On May 23 at City Winery, we honored leaders who write the world. Take a look at the speeches from the evening below, and watch the Q&A interviews with each of the honorees and the emcee!
“Writing does not have to be done in total isolation…living is writing, too.”
—ZADIE SMITH, Author of Swing Time & Girls Write Now Rise Speak Change Honoree
“Writers risk their lives to bring us the information that the world needs to progress and heal itself.”
–SOPHIA AMORUSO, Founder & Author, Girlboss & Girls Write Now Gamechanger Honoree
“Take yourself seriously. It’s not about being perfect;it’s about being vulnerable. Women know better than anyone that vulnerability is strength.”
–ILANA GLAZER, Co-creator & Co-star, Broad City & Girls Write Now Groundbreaker Honoree
“They’ll tell you ‘you can’t be what you can’t see.’ That’s a lie. Of course you can be what you can’t see. In fact, if you can only be what you can see, it’s not even worth being that.”
–MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY, Maya Angelou Presidential Chair, Wake Forest University & Girls Write Now Groundbreaker Honoree
“Girls Write Now is doing amazing things to encourage young women to look within and see that their point of view is not only valid but it is important and essential.”
–ABBI JACOBSON, Co-creator & Co-star, Broad City & Girls Write Now Groundbreaker Honoree
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