A New Orleans based non-profit providing community-building, events, education, and resources to writers at all career stages
New Orleans, LA
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Our event is on 01/07 @ Beanlandia!
The winter 2025 theme: Period fiction.
"Page to stage" is a guided program to help you turn a story from an idea to a complete work ready to be performed at a live reading.
Over the course of the quarter, we will host a generative..🧵
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"That’s the question Damon (Earth-X) and Marissa (Earth-Y) were tasked with answering, but they were busy eye-fucking each other."
New short fiction today by @DeeCherryWriter : "What Happens What Happens When a Planet Falls From the Sky?"
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I’ve been selected to read from “French Quarter Saints” at this event. Come on by!
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In two weeks I'm officially launching my debut short story collection, THE MAN IN THE BANANA TREES with one if my heroes, @MauriceRuffin ! Come celebrate with us @BlueCypressBook
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#amreading 📚✨
🔮the man in the banana trees // stories 📖🖊️
Marguerite Sheffer // debut collection // short stories
@mlensheffer Thanks to #netgalley & @UIowaPress for the advance copy.
#newbooks #booktwitter #writersaremyrockstars💫
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Our October 30th episode features New Orleans author Marguerite Sheffer. Her debut collection THE MAN IN THE BANANA TREES won the 2024 Iowa Short Fiction Award. “Haunting and hilarious, horrifying and heartwarming, this is short story gold."- John Vercher, author of DEVIL IS FINE
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THIS WEEK! We celebrate New Orleans author Marguerite Sheffer! Her debut collection THE MAN IN THE BANANA TREES (@UIowaPress) is a Debutiful Most Anticipated Debut Book of 2024. "Heartbreaking and brilliant..." - @JamilJanKochai, author of THE HAUNTING OF HAJJI HOTAK
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OUT NOW! New Orleans author Marguerite Sheffer is a Professor of Practice at Tulane University, where she teaches courses in design thinking and speculative fiction as tools for social change. Read her collection THE MAN IN THE BANANA TREES (@UIowaPress) to see how it's done.
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Come see me on 11/21 @ 2PM for the New Orleans Words and Music Festival! :)
@DeeCherryWriter will be a panelist on New Orleans Crime and Suspense Fiction on Thursday, November 21, at 2:00pm at the Andre Callioux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice.
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Recently befriended a man who is objectively much less wealthy and charming than me. He says we knew each other at Princeton but I don't remember him. It's remarkable how he has begun to imitate my tastes and behaviour
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In my latest story for @antigravitymag , I talk about how junk science has been weaponized to restrict pregnancy care; and has led to disastrous outcomes (including death) for women, and fear of legal consequences amongst hospitals.
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Excited for our 2nd annual gala?
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This is just 1 of many perks that come along w/ being a subscriber to our newsletter.
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Get your tickets now!
Our 2nd annual gala will be a raucously fun time.
This gala is a celebration of our growing community and helps us continue supporting writers through expanding our programming while keeping it all free. We hope to see you there!
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Our gala will be Vanessa’s second stop of her soft launch, and we are excited to have her!
Come watch her read from her debut on 10/12 @ Courtyard Brewery, along with our other lineup of readers. Purchase tickets below :)
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@ThirdLanternLit presents a "Gothic Gala" annual fundraiser at the @CourtyardBrew - via Newsbreak
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This Thursday, T Clark will be diving into fellowships, grants, and residencies! They will give us tips on seeking out and applying for these opportunities so that you can fund your creative writing projects.
We are so excited for them to impart their knowledge to us!
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Get your tickets now!
Our 2nd annual gala will be a raucously fun time.
This gala is a celebration of our growing community and helps us continue supporting writers through expanding our programming while keeping it all free. We hope to see you there!
thirdlanternlit.ludus.com/in…
