WHAT WE’RE READING
ESTHER LOU WEITHERS
Fox Writers Intensive Fellowship Goes To Ester Lou Weithers [Deadline]
John Cho, Sulu of ‘Star Trek Beyond,’ Navigates a Beckoning Universe [The New York Times]
Afrolatin@ Theatre Series: Interview with Playwright and Actress Krysta Gonzalez [ Black Girl, Latin World]
Yaa Gyasi And Hsu Hsu Talk About Writing [The Fader]
Anti-Black Racism in Speculative Fiction [Medium]
THINGS TO DO
Khrys Lee (How I Became a North Korean) in conversation with Jessie Chaffee (editor at Words Without Borders) at Greenlight Bookstore [August 4, at 7:30pm]
Poets of The Conversation (Camonghne Felix, Thiahera Nurse, Jose Olivarez, and Paul Tran) at Brooklyn Bridge Park [August 8, at 7pm]
Book Launch: Teju Cole (Known and Strange Things) in conversation with Amitava Kumar at St. Joseph’s College [August 9, at 7:30pm]
Register for Kweli Journal’s “Art of the Short Story Workshop” [Sept. 10 – Oct. 22]
OPPORTUNITIES
Pen America announced its current employment opportunities [career page]
The Bronx Museum opens applications for its 2017 Artist in the Marketplace Program [AIM page]
LMCC announces grant opportunities for art educators based in New York [grant page]