Monadnock Writers’ Group meeting with MacDowell fellows
Published: 05-15-2025 8:00 AM |
The Monadnock Writers’ Group will host authors Dantiel Moniz and Mira Jacob on Saturday, May 17, at 9:45 a.m. as part of its monthly speaker series at MacDowell’s James Baldwin Library, 100 High St., Peterborough.
The event is free and open to the public
Moniz, a current MacDowell fellow, is author of the story collection "Milk Blood Heat." Her work has appeared in Time, The Atlantic and The Paris Review. She has received a Pushcart Prize and the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction, and was named a "Writer to Watch" by Publishers Weekly. She teaches fiction at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Jacob is a novelist, memoirist, illustrator and cultural critic. Her graphic memoir "Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations" was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, named a New York Times Notable Book and is in development as a television series. She is a visiting professor in the MFA creative writing program at The New School and a founding member of the MFA program at Randolph College.
Since 1984 the Monadnock Writers’ Group has supported local writers of all genres and levels of achievement. Monthly meetings, held on the third Saturday of each month, bring a variety of writers to the Monadnock region to offer their experiences. In addition, MWG publishes periodic anthologies and Smoky Quartz, a semi-annual online journal of literature and art.
For information, visit monadnockwriters.org or smokyquartz.org, or send email to monadnockwriters@gmail.com.