To add an event to our calendar, please email pwrites@princeton.edu   Imani Perry & Reena Goldthree in Conversation — Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 at 6PM — Labyrinth Books Princeton Reading by Poet Robin Coste Lewis & Writer Sheila Heti, 2018-2019 Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 at 7:30PM — Hearst Dance Theater, Lewis Arts complex Roy Scranton — We’re Doomed. Now What? Essays on War and Climate Change Thursday, October 18th, 2018 at 6PM — Labyrinth Books Princeton An Evening with Susan Orlean Hailed as a [...]

Seuls en Scène 2018 presents Harlem Quartet September 21, 2018 at 7 PM, September 23, 2018 at 8 PM Whitman College Class of 1970 Theater Duration: 90 minutes.Performed in French with English subtitles Tickets are free but must be reserved at tickets.princeton.edu Hall Montana remembers, recounts and retraces the life of his family and friends, who are part of Harlem’s African-American community in the 1950s and 1960s. Baldwin’s sensual writing style is punctuated by poignant gospel lyrics that take audiences to the heart of Harlem, a world of love, religious fervor and suffering. Harlem Quartet is a story on human destiny based [...]

To better accommodate the schedules of participants, Writing Space will alternate the times of its fall semester meetings. Please join us in Room E08, Dillon Court East, coming when you can, and leaving when you must. Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 9, 2018, 12:00-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 13, 2018, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 11, 2018, 12:00-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 8, 2019, 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Do you need advice on structure, building suspense, or connecting with your audience? Check out these articles on the science of building a story!  

The PAW Podcast's recent interview with author Jacob Sager Weinstein ’94 examines his experience becoming a children’s book writer and the varied path he took to publish Hyacinth and the Secrets Beneath (with a second book in the trilogy coming out this month).  

https://ideas.ted.com/14-writing-tips-from-beloved-teacher-anne-lamott/

By Heart  By Heart is a series in which authors share and discuss their all-time favorite passages in literature. See entries from Colum McCann, George Saunders, Emma Donoghue, Michael Chabon, and more.   The most recent contribution is “How Gabriel Garcia Marquez Created a World in a Sentence” – The novelist Mary Morris explains how the opening line of One Hundred Years of Solitude shaped her path as a writer. Special thanks to our own Gwen McNamara for sharing this wonderful series!

  Events for Writers A Man For All Women and A Woman For All Men: Politics in Egyptian Literature Khaled Alkhamissi Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm 144 Louis A. Simpson International Building C.K. Williams Reading Series: Nicole Dennis-Benn. Friday, February 16, 20186:00 p.m. Labyrinth Books, Princeton Novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn reads with creative writing seniors Kyle Berlin, Aidan Gray, Allison Light, Allie Mendelsohn, and Kevin Romero. Staged Reading: “Anon(ymous)” February 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. A staged reading of Naomi Iizuka’s play will be directed by Brandon Monokian. Separated from his mother, a young refugee called Anon [...]