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A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving Virtual livestream Virginia Eubanks will be joined in conversation by writer and physician, Trisha
Readings & Special Events
Writers & Books hosts two ongoing reading series.
Our Visiting Authors Series welcomes authors from all over the country to read from a new release and have a conversation with a colleague, journalist, or expert. These readings are always hosted virtually and often take place in-person in our theater as well. To watch recordings of past Visiting Authors Series events, check out our Youtube channel.
Our Literary Partners Series welcomes authors with deep connections to Monroe County, the Finger Lakes, or Western NY regions to present their new book and sell copies through our bookstore, Ampersand Books. These readings are always held in-person in our theater.
Upcoming Readings
A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving Virtual livestream Virginia Eubanks will be joined in conversation by writer and physician, Trisha
A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving at Writers & Books (740 University Ave, Rochester, NY 14607) and available in a
The Art of Pacing Virtual livestream Elizabeth Svoboda will be joined in conversation by author Sejal Shah A guide to
The Art of Pacing at Writers & Books (740 University Ave, Rochester, NY 14607) and available in a virtual livestream:
Pagan Sky (Poems 2000 – 2025) and Heartmoor The poets will read from their new releases and then be in
America, a Love Story The poet will be joined by Jennifer Grotz, Director of the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference New poems
Along the Road Everyone Must Travel The poet will be joined by colleague Leia Penina Wilson Selected by Hoa Nguyen
As When Waking The poet will be joined by colleague Geoffery Babbitt In As When Walking, Schonning offers us language
David DeGraff, Jennifer Hudak, Cassandra Scherr, Kristina Ten Can speculative fiction save the earth? This unique and powerful genre welcomes
A Grain of Sand in Lambeth + The Strange and Wondrous Works of Eleanor The poets will read from their
Man Made: Searching for Dads, Daddies, Father Figures, and Fatherhood The author will be in conversation with writer Calvin Eaton
Hell Yeah The author will be in conversation with poet Danielle Pafunda Rachelle Toarmino’s highly anticipated second collection of poems
The Museum of Future Mistakes The author will be joined in conversation with BOA Editions Executive Director Peter Conners. In
Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine The author will be joined in conversation by Emrys Donaldson. Her stories are
If Looks Could Kill The author will be joined in conversation by Jack the Ripper researcher Michael Hawley. A humorous,
The Time of the Novel The novelist will be joined by poet Wendy Xu What is “fiction” and how does
Disintegration Made Plain and Easy The author will be joined by publisher and poet Ben Niespodziany Offering readers surreal, absurd,
Scream / Queen The poet will be joined in conversation by Leonora Simonovis. Through formally innovative poems populated by slasher-movie
Phantom Number: An Abecedarium for April Spring Ulmer will be joined by poet Karin Gottshall Phantom Number: An Abecedarium for
My Heresies The poet will be joined in conversation by poet Alina Pleskova Riven by the tension between hagiographies, utopias,
Log Off The author will be joined in conversation by Emily Hessney Lynch. In the early 2000s, from a dial-up
The Book of Conjurations The author will be joined in conversation by Katherine Rucker Irizelma Robles’s fifth poetry collection–the first
Celebrate Pride with Lockheed Martin The poet will be joined in conversation by Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué Celebrate Pride with Lockheed Martin
States of Emergency The novelist will be joined by Writers & Books Artistic Director, Tyler Barton In the summer of
Draw Me Without Boundaries The poet will be joined in conversation with Jon Andersen. Powerful love between a grandmother
After Color The novelist will be joined in conversation with Cosmographia Books founding editor Nina Alvarez. From celebrated artist
Apostle of Desire The poet will be joined in conversation with BOA Editions Executive Director Peter Conners. One of
jump the gun The poet will be joined in conversation with BOA Editions Executive Director Peter Conners. Poems in
Lonely Women Make Good Lovers The poet will be joined in conversation with BOA Editions Executive Director Peter Conners.
Mo(u)rning Rituals The poet will be joined in conversation with David Mihalyov. Published by Kelsay Books in 2024, “Mo(u)rning Rituals
Book of Exercises II, by George Seferis, translated from the Greek by Jennifer Kellogg The translator will be joined in
They Call You Back The author will participate in a moderated conversation with Juan Felipe Herrera, United States Poet Laureate,
Root Fractures Root Fractures excavates the moments of rupture in a family: a mother who was forced underground after the
Ward Toward The poet will be joined in conversation by poet Sara Daniele Rivera. Described as “a piercing debut: a
The Dead Don’t Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit Randall transforms pop culture moments
Migration Letters Migration Letters pulls heavily from the poet’s place in her family, communities, and the world at large. Testifying
Fog Notes Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Diane Seuss describes the poems in Tony Leuzzi’s fourth collection as “lavish with inuendo,” writing,
Described as “melding fierce and heartbroken politics with a flair for the surreal” by Craig Morgan Teicher, English as a
The Little Theater, 240 East Avenue, Rochester, NY Erica Cavanagh, Michael Dumanis, Rachel Galvin, Ilya Kaminsky & Sejal Shah ASL
Erica Cavanagh, Michael Dumanis, Rachel Galvin, Ilya Kaminsky & Sejal Shah Broadcast live from Rochester’s The Little Theater! ASL interpretation
Willa Carroll will read from her new chapbook, Demolition Suite, along with projections from her award-winning short film. Willa Carroll
