Writers’ Center faculty Angela May and Shonda Buchanan to present ‘The Islanders,’ ‘Who’s Afraid of Black Indians?’ by Nora Smith on July 17, 2026
Beloved baked beans return with CLSC Alumni Association Annual Great American Picnic by Nora Smith on July 17, 2026
Sony Ton-Aime and Lauren Francis-Sharma to dive into historical moments to provide hope for today’s political landscape by Nora Smith on July 10, 2026
Author Stefan Fatsis to present changing lives of dictionaries in digital age for CLSC by Nora Smith on July 9, 2026
Week Seven’s poet-in-residence Julia Spicher Kasdorf to discuss relationship between poetry and news by Ryan Pait on August 10, 2017
Susan Southard to discuss lives of atomic bomb survivors with CLSC presentation on ‘Nagasaki’ by Ryan Pait on August 9, 2017
Poet William Heyen returns to talk 20th-century atrocities with CLSC presentation on ‘The Candle’ by Ryan Pait on August 9, 2017
Week Seven’s prose writer-in-residence Kim Todd to talk predators, fear with Brown Bag lecture by Ryan Pait on August 9, 2017
Young Readers discuss Caren Stelson’s ‘Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story’ by Rebecca Klar on August 8, 2017
Writers-in-residence Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Kim Todd look to revision and experimentation by Ryan Pait on August 4, 2017
Week Six’s prose writer-in-residence Linda K. Wertheimer to discuss finding one’s book with Brown Bag lecture by Ryan Pait on August 3, 2017
Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Russo to share follow-up ‘Everybody’s Fool’ with CLSC presentation by Ryan Pait on August 2, 2017
Mary Lee Talbot’s book delves into deep history of Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle by Ryan Pait on August 2, 2017
Holly Goldberg Sloan’s ‘Short’ teaches children to embrace the traits that make them different by Rebecca Klar on August 1, 2017
Week Six’s poet-in-residence Mary McLaughlin Slechta to discuss retirement and writing life with Brown Bag lecture by Ryan Pait on July 31, 2017
Chautauqua Writers’ Center has full house for Week Six with Mary McLaughlin Slechta, Linda K. Wertheimer, Ken Sherman and Philip Gerard by Ryan Pait on July 28, 2017
Week Five’s prose writer-in-residence John Thompson to talk imagination and literacy with Brown Bag lecture by Ryan Pait on July 27, 2017