<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[NYS Writers Institute]]></title><description><![CDATA[NYSWritersInstitute]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/the-conversation</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:52:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[‘The Librarians’ documentary wins an Emmy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congratulations to filmmaker Kim Snyder and all the librarians featured in this powerful documentary. From the ILoveLibraries website: Filmmaker Kim Snyder’s documentary about public and school librarians in Texas, Florida, and other states who unite to combat book banning in the United States was awarded a 2026 Emmy® for Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking at the Creative Arts Emmys, held September 5th and 6th at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The Exceptional Merit in...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/the-librarians-documentary-wins-an-emmy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa2deb97f7369fb3bd06bf2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:57:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_aeec6bfd9b5447f89f4f4b03f78c6810~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_781,h_542,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Gloria Steinem visited the Writers Institute]]></title><description><![CDATA[News of the feminist icon's death sent us back to our archives We learned today of the passing of Gloria Steinem, died Sept. 2 at her home in Manhattan at the age of 92. News of her death was accompanied by a lengthy New York Times obituary that traced her evolution from journalist to feminist icon, In the obituary, Katharine Q. Seelye writes: "For more than half a century, she personified the women’s movement and became its most enduring symbol; her tinted aviator glasses and curtain of...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/when-gloria-steinem-visited-the-writers-institute</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a99cc80cdf183e023069a1f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:01:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_c8cda9f50e9b4cbdb5083be0e0140ad7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_996,h_854,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start reading our fall guests on the Libby app]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks to our friends at the Upper Hudson Library System, especially System Support Associate Anne Myers, you can now browse and borrow more than 70 books by writers appearing at the NYS Writers Institute this fall.   Using the Libby app, you'll find books and audiobooks by familiar writers, including Kai Bird, Elizabeth Kolbert, Lois Lowry, Douglas Brinkley, William Kennedy, Richard Brookhiser, and Carol Gilligan.   The collection also includes Suketu Mehta's This Land is Our Land; Arash...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/start-reading-our-fall-guests-on-the-libby-app</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95b9352b5677ea443e8afe</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:31:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_46ce7fe4b2194c7d87a35b83708c1f69~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_924,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recent visiting writer Tony Tulathimutte wins $150,000 literary prize]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tony Tulathimutte, who visited the New York State Writers Institute in 2025, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Jack Galef Literary Arts Award, a new $150,000 prize administered by the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The new award, established through the estate of poet and Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus Jack Galef. In a story published in Iowa Now, we learn "The Jack Galef Literary Arts Award will be presented every two years to support a younger writer who has demonstrated...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/recent-visiting-writer-tony-tulathimutte-wins-150-000-literary-prize</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f5f83a6bf65007ed277e8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:55:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_2364db2a0b0147c59df6624739ef9b62~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_518,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Director's greeting: Our Fall 2026 Season]]></title><description><![CDATA["This spring, we’ll introduce fresh voices in emerging genres such as podcasters and influencers, while honoring canonical literary figures from our past."]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/director-s-greeting-our-fall-2026-season</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7607e5f605b59da3ebf1df</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:16:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_9fb949f579da402bbdf38d5f20a47f0f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_586,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albany Book Festival returns Sept. 26]]></title><description><![CDATA[The NYS Writers Institute’s ninth annual Albany Book Festival returns to the University at Albany on Saturday, September 26. Featured authors include: • Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental writer Elizabeth Kolbert, whose latest book, Life on a Little-Known Planet, explores the wonders and mysteries of life on Earth; • pioneering feminist scholar Carol Gilligan; • acclaimed novelist Gish Jen; • historian Richard Brookhiser; • and legendary New York restaurateur Keith McNally, author of the...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/albany-book-festival-returns-sept-26</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a721eef54ef9951451f2320</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:22:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_23c2dff6539543fabba62ed0ba0a3cbe~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_894,h_620,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albany Lifelong Learning Institute announces 6 fall courses ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This fall, the Albany Lifelong Learning Institute offers older adults six engaging courses that explore history, art, music, philosophy, science fiction and writing. The courses -- some in-person and others via Zoom -- begin in early September, with each course meeting once a week for two hours over a six-week period.  The cost is $60 per course. Visit the Emeritus Center site to register.  