City: Bronx

Contact: Rick Pernod. Organization profile: Exoterica is a nonprofit, Bronx-based literary organization now entering its seventh year. Exoterica means accessible to the public, and it was my belief that if poetry was presented in a certain manner, people would not only come but would experience a gift which Stanley Kunitz called, “life-sustaining, life-enhancing, and absolutely … Continued

Bronx Writer’s Center – The Bronx Writer’s Center serves urban writers and readers of all ages. It’s core services include access to office equipment, workspace, and tools for writers, such as a research library focusing on publishing and free creative writing workshops. The Bronx Writer’s Center also sponsors two reading series in the Bronx.

The Bronx Writers’ Center, a program of the Bronx Council on the Arts, is devoted to the professional and artistic development of Bronx writers and to expanding audiences for literature in the Bronx. Programs include workshops designed to develop craft and technique in all genres, as well as workshops on professional issues, such as publishing, … Continued