Writers & Books

We are so excited for Tokeya C. Graham new children's book, A Yellow Ribbon in the Sky for Ronald. Join us Thursday to celebrate. Only a few seats left in the theater!

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Hang out with us in NOTA this Saturday!

In addition to the bagel brunch (10am), the Crafty Makers Market (11-4), and the event hub at Three Heads Brewing, we’re offering big sales in our bookstore, Ampersand, and a special book event with science writer Elizabeth Svoboda (Elizabeth Svoboda) and Sejal Shah (Sejal Shah🧿💃🏽). Join us here at 3:30 for that conversation followed by a book sale and signing

Learn more about the NOTA Summer Social by visiting their page (NOTA Business Association) and register for our Visiting Authors event at the link in our bio and stories!

What do Hala Alyan, Melissa Favelino, and Jessica L. Pavia have in common? They’re all contributors to this intriguing and necessary collection of essays about what it means to wait.

Hear readings from What Are You Waiting For? on Wednesday, August 5, here at Writers and Books. Can’t join us in person? You can watch virtually and ask questions during the q&a ! All registrants are sent a zoom link.

More info here:
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You may be familiar with writing in response to a prompt, but have you ever let a work of visual art be your prompt? Ekphrasis (writing in response to art) is a literary approach as old as the Illiad. Try it with us this month in Medina!

The summer-long Medina Triennial opened this June in Medina, NY; spanning ten sites across this historic canal town and featuring over 100 works from dozens of artists from across the world, the exhibition is centered around the theme: “All That Sustains Us”.

Explore four of the Triennial’s major installations on a short walking-writing tour led by poet and book artist, Erin Dorney. You’ll engage with the works, respond through writing guided by Dorney’s prompts and your own inspiration, and then return to the Medina Triennial hub to continue drafting, sharing, and deepening your understanding together. As with everything about the Medina Triennial: it’s free and open to all. Join us!

Register:
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This tour will visit 48 Collections from the Erie Canal (Futurefarmers); Reflection (Asad Raza); Floating Garden (Mary Mattingly); and Community Toolshed for the Birds (Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens); all sites are a short walk from the Hub.

Detail of “48 Encounters on the Erie Canal” by Futurefarmers, on view at the Medina Triennial. This work will be included on the tour.

Erin Dorney (b. 1984, Rochester, NY) grew up in Kendall, just 24 miles from Medina. Her writing draws on found text and repurposed language to explore what we notice and uncover in the world around us. She has led workshops at Fleisher Art Memorial, Yale University, and the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, and her work has been exhibited at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and the Susquehanna Art Museum. She is the author of two poetry collections and numerous zines.

Excerpt from “Manifesto for Maintenance Art” (1969). The feminist performance artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles used writing to fully express the concepts underpinning her project, “Maintenance Art”. Her manifesto led her to perform various acts of labor as art, including washing

Mary Oliver’s work speaks deeply to you? Oliver is someone you’ve always wanted to engage with in a deeper way? Join us this fall for a one-day, generative seminar led by the great Ren VanMeenen in the one of a kind natural oasis that is Gell: A Finger Lakes Creative Retreat.

https://writersandbooks.org/product/the-family-of-things-writing-the-self-and-nature-through-the-work-of-mary-oliver/

Don’t wait—this will be our last Gell program for the season, and seats are limited!

Lastly, there’s one last chance to catch Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World at The Little Theatre this weekend!