(Debra Dean, Matthew Frank, Gregory Pardlo, Jennifer Pashley, Georgia Popoff) Since January 2001, the YMCA's Downtown Writers Center in Syracuse, New York, has been the Central New York State region's only community center for the literary arts. In its first 15 years, nearly 400 authors have read at the DWC, and thousands of students have honed their craft at the DWC's extensive creative writing workshop series. This panel of program staff and faculty, former students, and guest authors explores and celebrates the DWC's wide-reaching impact on the literary arts in the CNY region.

Published Date: August 31, 2016