Poetry is news that stays new, Ezra Pound said. What is it of our own lives that will stay new? How do we give voice to this moment in time? […]
Join us at Wisebird Cider Co for a special edition of our Kentucky Great Writers series celebrating the upcoming Books In Progress conference with featured reader Willie Edward Taylor Carver, […]
Winter Into Spring – A Series of Writing Retreats with Leatha Kendrick Bring your blank pages or your current writing project to the Carnegie Center for a series of intensive […]
Join us for the April installment of our Burn The Mic poetry open mic series. Hosted by Claudia Love Mair April 22nd, 6-7pm
UK College of Arts and Sciences Department of English Division of Creative Writing MFA Graduation Reading Thursday April 23 5:00-6:30pm Graduating MFA in Creative Writing students will read short excerpts […]
This class will encourage and inspire outdoor enthusiasts to write their stories for fun and profit, from opening lines to marketing their masterpiece. Our topics will include examples of good […]
“To write is to give our attention to something and then ask Why?” – Joy Sullivan Using our surroundings and our senses, we’ll allow our instincts to lead us in […]
A distinctive trait of much memorable writing is its (and its author’s) “sense of place.” But any “place” is much more than just its geographical location—it is also defined by […]
A draft of a poem isn’t a broken thing that needs to be fixed. It’s not a clear, rational argument that needs a little cleaning up, a little editing. It’s […]
Winter Into Spring – A Series of Writing Retreats with Leatha Kendrick Bring your blank pages or your current writing project to the Carnegie Center for a series of intensive […]
Blah, Blah, Blah Writers’ Group will hold a Writers’ Crawl that will not only highlight places in Lexington important to writers and writing, but give writers an opportunity to write […]
Save the date: June 5-6, 2026
This online workshop will detail the ekphrastic process and provide prompts that will serve you whenever you face the blank page. Elizabeth will guide you to respond to visual and […]
