Join us for Saturday only of our two-day writing conference focused on nature and the environment. Saturday's sessions include: Keynote with Daniel Slager, publisher & CEO, Milkweed Editions Morning breakout sessions with Jill Stukenberg (prose); Michael Walsh (poetry); Chera Van Falcon Burg (advocacy); Libby Humprhies (Hike and Write: The Ridges) Panel Discussion: Eco-Poetics with Kimberly Blaeser, Nicholas Gulig,…

This Mother’s Day weekend, celebrate Mother Earth with two days focused on writing about nature and the environment with leading voices in the field. Join us at the Landmark Resort in Egg Harbor for the 2025 Writing On The Door Conference: Writing the World. Whether you are a poet, nonfiction writer, novelist, essayist, journalist, or…

Join us for Friday only of our two-day writing conference focused on nature and the environment. Friday’s presenters include: Keynote with Dan Egan Morning breakout sessions with Constance Malloy (prose), Caryl Pagel (poetry), Lindsey Taylor (advocacy), Carrie and Peter Sherrill (Hike and Write: Art/Speaks) Panel discussion on Writing the Nature of the Door with Kathleen…

A six-week generative workshop for those who want to write about their memories but don’t know where to start. Join teaching artist Robin Sauerwein to explore your creativity through a variety of writing prompts. Participants will share writing in a fun and supportive environment. This is not a critique class. Participants will set goals to keep themselves…

Memoir Mondays are free one-hour creative writing sessions designed for seniors, but open to all, who want to share memories to leave as a legacy for family and friends. Do you have stories you want to share but you aren’t sure how to get started? These sessions are perfect for you! Volunteers will provide writing…

Bring family and friends for an afternoon of game! Write On has a wide variety of games and puzzles with a literary or word related theme. (Full list of games below.) Drop in at any time! Games are always available to be enjoyed any time the center is open. CHOOSE FROM THESE GAMES: A Little…

Now in its 10th season, Great Lakes/Great Books meets the first Thursday of the month September – May to discuss books that have the Great Lakes as setting or subject matter or that are related to water and/or the Great Lakes region. All are welcome, whether you have read the book or not! The selection…

What power does poetry hold for you? What is a powerful poem that has moved you? What makes it powerful? Is it the language, the voice, the imagery, the emotion, or something else? Bring a poem you find powerful to share aloud and tell us why it moves you. Following the sharing of poems, we…

A six-week generative workshop for those who want to write about their memories but don’t know where to start. Join teaching artist Robin Sauerwein to explore your creativity through a variety of writing prompts. Participants will share writing in a fun and supportive environment. This is not a critique class. Participants will set goals to keep themselves…

Many people have stories to tell about illness, whether it’s visible or invisible, chronic or an era in their lives. Jumi Bello will introduce participants to various writers, both living and dead, who write on the notions of illness and the different forms they’ve embodied in expressing their experience. She will then guide participants in…