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Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat Grub Street Scholarship

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Chris Kastle Featured at Story Space Tue 04/02/2019

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Ytasha L. Womack Reads

WLP Reading Series: Back to the Afrofuture Live!

Translating Duanwad Pimwana: Translator Mui Poopoksakul in conversation with Nina MacLaughlin

Amanda MacKenzie at Belmont Books

Christine Lynn Herman presents “The Devouring Gray”

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A Conversation with Bill Strickland

Ali Liebegott’s THE SUMMER OF DEAD BIRDS Reading

Peter Swanson and Diane Les Becquets at Belmont Books

Arlington Author Salon: Love in Tumultuous Times

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The Clearing

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Author Talk and Book Signing with Eileen McNamara

WLP Publishing Series: What It’s Really Like to Run a Glossy Magazine

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Shira (Shifra) Freewoman Featured at Story Space Tue 04/09/2019

Open Mic Poetry Night at Belmont Books

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Reading with Michael Dobbs at the BPL

Boston Tell-All, Featuring Grace Talusan

Julie Berry at Belmont Books

Mark Halliday: The Robert Lowell Memorial Reading Series

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Story Time with Sarah Tuttle at Belmont Books

John Carew Featured at Story Space Tue 04/16/2019

Kissing the Shuttle – A Historical Themed Poetry Evening

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WLP Faculty/Alum Series: Jabari Asim & Stacey Barney MFA ’04

Marvel Trivia Night at Belmont Books

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Reading with Austin Kleon at the BPL

Ralph Chadis Featured at Story Space Tue 04/23/2019

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How do male and female authors differ when writing crime stories?

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Richard Blanco in conversation with WGBH’s Jim Braude and Margery Eagan at the BPL

Speculative Boston Reading Series

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Exhibiting: a solo show

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Michael C. Keith Book Launch at New England Mobile Book Fair

Solidarity Salon

Reading/Book Launch for Gillyflower by Diane Wald

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Cui Bono: A 5-Week Writing Workshop

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The Cuba Writers Program

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The Cuba Writers Program

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The Cuba Writers Program

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The Cuba Writers Program

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