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Interested in taking your memoir to the next level? Join us for an informal, virtual Q&A session on our Memoir Incubator program. Instructor Alysia Abbott and alumni of the program will be there to answer any questions you have about the Memoir Incubator program

The deadline to apply for GrubStreet’s 2021 Emerging Writer Fellowship is fast approaching on February 22nd, 2021. Eson Kim, GrubStreet’s Director of Community & Youth Programs, explains why you (yes YOU) should apply today (yes TODAY). 

Teen writers, join Dharani Persaud in a quick info session about GrubStreet's Teen Writing Fellowship! We'll walk you through all the components of the application and answer any questions you may have about the process. No question is too small! Reserve your spot today.

Our February online classes are starting soon! Online classes are flexible in schedule, with most classes having no set meeting time, so you can learn whenever works best for you. Dig into dynamic craft lessons, inspiring prompts and assignments, compelling, diverse readings, helpful peer and instructor feedback, and more through our interactive and super easy-to-use platform, Wet Ink. 

Join Porter Square Books and Grubstreet along with Grubbie Nancy Johnson for the launch of her debut novel, The Kindest Lie! Nancy will be joined in conversation by Jean Kwok (Searching for Sylvie Lee). This event is free and open to all to attend, and is hosted on Crowdcast. Register here.

About The Kindest Lie

A promise could betray you.

It’s 2008, and the inauguration of President Barack Obama ushers in a new kind of hope. In Chicago, Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated Black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man. He’s eager ...