The Discovery: Oftentimes, people discover culture at an early age in life whether it be through moments of cultural joy or through traumatic experiences of ostracization. Get your writing gears turning as we explore reflecting on these experiences and putting them onto paper.
Join us this month to learn about the beloved Girls Write Now Anthology and how a book is made. Plus, hear from winners of the Writing for Life Essay Contest and more guest speakers from our community!
In this session, we’ll come together to create a new, clear definition of love and figure out where our current ones come from.
In this studio we will learn about comedy writing and practice looking for a comedic angle in everyday events. The main focus for this first studio will be how to create jokes from the news, in the style of late-night writing.
The world of work is shifting fast—driven by changes in how we write, give and receive mentorship, and where we find community. Girls Write Now is uniquely poised to meet these changes in this moment. At this month’s committee meeting, we’ll harness the diverse experiences and expertise of Tech Committee members, identifying the real tensions of leaders across sectors to best position Girls Write Now as a strategic solution with essential services to meet those needs.
During this session, we aim to help mentees use poetry as a tool for upliftment in times of uncertainty and doubt. The goal is to show how poetry can be a bearer of light in dark times, while also inspiring mentees to harness that light through the creation of their own verses!
Get introduced to nature journaling and the benefits it brings to one’s mental wellness. Learn the various ways to approach this form of nature therapy and how everyone can nature journal through their own different means.
Join Girls Write Now and Tish Rabe, children’s book author and publisher, for a special conversation about her inspiring journey in children’s literature. From her early work as a writer and editor, to becoming the founder of her own publishing company, Tish’s stories offer a sense of calm and care, wrapping children in the warmth of love and connection.
Literature to Life in partnership with Girls Write Now presents If Beale Street Could Talk.
A story that remains disturbingly poignant sixty years after it was first published, James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk is about abiding love in the face of injustice. Told from the perspective of its young heroine, this is the story of one family’s fight for justice in a society where institutional discrimination has the power to destroy lives, a theme that resonates today with audiences from all walks of life.
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