Events upcoming

December 10, 2022 , 2:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] WORKSHOP: BLURRING THE GENRE LINES OF SPECULATIVE FICTION
2 sessions, December 10 and 17, 2 PM ET - 5 PM ET Sliding Scale $100-$200 REGISTER HERE! **This is a workshop exclusively for BIPOC (Black/Indigenous/People of Color) writers. We encourage Queer and Trans BIPOC folx register. We ask all non-BIPOC allies to take a step back from this workshop.**...

December 19, 2022 , 6:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] WRITING CLUB AT HOME: ON WHOLENESS WITH KAY ULANDAY BARRETT
REGISTER NOW! In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, AAWW Presents Writing Club at Home with guest writer Kay Ulanday Barrett to facilitate a virtual workshop on wholeness and assemblage. Kay Ulanday Barrett will introduce works of art by Alfonso Ossario and Adrian Piper, share a series of creative writing...

December 20, 2022 , 6:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] MOUTH TO MOUTH SHOWCASE WITH OPEN MIC
Kay Ulanday Barrett, Jimena Lucero, Alexis Aceves Garcia, Thea Matthews
Join us for another Mouth to Mouth with Open Mic on Tuesday, December 20 at 7 PM ET! Hosted and curated by Kay Ulanday Barrett and Jimena Lucero, this month Mouth to Mouth celebrates glorious writers Alexis Aceves Garcia and Thea Matthews. RSVP HERE to receive a link the day...

December 22, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] FIRESIDE CHAT: KAREN CHEE AND JAFREEN UDDIN
Karen Chee, Jafreen Uddin
Stream on YouTube here! As we close out 2022 and look to the future, we invited writer and comedian Karen Chee to join our Executive Director, Jafreen Uddin, for an informal year-end conversation, as part of our Fireside Chat series. Join them in late December for our last event of...

January 3, 2023 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: DEEPTI KAPOOR AND MIRA JACOB
Deepti Kapoor, Mira Jacob
Stream this conversation on YouTube! For our first event of 2023, we're welcoming authors Deepti Kapoor and Mira Jacob in a deep and riveting conversation on Deepti's new novel, Age of Vice. Hailed by Booker-Prize winning author Marlon James as "epic, crazy, shocking, mind-blowing, brutal, tender, heartbreaking," Age of Vice is a lush and...
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Events upcoming

December 10, 2022 , 2:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] WORKSHOP: BLURRING THE GENRE LINES OF SPECULATIVE FICTION
2 sessions, December 10 and 17, 2 PM ET - 5 PM ET Sliding Scale $100-$200 REGISTER HERE! **This is a workshop exclusively for BIPOC (Black/Indigenous/People of Color) writers. We encourage Queer and Trans BIPOC folx register. We ask all non-BIPOC allies to take a step back from this workshop.**...

December 19, 2022 , 6:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] WRITING CLUB AT HOME: ON WHOLENESS WITH KAY ULANDAY BARRETT
REGISTER NOW! In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, AAWW Presents Writing Club at Home with guest writer Kay Ulanday Barrett to facilitate a virtual workshop on wholeness and assemblage. Kay Ulanday Barrett will introduce works of art by Alfonso Ossario and Adrian Piper, share a series of creative writing...

December 20, 2022 , 6:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] MOUTH TO MOUTH SHOWCASE WITH OPEN MIC
Kay Ulanday Barrett, Jimena Lucero, Alexis Aceves Garcia, Thea Matthews
Join us for another Mouth to Mouth with Open Mic on Tuesday, December 20 at 7 PM ET! Hosted and curated by Kay Ulanday Barrett and Jimena Lucero, this month Mouth to Mouth celebrates glorious writers Alexis Aceves Garcia and Thea Matthews. RSVP HERE to receive a link the day...

December 22, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] FIRESIDE CHAT: KAREN CHEE AND JAFREEN UDDIN
Karen Chee, Jafreen Uddin
Stream on YouTube here! As we close out 2022 and look to the future, we invited writer and comedian Karen Chee to join our Executive Director, Jafreen Uddin, for an informal year-end conversation, as part of our Fireside Chat series. Join them in late December for our last event of...

January 3, 2023 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: DEEPTI KAPOOR AND MIRA JACOB
Deepti Kapoor, Mira Jacob
Stream this conversation on YouTube! For our first event of 2023, we're welcoming authors Deepti Kapoor and Mira Jacob in a deep and riveting conversation on Deepti's new novel, Age of Vice. Hailed by Booker-Prize winning author Marlon James as "epic, crazy, shocking, mind-blowing, brutal, tender, heartbreaking," Age of Vice is a lush and...
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