Panel Discussion: Pitching During the Pandemic On August 17 we held this panel with three WGA Screenwriters where we asked them the question: How has COVID-19 Changed the field of Creative Writing, […]
Dispatch #101
Dispatch #100
Pandemic Poetry: Poetry of social movements In May, 2023, we hosted this amazing event in-person on the poetry of the pandemic. We focussed on the social movements during the Pandemic and the […]
Dispatch #097
Disco by Colleen Curlin Ever since we locked the doors, a little orange sequin follows me around the house. Shining up at me from the closet floor, ready to twirl for the […]
Dispatch #091
The Year I Quit Teaching by ruth crossman I spent the Fall of 2019 working six days a week at two different colleges on opposite ends of San Francisco while frantically applying […]
Dispatch #082
Dispatches Update By Alexandra Kostoulas Well, dear readers. Here I am. Back again after a long hiatus. I keep not adding to this blog. Keep hoping that the pandemic will be over […]
Dispatch #081
The evolution, April by J.I. Kleinberg For a while, in the first months of the pandemic, you feared your hands: that they might be the engine of your destruction, grab from the […]
Dispatch #080
The Revolt of the Homeless by Gary Beck The young patrol officer and the tired, cynical Sergeant slowly herded the homeless off the subway car. The young officer kept saying: “C’mon guys. […]
Dispatch #079
The Waiting Room by K.R. Morrison Sleeping awake in dream, I visited the waiting room of those always socially distanced One crew of ancestor slaves baked a cake for Saturn laughing they […]
Dispatch #073
THE GUITAR MAN IN QUARANTINE by John Grey I’m wary of doorknobs and the breath of others but this wood I’d trust with my life. I’m nervous putting my hands most places […]
Dispatch #067
CHANGE by Marlene Waldock Yesterday I walked freely In grocery stores Through the malls Today I am masked Afraid to talk to others Staying six feet apart Uncertain about the […]
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