A big thank you to everyone who joined us to kick off Manuscript Month with Alexander Chee and Hernán Díaz this past Friday! It was as joyful as it was intellectually rich and a perfect way to begin our month-long celebration of books, writing, and publishing.

Check out what's happening this week during Manuscript Month at GrubStreet:
 

Multi-weeks (Remote)

• Style Matters: Priming Your Prose for Publication with SJ Sindu, starts May 5
• Finding Your Book-Length Story: Memoir & Nonfiction with Dorian Fox, starts May 5 — Sold Out
• Love Me Back: Getting Your Romance Novel Ready for the Market with Thien-Kim Lam, starts May 7 — Only 4 Spots Left
• Mapping Your Entire Novel in Four Weeks with Blair Hurley, starts May 7 — Sold Out
• Novel Writing Group: Project Immersion with Karissa Chen, starts May 7

Short Classes (Remote)

• Publishing 101: An Overview for the Aspiring Author with Rachel Carter, May 4
• Novel Plotting Essentials for the Ponderous Writer with Steve Almond, May 5
• Voice as Platform: Supporting Your Book with Essays and Op-Eds with Ethan Gilsdorf, May 6
• Pitch Perfect: Write a Query Letter That Gets Noticed with Jackie Cangro, May 7

Reading Groups

• Reading Group: Wild by Cheryl Strayed with Kayla Degala-Paraíso, starts May 7