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        • Courtney Craven
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    • February
      • Modern Day Romance with Beverly Jenkins
      • Lyric Histories with Corinna Cook
      • Intensive Pitching with Chantelle Aimée Osman
    • March
      • Juju Poetics with J Allen
      • From First Draft to Final Cut with María Isabel Álvarez Hook your reader | Mar 15
      • Crafting a Believable World with Hafsah Faizal
      • Community and Collaboration with Layli Long Soldier
    • April
      • Break a Vase: Gathering the Pieces with María Fernanda
      • Voice, Time and Otherness in Fiction
      • Better Accessibility, Bigger Audiences: Crafting Inclusive Content with Courtney Craven
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      • An Evening with Claire Vaye Watkins
      • The World About You with Linda Hogan
      • Black Love Matters: The Radicalization of the American Historical Romance with Beverly Jenkins
      • An Evening with Michael Wiegers
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      • Get Lit Spirited conversation. Literary culture. | 1st Thursdays
      • Veterans Writing Circle Writing group and workshop | 4th Tuesdays
      • Write Here, Write Now Pop-up workshops | 4th Mondays
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    • NEA Big Read A celebration of Indigenous literary arts | Feb - Mar 2021
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      • About the Book Learn more about The Round House by Louise Erdrich
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      • Phoenix Youth Poet Laureate Spotlight Reading
    • Arizona Poetry Out Loud Central Region Semi-finals
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      • Dunbar Elementary School Creative writing education for students
      • Piper Fellow-in-Residence An innovative fellowship and residency position
      • Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative Envisioning new futures in a changing world
      • Thousand Languages An innovative translation project and database
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      • Hayden's Ferry Review Supporting the literary journal of ASU
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