The ALLI (pronounced “ally”) program, offering courses and activities designed specifically for older...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/albany-lifelong-learning-institute-announces-6-fall-courses-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a70befb56f130b2d5ece0f3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:03:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_07d6f831adfa432aa1b15549aa84d69b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_621,h_416,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A Forgotten Art:’ UAlbany Writing Workshop Helps Teens Find Their Voice in the Age of AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Capital Region teens hone their writing skills at the Discovering Your Voice workshop hosted by the Capital District Writing Project and NYS Writers Institute. By Bethany Bump with photos by Patrick Dodson, University at Albany Amishi Verma fell in love with writing when she was around 10 after her mom gave her a bunch of blank notebooks. She began filling them with poems and stories both real and imagined. In one story, she imagined a world before smartphones and iPads. “I was in a bad place...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/a-forgotten-art-ualbany-writing-workshop-helps-teens-find-their-voice-in-the-age-of-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6a3df1328f65b106575e4e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:27:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_5feece7e19174e6a8b031106a435c377~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Event: Community reading of John Hersey's "Hiroshima", Thursday, Aug. 6 ]]></title><description><![CDATA["At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima, Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a clerk in the personnel department of the East Asia Tin Works, had just sat down at her place in the plant office and was turning her head to speak to the girl at the next desk." — Opening sentence, Hiroshima, John Hersey, 1946 A community reading of John Hersey's Hiroshima will take place at 11 a.m. Thursday, August 6, at...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/event-community-reading-of-john-hersey-s-hiroshima-thursday-aug-6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a551473870c7bdb8f409619</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:07:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_967a2819b13c4f90a06a65ff41344dc9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_220,h_307,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applications open for Fall 2026 Community Poetry Writing Salon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Application deadline Friday, August 7. UAlbany Department of English Poet-in-Residence Anna Moschovakis will offer a community poetry writing salon / workshop in Fall 2026 with the New York State Writers Institute. The workshop will take place in-person on the UAlbany Uptown Campus on seven Tuesday nights beginning after Labor Day and concluding on Tuesday, December 1. These sessions will focus on generating new writing, and on fostering a curious, experimental, and playful relationship to...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/applications-open-for-fall-2026-community-poetry-writing-salon</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a625bafb252e37e4d35c6a9</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:24:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_b896a6e923244d77bacebca8facee82c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_960,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ A 40-year literary partnership]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writers Institute Archivist Suzanne Roberson marks 40 years working with William Kennedy From Paul Grondahl's Instagram: This is a noteworthy milestone in our @nyswritersinstitute history that I wanted to share. This month marks the 40th anniversary that Suzanne Roberson, Writers Institute research assistant and archivist, has worked directly with Bill Kennedy, our founder &#38; executive director, as indispensable researcher on his novels, plays, film scripts, essays and all his writing...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/a-40-year-literary-partnership</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5e39521139054948e54185</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:06:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_5152100788674ae6ae3a4a951637c652~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_797,h_596,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[State Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn to debut new poem at "Moon Tree" in NYC park]]></title><description><![CDATA[A sweetgum tree grown from a seed that traveled around the moon. Photo credit: Madison Square Park Conservancy New York State Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn was a featured guest at Madison Square Park’s Moon Tree Launch Party in New York City on Thursday, July 16. The daylong evebt marked the park’s newly-planted American sweetgum tree, grown from a seed that traveled around the moon aboard NASA’s Artemis I mission. As part of the festivities, Hahn read her newly commissioned poem inspired by the...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/state-poet-laureate-kimiko-hahn-to-debut-new-poem-at-moon-tree-in-nyc-park</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a566c5a5c0b44b4bb710c01</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:23:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_71e24fd765f94c01869351a6df8fd0fb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_795,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Walt Whitman poem to mark our nation's 250th birthday]]></title><description><![CDATA[I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The wood-cutter’s song,...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/a-walt-whitman-poem-to-mark-our-nation-s-250th-birthday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a47e5c80e6d465694959526</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:43:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bfKCsG8RHk&amp;list=RD7bfKCsG8RHk&amp;start_radio=1" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch: Videos from our spring 2026 season.