Lighthouse Writers Workshop

Listen to Lighthouse Young Writers Program Co-Director Kimberly O'Connor read "Early Pleistocene Horses" from her debut book of poems, "White Lung," out now from Saturnalia Press. Read more about Kimberly and her work here: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/staff-spotlight-qa-kimberly-oconnor

You’ve got plans! So many different ideas and ambitious plans. How do you get your brain to move from poetry to prose, fiction to nonfiction, drama to social media posts? How do you have, you know—a life—in between? Listen to writers Elisa Gabbert, Peter Parnell, Khadijah Queen, and Erika T. Wurth discuss time management and planning, writing, and living a creative life of the mind.

Listen to new faculty member Sarah Gerard read from her novel, "True Love." To learn more about Sarah, her book recommendations, and what courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-sarah-gerard

We’re living through dark times that require vigilance in the face of climate change, rampant poverty and homelessness, political strife, and so much more, so is art even necessary? How do we justify spending time making and consuming art when we should be at a protest or making money? What does art even do? On a rainy evening in June (in Denver, anyway), authors Sheila Heti and Arianna Reines, artist Derrick Velasquez, and Museo de las Americas Executive Director Claudia Moran met over Zoom, along with moderator Mike Henry, Lighthouse's Executive Director, to discuss the place of art in 2020 and beyond.

Listen to new faculty member Traci Groff-Jones read from a new manuscript, "Ransom in the Captive." To learn more about Traci, her book recommendations, and what courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-traci-groff-jones

Listen to new Lighthouse faculty member Alyse Knorr read some recent poems of hers. To learn more about Alyse, her recent book recommendations, and what courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-alyse-knorr

Listen to new Lighthouse faculty member Mathangi Subramanian read from her novel, "A People's History of Heaven." To learn more about Mathangi, her recent book recommendations, and what courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-mathangi-subramanian

Listen to 2020 Lit Fest Nonfiction Fellowship Runner-Up Ilse Josepha Lazaroms read a short excerpt from her memoir-in-progress, "Duets." Ilse also participated in a short Q&A, which you can read here: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/qa-ilse-josepha-lazaroms

Listen to Book Project graduate Theodore McCombs read his short piece, "Ora et Labora," a story he developed at a Lighthouse workshop with Emily Sinclair. To learn more about Theodore and the Book Project, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/qa-book-project-grad-ted-mccombs

Listen to new Lighthouse faculty member Evelyn Hampton read her short piece, "Pearl, My Mother," from her recently published short fiction collection, "Famous Children and Famished Adults." To learn more about Evelyn, her book recommendations, and which courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-evelyn-hampton

Listen to new Lighthouse faculty member Liz Breazeale read her short piece, "Hysteria," first published in The Rupture (formerly The Collagist). To learn more about Liz, her book recommendations, and which courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-liz-breazeale

Listen to new Book Project Mentor Vauhini Vara read from her recent New York Times piece, "My Decade In Google Searches." To learn more about Vara and the Book Project, read her Q&A with recent graduate Kate Christensen here: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/qa-new-book-project-mentor-vauhini-vara

After some cool, rainy nights, the Visiting Authors Reading (week one) came with sunshine, laughs, and fine performances from Sheila Heti, Helen Macdonald, Donald Margulies, Melissa Febos, Ross Gay, and Rachel Cusk.

On Wednesday, November 6, this fall's Big Read program culminated in an on-stage reading and interview with Julia Alvarez and Kali Fajardo-Anstine for Inside the Writer's Studio, co-presented by the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. Preceded by a performance by Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby LeFebre, the two authors read from their award-winning works, discussed their artistic processes, and answered audience questions live on-stage. *Note: Due to copyright restrictions, the podcast does not include Julia Alvarez reading from "In the Time of the Butterflies."

Listen to Twanna LaTrice Hill read an excerpt from her memoir-in-progress, "Diamonds In Her Teeth."

Listen to Michael Sindler read his poem "Let the End Be the End."

Listen to Jennifer Wortman read from her short story collection, "This. This. This. Is. Love. Love. Love."

Listen to Tiffany Quay Tyson read from her latest novel, "The Past Is Never."

Hear Gay Porter DeNileon read an excerpt from her in-progress historical novel.

On September 21, Lighthouse welcomed back former Denver Poet Laureate and Beacon Award for Excellence in Teaching instructor Chris Ransick for a book release and homecoming celebration. Chris read from his latest collection of poems, "Mummer Prisoner Scavenger Thief," as well as from his numerous other books. Prior to the reading, we recorded a number of Chris's friends and former students reading their favorite poems of his; their recordings precede Chris's reading on this podcast.