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  • Quarterly Roundup of Alumni Books
    Books published by Alumni Poets and Writers in July – September, 2021. Congratulations to these Community of Writers Alums who have published books during the third quarter of 2021! We are delighted to share their success with you. You can… Read more

  • Public Memoir & Narrative Nonfiction Events as Part of our Summer Workshops
    August 1 – 6 , 2021 in the Virtual Valley Join us for craft panels and readings which will take place as part of our workshop week. Offerings includes craft discussions, panels on editing and publishing, and staff readings, and… Read more

  • Quarterly Roundup of Alumni Books
    Books published by Alumni Poets and Writers in April – June, 2021. Congratulations to these Community of Writers Alums who have published books during the second quarter of 2021! We are delighted to share their success with you. You can… Read more

  • Conversations from the Virtual Valley featuring David Ulin and Laura Cogan
    We are pleased to present another Conversation from the Virtual Valley with ZYZZYVA‘s Laura Cogan and Air/Light‘s editor David Ulin. The Community of Writers continues its series of literary conversations as part of our online literary journal, The … Read more

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  • Terence Clarke
    Terence Clarke’s latest novel is The Moment Before, was published September 15. Renowned Parisian artist Yvette Roman suffers from epileptic seizures that are preceded by extraordinary visions. Much of her work is based on those visions. While in New… Read more

  • Amanda Moore
    Amanda Moore’s [Her] debut collection, Requeening, was selected by Ocean Vuong for the 2020 National Poetry Series and will be published in October 2021 by HarperCollins/Ecco.… Read more

  • Andrea Carter Brown
    Andrea Carter Brown’s fourth poetry collection, September 12, was published by The Word Works in September 2021 to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11.… Read more

  • Peggy Dobreer
    Her newest book of poetry, Forbidden Plums: Poems in Quarantine, was recently published by Glass Lyre Press. It is a collection of poetry written during the first 40 days of quarantine in 2020.… Read more

  • Rachel Hinton
    Her debut poetry collection, Hospice Plastics, was selected by Emma Bolden as the winner of the Cowles Poetry Prize and will be published by Southeast Missouri State University Press in October, 2021. Mary Szybist called Hospice Plastics “that rare… Read more

  • David Mills
    His poetry collection, Boneyarn, was a June bestseller at Small Press Distribution. This collection is the first book of poems about slavery in New York City, where the oldest and largest slave cemetery in the United States is located.… Read more

  • Cai Emmons
    Her newest novel, Sinking Islands, will be published by Red Hen Press in September, 2021.… Read more

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