Writ Large Projects is THIS much closer to receiving the keys from the county of Allegheny for our future home in Braddock, PA just outside of Pittsburgh. It will be a bookstore, a third space, a research lab, a recording studio and a classroom. We are calling this magical place Writ Large Literary Laboratory, or W3L.
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Before we tell you the many wonderful things we have planned in the upcoming year, let us give you a quick recap of some of the things that we have managed to accomplish in the past 12 months, funded by your previous donations and patronage.
Released 5 books: Be/Trouble (2nd Edition) by Bridgette Bianca, Grasping at This Planet Just to Believe by Tanzila Ahmed, Sky Songs by Chiwan Choi, The Collective (digital) by Kate Maruyama, and A Smoke Stained Cab (digital) by Trista Hurley-Waxali
Produced a silent art auction and accompanying reading in DTLA
Co-produced and mentored The 309 Collective as they produced their brand new annual literary festival for teens called You Write Like a Teen, which was attended by close to a hundred young writers
Was accepted into the prestigious year-long arts entrepreneur incubator program, NEW INC, at the New Museum in NYC
Participated in the Southern California Poetry Festival at Beyond Baroque, showcasing our upcoming author Ernest Hardy and one of the teen poets of The 309 Collective, Seohyun Ryu
Started recording audio for our books, with Tanzila’s book being first up
Launched the Writ Large workshops, with a 5-week class taught by Chiwan.
Our next set of workshops will be coming in January (from Chiwan, Kate Maruyama, and Rocío Carlos)
On the flipside, here are a couple of things we didn’t accomplish:
We still haven’t received keys to our Braddock, PA building (we knew working with municipalities could test our patience, but…). They are keeping us posted on the (very very slow) progress on things
Our NEA application, with focus on recording audio for all of our books, got rejected
Judeth stands in front of the building on 712 Braddock Ave, Braddock, PA—the future home of the Writ Large HQ.
Enter and be transformed.
Exit and transform the world.
Writ Large Projects rethinks the publishing industry by centering community. We build networks of support to develop authors–especially those from historically marginalized communities, discover audiences, strengthen neighborhoods, and innovate new storytelling and publishing technologies.
“They are visionaries and builders. In this post-industrial world, they are pioneers.”
— Luis J. Rodriguez, author of Always Running & former Poet Laureate of Los Angeles
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Your tax-deductible support will go directly into the creation of Writ Large Literary Laboratory, a bookstore and third-space that the community of Braddock deserves, into developing and implementing our literary and educational programming, into the continued publication of beautiful books from necessary writers & into our research and development of the future of publishing, a future that eschews the traditional in favor of a new model that benefits the numerous communities at large.
Whether you can afford a monthly $5 commitment or want to be an angel that wants to have a great impact on the world with us, each and every dollar will be cherished and used in a way you can be proud of.