Join us on Saturday, March 26 from 10:30am to 12:00pm for Writing Disability. This presentation is a moderated discussion between three writers, focusing on the presentation of people, with physical and mental disabilities, in literature. Topics covered include individualizing people and disabilities, social role valorization, dealing with the discomfort of social expectations, the role of
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Recording of Author Showcase
On January 19th, 2022, Straw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library co-sponsored the 8th annual Author Showcase. Twelve Straw Dog member/authors gathered on Zoom to read from their recently published books, along with a large, enthusiastic audience. Chris O’Carroll, Nina Dabek, Maureen Callahan Smith, Suzanne Rancourt, John Sheirer, Tom Weiner, Lanette Sweeney, Mark Luebbers, Julie Read More
Valley Society Launches New Website
Valley Society, the black writer’s guild of the Pioneer Valley and a Straw Dog project launched a new website last month. You can now subscribe to our newsletter to receive links to our new writings every month. Additionally, Valley Society is also planning a black or black-led writing group, The Midnight Run. We hope to Read More
Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Interview: John Sheirer
John Sheirer has published works of fiction, memoir, and current events, as well as books for children. A few of his titles include Growing up Mostly Normal in the Middle of Nowhere: A Memoir (Foremost Press, 2009), Tales of a Real American Liberal (Veracity Press, 2012), and Uncorrected: A Novella (Scantic Books, 2020). His most Read More
Meet the 2022 Writers-in-Residence
The Selection Committee of the Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence Program is pleased to announce its nine residents for 2022: Yasmine AmeliJody CallahanElyse DurhamCheryl IsaacElla JacobsonLiana MackJessica ProvenzSarah WangDashaun Washington Congratulations! Follow the links more information on the Writing Residency program and this collaboration between Straw Dog Writers Guild and The Mount Edith Warton’s Read More
Writers Night Out/In February
Join us on Tuesday, February 1 at 7:00pm for our monthly Writers Night Out/In! Our featured reader is Adin Thayer. Registration is required. Register in advance by clicking HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email (within 24 – 48 hours) containing information about joining the meeting. For security purposes, all attendees must register
Creative Approaches to Structuring Your Essay with Nancy McCabe
Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Wednesday, February 9 from 7:00-9:00pm for an online craft workshop: Creative Approaches to Structuring Your Essay with Nancy McCabe. This interactive presentation will focus on the devices that fiction and poetry offers us in structuring our essays. We’ll explore options from traditional narrative to lyric approaches like braids, collages,
Finalists for the Writers in Residence Program
Creative writers everywhere value uninterrupted time to write in an inspiring place and 329 of them in 7 genres from across the US, Canada and 5 other countries applied to our new Writers in Residence program—a collaboration between Straw Dog Writers Guild and Edith Wharton’s The Mount in Lenox, MA. As volunteer organizers, we were Read More
Writers Night Out-In January Richard Horton
Join us in the New Year on Tuesday, January 4 at 7:00pm for our monthly Writers Night Out/In! Our featured reader is Richard Wayne Horton. You can read his author interview with us from back in August HERE. Registration for WNO is required. Register for Zoom event HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation
8th Annual Straw Dog Writers Author Showcase
8th Annual Straw Dog Writers Author Showcase on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 6:30pm. Join us for readings from new books by members of Straw Dog Writers Guild: John Sheirer, Nina Dabek. Chris O’Carroll, Julie Wittes Schlack, Suzanne S. Rancourt, Lanette Sweeney, Michael Favala Goldman, Maureen Callahan Smith, Sally Bellerose, Joan Livingston, Mark Luebbers, Tom