Lighthouse Writers Workshop

Listen to new Lighthouse faculty member Liz Breazeale read her short piece, "Hysteria," first published in The Rupture (formerly The Collagist). To learn more about Liz, her book recommendations, and which courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-liz-breazeale

Listen to new Book Project Mentor Vauhini Vara read from her recent New York Times piece, "My Decade In Google Searches." To learn more about Vara and the Book Project, read her Q&A with recent graduate Kate Christensen here: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/qa-new-book-project-mentor-vauhini-vara

After some cool, rainy nights, the Visiting Authors Reading (week one) came with sunshine, laughs, and fine performances from Sheila Heti, Helen Macdonald, Donald Margulies, Melissa Febos, Ross Gay, and Rachel Cusk.

On Wednesday, November 6, this fall's Big Read program culminated in an on-stage reading and interview with Julia Alvarez and Kali Fajardo-Anstine for Inside the Writer's Studio, co-presented by the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. Preceded by a performance by Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby LeFebre, the two authors read from their award-winning works, discussed their artistic processes, and answered audience questions live on-stage.

*Note: Due to copyright restrictions, the podcast does not include Julia Alvarez reading from "In the Time of the Butterflies."

Listen to Twanna LaTrice Hill read an excerpt from her memoir-in-progress, "Diamonds In Her Teeth."

Listen to Michael Sindler read his poem "Let the End Be the End."

Listen to Jennifer Wortman read from her short story collection, "This. This. This. Is. Love. Love. Love."

Listen to Tiffany Quay Tyson read from her latest novel, "The Past Is Never."

Hear Gay Porter DeNileon read an excerpt from her in-progress historical novel.

On September 21, Lighthouse welcomed back former Denver Poet Laureate and Beacon Award for Excellence in Teaching instructor Chris Ransick for a book release and homecoming celebration. Chris read from his latest collection of poems, "Mummer Prisoner Scavenger Thief," as well as from his numerous other books. Prior to the reading, we recorded a number of Chris's friends and former students reading their favorite poems of his; their recordings precede Chris's reading on this podcast.