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  • Join Us for an Extraordinary Evening of Poetry – In Person & Online
    June 23, 2023 at 7:30 PM PDT Join us for an unforgettable live-streamed evening of poetry from the California Sierra Nevada. In person in Olympic Valley, and live online, our annual Benefit Poetry Reading will feature poems from our 2023… Read more

  • That Poetry, By Which I Lived: A Short Course on Galway Kinnell
    The Community of Writers is honored to present a five-week intensive series on the life and work of Galway Kinnell, led by Major Jackson Galway Kinnell remains one of the most important poets of his generation simply for the distinct… Read more

  • A Short Course: CD Wright – An American Original
    The Community of Writers is honored to present a five-week intensive series on the life and work of poet CD Wright taught by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Forrest Gander and Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet Brenda Hillman. C.D.Wright’s poetry is some of… Read more

  • 2023 Summer Writers Workshops in Fiction and Nonfiction
    The Writers Workshops in Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction and Memoir will be held in-person July 10-17, 2023 in Olympic Valley, California. More Details Join our Mailing List… Read more

  • 2023 Summer Poetry Workshop
    The Community of Writers will offer the Poetry Workshop in-person in Olympic Valley, June 19-25, 2023. featuring 2023 poetry staff members Kazim Ali • Victoria Chang • Forrest Gander • Carmen Giménez • Brenda Hillman • Evie Shockley • Special… Read more

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  • Quarterly Roundup of New Alumni Books
    A selection of books published by Alumni & Staff: January – March, 2023 Each quarter we are pleased to highlight some of the books published by members of our community. For a full chronology of alumni news, visit our Omnium … Read more

  • Announcing Issue 11 of the OGQ: The Omnium Gatherum Quarterly
    We’re pleased to announce the publication of our eleventh issue of the OGQ (Omnium Gatherum Quarterly) with poetry by Nicholas Reiner and Chrystal AC Salas; essays by Jimin Han, Cai Emmons, Kristen Leigh Schwarz, Susanne Pari, and Keenan Norris; a lyrical essay… Read more

  • Quarterly Roundup of New Alumni Books
    Books published by Alumni & Staff in October – December, 2022. Congratulations to these Community of Writers alumni and teaching staff who have published books during the fourth quarter of 2022! We are delighted to share their success with you.… Read more

  • Announcing the 2023 Summer Workshops
    The Community of Writers is pleased to announce our Summer Workshops in Poetry and Prose in Olympic Valley, CA POETRY – JUNE 19-25 WRITERS WORKSHOPS – JULY 10-17 We are delighted to announce our fifty-fourth annual summer workshops season! Applications… Read more

Featured Alumni News

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  • Cameron Walker
    He and illustrator Chris Turnham have a new children’s book, National Monuments of the U.S.A., which will be published by Wide-Eyed Editions in June 2023.… Read more

  • Dan Bellm
    He published two new books in spring 2023, the chapbook Counting (Finishing Line Press) and a translation of Mexican poet Balam Rodrigo’s Central American Book of the Dead.… Read more

  • Adela Najarro
    She’s pleased to announce the publication of Volcanic Interruptions, which combines her poetry with the acrylic/mixed media paintings by Janet Trenchard. As feminists, both artists want to depict how a woman’s power arises from the earth, soil, and volcanoes,… Read more

  • Camille T. Dungy
    Her book, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden was published in May by Simon and Schuster. She spoke with NPR’s Melissa Block about the journey that gardening put her on, and what it’s revealed about who gets to… Read more

  • Diane Schenker
    Her full-length poetry collection, Expert Terrain, has been published by Word Poetry. It was previously shortlisted by the Harbor Mountain Press MURA Book Award and awarded Honorable Mention by the Concrete Wolf Louis Poetry Book Award.… Read more

  • Hilary Zaid
    Her book, Forget I Told You This will be published September 1, 2023 By University of Nebraska Press.… Read more

  • Lauren Kay Johnson
    Her memoir, The Fine Art of Camouflage, was published by MilSpeak Books in March 2023. An excerpt from the book, “The View From Under My Scarf”, which was workshopped in the Community of Writers Open Workshop with Sands Hall,… Read more

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