BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CalDiscovery//caldiscovery//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH DESCRIPTION:Baltimore: literary\, tonight (Thu Sep 17 from 5:00 PM\, Ameri ca/New_York). Rolling: the window moves forward every day\, so subscribe r ather than download. Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://ca ldiscovery.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains inform ation from CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. SOURCE:https://caldiscovery.com/baltimore-md/tonight-literary.ics X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Baltimore: literary\, tonight (Thu Sep 17 from 5:00 PM\, Amer ica/New_York). Rolling: the window moves forward every day\, so subscribe rather than download. Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://c aldiscovery.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains infor mation from CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. X-WR-CALNAME:Baltimore · literary · tonight · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Writing the Truth: Lessons in Nonfiction Writing DTSTART:20260908T170000Z DTEND:20260929T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T183024Z UID:10005342-1788872400-1790697600@writer.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Learn essential tools for powerful\, non-fiction\, narrative w riting in a range of different formats.\nThe workshop is designed for begi nning writers looking to gain a footing in non-fiction writing of differen t length and format\, from first-person essays to long-form magazine writi ng and even book-length projects. You’ll learn both by reading and by wr iting. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our onli ne video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on us ing the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don ’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn how to:\n\nDevelop resea rch and interviewing tools and methods\nWrite with power and clarity\nDeve lop an eye for detail and color\nIdentify characters to drive the story\nC onnect with the reader\n\nTime requirements\n\n30 minutes/week or less\n\n Materials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\n\nIf you need an a ccommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. W e will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary t o arrange for some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T183024Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/writing-the-truth-lessons-in-nonfiction-writi ng-3/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Archival Research for Creative Writing DTSTART:20260909T200000Z DTEND:20261007T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T183024Z UID:10005343-1788969600-1791396000@writer.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The art of narrative remix through historical research.\nAn in troduction to archival research through narrative writing and experimentat ion. Learn how to work with and historical resources\, interpret gaps\, an d reconstruct your own story as a public history tool. The workshop will i nclude a presentation of examples from the instructor’s current research process\, featuring archival imagery\, documents and story iterations. Pa rticipants will engage in exercises to think and write through their own n arrative projects\, whether meant for personal memoir or public scholarshi p. Designed for emerging scholars\, writers\, and community members intere sted in recovering underrepresented histories. \n\nLive video conference:  This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\,  Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the st art date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn how to:\n\nHarness archival resources\nWrite into the past \nUse narrative reconstruction as a research method\n\nTime requirements\n \n No time or reading is required outside of the classroom\n\nMaterials\n \nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodatio n for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will atte mpt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange f or some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T183024Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/archival-research-for-creative-writing/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Turning Your Writing Practice into a Creative Offering DTSTART:20260913T170000Z DTEND:20260920T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T183024Z UID:10005348-1789304400-1789918200@writer.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Write with purpose. Share with intention.