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SUMMARY:Lit Fest at Lighthouse Writers Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join me June 12-19\, 2026 at Lit Fest at Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver! I’ll be leading workshops along fiction writers Steve Almond\, Melissa Broder\, Danielle Evans\, Mat Johnson\, Megha Majumdar\, and Brandon Taylor; nonfiction writers Emily Rapp Black\, Heather Christle\, Ingrid Rojas Contreras\, Andre Dubus III\, Beth Nguyen\, and Rachel Louise Snyder; poets Layli Long Soldier\, Eileen Myles\, and Paul Muldoon; and screenwriter Dean Bakopoulos.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/lit-fest-at-lighthouse-writers-workshop/
LOCATION:Lighthouse Writers Workshop\, 3844 York St\, Denver\, CO\, 80205\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lighthouse Writers Visiting Authors Reading
DESCRIPTION:If you’re in Denver\, join me along with Emily Rapp Black\, Mat Johnson\, Rebecca Makkai\, and Beth Nguyen for a visiting authors reading at Lighthouse Writers Workshop on June 16 at 7pm. If you’re not in Denver\, register to join online here.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/lighthouse-writers-visiting-authors-reading/
LOCATION:Lighthouse Writers Workshop\, 3844 York St\, Denver\, CO\, 80205\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lit Fest at Lighthouse Writers Workshop - Absolute Fiction
DESCRIPTION:I’ll be teaching “Absolute Fiction” Lighthouse Writers Workshop on June 19 at 1:30pm – 3:30pm (both livestreamed and in person). Here’s description of the class: \nIn an age of both metafiction and high fantasy\, writers have grown shy of writing realistic experiences wildly different than their own. Why have we lost the confidence to utterly make shit up and say it with authority? How can we get it back? In this seminar\, we’ll talk about writing away from the self and the lived experience\, the research that makes such stories believable\, and the narrative possibilities that give us control over completely fictional worlds. We’ll touch on the ethics\, difficulties\, and occasional necessity of writing genders\, races\, sexual orientations\, abilities\, ages\, religions\, etc. different from our own\, and we’ll focus more deeply on how to make stories up out of whole cloth and fully inhabit characters who aren’t you.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/lit-fest-at-lighthouse-writers-workshop-absolute-fiction/
LOCATION:Lighthouse Writers Workshop\, 3844 York St\, Denver\, CO\, 80205\, United States
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SUMMARY:Oxbelly Fiction Writers program
DESCRIPTION:I’ll be teaching at the Oxbelly Retreat\, an annual gathering of international storytellers held every summer in Costa Navarino\, Messinia\, Greece. The dates this year are July 1- 9\, 2026\, and anyone from early to mid-career can develop work they seek to bring to an international audience. \n 
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/oxbelly-fiction-writers-program/
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Stephen O'Connor
DESCRIPTION:I’ll be in conversation with Stephen O’Connor at Northshire Books on July 24 at 6pm to celebrate the release of his new novel!
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/in-conversation-with-stephen-oconnor/
LOCATION:Northshire Bookstore\, 4869 Main St.\, Manchester\, VT\, United States
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Devin O’Shea
DESCRIPTION:I’ll be in conversation with Devin O’Shea to celebrate the release of his book “The Veiled Prophet” on August 19 at Haymarket House at 6:3opm.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/in-conversation-with-devin-oshea/
LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W Buena Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Patrick Ryan
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URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/in-conversation-with-patrick-ryan/
LOCATION:Lake Forest Library\, 360 E Deerpath Rd\, Lake Forest\, IL\, 60045
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SUMMARY:Kauai Writers Conference
DESCRIPTION:I’ll be teaching a master class at the Kauai Writers Conference this November\, and you can join in the fun by registering here!
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/kauai-writers-conference/
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