Paul Grondahl will moderate a discussion with Victoria Redel, author of the new book I Am You, on Sunday, Dec. 14...

Carlton Wells, third from left, with his team at our Literary Trivia Night event held Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Across the Street Pub in Albany. (Michael Huber / NYSWI) There’s nothing like a literary challenge to get the competitive juices flowing for Carlton Wells, a 66-year-old retired state Health Department computer programmer who has earned a place in the annals of the NYS Writers Institute. In fact, he made a case for calling himself the single-season attendee G.O.A.T. (Gr

GivingTuesday (all one word, no spaces) was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good.  Now an international movement, GivingTuesday has its origins in New York City at the 92nd Street Y and its Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact in New York City. GivingTuesday is now an independent nonprofit and a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. We encourage everyone to hel

The ornate courtroom of the New York State Court of Appeals was filled with spectators on Monday, Nov. 17, to listen to architects -- not lawyers -- celebrate the magnificent achievements of H.H. Richardson, the 19th-century visionary whose work helped create and shape Albany’s architectural landscape. Watch the full presentation here. The program featured a lively discussion with the creators of H.H. Richardson: Drawings from the Collection of Houghton Library, Harvard Unive

Albany came together for a marathon reading of William Kennedy’s Legs, raising $1,605 for a local food pantry and creating memories that will linger long after the last page.

Photo credit: TJ Turner Annie Wenstrup is a Dena’ina poet and the author of The Museum of Unnatural Histories .  The recipient of a 2025 Whiting Award in Poetry, her poems have been published in Alaska Quarterly Review , New England Review , Poetry, and elsewhere. In 2023, she received The Alaska Literary Award and support from The Rasmuson Foundation. She was a Smithsonian Arctic Studies Fellow, and an Indigenous Nations Poets Fellow in 2022 and 2023.   Interviewed by Moria