The Original School of Creative Writing & Thinking, est. 1987 by Pulitzer Prize-winner Philip Schultz, with classes in NYC, Tucson, SF & online

Joined March 2010
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Ready for #CraftClass? Starts Tues, Sept. 24th, 6:30-8 pm ET. Register & start reading now. SPECIAL GUESTS: Three-time US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky on Tues, Oct 15 and poet & editor Meg Sexton on Tues, Oct 29 courses.writerstudio.com/col… #FridayReads #fiction #memoir #shortstory
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Join us this Sunday, Sept 15th at 5 pm ET / 2 pm PT for our fall faculty reading. Amy Arutt, Doug Crowell, Linda Drach, Gail Ford, Hani Khalil, and Betsy Mahaffey will read their original work. Please register here to attend: bit.ly/3XqQ2KC #fiction #memoir #poetry
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Writers read their rejected work. We all know #rejection. Come out and hear these writers read their "scorned satire, bad headlines, jokes that don't land, and other art smacked with the cruel hand of rejection." caveat.nyc/events/rejected-s…
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Last month Eleanor Kedney, founder & former director of The Writers Studio Tucson, read #poems from her latest book TWELVE DAYS FROM TRANSFER. Here's the video if you missed it: youtu.be/NVn4KR3AJuI?feature…
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Writers Studio teacher Lorraine Babb's story "Funny" appears in The Good Life Review and her story "Wasted" appears in Peatsmoke Journal. Enjoy! peatsmokejournal.com/summer-… thegoodlifereview.com/issue-… #FridayReads #shortstory #shortstories #fiction #WSSuccess
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Eleanor Kedney, former director of The Writers Studio Tucson, will read #poems from her book TWELVE DAYS FROM TRANSFER on Thurs 8/15 at 5 pm at Stonington Free Library in Stonington, CT. Watch the live stream on the Stonington Free Library YouTube channel. stoningtonfreelibrary.org/ev…
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Writers Studio teacher @JulianneBond has had two stories published in @gooseberrypie99. Read the stories here: gooseberry-pie.com/issue-14/ Congratulations, Julianne! #FridayReads #WSSuccess #shortstory #shortstories #fiction
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Taking Craft Class in the fall in conjunction with your workshop? Make the Craft Class reading list your summer reading and get a head start on the fall reading. Find the reading list here: writerstudio.com/craft-class… #SummerReading2024 #summerreading #fiction #poetry #memoir
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The Writers Studio retweeted
“Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death.” —William Faulkner buff.ly/48C16rT

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We’re pleased to share that Ann Chinnis, poet and Writers Studio student, has a chapbook POPPPET, MY POPPET, forthcoming from @FLPress. We couldn't be prouder. Congratulations, Ann! Visit finishinglinepress.com/produ… to pre-order the book, out January 26, 2024. #WSSuccess #poetry
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During next week's #CraftClass, Writers Studio founder and director Philip Schultz will lead a discussion of techniques used by Osip Mandelstam in STOLEN AIR, a collection of his selected #poems. #FridayReads #poetry #poem #poets
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Mandelstam lived in exile under Stalin’s dictatorship, and yet, according to #poet Ilya Kaminsky, Mandelstam wrote some of his “best (and most joyful) writing [during] his darkest personal hours.” Join us Tuesday, December 17th to find out how he did it. courses.writerstudio.com/col…

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The Writers Studio retweeted
Enjoy readings of special poems presented by Elizabeth Acevedo, @kwamedawes, @Oliver_delaPaz, @denicefrohman & more at GATHER IN POEMS, a virtual reading shared in the spirit of community. This Thurs., 12/14 at 7pm ET. RSVP free: eventbrite.com/e/2023-gather…
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This Weds at 11am PT and 2pm ET ! Registration info below!
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Join MECA for this special online event w poet Mosab Abu Toha, founder of the Edward Said Library in Gaza. He will be joining us from Cairo to speak about his personal experiences living thru seven weeks of Israel's genocidal attacks. Register now: mecaforpeace.org/mosab
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We've all got our harrowing stories, but how do you make it engaging for a reader? Join us this Tuesday, December 12, as Lesley Dormen discusses techniques used by @jennettemccurdy in her coming-of-age #memoir I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED.
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@nytimes called the memoir “alternately harrowing and mordantly funny.” Register for #CraftClass to attend this class and receive the recordings of all eight classes: courses.writerstudio.com/col… #FridayReads

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This spring Lynn Schmeidler, former Writers Studio student, will publish her debut #shortstory collection HALF-LIVES, winner of @AutumnHousePrs’s Rising Writer Prize. Congratulations, Lynn! Pre-order the book here: autumnhouse.org/books/half-l… #fiction #WSSuccess
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