AUG 13: NOVEL WRITING SALON WITH BERNICE L. MCFADDEN

Bernice L. McFadden is the author of ten critically acclaimed literary novels including Praise Song for the Butterflies, which was long-listed for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and The Book of Harlan, winner of the 2017 American Book Award and the 2017 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. Bernice’s work has been featured in anthologies including What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About edited by Michele Filgate, Cutting Edge edited by Joyce Carol Oates, and the upcoming Nicotine Chronicles edited by Lee Child. Under the pseudonym Geneva Holliday, Bernice has also written five romance novels.

AUG 20: OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH NIKKI PALUMBO

Over the past season of Girls Write Now Salons, 12 incredible guest hosts across genres shared their original writing while inspiring thousands around the globe to create their own. Come celebrate with us by performing your original work! We’ll be giving YOU the Zoom floor for two minutes to deliver your favorite piece—written with us this summer or anytime! Poems, standup, songs, short stories, essays, letters, and more are welcome! We're thrilled to have back as our emcee Girls Write Now mentor and comedian Nikki Palumbo!

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