Salon Series

Love [Poetry] Galore: Writing Love Poems with Sam Arriozola

Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors and the public

A sonnet is basically a chorus, and Shakespeare was basically a rapper. But Shakespeare's got NOTHING on a SZA and Isaiah Rashad collab. Well, at least that's what our next Friday Night Salon TA and poet, Sam Arriozola, thinks.

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Friday Night Salon | Honoring Ida B. Wells with Author of her Biography and Great-Granddaugther

Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors and the public

Michelle Duster, great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells and author of Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells, celebrates the release of the Ida B. Wells Barbie Inspiring Women doll with this salon on writing history through a family member’s story—the family we’re born into, chose, or that chose us.

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Race is a Story: Writing for Social Change with Uju Asika

Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors and the public

Race is a fiction but it's also a fact of life. In her book Bringing Up Race, author and GWN mentor alumna Uju Asika invites people of all ethnicities into transformative conversations around identity, belonging and how we can rewrite narratives to create a more inclusive society.

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Myth, Magic and History: Blending the Real and the Unreal

Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors and the public

Join author Natasha Bowen, as she speaks about her creative process and the inspiration behind her debut YA novel Skin of the Sea, an unforgettable love story infused with West African mythology that merges the fantastical and historical on an epic scale.

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Anthology Launch Party

Open to all mentees, all mentors, corporate partner employees, print anthology committee members and the public

Join us as we celebrate the launch of our newest book, Taking Root: The 2022 Girls Write Now Anthology!
Hear the passionate, moving voices in this anthology for yourself with 3 back-to-back mentee performances, followed by writing prompts inspired by the pieces performed. The evening will be co-emceed by mentor and Anthology Committee member Nikki Palumbo and mentee Hazel Agicha.

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Explore Belonging Through Magical Realism with Alexandra Méndez

Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors, program alum and the public

Alexandra V. Méndez will discuss the question of belonging as a driving force in the story told in her debut middle grade novel, What The Jaguar Told Her. The author will talk about how her own background informed the story about a Mexican-American girl named Jade and how she comes to terms with her identity with help from an elderly storyteller who is also a jaguar. Participants will write about their own experiences with belonging and practice writing fiction that explores this theme.

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