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EXCERPT: “Maybe We’ll Make It” by Margo Price

EXCERPT: “Maybe We’ll Make It” by Margo Price

The following excerpt comes from Chapter 20 of Margo Price's memoir Maybe We'll Make It: From 2010 to 2015, a constant stream of people crashed in the basement guest room at our house. We had a rotating door open to transients and train-hoppers, and our home on Fernwood was like a hostel for wandering musicians and vagabonds, with our ...
Eventbrite Ticket Help

Eventbrite Ticket Help

Are you having trouble purchasing tickets with EventBrite? If so, here are a few things that should help complete your transaction. First, scroll down the page and click on the red button that says Tickets: After clicking the Tickets button, you'll go to a new screen listing General Admission and Student tickets. If you have a ...
David Sedaris Returns to the NWS This Fall! 

David Sedaris Returns to the NWS This Fall! 

While next season's full lineup is still being finalized, we couldn't wait to tell you about one very special returning guest: On October 30th, NWS is bringing David Sedaris back to the City Opera House! It's been over a decade since his last NWS appearance, but soon the acclaimed author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and When You Are ...
Record-Eagle Column: A special night to discuss our greatest resource

Record-Eagle Column: A special night to discuss our greatest resource

This was originally published in the Traverse City Record-Eagle. You can view the original column here. The National Writers Series draws authors from all over the country and the world. But no matter who is visiting our fair city — Margaret Atwood, Lee Child, Ann Patchett, Paul Holes, Alice Walker — they’ve all been knocked out by the ...
A Message from NWS Creative Writing Lab instructor Kevin Fitton:

A Message from NWS Creative Writing Lab instructor Kevin Fitton:

One of the real joys of my life over the past year was the opportunity to be a part of the relaunch of Front Street Writers. It was a joy because I had an opportunity to be a part of the National Writers Series in a staff capacity, taking a much bigger role in our vision to offer world-class creative writing education to young people in the ...
Now Available on the NWS Podcast:

Now Available on the NWS Podcast:

An Evening with Paul Holes, Live from the City Opera House Last May, retired cold-case investigator and true-crime icon Paul Holes joined the National Writers Series LIVE in Traverse City, Michigan for a conversation about his new memoir Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases. He was joined on stage at the City Opera House ...