Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR)

Creative Writing Workshops: “Where We Live” *

A wrokshop at the Nelson Seminar Room of Mary Helen Cochran Library of Sweet Braar College  for communty adults.  Taught by John Gregory Brown  

* FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Registration requested. Go to https://sweetbriarcollege.wufoo.com/forms/yaa-gyasi-big-read-events/  or scan QR Code to register for this and all SBC events.   

February 12, February 19, 2025; 7-8:30 pm | Nelson Seminar Room, Mary Helen Cochran Library, Sweet Briar College. Two weeks of workshop Wednesdays from 7:00 to 8:30 

Creative Writing Workshops: on the NEA Big Read  theme for 2024-2025 “Where We Live” *

Born and raised in New Orleans, John Gregory Brown is the author of the novels Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery; The Wrecked, Blessed Body of Shelton Lafleur; Audubon’s Watch. and A Thousand Miles From Nowhere. His honors include a Lyndhurst Prize, the Lillian  Smith Award, the John Steinbeck Award, and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Book of the Year Award. He is the  Julia Jackson Nichols Professor of English at Sweet Briar College and lives in Virginia. He and his wife, the novelist Carrie Brown, have  three children.

This is an extraordinary opportunity and attendance is limited by the venue size so we urge you to register as soon as possible.  The project is a community Collaboration between Amherst Glebe Arts Response and one of its Community Partners, Sweet Briar College.   This Big Read program is asking community adults to read Yaa Gyasi's novel, "HOMEGOING"  (Please see Gyasi's FREE Virtual talk at Sweet Briar on Feb. 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM  for more information  amherstglebeartsresponse.org or call 434-989-3215.  Registration at Link below)