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Oct 216 min read

Excerpt from Thomas Cech's "The Catalyst"

NYS Writers Institute

Oct 114 min read

Remembering "rule-defying fiction writer" Robert Coover

NYS Writers Institute

Sep 303 min read

Special event: John Elder Robison, author and neurodiversity advocate, on Monday, Oct. 7

NYS Writers Institute

Sep 261 min read

An open letter from the New York State Writers Institute

NYS Writers Institute

Sep 163 min read

Donate to the Dr. Alice P. Green Memorial Fund

NYS Writers Institute

Sep 111 min read

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Excerpt from Thomas Cech's "The Catalyst"

Remembering "rule-defying fiction writer" Robert Coover

Special event: John Elder Robison, author and neurodiversity advocate, on Monday, Oct. 7

An open letter from the New York State Writers Institute

Donate to the Dr. Alice P. Green Memorial Fund

Billy Collins reads his poem "The Names"