Saturdays, September 23 — November 4, 2023, from 3:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m. EST

Únete a nosotros en línea para Speak Up, un programa de escritura creativa para adolescentes que apoya el crecimiento artístico y profesional de los jóvenes.

miniserie virtual de taller de escritura creativa, los adolescentes se asociarán con artistas docentes experimentados para potenciar el proceso de escritura creativa, desde el borrador hasta la interpretación y la publicación, para mejorar la alfabetización y empoderar a la juventud en Miami a través de actividades de escritura basadas en la comunidad.

¡El programa está abierto a todos los adolescentes (de 13 a 19 años) y es tan gratuito como libre de tareas! ¡No se necesita experiencia previa!

September 30: Instructor Patricial Park, author of Re Jane

Patricia Park is an Assistant Professor of Literature at American University, Fulbright scholar in Creative Arts, Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, and author of the debut young adult novel, IMPOSTER SYNDROME & OTHER CONFESSIONS OF ALEJANDRA KIM.

She is the author of the acclaimed adult novel, RE JANE, a Korean American reimagining of Brontë’s JANE EYRE named Editors’ Choice by The New York Times Book Review; Best Books of 2015 by American Library Association; O, The Oprah Magazine pick; NPR “Fresh Air” pick; and others. She has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Guardian, Salon, and others.

She was born and raised in Queens, graduated from the Bronx High School of Science, Swarthmore College, and received her MFA from Boston University.

She is working on her next YA novel, WHAT’S EATING JACKIE OH? and an adult novel about the Koreans in Buenos Aires called CHINO. Her novels are all part of the “Queens Multiverse.”