Santa Barbara Film Fest: Majority of Directing, Writing and Producing Oscar Nominees Set for Panels (Exclusive)
The 38th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which will take place from Feb. 8 through Feb. 18, has already announced an impressive lineup of screenings and a star-studded roster of actors and actresses who will attend career-retrospective tributes at the fest, including Cate Blanchett ( whose evening I will be moderating on Feb. 10 ), […]
Ma-Yi Names New Writers Group Members
NEW YORK CITY: Ma-Yi Theater Company has announced the newest members of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, the largest collective of Asian American and Pacific Islander playwrights in the country. The new members include Nina Ki, Kalina Ko, Claro de los Reyes, ayla xuân chi Sullivan, Gaven D. Trinidad, Seayoung Yim, and Max Yu. The Ma-Yi […]
30 Lovely Writing Prompts For Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s day is a celebration marked by sharing messages of love with others. Children are delighted by making and receiving messages; demonstrating the care shared between special people in their lives! From the beginning of February, you can tap into the opportunity to inspire and strengthen students’ writing skills for real-world purposes with these Valentine’s […]
Endpapers
The following is from Jennifer Savran Kelly’s debut novel Endpapers. Kelly lives in Ithaca, New York, where she writes, binds books, and works as a production editor at Cornell University Press. Her short fiction has appeared in Hobart, Black Warrior Review, Green Mountains Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts, […]