Literary news, upcoming events, and more!

Hi Everyone,

Here are a few news items, upcoming events, and opportunities that have caught my attention.

• Miami Book Fair emerging writing fellowship ($41,000 stipend):

https://www.miamibookfair.com/fellowships/

• Support the work of this year’s Whiting Award winners:

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/06/1091225249/2022-whiting-awards-celebrate-10-emerging-writers

• A wonderful NPR interview with poet Ocean Vuong:

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/05/1090845515/poet-ocean-vuong-sifts-through-the-aftershock-of-grief-in-time-is-a-mother

• An article on the growing popularity of queer romance novels:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/books/lgbtq-romance-novels.html

• Highly recommended playwriting workshop (5/1) with my theater director:

https://www.playcafe.org/workshops

• A seminar on the Arts of the Americas at Cornell University:

https://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/overview/K042522/

• An artists’ panel on ‘the performance of identity’ at the Guggenheim:

https://www.guggenheim.org/event/wearing-masks-the-performance-of-identity-in-contemporary-art?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=E_GillianWearing_040522

Please feel free to post any of your recommendations in the comments section!

Abrazos,

Cristina