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Writer Isaac Fitzgerald Visits Teen Students
Brooklyn-based writer Isaac Fitzgerald returned for a second year to speak to the Muse teen students about his writing career and his memoir, a collection of essays titled Dirtbag, Massachusetts.   “Any fool can confess,” Marlon James said of the book, out in July. “It’s the rare writer who reveals, and Dirtbag, Massachusetts is a heart…
Read MoreCalling all playwrights, directors, and actors!
Little Theatre of Norfolk, the Norfolk Playwrights Collective, and The Muse Writers Center team up to present a weekend of creativity: the 48 Hour Play Festival, where YOU write, rehearse, and star in a short play of your own making, all in 48 hours. This is a challenge in which teams of playwrights, directors, and…
Read MoreMany Lifetimes of Memories from the Harbor’s Edge
Harbor’s Edge and The Muse Writers Center celebrate the release of a book three years in the making. A little over three years ago, The Muse Writers Center gave a short presentation at Harbor’s Edge Retirement Community about the wonders and joys of creative writing and how it could benefit them and the members of…
Read MoreCongrats to the 2022 Teen Writers Fellows
We began the new year with double the amount of Teen Fellow applications we received last year! We’re so impressed by the talented teen writers who submitted writing and choosing only eight fellows to join us for our 2022 program was incredibly difficult. We’re thrilled to offer a spot to eight talented teens, four of…
Read MoreTeen Writers: Find Your Cohort
Do you scribble lines of stories on your notebooks in class? Do you hear lines of poetry on your drive to school? Do all of your friends think you’re a little too bookish for them?  Over the past years, The Muse has developed a fellowship for teens to hone their skills in a dedicated community of high…
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