Reuben Jackson to Read and Present a Writing Prompt for the Alexandria Library (virtual)

From the Alexandria Library’s website:

Writing for My Life: Maryland Poet Laureate Grace Cavalieri Reads for Alexandria Library (virtual)

From Alexandria Library’s website:

Katherine E. Young / Reston Readings (virtual event)

Join Katherine E. Young for an intimate reading from her newest collection of poetry, Woman Drinking Absinthe. Katherine will be joined by poets Elaine Chiew and Curtis Smith.

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Write with Reuben

From YWP:

“Join poet and YWP mentor Reuben Jackson for a fun online writing session on Wednesday, May 26 at 6:30 p.m. EDT! Sign up for your Zoom invitation here! We’ll talk, write, share about what we’ve learned over this strange past year. For example, Reuben says, “I learned that as a flutist, I make a good reference librarian.” Sign up and we’ll see you there!”

Richard Peabody Reads at the Alexandria Library (virtual event)

Katherine E. Young / Readings on the Pike (virtual event)

Katherine E. Young will read as part of the much-lauded Readings on the Pike series.

More info here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/139782311403554

Katherine E. Young / Globus Book Store Reading and Discussion of Look at Him by Anna Starobinets (virtual event)

Join Katherine E. Young along with Jane Bugaeva, Muireann Maguire, Jamie Rann, and Svetlana Satchkova, and Zarina Zabrisky, for a discussion of Look at Him by Anna Starobinets (translated into English by Katherine E. Young).

https://www.globusbooks.com/events.php

This event will stream on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCogNzhgTorWuUGb0MWIUg0w/videos

David Downie in Conversation with Don George (virtual event)

David Downie reads from his new novel, Red Riviera. Throughout, travel writer Don George talks with David about the book and his writing process. Presented by Left Coast Writers.

https://www.bookpassage.com/event/david-downie-don-george-red-riviera-online-event

@3pm ET

1455 festival features Rose Solari, Katherine E. Young, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, and Saida Agostini (virtual event)

Catch a full host of ASP authors and friends at the 1455 Festival. Register here: https://web.cvent.com/event/09e46134-4022-438e-9297-72ee3f323a1d/summary

July 16th @10:30am Katherine E. Young Unspoken: New Writing on Losing a Child

Although nearly one-quarter of all pregnancies result in the loss of a child, pregnancy loss has traditionally been considered a “women’s issue” and remains largely unexplored in contemporary literature. Infertility, miscarriage, postpartum depression, and the grief associated with losing a child are themes that have also largely been neglected in literary works, both here in the U.S. and abroad. The four authors whose work features in this panel employ poetry, journalism, essay, and the prose memoir to reclaim and foreground this central human experience not just for women, but for their partners, spouses, families, communities, and societies in the U.S., Germany, and Russia.

July 16th @ 12pm Hannah Grieco Creative Nonfiction Editor Panel

What makes a work of creative nonfiction compelling and unforgettable? What’s the difference between literary nonfiction and the essays you see in freelance publications? What are nonfiction editors looking for in their literary submissions? Learn what editors want to read, what makes a piece stand out from the slush, and what mistakes writers often make when submitting their true stories to literary journals.

July 16th @ 1pm Saida Agostini In Praise of Grandmothers: Poems in Dialogue with Our Elders

We come together to honor inscribing inherited knowledge into our poems—the realities and lessons received from our grandparents’ generation. Too often powerful family stories are labeled “sentimental” by the academic workshop model. How do we reclaim them, and locate ourselves in a lineage of writers following the same instinct? Our panel of accomplished authors will discuss the intricacies of writing history and cultural inheritance into poems, providing brief illustrating readings from our work alongside our contemporaries.

July 16th @5:30 Linda Watanabe McFerrin & Rose Solari Telling Stories, Building Community

Everyone has a story to tell. The magic of sharing those stories is that while it can often be healing for the writer, it can also build bridges between peoples, cultures, groups, and nations. On this panel, four distinguished writers will discuss their own paths as builders of writing communities.

Katherine E. Young to Read at Smith College (virtual)

Katherine E. Young will read her poetry as part of an upcoming alum reading presented by the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College.

Karen Poppy, Jamaica Baldwin, Laurie Ann Guerrero, Joan Kwon Glass, Laura Passin, Anne Harding Woodworth, and Nancy Meneely will join her.

Register here: https://smith.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9BLtreY2QS2nvcafuh99bg?fbclid=IwAR0yozfnlAlkcBeBo8UldT3V6VpUipUZQiGH1a_6rF6Dx8-HZhzQyerPVFk

Katherine E Young will Read for PEN Women in Translation Month Reading Series (virtual)

Katherine E Young, translator of Russian-language poet, Anna Starobinets, will read alongside Starobinets as part of PEN’s Woman in Translation Reading Series.

https://pen.org/event/women-in-translation-month-reading-series/

From the website:

“August is here, and it’s time to celebrate Women in Translation (#WiT) Month again! This reading series was initiated by blogger Meytal Radzinski in 2014 to raise awareness of translated literature by women, queer, and nonbinary authors, and promote gender and cultural diversity in literary publishing. This year, our virtual reading series will gather voices from across time zones for an international celebration!

Organized under the support of the PEN America Translation Committee, these events will bring together a total of 15 translators, joined by their authors, working in 12 languages from across the world, including Cameroon French, Canadian French, Chinese, Czech, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. The reading will be followed by a brief Q&A discussion, time-permitting. We hope you’ll join us for these one-of-a-kind bilingual readings!”

Register here: https://pen-america-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bDo69sN1QCylqcJM5Dpd2Q

Litbalm Reading Series with Rose Solari (virtual)

Join Rose Solari for a reading presented by Litbalm Reading Series.

LIT BALM is a biweekly interactive livestream reading series brought to you by Marc Vincenz of MadHat and New American Writing (Magazine), Jonathan Penton of Unlikely Stories Mark V and Unlikely Books, and Cassandra Atherton of Westerly Magazine. Every other Saturday at 5:00 pm East Coast time expect great writing, panels, open mic, and you!

Find more info here: https://litbalm.org/