Join GrubStreet and Porter Square Books for the virtual launch of GrubStreet Board member Katherine Sherbrooke's newest novel, Leaving Coy's Hill, joined in conversation by Marjan Kamali on Monday, May 3rd at 7PM (EDT). This event is hosted on Crowdcast, free and open to all

This post was originally published on Dead Darlings, a blog about novel writing run by alumni of GrubStreet's Novel Incubator program.

Leaving Coy’s Hill by Katherine Sherbrooke is based on the remarkable life of a little-known pioneering feminist and abolitionist Lucy Stone — the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree, to keep her maiden name, and to fight for women’s rights. Sherbrooke’s beautifully written novel is a fascinating look at timeless issues — how we navigate motherhood and career, to marry or not, and how one fearless woman can spark change in the world. The story is both heart-wrenching …

In the April 2021 edition of "Best of Boston," we bring you our top Boston lit events this month, taking place virtually. See below for our list of local literary happenings.

Michelle Hoover in Conversation with Randy Susan Meyers

Thursday, April 1st at 7:00PM ET | Event Fee: $0

Join Porter Square Books and Grubstreet tonight at 7pm (EDT) in the latest installment of the Grubbie Debuts series, featuring longtime GrubStreet student, instructor, and board member Jennifer De Leon for the launch of her debut nonfiction collection, White Space: Essays on Culture, Race, and Writing

Join Regie Gibson for a virtual performance of Letter and Spirit: Here, Among the Americans, which will use poetry, spoken word, and song to explore what it means to be an American