We're excited that poet Nickole Brown has joined the program for Charlotte Lit's Poetry Nightclub on 9/27. Nickole opens for headliner Danusha Laméris, then later joins Danusha in conversation. Tickets: charlottelit.configio.com/pd/461/poetry-…

Litmosphere Fall 2024 is live ... with outstanding stories and poems by 30 writers from Charlotte and around the world! Also featuring beautifully evocative hand-cut collages by Wendy Balconi. Read: litmosphere.charlottelit.org/issues/2024fal…

Have you gotten your tickets for Poetry Nightclub? This Friday @ Theatre Charlotte! Your ticket includes your 1st drink: charlottelit.configio.com/pd/461/poetry-…

The step between crafting individual poems and assembling a collection for publication is a big one, even for experienced writers. Charlotte Lit's Poetry Chapbook Lab is here to help! Applications for the 2025 cohort open next week! For more information: charlottelit.org/chapbooklab/

Our friends and faculty in all the beautiful NC mountain towns are top of mind as they dig out from the unfathomable disaster of Hurricane Helene.

Join us on 10/8 for a sneak peek at Theatre Charlotte's production of "1984" based on George Orwell's classic! Enjoy drinks, appetizers, staged scenes, Q&A with the actors, and a ticket giveaway! It's all free ... but please register: charlottelit.configio.com/pd/478/1984-sc…

Join us tomorrow 10/8 for an exclusive preview of Theatre Charlotte's upcoming production of "1984," based on the dystopian novel by George Orwell. Theatre Charlotte actors will perform scenes from the show at The Village on Morehead. FREE! Tickets: charlottelit.configio.com/pd/478/1984-sc…

"You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it." - Octavia E. Butler

Charlotte Lit is hosting a Zoom reading by our faculty to benefit nonprofits in WNC, Monday 10/14. Look at that stellar lineup! Suggested contribution of $25, but all donations accepted and matched 100%. Tickets: charlottelit.configio.com/pd/479/reading…

Award-winning essayist Patrice Gopo is teaching a special class for us on Zoom on 11/14 — and all the proceeds benefit WNC recovery efforts! Register: charlottelit.configio.com/pd/481/compres…

Lit co-founder Kathie Collins has a series of beautiful prose poems up at Lived In this week! Check it out: lived-in.org/lived-in-writi…

Learn from author and UNC Charlotte professor Bryn Chancellor how to seek out and borrow details from the natural, urban, rural, or suburban environments around you to enrich your creative work. 10/29 at Charlotte Lit. Register: charlottelit.configio.com/pd/439/borrowe…

Cathy Pickens on our blog today: charlottelit.org/blog/telling-d…. You won't want to miss her fiction writing class!

Still a few seats left for this online class 11/7! Study the qualities of micro-forms in poetry and how they can help poets build regular writing practices rooted in attention to and participation with the world. Register: charlottelit.configio.com/pd/453/thinkin…

Join Charlotte Lit on 10/25 for the opening night of Theatre Charlotte's production of "1984," based on George Orwell's classic dystopian novel. After the show, Lit's Paul Reali will lead a talkback with Ben Clarke of UNC Greensboro. Tickets: theatrecharlotte.org/1984

A reminder from your friends at Charlotte Lit ... get out and vote!

Our Spring 2025 schedule of classes is live! It's a great time to plan what you're going to do after the election: charlottelit.org/classes/

Join us this Sunday afternoon for a celebration of the legacy and work of beloved poet Dannye Romine Powell.

Rock Hill Poet Laureate Angelo Geter leads us through a class on transforming our grief into poetry, 12/3 in person. Register: charlottelit.configio.com/pd/437/turning…