Apply Today: Summer Advanced Workshops

This summer, take your writing to the next level in one of GrubStreet's Advanced Workshops:
- Advanced Revision and Submission Strategies: Fiction with Colin Corrigan
- Advanced Personal Essay Workshop with Theresa Okokon
- Advanced Novel Workshop with Nora Corrigan
- Advanced Poetry Workshop with Sam Cha
- Advanced Revision and Submission Strategies: Nonfiction with Dorian Fox
- Advanced Fiction Workshop with Evgeniya Dame
- Advanced Memoir Workshop with Kayla Degala-Paraíso
Each advanced class is by application only and limited to 9 students to foster a closer and more rigorous learning experience. But don't wait! Apply before the deadline on Monday, May 22.
As always, scholarships are available for …
April 24, 2023 | Info
Announcing Muse May Keynote: R. F. Kuang

We are delighted to announce that #1 New York Times bestselling author R. F. Kuang will headline our May Muse and the Marketplace Publishing Summit. The critically acclaimed author of Babel and the Poppy War trilogy enters new literary territory with her forthcoming book Yellowface (May 16).
Kuang will be joined by two members of her HarperCollins editorial team — May Chen and Mireya Chiriboga — whose own experiences as industry professionals informed the plot of the book. Together, they will pull back the curtain on how …
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Author Katherine Sherbrooke Gives us a Peek into The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly

This post was originally published on Dead Darlings, a blog about novel writing run by alumni of GrubStreet's Novel Incubator program.
When a runway model in 1940s Hollywood makes a split-second decision meant to protect those she loves, she triggers a cascade of secrets and lies that threaten to upend her life decades later
April 11, 2023 | Tracey Palmer
Porter Square Books Staff Picks: April 2023

Porter Square Books: Boston Edition, located on the first floor of GrubStreet's Center for Creative Writing, is open and ready to fulfill all of your book-browsing desires! Staff Picks are 20% off, so you can add to your TBR pile guilt-free. Whether you want to immerse yourself in a world of fandom obsession and self-destruction or introduce your little one to the wonders of nature, PSB has a pick for you. We're located on the southeast side of 50 Liberty, facing the Marina and the ICA. Come visit!
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April 8, 2023 | Info
Author Event: Samira Mehta, "The Racism of People Who Love You," 4/11

GrubStreet and Beacon Press are delighted to welcome scholar and essayist Samira Mehta for a discussion of her latest book, The Racism of People Who Love You: Essays on Mixed Race Belonging.
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