“What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend?”
― Empire Falls, Richard Russo, born #otd (photo by Patrick Dodson / UAlbany) Watch video from his 2023 event hosted by @timesunion.com Editor Casey Seiler.
www.nyswritersinstitute.org/richardrusso...
15.07.2025 16:11 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
As the NYS Summer Writers Institute enters the final week of its 38th season, we’re reminded just how rare and remarkable this gathering is. www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/the-202...
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14.07.2025 18:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both."
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Today is the birthday of Robert Hunter (1941-2019), lyricist, singer-songwriter, and poet best known for his contributions to the Grateful Dead.
Read more about Robert and watch a video of "Eyes of the World" at www.nyswritersinstitute.org
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23.06.2025 18:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Min Jin Lee (credit: Hae Ran of Channel Yes) and Kimiko Hahn (credit: Beowulf Sheehan)
The NYS Writers Institute proudly announces novelist Min Jin Lee has been named the new State Author and Kimiko Hahn the new State Poet. www.nyswritersinstitute.org
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18.06.2025 21:55 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Ticket sales end tomorrow.
No rain in forecast for Saturday. Join us Saturday, June 21, as we mark 100 years of The Great Gatsby and The New Yorker with a special literary tour of New York City. www.nyswritersinstitute.org
Co-sponsored by the UAlbany Alumni Association
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17.06.2025 18:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our first-ever literary bus trip to NYC!
Join us on Saturday, June 21, as we mark 100 years of The Great Gatsby and The New Yorker with a special literary tour of New York City. Details: www.nyswritersinstitute.org
Co-sponsored by the UAlbany Alumni Association
@ualbanyalumni.bsky.social
29.05.2025 19:46 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Our first-ever literary bus trip to NYC!
Join us on Saturday, June 21, as we mark 100 years of The Great Gatsby and The New Yorker with a special literary tour of New York City. Details: www.nyswritersinstitute.org
Co-sponsored by the UAlbany Alumni Association
@ualbanyalumni.bsky.social
29.05.2025 19:46 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Alice Notley
Rest in peace, Alice Notley. "Poetry outlasts everything. It’s a primeval spirit. It’s probably the first speech. It comes with speech. It’s what children do, when they play with their first words. And it comes from nowhere, and it always goes on." www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/alice-n...
21.05.2025 17:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book signing event dates with local author/freelance journalist Jack Rightmyer, author of the new novel On Your Left:
1 p.m. Saturday, May 17
The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza
6 p.m. Friday, June 13
Northshire Bookstore
Saratoga Springs NY
www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/book-si...
15.05.2025 20:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time.
Join us Saturday for a live performance of "Selected Shorts" at the University at Albany. www.nyswritersinstitute.org @albany.edu
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Event: Join us at 7 pm Tue, April 29, for a free screening of the documentary "Ultimate Citizens." Watch the trailer: www.nyswritersinstitute.org
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Remember learning about the Scopes "monkey" trial in school?
Join us tonight for a conversation with historian Brenda Wineapple about her book on the 1925 'trial of the century."
7:30 p.m. Wed, April 23, at the NYS Museum
www.nyswritersinstitute.org
23.04.2025 15:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
William Jennings Bryan (seated at left in the bow tie) being questioned by Clarence Darrow during the trial of the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, July 20, 1925. The court proceedings were moved outdoors that day by the judge because of the extreme heat. (Photo credit: Smithsonian Institution Archives)
Event: Why the Scopes "Monkey" trial of 1925 still matters. Join us Wed., April 23, for a conversation with historian Brenda Wineapple (Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation). www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/excerpt...
21.04.2025 20:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Kathryn Walat
Join us Wednesday (Apr 16) at UAlbany for a staged reading The Rover -- a new adaptation-in-progress -- by Kathryn Walat. A Q&A will follow.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 16. www.nyswritersinstitute.org
#theatre
#ualbany
#518
#albany
15.04.2025 22:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
on train to Albany to speak about AI at the @nyswi.bsky.social later this afternoon. Honored for this chance to talk about the race to cash in on AI, and why I'm mostly excited but a little bit petrified of artificial intelligence.
15.04.2025 15:13 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Gary Rivlin
Join us at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at @albany.edu for a timely talk with Gary Rivlin, author of AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence. www.nyswritersinstitute.org
14.04.2025 19:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lan Samantha Chang
Today! Guest speaker Lan Samantha Chang, director of the Iowa Writers Workshop and author of The Family Chao. 7 tonight - Apr 9 - at RPI Rensselaer. Details: www.nyswritersinstitute.org/lansamanthac...
#writers #novels #albany #518 @iowawriterswksp.bsky.social
09.04.2025 14:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dr. Frantz Fanon
No plans this afternoon?
Join us at 5 p.m. today (Fri April 4) for a screening/discussion of the first feature film about French Afro-Caribbean writer Frantz Fanon.
5 p.m. Friday, April 4 at @ualbany
Trailer: www.nyswritersinstitute.org/film-screeni... #albany #film #518
04.04.2025 17:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Next Thursday conversation: "Young voters: Where will they take us?" With Raina Lipsitz and Tina Nguyen. 4:30 p.m. Thurs, April 10, at UAlbany. www.nyswritersinstitute.org/rainalipsitz... @theverge.com @tinanguyen.bsky.social
03.04.2025 19:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Kazim Ali
“What makes poetry different from any other kind of writing is the line...” Kazim Ali. Join us at 7:30 tonight (Wed) for a poetry reading and conversation with Ali. Details: www.nyswritersinstitute.org
02.04.2025 16:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Novelist and screenwriter Richard Price
Novelist, screenwriter Richard Price at @albany.edu today. His first event with the NYS Writers Institute since 2004. 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 1. Details at www.nyswritersinstitute.org/richardprice
01.04.2025 15:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lynn Nottage
Special event today with Lynn Nottage, the only woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice: in 2009, for her play Ruined, and in 2017, for her play Sweat.
7:30 p.m. Monday, March 31, at @albany.edu
Free and open to the public.
www.nyswritersinstitute.org
31.03.2025 15:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks Times Union and Gary Hahn for this story about actor and UAlbany alumnus Frank Whaley, coming to Saturday's Albany Film Festival. Event info below...
27.03.2025 15:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Albany Film Fest focuses on the immigrant experience
“Every film begins with a story..." Thanks to the folks at The 518 for the story about our upcoming Albany Film Festival! the518.com/p/albany-fil...
www.albanyfilmfestival.org
26.03.2025 15:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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