\nIn this two-part wo rkshop series\, you’ll first explore how to build a restorative\, sustai nable writing practice rooted in your values\, interests\, and natural cre ative rhythms. Then on day two\, you’ll learn how to thoughtfully shape your writing into a creative offering\, identifying the messages you want to share\, the audience you hope to reach\, and the platforms or projects that best align with your goals. Whether you’re beginning your writing j ourney\, returning after time away\, or looking for fresh direction\, you ’ll leave with practical tools\, greater creative clarity\, and a deeper sense of purpose for both your writing practice and your creative life. P lease note: If you’ve previously taken GG’s standalone workshop\, Writ ing as a Restorative Practice\, the first day of this series covers much o f that same material. The second day offers new content focused on shaping your writing into a creative offering and sharing it with intention. \n\n Live video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video co nferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the pla tform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receiv e an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nWrite from the Inside Out: Build a writing practice rooted in your values\, interests\, and authentic creat ive voice.\nDiscover Your Creative Themes: Identify the stories\, question s\, and ideas that continue to call you back.\nWork with Your Creative Rhy thm: Learn habits and processes that support inspiration without burnout.\ nShape Your Writing into a Creative Offering: Explore how your personal wr iting can evolve into a project or platform that feels aligned and meaning ful.\nConnect with Your Audience: Clarify who you hope to reach\, the mess ages you want to share\, and the best ways to engage with readers.\nEmbrac e Experimentation: Replace perfectionism with curiosity as you create a fl exible\, sustainable plan for sharing your work.\n\nTime requirements\n\n1 -2 hours\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\n\nIf y ou need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@w riter.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T183024Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/turning-your-writing-practice-into-a-creative -offering/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-m d X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(Wet Ink) Experimentation in Flash Fiction DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261006 DTSTAMP:20260907T183024Z UID:10005349-1789344000-1791244799@writer.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Discover how creative constraints can unlock surprising new po ssibilities in your writing.\nIn this four-week generative workshop\, we w ill explore how playing with time\, form\, and omission can change stories and move them beyond the familiar. Through close reading\, discussion\, a nd in-class exercises\, participants will experiment with techniques to pl ay with their stories. By the end of the workshop\, participants will have several new drafts as well as a toolkit of exercises and strategies for f uture work. Participants should come prepared to write and to read a small selection of flash fiction between sessions\; no advance preparation is r equired for the first class. \n\nLearn at your own pace: This workshop wi ll take place over Wet Ink\, which is an asynchronous creative writing pl atform. The instructor will post a lesson and assignment at the beginning of each week\, and participants can log in and read the lessons/post assig nments/comment on other classmates’ work at their convenience. Shortly b efore the start date\, participants will receive an invite from Wet Ink to create their login info and access the class. Please check your spam if y ou don’t see it. \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nCompression as a creative tool\nForm as a generator of story\nTime and narrative movement \nThe power of omission\nReimagining drafts through revision\n\nTime requi rements\n\nParticipants should expect to spend approximately 1–2 hours b etween sessions reading a small selection of flash fiction. Time for compl eting optional generative writing exercises is dependent on individual wri ters. Writers will be encouraged to share their drafts with the workshop.\ n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for writers who want to expan d their creative practice through experimentation. It will be especially u seful for writers who find themselves relying on familiar approaches and a re interested in generating new work through constraint\, play and formal innovation. Writers of all genres and experience levels are welcome.\n\n\n If you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at acce ss@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notic e is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T183024Z LOCATION:Wet Ink URL:https://writer.org/event/wet-ink-experimentation-in-flash-fiction/?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best Book Club DTSTART:20260917T210000Z DTEND:20260917T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T181032Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53178828342361 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join us at the library and join friends in a book discussion! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T181032Z LOCATION:Brooklyn URL:https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/brooklyns-best-book-club-1683? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Enoch Pratt Free Library Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.prattlibrary.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:GirlTREK Book Club: The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor DTSTART:20260917T220000Z DTEND:20260917T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T003151Z UID:2292623-1789668000-1789671600@www.theivybookshop.