Brown Bag Series: Writing for and Editing Anthologies

Erin Sharkey is a cultural producer, writer, arts and abolition organizer, and cultural worker based in Minneapolis, on unceded Dakota land. She is the co-founder, with Junauda Petrus, of an experimental production collective called Free Black Dirt and a steward of The Fields at Rootsprings, a retreat and respite place centering BIPOC and LGBTQ+ folks in central MN. She edited, A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars, a forthcoming collection from Milkweed Editions (Feb 2023). Erin was awarded the Ashé Lab Fellowship from Penumbra Theatre, and the Black Seed Fellowship from Black Visions and the Headwaters Foundation. Currently, she teaches with Minnesota Prison Writers Workshop.

Join this talented person for a discussion and advice on how to write for and and edit anthologies. Remember to bring your questions for the Q&A portion!

This event is for MFA faculty and students. Masks are encouraged. Attendees are reminded to wash hands often, get tested, and stay home when ill or exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19.