Throughout Weeksville's 180-year history, the written word has been interwoven throughout every era. From it's 19th century newspaper, The Freedman's Torchlight to our annual poetry slam, literary arts has a home here at Weeksville.
Words@Weeksville is a new monthly literary series consisting of both a reading series and an adult writing workshop, curated by Bridgett M. Davis, author and the director of Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program at Baruch College. The adult writing workshops offer aspiring writers the opportunity to work on craft in a group setting with an published author. The fee for the two-hour workshop is $20 and participants will receive a copy of the writer’s book.
Powered by the wealth of literary talent of established and emerging authors and poets from across the African diaspora, Words @ Weeksville is the literary hub of Central Brooklyn.
Hip-hop feminist Joan Morgan is heading to Weeksville to talk her latest book, ""She Begat This: 20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill"!
Welcome Tayari Jones back home to Brooklyn for our May Words @ Weeksville series!
Words @ Weeksville is celebrating National Poetry Month with Jacqueline Jones LaMon, David Tomas Martinez, and Nafissa Thompson-Spires!
Come get some Black girl magic courtesy of Mahogany Browne's writing workshop.
Uzodimna Iweala, Greg Pardlo, and Naima Coster will be reading from new work at March's Words @ Weeksville!
Words @ Weeksville opens with readings from Katia D. Ulysse, Krystal Sital, and Dennis Norris!
Join Zetta Elliott, the author of over 25 books for young readers and Weeksville's 2015 Writer-in-Residence, as she leads an intimate writing workshop opening our Words @ Weeksville adult writing series!
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