Writers' Hub Workshops
Manhattanville Writers’ Hub Fall Workshops
The Writers’ Hub at Manhattanville University is a literary home for the local Westchester County and Hudson Valley community.
Writers' Hub Fall 2024 Workshops
Each semester, the Manhattanville University MFA Program develops a series of creative writing workshops that are open to local community members and program alumni as well as to current MFA students. These events are designed to dig deeply into a specific element of the craft of writing and to help participants hone their skills. All events take place at Barat House, home of the Dowd-O'Gorman Creative Writing Center, tucked away on Manhattanville’s vibrant campus. Please see this semester’s offerings below. We look forward to hosting you at Barat House. Come work on your writing craft with us!
Upcoming Workshops
The sense of place in literature is not only related to description or locations. This class will expand this idea, connecting our writing to places we’ve been, travels, the concept of home, languages, belonging, diaspora, and movement. We’ll combine lectures, writing from unusual prompts, and class discussions. We’ll see art from Sophie Calle and Banksy and discuss excerpts from Jhumpa Lahiri, Edwige Danticat, Elena Ferrante, and others.
Who should take this workshop? Fiction and nonfiction writers who are inspired by travel, settings, or multicultural themes will benefit greatly from our discussions and in-class exercises.
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Barat House, Manhattanville University
Registration Fee: $50. FREE for current Manhattanville MFA students
Fall Workshop Schedule
Map Out Your Plot
Veera Hiranandani
September 14
How and Why (or not) to Self-Publish
Dave Donelson
October 19
The Places We Go: Writing a Sense of Place
Ines Rodrigues
November 16
All workshops take place starting at 10:00 a.m. in Barat House
$50 registration fee
Free to Manhattanville MFA students
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Iain Haley Pollock, Director MFA Program Manhattanville University
