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  • Sailing to Byzantium: A Short Course on William Butler Yeats
    Brenda Hillman and Robert Hass return to the Writers’ Annex in the fall of 2026 for a short course on the poetry of William Butler Yeats. Working from a selection of the poets work, and with an eye to the… Read more

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  • Thank you for a Wonderful Summer
    The 56th session of the Community of Writers Summer Writing Workshops has come to end, and after a few weeks to recover, all of us here at the Community of Writers want to express our gratitude to all of you… Read more

  • 2026 Quarter 1 Alumni News Roundup
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  • 2026 Poetry Benefit Reading
    Join us for an unforgettable evening of poetry live in the California Sierra Nevada, and streamed online from the comfort of your home. Our annual Benefit Poetry Reading will feature poems from our 2026 Poetry Staff: Kazim Ali, Ama Codjoe,… Read more

  • Announcing Issue 21 of the OGQ: The Omnium Gatherum Quarterly
    Our twenty-first issue of the OGQ (Omnium Gatherum Quarterly) features essays by Elana K. Arnold, Stephen Cooper, Mark Gozonsky, Mary Hester, Dillon Osleger,and Lisa K. Richter, a reprint from The ManifestStation by Nettie Reynolds, a poem and an… Read more

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  • Mark Gozonsky
    Mark Gozonsky published his 6th feature story in the Los Angeles Times. Earlier stories were on topics including great parks to sit and do nothing, and how to experience LA like a poet. This one is about becoming a… Read more

  • Seth Fleisher
    Seth’s Fleisher’s debut literary-historical novel The Father Shore will be published by Green City Books on October 20, 2026. THE FARTHER SHORE is a sweeping novel about fathers and sons, memory and race, and the dangerous fictions that shape us—inspired… Read more

  • Marianne Lonsdale
    Marianne Lonsdale’s debut novel, When The Road Curves, was published by Sybilline Press on June 26. When The Road Curves follows thirty-six-year-old Nora, as she navigates love, friendship and loss in the Bay Area in the 1990s. Returning home… Read more

  • Sarah Herrington
    Sarah Herrington’s essay on how poetry helped her through a cancer diagnosis appeared in Oprah Daily in May 2026. Read it here.… Read more

  • Diane Wolff
    Diane Wolff just published a book with the Mayo Clinic Press: Cooking for Dysphagia. The book aims to educate family caregivers who have come to the fore of the national conscience since the pandemic. More info here.… Read more

  • Donna Miscolta
    Donna Miscolta’s fourth book of fiction Ofelia and Norma will be published by Regal House Publishing September 29, 2026. More info here.… Read more

  • Elaine Elinson
    Elaine Elinson’s novel Radiant as the Stars, which she started in Sands Hall’s Open Workshop, will be published by Sibylline Press on August 28, 2026. More info here.… Read more

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