Have you listened to Mass Cultural Council's Creative Minds Out Loud podcast lately? The most recent Creative Minds Out Loud podcast features a discussion of local literary history (as well as its contemporary vitality) by way of the Boston Literary District. Wheatley, Emerson, Alcott, Hawthorne: so many poets and writers who have shaped the country's literary heritage have … [Read more...]
Announcing 36 Awards in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting
Mass Cultural Council is honored to announce the 2018 Artist Fellowship awards in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting. The awards include 19 fellowships of $12,000, and 17 finalist awards of $1,000. See a list of this year's fellows and finalists, to date. The awards are anonymously judged, based solely on the artistic quality and creative ability of the … [Read more...]
Mira T. Lee: Everything Here Is Beautiful
Mira T. Lee (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '12) is publishing her debut novel, Everything Here is Beautiful, later this month (book launch event at Harvard Bookstore Jan. 19, 7 PM). The novel has already been selected by the American Booksellers Association as one of Winter/Spring 2018's Top 10 Debut titles. We asked the author about the journey of writing the book, her … [Read more...]
Apply Now for an Artist Fellowship in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting
We're excited to announce that Mass Cultural Council is now accepting 2018 Artist Fellowship applications in the categories of Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting. Deadline: Monday, January 29, 2018. The Artist Fellowships are unrestricted, anonymously judged, competitive grants of $12,000 and finalist awards of $1,000, in recognition of artistic … [Read more...]
Lou Cove: Man of the Year
Amherst writer Lou Cove recent published the memoir Man of the Year, his debut book (though technically, it's his second - more on that, below). The author will discuss the book at the JCC of the North Shore in Marblehead (11/9, 7 PM). Here, he discusses the memoir, the Massachusetts locales that have impacted him as a writer and person, and more from his career creating and … [Read more...]