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Coming up this week: 3 events, 7 speakers

NYS Writers Institute

Oct 19, 2020
2 min

Coming up this week: 3 events, 7 speakers

Wednesday, October 21 Event date: 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 21 Event address: Your computer screen via Crowdcast Tickets may be purchased...

David Levine on his career as a writer... and the Albany Patroons

NYS Writers Institute

Aug 5, 2020
1 min

David Levine on his career as a writer... and the Albany Patroons

Here's a fun and wide-ranging discussion with Paul Grondahl and longtime writing colleague David Levine, a columnist, journalist, and...

Q&A with Nick Flynn: "Absorb as much as possible"

NYS Writers Institute

Jul 30, 2020
3 min

Q&A with Nick Flynn: "Absorb as much as possible"

We checked in with Nick Flynn for advice on how to cope and be productive during these unsettled times. Nick is author of the bestselling...

NYS Writers Institute

Jun 4, 2020
1 min

"March On!" with Lucy and Grace Lang

In this new #indiebookstoreboost post, WAMC Northeast Public Radio's Joe Donahue and NYS Writers Institute Director Paul Grondahl talk...

Madeline Miller, international bestselling author of "Circe" and "The Song of Achilles"

NYS Writers Institute

May 20, 2020
2 min

Madeline Miller, international bestselling author of "Circe" and "The Song of Achilles"

A conversation with Madeline Miller, international bestselling author of Circe and The Song of Achilles, about re-imaging mythology and...

#IndieBookstoreBoost featuring children’s author-illustrator Samantha Cotterill

NYS Writers Institute

May 11, 2020
2 min

#IndieBookstoreBoost featuring children’s author-illustrator Samantha Cotterill

Samantha Cotterill wishes there were picture books when she was growing up four decades ago that depicted someone like her, a young...

NYS Writers Institute

May 8, 2020
3 min

Indie bookstores, we support you!

More news on our #IndieBookstoreBoostinitiative to support the Capital Region’s indie bookstores... Have you read Jack Rightmyer's story...

"Living in the Long Emergency" interview with James Howard Kunstler

NYS Writers Institute

May 1, 2020
2 min

"Living in the Long Emergency" interview with James Howard Kunstler

An #indiebookstoreboost post to support independent bookstores in the Capital Region during the time of coronavirus An...

Joining forces to support the Capital Region’s indie bookstores with #IndieBookstoreBoost

NYS Writers Institute

Apr 28, 2020
2 min

Joining forces to support the Capital Region’s indie bookstores with #IndieBookstoreBoost

#IndieBookstoreBoost Independent bookstores are communal gathering places that are central to a vibrant village, town or city. They are...