CCW book launch, featuring Clarissa Adkins (Poetry, June 2018) author of Building Alexandria (Lily Poetry Review, 2021). Join on Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 7:00 pm Eastern to hear Clarissa read from her book and for you to share your poetry. After Clarissa's reading there will be time for an open-mic for those who are interested.
Please join Cambridge Commons Writers for a night of poetry featuring pieces published recently in Voices Amidst the Virus by Lily Poetry Press, edited by Lesley graduates Eileen Cleary (Poetry, June 2016) and Christine Jones (Poetry, January 2014). Fellow poetry Lesley alums Suzanne Edison (July 2016), Cindy Hunter Morgan, Jon Lee (January 2017), Robert Gamble (January 2017), Anne Riesenberg (Nonfiction), Michael Mercurio […]
Join us for an evening of reading and celebration with our CCW community. Open to current students and members of the public. Featured Readers: Nada Samih-Rotondo (Fiction, June 2012)Diane Griffin (Nonfiction, January 2018)Kate Kearns (Poetry, June 2008)Patty Pearson (WFYP, June 2015)Wendy Ewan (WSS, June 2018)
Cambridge Common Writers will be hosting a virtual reading once more during the January Residency for Lesley University. This event is free and open to the public. Readers: Michelle Boland (Poetry, January 2019)Kathy Park Woolbert (Nonfiction, June 2010)Andrea Wang (WFYP, June 2011)Thato Mwosa (WSS, June 2017)Lisa DeSiro (Poetry, June 2010)Jorge Armenteros (Fiction, June 2012)
Join us for a virtual reading during the Lesley June Residency week. The reading will feature alums from all genres and will be held over Zoom. Our readers will be: Fabiola Decius - WSS, June 2015Daniel Carey - Poetry, June 2021Emily Inouye Huey - WFYP, June 2011Jody Hobbs Hesler - Fiction, June 2017Debbie Sosin - […]
Join Cambridge Common Writers as we celebrate Benjamin Roesch's debut novel with a reading and conversation with special guests.
Join us for this CCW event as we celebrate the launch of Emily Inouye Huey (WFYP, June 2011)'s debut novel, Beneath the Wide Silk Sky. Emily will be in conversation with WFYP MFA Writing Faculty Chris Lynch and fellow WFYP cohort Andrea Wang. The readings and conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A.
Join us for this celebration of Elizabeth Shick's debut novel, The Golden Land, which was inspired by the six years she lived in Yangon, Myanmar, and is the winner of the 2021 AWP Prize for the Novel. The event will take place during the following time zones: 8:00 PM December 8 Boston 7:00 AM December 9 […]
Join Cambridge Common Writers as we celebrate the launch of Nada Samih-Rotondo (Fiction, June 2012)'s, All Water Has Perfect Memory: A Memoir. A debut work from a Palestinian-American author, All Water Has Perfect Memory is a memoir that takes readers from the author's ancestral origins--the coast of Yaffa, Palestine--to her birthplace of Kuwait, eventually landing […]
You might be familiar with your Inner Critic—the voice that says you’re not good enough. Or compares yourself to others. Or expects nothing but perfection. Our instinct is to push that voice away. But, paradoxically, we can find more inner peace and free up creative energy by moving toward that voice, with curiosity and compassion. […]
Join Cambridge Common Writers for the first meeting of our new Book Club! This inaugural event will be hosted by Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) and will discuss How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill edited by Jericho Brown. Participants are encouraged to read the book prior to the event. […]
Join Cambridge Common Writers for an Open Mic with members of the Lesley MFA community!