Lesley MFA Winter 2023 Reading Series
When:
Friday, Jan 06, 2023 5:00p -
Saturday, Jan 14, 2023 7:00p
Friday, Jan 06, 2023 5:00p -
Saturday, Jan 14, 2023 7:00p
Where:
Lesley University Amphitheater, University Hall
1815 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, Lectures & Conferences, University, Virtual
Event website:
https://lesley.edu/winter-readings
Lesley University welcomes public to campus, Jan. 6-14
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Lesley University’s Winter Reading Series will bring acclaimed and award-winning authors to campus from January 6-14. All readings will be held at University Hall, 1815 Massachusetts Ave, 2-150, Cambridge, and are free and open to the public. They will also be accessible via Zoom.
Deaf, genderqueer poet Meg Day will headline the series with a reading on Jan. 7 at 6:30 pm. Day, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University, is the author of “Last Psalm at Sea Level,” winner of the Publishing Triangle’s Audre Lorde Award and a past recipient of the NEA Fellowship in Poetry. Day’s writing can be found or is forthcoming in Best American Poetry, The New York Times, Poetry Magazine, among others.
The line-up of writers will read from their work in nonfiction, poetry, fiction, writing for stage and screen and writing for young people. Best-selling young adult authors Jason Reynolds and Sara Farizan along with graphic novelist John Rozum and memoirist Janet Pocorobba will read from their work, and the series culminates with sessions from graduating MFA students.
The public is also invited to panels on crafting picture books and writing for young people.
Find the full lineup with Zoom links at lesley.edu/winter-readings.
Faculty and visiting writer books will be available for sale after each reading.
Friday, January 6, 5 pm
- Erin Belieu, poetry
- Jason Reynolds, writing for young people
Saturday, January 7, 6:30 pm
- Meg Day, All Lesley Reads visiting writer
Sunday, January 8, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
10:30-11:30 | Crafting Picture Books with Heart. Join visiting writer Anika Aldamuy Denise, author of the "Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez."
11:30-12:30 | Writing for Young People Panel: What It Means to Write Meaningful Stories. Tracey Baptiste, Anika Aldamuy Denise, David Elliott, and Cynthia Platt share their experiences. Moderated by Michelle Knudsen.
Sunday, January 8, 6:30 pm
- Ellen Lewis, writing for stage and screen
- John Rozum, graphic novel and comics
Monday, January 9, 6:30 pm
- Cynthia Platt, writing for young people
- Cindy House, nonfiction
Wednesday, January 11, 6:30 pm
- Sara Farizan, writing for young people
- Doug Bauer, fiction, visiting writer
Thursday, January 12, 6:30 pm
- Graduating student readings: Sari Boren (writing for stage and screen), Erin McGinley (writing for stage and screen), Katie DeBonville (nonfiction), Melinda Farris (fiction), Amy Mevorach (nonfiction), Kent Neal (poetry), and Ashley Soden (fiction)
Friday, January 13, 6:30 pm
- Graduating student readings: Erin Doppes (writing for young people), Jeanne Foley (nonfiction), Staci Halt (poetry), Adria Karlsson (writing for young people), Veronica Reilly-Granich (fiction), L. Scully (nonfiction), and Erin Thomas (fiction)
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