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July 16th, 2026: Short Story-thon workshop starts!

I'm teaching a short fiction workshop, starting July 16. Six Thursdays, 6-8 pm, through Writers in the Mountains (WIM). If you took any of my workshops at Wordcafe, this is like that: generative, positive, geared to letting the writing flow and then learning how to build off that first draft.

For more info: writersinthemountains.org

To register with Writers in the Mountains (WIM): PayPal.com

June 20: Celebrate Pride with Queer / Feminist writers! I’m thrilled to join Susan Rukeyser, Tina Barry and Nina Shengold for a reading and conversation. And I’ll have some advance copies of the new edition of Russian Lover and Other Stories on hand.

Blue Heron Books, 2109 NYS Route 213, High Falls, NY · 6–7 pm

June 21: Thanks to the wonderful online journal La Piccioletta Barca for publishing “Ausable Chasm.”

May 22: Writing Memories, Telling Truth: Reading with Jana Martin, winner of the Suzanne Bennett Creative Arts award, and Kim Merrill, author of Red Girl Jumping, followed by a Q&A on hybrid and experimental memoir.

Rohmer Gallery, 84 Partition Street, Saugerties, NY, 6–7:30.

April 26: Writers Resist Revival! Festival and fundraiser, featuring Jessica Valenti, PEN America president Dinaw Mengestu, Lucy Sante, and the Goddess Party, with Jana Martin, Kate Hymes, Beverly Donofrio and tons more.

Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY, 5–8.

This was an amazing event and we raised thousands for the cause, thanks to all of you! Please continue the love by donating to:

• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• New York Abortion Action Fund
• Ulster Immigrant Defense Network

Aurora New Year's Day Spoken Word Extravaganza

January 1, 2026 · Reformed Church of Saugerties