Writer to Writer: Conversations on Craft & Featured Readings series pairs writers together to read from their work and to discuss all aspects of being a working writer. These live virtual events are a window into a writer's life and also provide access to, and a platform for, diverse voices and writing talent across genres. Conversations may touch on craft, literary friendship, publishing, sustaining a writing practice, and more.

To register, visit: https://vermontstudiocenter.org/calendar/maudelledriskell-abigailwender-writertowriter

Maudelle Driskell, who lives in Franconia, New Hampshire, is the executive director of The Frost Place. She holds an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College and is the recipient of the Ruth Lilly Fellowship, awarded by Poetry magazine and the Modern Language Association. Her first full length poetry collection, Talismans, was published by Hobblebush Books in 2014. She was a featured poet at Vanderbilt University's Millennial Gathering of the Writers of the New South. Her work has appeared in Poetry, Kenyon Review, CAIRN, New Orleans Review, All Shook Up, The Made Thing, and The Cortland Review among others. She is a past winner of the Agnes Scott Writer’s Festival. Maudelle volunteers with poetry and arts organizations and serves on several boards.

Abigail Wender is a poet and translator. Her debut poetry collection, Reliquary, was published in spring 2021. Her translation from the German of The Bureau of Past Management, Iris Hanika’s award-winning novel, will be published in fall 2021. Her writing and translations have appeared in Asymptote, Bodega, The Cortland Review, Disquieting Muses Quarterly, Epiphany Literary Review, Kenyon Review Online, Massachusetts Review, New Orleans Review, SWIMM, Tupelo Quarterly, and others. She is a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, and lives in New York City and Massachusetts.

Sep 24, 2024, 4:30 AM

Sep 24, 2024, 3:30 to 4:30 PM

Sep 28, 2024, 2 PM