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Read along with the GirlTREK book club at The Ivy Bookshop! \n Whether you’ve read every single page\, just started chapter one\, or si mply want to surround yourself with good company and great conversation\, you belong here. Come as you are! \nTogether\, we will journey through the interconnected lives of seven Black women as they navigate systemic hards hips within a neglected urban landscape. In true GirlTREK spirit\, their s hared struggles fuel a powerful testament to resilience\, healing\, and th e life-saving power of sisterhood and community. \nThe book club for Septe mber is The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor. RSVP here! \nAbout GirlTREK: Far more than a walking group\, GirlTREK is a life-saving sister hood. We are a campaign to heal intergenerational trauma\, fight systemic racism and transform Black lives. As women organize walking teams\, they a lso mobilize community members to support advocacy efforts and lead a Civi l Rights-inspired health movement. GirlTREK’s membership is currently at over one million and growing every day. Read more here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T003151Z LOCATION:The Ivy Bookshop\, Back Patio\, 5928 Falls Road\, Baltimore\, MD\ , 21209 URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/event/girltrek-book-club-2/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Ivy Bookshop X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Howard French with Minkah Makalani & Madina Thiam: THE SECOND EMAN CIPATION DTSTART:20260917T220000Z DTEND:20260917T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T003151Z UID:2726987-1789668000-1789673400@www.theivybookshop.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Journalist and author Howard W. French discusses his new volum e about Africa’s pivotal role in shaping world history at Bird in Hand! \n\n\n\n\nWe hope you’ll join us for this exciting conversation\, includ ing professors Minkah Makalani and Madina Thiam from the departments of Af ricana Studies and History at Johns Hopkins University. \nSubtitled Nkrum ah\, Pan-Africanism\, and Global Blackness at High Tide\, The Second Eman cipation provides an extraordinary account of Africa’s liberation from colonial oppression\, and is a work that fundamentally reshapes our unders tanding of modern history. \nThe title—referring to a brief period begin ning in 1957 when dozens of African colonies gained their freedom—positi ons this liberation at the center of a “movement of global Blackness\, ” with one charismatic leader\, Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972)\, at its hea d. \nThat so few people today know about Nkrumah is an omission that Frenc h demonstrates is “typical of our deliberate neglect of Africa’s enorm ous role in the birth of the modern world.” The book sets out to re-crea te Nkrumah’s life as “an epic twentieth-century story.” \nClick here to RSVP! \nClick here to order The Second Emancipation! \nHoward W. Fren ch is a journalist and author whose work spans five decades of reporting from Africa\, Asia\, the Caribbean\, and Central America. A former bureau chief and senior writer for The New York Times\, he joined the paper in 19 86 and reported from the front lines of history across four continents unt il 2008. He was one of the Times’ first Black foreign correspondents. \n Since 2008\, French has been a professor at the Columbia University Gradua te School of Journalism\, where he was named Professor of the Year in 2016 . He writes a widely read weekly column on Africa and international affair s for Foreign Policy and contributes regularly to The New York Review of B ooks\, The Atlantic\, and The Guardian. \nThe author of six books\, includ ing the acclaimed Born in Blackness (Liveright\, 2021)\, and The Second Em ancipation (Liveright\, 2025)\, French was elected as a member of the Amer ican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2025. His forthcoming book\, The Jung les: Thelonious Monk and the Lost Cradle of Modern Jazz\, will be out in F ebruary 2027. \nMinkah Makalani is Associate Professor of Africana Studie s and History at Johns Hopkins University. \nMadina Thiam is Fannie Gasto n-Johansson Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and History at Johns H opkins University. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T003151Z LOCATION:Bird in Hand Coffee & Books\, 11 East 33rd Street\, Baltimore\, M D\, 21218\, United States URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/event/howard-french-with-minkah-makalan i-madina-thiam-the-second-emancipation/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium =ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Ivy Bookshop X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Twinbrook Book Discussion Group DTSTART:20260917T223000Z DTEND:20260917T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T000433Z UID:31733-1789669800-1789673400@www.mdhumanities.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join us as we discuss the 2026 One Maryland One Book selection \, “No Sense in Wishing: Essays”\, by Lawrence Burney. Free\, no regis tration\, all are welcome. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T000433Z LOCATION:Montgomery County Public Libraries\, Twinbrook Library\, 202 Mead ow Hall Drive\, Rockville\, MD\, 20851\, United States URL:https://www.mdhumanities.org/event/twinbrook-book-discussion-group-2/? