Visiting Writers Series at MCC

Visiting Writers Series!

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Each event is co-sponsored by the Office of Student Engagement. 

The writers and poets who share their work come from different backgrounds and concentrations. Before reading, they share their stories relating to the craft and what led them to create the piece. Oftentimes, the readers talk about the creative process, publishing their work, and staying motivated. Anyone in attendance is free to ask questions once the reading finishes.

Genres include:

• Fiction
• Nonfiction
• Poetry

Upcoming Events

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Previous Events

MCC Visiting Writers Series presents: Krysten Hill
12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 19
Bedford Campus – Cafe East, Campus Center

Krysten Hill is the author of “How Her Spirit Got Out” which received the 2017 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize. She has featured work, on stage, at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, Boston Book Festival, Blacksmith House, Cantab Lounge, Haley House, and U35 Reading Series. Her work has appeared in The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day Series, Poetry Magazine, Painted Bride Quarterly, Up the Staircase Quarterly, Winter Tangerine Review, and Rust + Moth.

MCC Visiting Writers Series presents: Pablo Medina
2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 9
Lowell Campus - Academic Arts Center, Recital Hall

Pablo Medina is the author of many published books, including poetry, fiction, memoir, and works in translation, most recently the poetry collection Sea of Broken Mirrors (Hanging Loose Press, 2024) and the novel The Cuban Comedy (Unnamed Press, 2019).

How Fact Becomes Fiction
10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 2
Bedford Campus – Campus Center, Cafeteria

Author, social justice activist, and MCC professor emerita Jean Trounstine discusses her new short story collection “Motherlove” (Concord Free Press), a powerful short story collection about 10 mothers of children who kill. Trounstine will share how fact becomes fiction in the aftermath of the teens’ murders and how she created the book with her 30+ years of experience with prisoners and their families.