Desert Nights, Rising Stars is fast approaching. Join a community of writers. Oct. 16-17. 3 days, 75+ sessions + a legendary line-up. Learn more at piper.asu.edu/conference#a.... With @asuenglish.bsky.social
Want to tell your story? Get started on your memoir with Patricia L. Brooks. Fair cost and fabulous at the historic Piper Writers House, starting Oct. 20. Learn more and register at piper.asu.edu/classes
Join us at Piper Center in Tempe, AZ for a fab & fair cost four-part class: "From Memory to Memoir: Shaping Your Story through Creative Nonfiction" with Patricia L. Brooks. Learn more & register: piper.asu.edu/classes With @asuenglish.bsky.social
Tempe-Phoenix - what are you doing this Saturday 9/19? There is still time to join Stephanie Austin's fab fair cost fiction class! Sensory details as a key to creating compelling characters...Learn more & register: piper.asu.edu/classes
Desert Nights, Rising Stars, Oct. 16-17 in beautiful ASU Tempe. Join featured faculty Laurie Ann Guerrero, whose stunning new collection REDWORK (Autumn House Press) was winner of the 2025 Poetry Prize, selected by Matthew Olzmann. Learn more and register at piper.asu.edu/conference#a...
"All styles are good except the boring--" Voltaire. Learn to make your fiction buzz and your characters sing with strategic use of sensory detail. Stephanie Austin's class: Sensory Details in Fiction" at Piper House, ASU Tempe. Learn more and register: piper.asu.edu/classes
We are excited to welcome Phoenix literary light Karen Odden as featured faculty at this year's Desert Nights, Rising Stars. There is still time to register. Learn more and sign up at piper.asu.edu/conference/r... With @asuenglish.bsky.social
We’re delighted to spotlight Lauren Camp, faculty member at the Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference, Oct 16-17, 2026. Naomi Shihab Nye says: "Lauren Camp has the perfect touch...her poems deepen the world." Register/Learn more: piper.asu.edu/conference#a...
There's still time! Desert Nights, Rising Stars. So many great faculty. Affordable writing community. October 16-17, 2026 at beautiful ASU Tempe. Learn more and register at piper.asu.edu/conference#a...
Join us tonight for "Reading of the Sheilas." 6:00 pm. At the historic Piper Writers House at ASU Tempe. Free! A refreshing night of poetry and friends.
We're thrilled to be offering this class through Piper at ASU Tempe with local amazing writer Stephanie Austin. Sign up at piper.asu.edu/classes
As we gear up for Desert Nights, Rising Stars (Oct 16-17 - learn more at www.piper@asu.edu) enjoy this talk on Arizona regionalism and more with featured faculty @jonathanin2k.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOFp...
Jonathan Danielson: Arizona Literary Regionalism
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As we gear up for Desert Nights, Rising Stars, Oct 16-17, 2026 @arizonastateuni.bsky.social enjoy this virtual craft chapt with featured faculty poet Lauren Camp! With @asuenglish.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y9x...
Virtual Craft Chat with Poet Lauren Camp
YouTube video by The Writer's Center
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Desert Nights, Rising Stars, Oct 16-17, 2026 @arizonastateuni.bsky.social is coming! Enjoy this video with featured faculty (& ASU MFA alum) Amber Blaeser-Wardzala. With @asuenglish.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=-scJ...
Amber Dawn Blaeser-Wardzala
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Phx area Friends - please join us at the repaired (we hope!) Piper Writers House for a reading from my new book Cinnamon Fire. I'm joined by the wonderful Sheila E. Murphy, whose new book is I Want to be Your Radio. Come dance with us and twirl in the fall. We'd love to see you there!
We are thrilled to welcome Arizona Poet Laureate Laura Tohe to DNRS 2026. Writing craft and community. 40-plus writers, 75-plus sessions. Two days in beautiful ASU Tempe. Learn more and register at piper.asu.edu/conference#a... by September 30.
Last chance! Early Bird registration for the Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference ends TODAY. Don't miss being part of one of the Southwest's most vibrant literary gatherings. With @cantomundo.bsky.social @stephengrahamjones.com Register before midnight: piper.asu.edu/conference/register
Only 7 days left! Early bird pricing for the 2026 Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference ends July 15. Join keynote speaker @stephengrahamjones.com and an extraordinary faculty of writers. October 16–17 | Tempe, Arizona Register today: piper.asu.edu/conference#a...
Join us on July 16, 7pm at Piper Writers House for the next Desert Owl Book Club. Refreshments. Conversation. A community book exchange. This month we will be discussing Tayari Jones' novel Kin. We hope you will join us! Register and learn more: piper.asu.edu/upcomingevents
Need something free & fabulous to do this Friday. Join us for the CantoMundo 2026 live-streamed reading- Coast to Coast!
Don't wait—spots are going fast! The 2026 Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference Oct. 16-17 at ASU Tempe with keynote speaker @stephengrahamjones.com and an inspiring lineup of acclaimed writers. 75+ sessions. Early bird rate $175 now until July 15. piper.asu.edu/conference/register
Desert Nights, Rising Stars, October 16-17 in Tempe with keynote @stephengrahamjones.com. Fair cost with over 70 sessions and the opportunity to get up close and personal with lots of our most exciting literary voices. Spots going fast! Learn more: piper.asu.edu/conference#a...
I'm very very proud of the DNRS lineup - & our pricing which is fair & affordable. Our keynote is the fabulous @stephengrahamjones.com & such amazing writers are joining him. In a word Registration is OPEN & spots are going fast. piper.asu.edu/conference/r... With @asuenglish.bsky.social
May 15 is the deadline to propose a panel or to teach a work-shop at Desert Nights Rising Stars Writers Conference (Oct 16-17), alongside the amazing @stephengrahamjones.com Learn more & apply: piper.asu.edu/hostaconfere... With @cantomundo.bsky.social @asuenglish.bsky.social
Join us this Thursday, May 7 for an evening with AZ Poet Laureate Laura Tohe! Bring a poem or healing passage to share. Bring a book for the community book exchange! With @cantomundo.bsky.social @asuenglish.bsky.social. Register at piper.asu.edu/upcomingevents. Free & open to the public.
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Present a panel or teach a class at Desert Nights, Rising Stars, October 16-17. Keynote @stephengrahamjones.com. Featured faculty list here: piper.asu.edu/conference/f.... Applications for presenters due May 15. Registration opens June 1. With @asuenglish.bsky.social @cantomundo.bsky.social
Hoo-hoo. Book Club for Tempe Phoenix. Join Arizona Poet Laureate Laura Tohe to discuss her Tséyi' / Deep in the Rock: Reflections on Canyon de Chelly. Share a poem or passage you find healing. Engage in a community book exchange. Enjoy refreshments. Sign up at: piper.asu.edu/upcomingevents
Still time and still a very few spots left. In-person! Write your Arizona Story, with award-winning author @jonathanin2k.bsky.social at Piper Writers House. With @asuenglish.bsky.social. Register at piper.asu.edu/classes
Fair Cost & Fabulous - tips for writing winning applications for writers retreats and residencies. With @shipraagarwal.bsky.social @cantomundo.bsky.social & @asuenglish.bsky.social