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Maryland Humanities X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.mdhumanities.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Baltimore Silent Book Club DTSTART:20260917T223000Z DTEND:20260918T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T233740Z UID:10005292-1789669800-1789677000@oldmajorbaltimore.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:OM is a host of the Silent Book Club. Bring a book\, grab a bi te/food and enjoy reading your book in the company of fellow book lovers! \nThe event kicks off at 6:30 p.m. with introductions and eating/drinking. The silent reading hour will run 7:30-8:30 p.m. Afterward\, feel free to stick around for mingling or more reading. \nAbout Silent Book Club \nSile nt Book Club is a global community of readers and introverts\, with 300 ch apters around the world led by local volunteers. SBC members gather in per son and online to read together in quiet camaraderie. \nSilent Book Club s tarted in 2012 with a couple of friends—Guinevere de la Mare and Laura G luhanich—reading in companionable silence at their neighborhood bar in S an Francisco. They loved books\, and reading with friends\, but most of th eir previous attempts at book clubs had fizzled out. \nOften with traditio nal book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the assigned book\, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to h ave a book club where you could just enjoy books\, friends\, and wine—wi thout any homework? At Silent Book Club\, there’s no assigned reading. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T233740Z LOCATION:Old Major\, 900 South Carey Street\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21223\, Uni ted States URL:http://oldmajorbaltimore.com/events/baltimore-silent-book-club-10/2026 -09-17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Old Major X-SOURCE-URL:http://oldmajorbaltimore.com/events/read-the-room-a-prose-poe try-readings-literature-open-mic-2/2024-08-01 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ke Huy Quan: "Never Say Die" DTSTART:20260917T230000Z DTEND:20260918T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T002759Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53425731838228 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:**THIS PROGRAM IS SOLD OUT** \n\n \n\nIn this stunning and com pulsively readable memoir\, the Oscar-winning star of Indiana Jones and th e Temple of Doom\, The Goonies\, and Everything Everywhere All at Once\, K e Huy Quan\, tells the story of his journey from Vietnamese refugee to 80s child star to the most inspiring comeback in Hollywood history. \n\n \n\n Ke Huy Quan’s Hollywood adventure began when he was twelve years old\, a mere five years after his family escaped Communist Northern Vietnam and s ettled down to a relatively peaceful life in L.A.’s Chinatown. After att ending an open call audition on a whim\, he was unexpectedly swept up in t he wild world of filmmaking: learning to swim from Harrison Ford on the se t of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom\, receiving trucks full of toys from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for his birthday\, meeting Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker\, and making lifelong friends on the set of The G oonies.\n\n\n \nA star of two of the most beloved movies of the ‘80s\, t here appeared to be no limit to Ke’s rise. But just a few years later\, the roles had dried up and it seemed like Hollywood no longer had a place for him. He eventually left acting to work odd jobs behind the scenes for directors like Wong Kar Wai. His confidence was badly shaken\, but his lov e of performing never abated. It wasn’t until decades later\, when he wa s 49 years old\, that he stepped back in front of the camera to star in a strange little indie film called Everything Everywhere All at Once\, which surprised everyone with its incredible box-office and awards season succe ss. To call Ke’s Oscar-winning performance a triumphant return would be an understatement.\n\n\n \nIn this moving\, inspirational memoir\, Ke pain ts a vivid self-portrait\, telling both heart-wrenching and funny stories of his early rise\, slow fall from the spotlight\, the resilience that kep t him going through his darkest times\, and his eventual resurrection on o ne of the biggest stages in Hollywood. Never Say Die is the story of Ke’ s extraordinary life\, a love letter to the movies and people that shaped him\, and a powerful testament to never giving up on your dreams.\n\n \n\n Ke Huy Quan will be joined in conversation by Karsonya Wise Whitehead\, ho st of Today with Dr. Kaye on WEAA 88.9 FM.\n\n \n\nAbout the Author: \n\nK e Huy Quan is an Oscar-winning actor who immigrated to the United States a s a child and grew up in Los Angeles. Discovered at an open casting call w ith no acting experience\, he was cast at age 12 as Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom\, followed by his role as Data in the belove d adventure classic\, Goonies. As opportunities became limited\, he steppe d away from acting to study at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts\, graduati ng in 1999\, and later worked behind the scenes as an action choreographer and assistant director. After more than two decades away from acting\, he returned to the screen in Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Academy Aw ard–winning Everything Everywhere All At Once\, earning widespread accla im along with the Academy Award\, Golden Globe\, and SAG Award for Best Su pporting Actor. He has since appeared in Season 2 of the Disney+ series Lo ki\, starred in Universal’s Love Hurts\, and voiced Gary De’ Snake in Disney’s animated film Zootopia 2. