Purchase Writers Center (PWC)

10/07/2015

Zadie Smith is one of the most accomplished writers working today. She has published four acclaimed novels, White Teeth (2000), The Autograph Man (2002), On Beauty (2005), and NW (2012).

01/26/2015

Library to close at 8pm today, Jan. 26 (via Purchase College Library)

Due to inclement weather, Purchase College Library will close at 8pm today, January 26. Not all regular services will be available, as we may be short-staffed. As the weather progresses, we will up...

10/27/2014

Meet the 2014-15 Purchase Writers Center Fellows:

JESSICA LASER
Jessica Laser's poems can be found in Boston Review, The Iowa Review, Lana Turner, Petri Press, and elsewhere. She is the author of a chapbook, Assumed Knowledge and the Knowledge Assumed from Experience, forthcoming from The Catenary Press. A graduate of Brown University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she currently lives in Nyack, NY. Visit her at http://JessicaLaser.com.

ERIC LINSKER
Eric Linsker's first book of poems, La Far (University of Iowa, 2014), won the Iowa Poetry Poetry Prize "with a craft that is original and unnerving" (Publishers Weekly). He lives in Brooklyn and is co-founder and co-editor of the Claudius App.

RACHEL MCCAIN
Rachel McCain received her MFA in creative nonfiction writing from Sarah Lawrence College in May 2014. She has previously worked as a newspaper editor and a magazine writer. Currently, she is the editor-in-chief of the Blue Door Quarterly Journal, a new literary and art publication created by Blue Door Art Gallery in Yonkers, with the help of ArtsWestchester. She is also the art director of a summer camp.

DANIEL POPPICK
Daniel Poppick is a poet. His areas of interest include the lyric, small press publishing, and contemporary poetry in performance. His poems appear in BOMB, The Volta, jubilat, The Iowa Review, Colorado Review,The Claudius App, and elsewhere. He co-publishes The Catenary Press with Rob Schlegel and is the author of a chapbook, Vox Squad (Petri Press). His first book, The Police (Omnidawn) will be published in 2017. He lives in Brooklyn.

ADITI SRIRAM
Aditi Sriram's writing has appeared in American and Indian magazines. She loves fiction writing the most, but also writes creative non-fiction. Aditi has summited Mount Kilimanjaro, hitchhiked along the Red Sea in Egypt, trekked into hidden stepwells in New Delhi, and befriended 70-year old strangers, all for the sake of a story. She is working on a novel inspired by all of these things.

08/28/2013

The Purchase Writers Center congratulates our inaugural fellow Sarah Bracey White on the publication of her memoir, Primary Lessons (CavanKerry Press). Sarah worked on her memoir while in residence at the Writers Center. We're proud of you, Sarah!

11/27/2012

The Purchase Writers Center congratulates our inaugural fellow Pam Hart on winning a grant from the NEA. Kudos!
We'll be celebrating at a reception at the PWC at 4;00 on December 12.

10/12/2012

The Performing Arts Center Presents Alison Bechdel Reading & Lecture - October 17, 2012 @ 4:30pm.

Purchase College, SUNY will sponsor a lecture by Alison Bechdel, the best selling le***an graphic novelist and cartoonist.

10/08/2012

Shirley and Royal Durst Distinguished Lecture: Are You My Mother: A Reading and Lecture with Alison Bechdel on October 17, 2012.

Controversy comes in different shapes and sizes, and this fall it will appear in the form of two thought-provoking lectures at Purchase College, SUNY, when authors Alison Bechdel and James Shapiro discuss their latest books as part of the Royal and Shirley Durst Distinguished Lecture and the Burt Sa...

04/16/2012

Three editors of The Westchester Review visited campus for a free-writing workshop sponsored by the Purchase Writers Center for students on Friday, March 16. The editors spoke about their publication and gave writing and editing tips to the students. They also called for poetry and short story submi...

04/12/2012

Congratulations to Advisory Board member Aminatta Forna: Her novel THE MEMORY OF LOVE, which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize, has been short-listed for the IMPAC award.

03/18/2012

Sweet ending to the Write-In when a mix of fellows, community members, and students shared what they'd been working on, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction

03/17/2012

Write In!

03/17/2012