29th Street Writers Afternoon of Author Readings

About the reading: This has been a difficult time and as writers we wonder what our creativity means and can do against the daily onslaught that challenges us from the global down to the personal. As a long-standing group, The 29th Street Writers know that our power lies in our community, the writers around the table, the readers of our work, the friends we draw close, the people in this room, and in similar rooms all over the country, and world, that believe that writing/art of all kinds, unite us and shed light on the climate we find ourselves in. And by shedding light, it lessens the darkness we feel.

Our readers this afternoon include: Ila Suzanne Gray, Kathleen Haley, Kathleen Saadat, Ellen Goldberg, Mimi Maduro and Amy Schutzer

All Ages, free and open to the public but please register. Consider making a donation to EJC at checkout

Though none of us can remember the exact year, The 29th Street Writers have been learning & writing together for more than 40 years. Our first public readings were an off-shoot from writing classes we took with Judith Barrington. We continued as a group of strong, dedicated women writers for decades after those classes ended. At the center of this group is the writing and our commitment to it, and support of each other as writers. From that center we continuously challenge ourselves, exploring language, taboos, poetic forms, class, race, sex, love and metaphor. We have been published in many magazines, journals, anthologies, chapbooks and books.