Event title: Advancing Craft & Community: Different Literary Center Approaches & Strategies
Scheduled day: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Scheduled time: 1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. PT
Scheduled room: Room 502A, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two

Given their common goal of engaging diverse audiences, amplifying marginalized voices, and promoting the connective power of the arts, how do the Loft Literary Center, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, and StoryStudio Chicago converge and diverge in their approaches? Administrators and teaching artists across a range of viewpoints, ethnicities, and geography will discuss their experiences working with writers of all backgrounds through local and digital programming and look to what's next.

Event Organizer: Marianne Manzler
Moderator: G.E. Patterson
Participants: Marianne Manzler, Marissa Morrow, Rebecca Makkai, and Kathryn Kysar