Creative Writing

Battery Park City Library

Hone your creative writing skills and get helpful feedback from other writers!

This program series will be held in person at the <a href="https://www.nypl.org/locations/battery-park-city" title="https://www.nypl.org/locations/battery-park-city" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Battery Park City Library</a>. Join us for Creative Writing, a weekly writing session co-presented by the Battery Park City Authority and led by author and poet Jon Curley. Taking inspiration from life events, attendees will be encouraged to use reflection as a way to enhance their writing styles in any preferred mode. Beginners welcome!<h3>About the instructor:</h3>Jon Curley is a Senior University Lecturer of Humanities at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey. He teaches literary and cultural studies, and is especially devoted to the art, literature, and culture of Newark, home of his mentor, the late activist and artist Amiri Baraka. He is the author of Poets and Partitions: Confronting Communal Identities in Northern Ireland (2011) and is co-editor of The poetry and Poetics of Michael Heller: A Nomad Memory (2015) with Burt Kimmelman. This series will consist of six sessions, 90 minutes each.Dates: Mondays, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/19, and 10/26 Time: 10:30 AM - 12 PM***No session 10/12Attendance at all sessions is recommended. Space is limited | Registration is required. Register above with your email address. Walkups will be permitted as space accommodates.

Creative Writing

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