Writer, Educator, and Storyteller
TONIGHT! Our Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event is ON.
Come hear these No, YOU Tell It! “Defiant” storytellers swap tales at Culture Lab NYC in Gallery B.
Doors open at 6:30 and the show starts at 7! Proof of vaccination is required.
THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2021 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL EVENT.
Our Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event is in two weeks! We’re teaming up with Lambda Literary again for a night of queer storytelling with a twist.
The four curated storytellers are working together to develop their true tales inspired by the theme “Defiant” on the page.
Come out to Culture Lab in Long Island City on 9/28 at 7 pm and watch as they swap and present each other’s stories on stage. Plus, literary prizes from The Astoria Bookshop!
THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2021 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT.
Sharing exciting news with you all that I am part of the #CityArtistCorps!
I’m looking forward to our No, YOU Tell It! “Defiant” show on 9/28, plus a free college essay writing workshop for Queens’ students this fall, and being a part of New York City’s creative resurgence.
I was delighted to write about The (late) Great Movie Ride for Swerve Your Enthusiasm on HILOBROW.
Curated by the amazing Adam McGovern my entry is just one in “a series of 25 enthusiastic posts, contributed by 25 HILOBROW friends and regulars, on the topic of our favorite unfinished masterworks, legendary obscurities and cherished almost-weres.”
Happy reading!
One final chance on 8/21 for students to spark ideas for their personal statements and be entered to win a free college essay coaching package.
Feel free to contact me at kjfitzsimmons@gmail.com with questions!
As Pride month comes to a close, I’m thrilled to announce that our next No, YOU Tell It! show is another team-up with Lambda Literary.
More information soon about No, YOU Tell It! “Defiant” coming in September as part of the Brooklyn Book Festival and produced in partnership with Lambda Literary and The Astoria Bookshop!
NEWS: Honored to announce that I was named the second-place winner of The Corona Chronicle Essay Contest and will have my essay published in the forthcoming anthology from Ellipsis Rare Books.
50% of all proceeds from submissions to this charitable, community history writing project, collecting the unique perspectives of New Yorkers living through an uncertain period in the City’s history will be donated to the Food Bank For New York City.
Looking to find focus? Join us for a virtual write-in! Two Tuesday sessions are available each week.
Format: We check in on what we’re working on, write silently for 1:40, then check out by sharing how it went. Email kjfitzsimmons@gmail.com for more info and to register.
This summer, I’m thrilled to be partnering with Revisionary Writing and Editing to offer three FREE online college essay writing workshops.
If your students or kids are looking to get a running start on their personal statements, these 1.5-hour sessions can help get them going. Registration is now open at stand-out-stories.eventbrite.com
The Palm Circle Press Short Story Anthology, which includes my piece, “Ophelia at 30,” as well as awesome work by a number of talented writers is officially available in ebook and paperback. Click here to grab yourself a copy.
I’m thrilled to have my story included in this diverse collection. Here’s a few words from the foreword:
I’m so incredibly proud of this anthology. I’m proudest of how the diversity in these stories abstractly synchs with their similarities. There’s an odd alchemy at work. There’s a touching love poem written by a 105-year-old woman. There’s a story about a woman murdering her husband to escape his abuse. There’s even a story about alien abduction…
Lee Anderson, Palm Circle Press