques, and Prompts for Creative Expression This session explores the art of prose poetry, focusing on the various literary tools and techniques that poets and writers can employ in their craft. Through an examination of influential works, rhetorical techniques, and more, participants are guided … Continue reading Writer Ruben Quesada to Present “Crafting Prose Poetry” on April 11…
Join the Writers House on Wednesday, March 28, for the next installment of the Writers in Camden Series, featuring Rutgers–Camden MFA Faculty Lauren Grodstein and Gregory Pardlo, who will read from their work. Lauren Grodstein is the author of five novels, including the New York Times bestseller A Friend of the Family and the Washington Post Book of the Year The Explanation … Continue reading Writers in Camden Series Welcomes Lauren Grodstein and Gregory Pardlo on Mar. 28…
Join the Writers House on Wednesday, March 6, for the annual panel discussion featuring agents and editors, who will shed light on how a book goes from manuscript to bookstore shelves. This event will be held on Zoom. Registration is required. $10 General, free for Camden residents & Rutgers–Camden students. ABOUT THE PANELISTS Audrey Crooks is a … Continue reading Writers House Presents the Publishers’ Panel on March 6…
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) will host Dr. Sara J. Grossman of Bryn Mawr College on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, for a book talk and workshop. Dr. Grossman, author of Immeasurable Weather, will discuss “The Data of Climate Crisis,” at 11:20 a.m. in the Robeson Library (lunch will be provided). At 1 p.m., Dr. … Continue reading MARCH Welcomes Dr. Sara J. Grossman on Feb. 28…
This spring, the Writers House will sponsor multiple one-day and multi-day Cooper Street Writing Workshops: “Getting Published,” taught by Jackie Domenus Saturday, March 23, from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. The Writers House, 305 Cooper Street $60 general/$10 for Camden residents and Rutgers–Camden students CANCELED UNTIL FALL “Writing About Your Immigrant Experience,” taught by Vesna … Continue reading Spring 2024 Cooper Street Writing Workshops Open for Registration…
The MFA Organization will host their Local and Visiting Writers Series on Friday, February 23, hosting writer, editor, and teacher Jenzo DuQue. He will present, “Sustaining Creative Practice.” Drawing from Peter Elbow’s Writing With Power and Felicia Rose Chavez’s The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop, this lecture will focus on the process of writing, rather than the products. By learning how to embrace … Continue reading MFA Organization to Host Writer Jenzo DuQue on Feb. 23…
Please come celebrate the launch of Associate Professor of Creative Writing Gregory Pardlo’s latest poetry collection, Spectral Evidence. Professor Pardlo will be in conversation with MacArthur Fellow and National Book Award winner Imani Perry at the New York Public Library, Main Branch 42nd St. & 5th Ave January 30, 2024 from 6:00pm-7:00pm The conversation will be … Continue reading Gregory Pardlo Launches “Spectral Evidence” on Jan. 30…
The Writers House will host the first Writers in Camden event of the Spring 2024 semester on Monday, January 29, 2024. Rutgers–Camden MFA alumni Isaac Blum and Anise Vance will read from their work. Isaac Blum (he/him) is an author and educator. His debut novel, The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen, won the William … Continue reading Writers in Camden Series Welcomes Alumni Isaac Blum and Anise Vance on Jan. 29…
In conversation with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice and the Department of Visual, Media, and Performing Arts, the Writers House welcomes photographer Harvey Finkle. Harvey will be in conversation with Dr. Joanie Mazelis and will be spotlighting his book Readers, which uses photography to engage with the issue of book banning. For nearly five … Continue reading Join the Writers House on Jan. 22 for “In Conversation with Harvey Finkle”…
