NYS Writers InstituteAug 25, 20233 minSpecial screening: New movie starring two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank filmed in AlbanyThe New York State Writers Institute and Film Albany will present a special screening and conversation with the director of the new movie...
NYS Writers InstituteAug 24, 20234 minAnnouncement: The 2023 New York State Author and New York State PoetThe New York State Writers Institute proudly announces Jacqueline Woodson has been named the new State Author and Patricia Spears Jones...
NYS Writers InstituteAug 9, 20232 minEvent: NYS Author Ayad Akhtar in conversation on Friday, August 11Join us for a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and New York State Author Ayad Akhtar to take place at 5:30 p.m....
NYS Writers InstituteAug 7, 20232 minGreetings from Paul Grondahl A kickoff message from our director as we announce our 40th anniversary fall 2023 season. Paul Grondahl and Bill McKibben at a...
NYS Writers InstituteAug 4, 20233 minPoetry night in Albany on Saturday Let's start this post with a Poetry Friday poem by Erren Geraud Kelly, who will be one of the poets at Saturday's event. Building a...
NYS Writers InstituteAug 4, 20233 minPoetry Friday and a community reading of John Hersey's "Hiroshima" "At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above...