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've posted videos from several of our spring 2026 events. Links below. Enjoy! Margaret Rhee February 5 https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/margaretrhee    Allegra Goodman February 11 https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/allegragoodman   David Guterson February 19 https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/davidguterson   Panel discussion of “The Librarians” documentary February 20 https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/thelibrarians   Jane Pek February 26 https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/janepek  ...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/videos-from-our-spring-2026-season</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a34412b881c4b5f4c466310</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:40:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_8e45a983ddf94759bcacfe4b3091268c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_571,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Library of America online event with William Kennedy]]></title><description><![CDATA[“O Albany”: Novelist William Kennedy on His Great Cycle of the City Special thanks to our friends at the Library of America for hosting this online event: The revered author of Ironweed joins LOA LIVE for a special online discussion with his longtime friend Paul Grondahl. Online event begins 6 p.m. Monday, June 22. William Kennedy is to Albany what Joyce is to Dublin and Faulkner to Mississippi, a fictional alchemist who transforms his native place into novels at once deeply evocative of...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/library-of-america-online-event-with-william-kennedy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a299d5bf8e7e84c72bffba2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:36:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_7f8465b1c344417fb99e38f1405c6c36~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_950,h_491,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 2026 NYS Summer Writers Institute schedule of events]]></title><description><![CDATA[See the lineup of four weeks of literary events in Saratoga Springs]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/the-2026-nys-summer-writers-institute-schedule-of-events</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1f24aff9e37e2aaa1464c7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:12:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_b5528348dea14f6f8bff41da2cea2170~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_350,h_343,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Event: Bloomsday in Albany]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Mr. Bloom ate his stripes of sandwich, fresh clean bread, with relish of disgust, pungent mustard, the feety savour of green cheese. Sips of his wine smoothed his palate. Not logwood that. Tastes fuller this weather with the chill off." -- Ulysses, James Joyce The annual celebration of "one of the most baffling and brilliant books ever written" The Irish American Heritage Museum will mark Bloomsday, a worldwide celebration of James Joyce and his landmark book Ulysses, on Tuesday, June 16,...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/event-bloomsday-in-albany</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a21d585367ed35011d61452</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:55:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_d819d068222d41edb38f499e188df38b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_547,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYS Writers Institute to host tour of historic Troy bookbindery]]></title><description><![CDATA[UPDATE: All spots are taken. If you'd like to schedule a tour of the Renascent Bookbindery, visit   https://www.renascentbookbindery.com/visit -- -- -- -- -- We invite you to join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of Renascent Bookbindery in Troy, to take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the art and science pf bookbinding and discover the history of the book. Attendees will learn about the history of bookbinding and printing while seeing the tools...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/nys-writers-institute-to-host-tour-of-historic-troy-bookbindery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a207d4d43116cbc2f792eda</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:31:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_ca5eb45fbe9844c193fd58e793c3531b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_861,h_638,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Event: "Murder and Mayhem in Metroland" coming Thursday, June 25]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's a fun event being organized by our friend and author Tom Schreck, author of the Duffy Dombrowski and Trace Curran mystery series... On Wednesday, June 25, McGeary's Irish Pub in Albany will host Murder and Mayhem in Metroland, a "Noir at the Bar" event featuring an extraordinary lineup of crime fiction writers from New York and beyond. The evening will include live readings, storytelling, audience interaction, and book signings from bestselling and award-winning authors including Reed...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/event-murder-and-mayhem-in-metroland-coming-thursday-june-25</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1ef108345fdf6c424e48a9</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:27:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_f98760a6fbf1495699aae6221e2a62c0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[At 98, William Kennedy enters pantheon of American literature]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first three books of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's Albany cycle have been published in new Library of America edition, “William Kennedy: The Albany Trilogy” By Paul Grondahl, first published in the Albany Times Union May 20, 2026 Reprinted with permission. William Kennedy stands from his wheelchair with the help of Paul Grondahl to acknowledge a standing ovation from the audience at the UAlbany Recital Hall on May 12 to celebrate the launch of a new Library of America volume,...]]></description><link>https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/standing-ovation-for-william-kennedy-at-library-of-america-event</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b3c72e8a70f90633e8b54</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 16:25:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/027f98_18e8545d67844d248e7127ee3d53cce3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>NYS Writers Institute</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>