Check out the lineup for Black Lawrence Press virtual events! On the second Tuesday of of each month, we’re pleased to offer free single-session workshops. Then, join us on the last Tuesday of each month for readings and Q&A’s with our fabulous authors. Registration on Zoom is required for attendance. Can’t make it? Catch up on past events with captioned readings on our YouTube Channel.
AUGUST WORKSHOP
Melissa Llanes Brownlee – Small but Mighty: Exploring and Writing Micros and Flash Under 400 Words
Tuesday, 8/13 @ 8PM ET
Be prepared to write! In this workshop, we will read and be inspired by stories from six words to four hundred. We will look at hermit crab flash, code-switching narratives, breathless sentences, and more, to write your own powerful stories. Whether you are new to flash or not, come join a stress free, inclusive and open environment for your creativity!
Melissa Llanes Brownlee (she/her), a native Hawaiian writer living in Japan, has work published and forthcoming in swamp pink, Craft, Moon City Review, Fractured Lit, Wigleaf and The Threepenny Review, and honored in Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, and Wigleaf Top 50. Read Hard Skin (2022) and Kahi and Lua (2022) and look out for Bitter over Sweet (2025) from Santa Fe Writers Project. She tweets @lumchanmfa and talks story at melissallanesbrownlee.com.
SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP
Sarah Giragosian – Assembling the Poetry Manuscript: Strategies for Envisioning and Organizing Your Poems
Tuesday, 9/10 @ 8PM ET
OCTOBER WORKSHOP
Paula Carter – From the Personal to the Universal: How to Make Meaning from Our Experiences
Tuesday, 10/8 @ 8PM ET
NOVEMBER WORKSHOP
Alyse Bensel – Imagined Futures, Remembered Pasts: Poems that Face Climate Crises
Tuesday, 11/12 @ 8PM ET
DECEMBER WORKSHOP
Allison Joseph – One Inspiration, Three Forms, Three Poems
Tuesday, 12/10 @ 8PM ET