Events

Join us for a tour of Historic Stagville, a state historic site in northern Durham County that includes remnants of one of the largest plantations in North Carolina. The Bennehan-Cameron family owned approximately 30,000 acres of land, and enslaved about 900 people on this property. Stagville protects a fraction of the land from that plantation, […]

In this workshop, we will dive into the tenets of what makes a great essay, troubleshoot writer's block, and work on enhancing our essays at the sentence level. Our aim will be to generate a framework for developing or already-written essays in order to better understand our own goals for the finished product. Whether you […]

Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we […]

Both memoir and manifesto, this book sets aside the shaming social scripts that are bad for moms and non-moms alike and invites readers to write a truer, kinder story about who we are when we are not who the world expects. Lane will be in conversation with local pastor and life enthusiast Rev. Lisa Yebuah. (BONUS: […]

Only a few spots left! Join us May 8–14, 2023! Wouldn't you like a week full of quiet days to think and write? Come spend a week of quiet and writing with a supportive group of women in Pelican House, at the beautiful Trinity Center on Emerald Isle, NC. We observe silence in the daytime […]

Only a few spots left! Join us May 14–21, 2023. Wouldn't you like a week full of quiet days to think and write? Come spend a week of quiet and writing with a supportive group of women in Pelican House, at the beautiful Trinity Center on Emerald Isle, NC. We observe silence in the daytime […]

Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we […]

Join Laurel Ferejohn for a reading from her novel Crossings, recently long-listed for the Lee Smith Novel Prize from Blair Publisher. In the novel, set on a small island in 1969, a secret friendship offers respite for Tomby, who is a gay Marine, and Valetta, the wary wife of one of Tomby's nemeses in the […]

Fanny Lou Hamer. Quilt by Kimberley Pierce Cartwright As part of Kindred Spirits: A Convergence of African American Quilters conference, we are having a quilt show on June 16, 6:00-9:00 pm, during Durham's Third Friday celebration of Juneteenth. The show's theme is Deconstructing the Mammy Archetype. The Mammy archetype is a stereotypical portrayal of Black […]