T&W events take place in the Center for Imaginative Writing at Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th Streets), Suite 2020, New York City. All events are free, unless otherwise indicated.
T&W and the Center for Imaginative Writing are easily accessible via West Side transportation. Please see the subway directions in the sidebar on this page. For further information, call 212-691-6590 or e-mail events.
Listen to podcasts of past events here.
MAY 2008
90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND POETRY READING: NAOMI REPLANSKY
May 23 – 6:00-8:00 PM
2020 VISIONS: MATTHEW SHARPE AND ELIZABETH HAND
May 27 – 6:30 PM
- Matthew Sharpe, Jamestown: Sharpe is the author of the novels The Sleeping Father and Nothing Is Terrible, as well as the short-story collection Stories from the Tube. He teaches creative writing at Wesleyan University. His stories and essays have appeared in Harper’s, Zoetrope, BOMB, McSweeney’s, American Letters & Commentary, Southwest Review, and Teachers & Writers. Sharpe lives in New York City.
- Elizabeth Hand, Generation Loss: Hand, a New York Times notable and multiple-award-winning author, has written eight novels, including the cult classic Waking the Moon, and several short-story collections. She is a longtime contributor to numerous publications, including the Washington Post Book World and the Village Voice Literary Supplement. She and her two children divide their time between the coast of Maine and North London.
T&W’s 40TH ANNIVERSARY: WITH HERBERT KOHL AND PHILLIP LOPATE
May 29 – 6:30-8:30 PM
- Teachers & Writers Collaborative and The New Press host a 40th anniversary T&W celebration featuring Herbert Kohl, T&W founding director and New Press author and series editor, Classics in Progressive Education. Kohl will be introduced by Phillip Lopate, poet, novelist, essayist, and author of Being with Children.
Center for Imaginative Writing
T&W’s Center for Imaginative Writing is available for rent Monday-Thursday, 8 AM-9 PM, and Friday, 8 AM-6 PM, by nonprofit organizations and publishers and by individual literary artists for book parties, readings, seminars, and other events. Conveniently located two blocks north of Penn Station, the Center is a short distance from subway, bus, and commuter rail lines.
For details, including rates and available dates, please e-mail events or call 212-691-6590.
Directions to T&W via Subway
- Take the A, C, or E train to 34th Street-Penn Station and Eighth Avenue or to Times Square
- Take the 1, 2, or 3 train to 34th Street-Penn Station and Seventh Avenue or to Times Square
- Take the N, Q, R, or W train to 34th Street-Herald Square and Sixth Avenue or to Times Square
- Take the B, D, F, or V train to 34th Street-Herald Square and Sixth Avenue
- Take the 4 or 5 train to 59th Street and transfer to a downtown F, N, R, or W train, or take the 7 train or Shuttle from Grand Central to Times Square
- Take the 6 train to 51st Street and transfer to a downtown E or V train, or take the 7 train or Shuttle from Grand Central to Times Square
