NYS Writers InstituteMar 26, 20205 minDispatches from 'solitary confinement' in a local nursing homeDonald Black, 97-year-old World War II vet and Writers Institute contributor, contemplates the coronavirus pandemic in isolation in a...
NYS Writers InstituteMar 25, 20202 minNeed hand sanitizer? A poem? Mahogany Browne has you coveredHave you gone shopping for hand sanitizer lately? All gone. But who needs Purell when you have poet and activist Mahogany L. Browne's...
NYS Writers InstituteMar 24, 20202 minQ&A: David Quammen, author of "Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic"
NYS Writers InstituteMar 23, 20204 minParenting college students in the age of COVID-19Dr. B. Janet Hibbs, bestselling psychologist and renowned expert on adolescent mental health, emailed us an original and (as yet)...
NYS Writers InstituteMar 21, 20202 minActor, author, storyteller Sean Penn, and a book contest for you.Sean Penn is a two-time Academy Award winner, for “Mystic River” in 2003 and his portrayal of UAlbany alum Harvey Milk in “Milk” (2008)....
NYS Writers InstituteMar 20, 20203 minA Q&A with author Charles Brandt and a Q for youWe've been in touch with Charles Brandt, author of the book that provides the basis for Martin Scorcese's recent film, "The Irishman,"...