Upcoming Events

Come celebrate the conclusion of the 2023 Creative Nonfiction and Memoir Writing Project! Participants from the year-long 2023 Writing Project–led by Sun Yung Shin–will read from their completed manuscripts. This event is free and open to the public, but you must register to attend, as capacity is limited.

The Loft Literary Center Presents a 2023-2024 Loft Mentor Series Reading with mentors Billy-Ray Belcourt and Swati Avasthi and fellows Aurora Masum-Javed, Dorcy Jaffray, Paul Lai, and jd hegarty.

The Loft Literary Center Presents a 2023-2024 Loft Mentor Series Reading with mentors Marilyn Nelson and Juliet Patterson and fellows Rebecca Nichloson, Sara Dovre Wudali, Tim Knight, and Cindy Jiban.

If you're curious about the Loft's Year-Long Writing Project in Fiction or Children's Literature, come to this informal information session to find out more! In this session, we'll discuss the each of the programs, the year ahead, and how your project may fit in. The teaching mentors Lisa Bullard (Children's Literature) and Alison McGhee (Fiction) will briefly share an overview about what to expect. It is free and open to the public, and it takes place online, via Zoom. This will be a recorded event. Please pre-register for this event.

The Loft Literary Center Presents a 2023-2024 Loft Mentor Series Reading with mentors Ernesto Quiñonez and torrin a. greathouse and fellows Hana Worku, José Felipe Ozuna, LaTreena Felegy, and Tommy Frank.

Don't miss this one-of-a-kind celebration of the Loft's 50th anniversary! This evening will also welcome our Lit!Series visiting artists and some special guests.

Join the Loft Literary Center for its first Lit!Series event of the year featuring bestselling author Roxane Gay. This conversation will highlight and celebrate the work of Roxane Gay Books, an imprint of Grove Atlantic that publishes books of fiction and nonfiction selected and edited by Roxane Gay herself. She will be joined by three RGB-published authors, Lindsay Hunter, J. Vanessa Lyon, and Kelly Sundberg.

Join us as we celebrate our diverse writing community! During this social hour, we encourage current and prospective friends of the Loft to come hang and write with us from 4:00 - 5:00 PM at Open Book and join us for the Writers of Color Final Reading afterwards at 5:30 PM. Drinks and light snacks are provided. $5 or pay as you can at the door for non-members; free for members!