Queens College MFA in Creative Writing and Translation

Do I want to read this interview with QC's own Maaza Mengiste in the Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB)? Umm, yeah!

This happens tonight! https://www.facebook.com/events/632414614044871

How else can I convince you to come to Shira Erlichman with Editor Carey Salerno: A Reading and Conversation tomorrow night? By getting you to read her short story "What Is It About a Dyke at Summer Camp?" in Catapult, of course! https://catapult.co//what-is-it-about-a-dyke-at-summer-cam

Taking a little break from promoting our big reading with Shira Erlichman this week to note the passing of the great Diana di Prima, whose poetry and activism shaped a new generation of writers. To honor her, listen to this panel discussion from Poets House featuring QC's own Ammiel Alcalay, Iris Cushing, and Mary Catherine Kinniburgh.

Get on the boaat, in time for Shira Erlichman with Editor Carey Salerno: A Reading and Conversation, with this poem from Erlichman from BOAAT PRESS!!! http://www.boaatpress.com/ode-to-lithium-75-mind-over-matter

You've spent a week reading about Shira Erlichman. Wanna see her live? Well, come to our event, next Wednesday, where she'll be sitting down with Carey Salerno from Alice James Books! You won't want to miss it! https://www.facebook.com/events/632414614044871

Next week's event, Shira Erlichman with Editor Carey Salerno: A Reading and Conversation, is all about Erlichman's amazing book of poetry, Odes to Lithium, but this interview is all about Erlichman's children's book, Be/Hold! Who wouldn't want to come to a reading by someone this talented?

Next week, as part of Shira Erlichman with Editor Carey Salerno: A Reading and Conversation, Carey Salerno from Alice James Books will be in conversation with Shira Erlichman about the process of bringing Odes to Lithium out into the world. Here's an interview with Salerno all about trust being integral to the editorial process!

Next week, we'll be hosting Shira Erlichman with Editor Carey Salerno: A Reading and Conversation, so, to prepare, you can read one of the poems from Erlichman's fantastic book in The Adroit Journal!

We hope you can make our reading and conversation with Shira Erlichman (author of Odes to Lithium) and Carey Salerno (Editor at Alice James Books) on October 28th!

Missed out on the Brooklyn Book Festival? Well, dry your tears, because you can watch this video of QC's own Maaza Mengiste reading as part of LIC Reading Series' fantastic BKBF lineup! The LIC Reading Series is an amazing organization run by our MFA student, Catherine LaSota, you should follow them on Facebook as well to see all the great stuff they have in store! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch

Perhaps you're wondering how to start to learn about Shira Erlichman, before her big reading Shira Erlichman with Editor Carey Salerno: A Reading and Conversation, next week. Maybe start with this opening line from her interview in Foglifter: "It began with shame." (I love it so much!!!)... https://foglifterjournal.com//shira-erlichman-reflects-on/