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife \, Echo.\n\n \n\nAbout the Moderator:\n\nKarsonya Wise Whitehead is the ho st of Today with Dr. Kaye on WEAA 88.9 FM. She is the founding director of The Karson Institute for Race\, Peace & Social Justice\, as well as a com munication and African and African American Studies professor at Loyola Un iversity.\n\n \n\nAbout the Program: \n\nDoors will open to registered att endees at 6 pm. Seating for registered attendees in Central Hall is first come\, first served. All registered in-person attendees will receive a fre e copy of the book while supplies last. There will not be a book signing following the program. Free parking vouchers are available to program atte ndees who park at the Franklin Street Garage (15 W. Franklin Street) after 4pm. Ask Pratt event staff for your parking voucher prior to or after th e program. All bags\, backpacks\, briefcases\, etc. entering and exiting t he library will be subject to inspection by security personnel. No large b ags.This is a seated event with spaces reserved for individuals with acces sibility needs. ASL interpretation will also be available for attendees th roughout the event. If you need additional accommodations to successfully participate\, please let us know at events@prattlibrary.org or 443-768-076 2. LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T002759Z LOCATION:Central Library\, Central Hall URL:https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/ke-huy-quan-never-say-die?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Enoch Pratt Free Library Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.prattlibrary.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Virtual Craft Chat on Fiction w/ Bret Anthony Johnston DTSTART:20260917T230000Z DTEND:20260918T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T062843Z UID:10005188-1789671600-1789675200@writer.org CATEGORIES:free,literary DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the c raft of fiction! We’re joined by author Bret Anthony Johnston for a disc ussion of his new collection\, Encounters with Unexpected Animals. Bret is in conversation with Varun​ Gauri\, novelist and Board member at The Wr iter’s Center. \nRSVP below to receive login information (our virtual e vents are held via Zoom). FREE and open to the public\, all times Eastern \nWe encourage you to order a copy of the book from your local\, independ ent bookseller or online from Bookshop.org » \n\nBret Anthony Johnston  is the author of the bestselling novels We Burn Daylight and Remember M e Like This\, the award-winning Corpus Christi: Stories\, and the editor of Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer. His wor k has appeared in The New Yorker\, Esquire\, The Paris Review\, Thrasher Magazine\, The Best American Short Stories\, and elsewhere. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship and the Sunday Ti mes Short Story Award\, he was born and raised in Texas and is the directo r of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. \n\nAbout Encounters with Unexpected Animals\nAn imaginative\, moving co llection of stories infused with the magic and enigma of the human conditi on and drenched in Texas heat\, from the best-selling author of We Burn D aylight. \nEncounters with Unexpected Animals takes readers deep into the heart of bestselling author Bret Anthony Johnston’s home state of Texas \, where teenagers search for love\, parents grasp at connections with the ir children\, and animals—real or imagined\, familiar or unexpected—ar e reminders of the mystery\, danger\, and beauty of being alive. \nIn “C aiman\,” a father buys a baby alligator in hopes of keeping his family s afe. In “Soldier of Fortune\,” a teenage boy dog-sits for his neighbor s after tragedy strikes\, and his innocent snooping uncovers the family’ s most guarded secret. And in the luminous “Half of What Atlee Rouse Kno ws About Horses\,” an elderly man’s heart is laid bare with the raw an d breathtaking power of wild horses. \nJohnston’s humor\, empathy\, and mastery of prose ring out through each story\, bringing every finely-drawn character to radiant life. Individually\, the stories are by turns suspen seful\, poignant and exhilarating. Taken together\, they reveal the abidin g connections that lead us from sorrow and impermanence back to ourselves and\, ultimately\, to each other. \n\nIf you need an accommodation for thi s event\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulf ill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some acc essibility services. \n\nEnjoying our free events? Help us offer more pro grams to support writers with a $10 donation » LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T062843Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/bret-anthony-johnston/?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR