Corinne Manning is the founding editor of The James Franco Review, an online journal dedicated to the visibility of underrepresented artists. Her short fiction has appeared in Story Quarterly, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Moss, The Bellingham Review, The Southern Humanities Review, and as a chapbook through alice blue review’s Shotgun Wedding Series. Corinne has received grants and fellowships from The MacDowell Colony, Artist Trust, and The Hub City Writers Project.
Josephine Ensign: Homelessness and the Meaning of Home
Jack Straw Writer Josephine Ensign talks about the historical roots of homelessness and lessons we can learn from them.
Tuesday, November 19, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
Jack Straw Writers at RASP Reading Series
Featuring Gabriel Moseley, Mary Pan, and McKenna Princing
Friday, November 22, 6:15pm
Reading starts at 6:30pm. Free.
Centro Cultural Mexicano
Putsata Reang: Resisting Erasure through Storytelling
Putsata Reang discusses the dangers of dwelling on differences and encourages audiences to share their personal stories as an antidote to erasure.
Tuesday, December 3, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
Shin Yu Pai: Ten Thousand Things: Artifacts of Asian American Life
In this talk enriched by audio clips, Pai shares intimate stories from Asian American communities drawn from two seasons of her chart-topping podcast.
Tuesday, December 17, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
An anthology and reading from Jack Straw Cultural Center and Raven Chronicles celebrating the first twenty years of the Jack Straw Writers Program, 1997-2016
