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Listen to Writers Studio founder and director Philip Schultz discuss his new book, Comforts of the Abyss, on Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon!

Give a writing class or tutorial as a gift to a parent, young adult, or any loved or liked one. Please write to Liz at liz@writerstudio.com or call (212) 255-7075 for personal, thoughtful gift-giving. Check out available classes here. Send a copy of Comforts of the Abyss, by founder and director Philip Schultz, which tells the…

“I had never taken a fiction writing class before. For one of our first class assignments, I wrote a short piece about an older Indian man, recently divorced, who was experimenting with Internet dating, and navigating a complicated relationship with his adult daughter and ex-wife. I have returned many times to that fictional character and his family. In fact, I wrote a…

Nancy Connors, a Writers Studio teacher and student, has won the Pushcart Prize for her poem “To Cigarettes,” which will appear in The Pushcart Prize Volume XLVII (2023 edition), scheduled for publication in November. “To Cigarettes” was originally published in Stonecoast Review Issue 14. Nancy writes fiction and poetry, and is a student in Philip…

“Poet Schultz delves into the written expression of real emotion in this eloquent guide to ‘persona writing,’ or developing a narrative voice and viewpoint different from one’s own. Doing so, he writes, makes it possible to articulate difficult feelings and can provide a shield from the ‘shitbird,’ Schultz’s term for one’s sense of doubt and…

Sunday, November 7 at 7 pm (EST) Join a star-studded lineup of poets, including Joy Harjo, Garrett Hongo, Yusef Komunyakaa, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, and Natasha Trethewey, to celebrate award-winning poet and advocate Edward Hirsch’s newly published 100 Poems to Break Your Heart. In this inspiring anthology, Hirsch selects some of the most moving…