Philip Roth Lecture 2025: A Fireside Chat With Steven Zipperstein
The Newark Public Library welcomes Steven Zipperstein, whose new Roth biography, Stung By Life, will be published this October. The Library is the second stop... Read More
The Basics of Poetry Writing with Mia X
Please join us for a free creative writing workshop! The Basics of Poetry Writing Featuring Margie “Mia X” Johnson Thursday 9/18/25 | 6:00 pm –... Read More
Crafting the Personal Essay: A Writing Workshop
Please join us for our free monthly creative writing workshop! Crafting the Personal Essay Featuring Amelia Barros Thursday 4/24 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Philip... Read More
Requiem for the Rebel in You: Creative Writing Workshop ft. Elliott Fant
Please join us for our free monthly creative writing workshop! Thursday, March 20th from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Philip Roth Personal Library NPL Main... Read More
Flash Fiction & Nonfiction Workshop
Flash storytelling is a brief read that stays with the reader. Flash stories are sometimes a paragraph, sometimes a page or two. Sometimes fiction, other... Read More
Newark Writers Group: *Postponed* Until 1/30
NEW DATE: Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 5:30pm Please join PRPL Historian Sam Graham-Felsen for the first meeting of the Newark Writers Group. This new... Read More
Poetry Workshop: Write Your Walk – The Bop Poem and Its Bluesy Friends
Please join us for our monthly creative writing workshop in the Philip Roth Personal Library. This month’s featured instructor is Sean Battle. Sean Battle is... Read More
How to Write a Great College Essay
Applying to College? Join us for pizza and a discussion about how to Write a Great College Essay Sam Graham-Felsen, historian of the Philip Roth... Read More
Righteous Rage & Inner Justice: A Poetry Workshop
Join us as we explore and analyze model poems that give us an outlet into our own rage as a means of activism and healing.... Read More
Oh, the Horror Stories: Afro-Gothic and Sci-Fi Writing Workshop
“Oh, the Horror Stories: Afro-Gothic and Sci-Fi Writing Workshop” Thursday, October 10, 2024, 6-8pm. Coffee and Donuts Will Be Served The PRPL welcomes Bird Jackson. Bird... Read More