Lesley University MFA Summer Reading Series
Lesley University's MFA in Creative Writing Program will welcome writers from all genres and formats to campus for a summer reading series from June 21-28. All readings will be held in Marran Theater on Doble Campus except Monday, June 24 and Tuesday, June 25 which will be held in Alumni Hall.
All readings are open to the public and available on Zoom. Event times are ET. Registration is required for virtual attendance only.
Friday, June 21, 5 pm
Kyoko Mori, nonfiction
John Rozum, graphic novel & comics
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Saturday, June 22, 6:45 pm, All Lesley Reads Visitor in Stage & Screen
Bernardo Cubria, actor, director, playwright, screenwriter
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Sunday, June 23, 10:30 am-12:15 pm: Writing for Young People Open Lecture Series
10:30-11:15 am | Using Your MFA to Stay Rooted in Craft. Join visiting writer Jasmine Warga, author of Other Words for Home, The Shape of Thunder, A Rover’s Story, and My Heart and Other Black Holes, which has been translated into 20 languages.
11:30 am-12:15 pm | Writing for Young People Open Lecture Series Panel: Talking Craft in YA.
PANELISTS: Jasmine Warga, Chris Lynch, Sara Farizan, Jason Reynolds. Moderator: Sara Zarr
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Sunday, June 23, 6:45 pm
Joan Houlihan, poetry
Sara Zarr, writing for young people
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Monday, June 24, 6:45 pm
Rachel Manley, nonfiction
Kevin Prufer, fiction
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Wednesday, June 26, 6:45 pm
Lesley Alum Reading: Bonita Lee Penn, poetry (January ’15)
Lesley Alum Reading: Tyler Woodsmall, fiction (June ’20)
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Thursday, June 27, 6:45 pm
Graduating student readings: Ana Guigui (writing for stage & screen), McKensi Pascall (writing for stage & screen), William Galvani (nonfiction), Graham Jones (writing for young people), Tyler Pruett (poetry)
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Friday, June 28, 6:45 pm
Graduating student readings: Hope Villanueva (writing for stage & screen), Abigail Campbell (writing for young people), Tony Pina (nonfiction), Grace Deitrich Purda, (writing for young people)
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