12:30 - 3:00
Join us as Founder and Executive Director Lyzette Wanzer presents the 2026 cohort of the Muses & Melanin Fellowship for BIPOC Creative Writers.
Hear the Fellows read excerpts from their works-in-progress before they receive their graduation certificates.
Muses & Melanin is a five-month, comprehensive, professional development practicum that equips talented writers of color with the strategies, tools, business savvy, and knowledge they need to navigate and elevate the trajectory of their literary careers within a #PublishingSoWhite industry.
Lyzette Wanzer is a San Francisco writer, editor, and writing workshop instructor. Her work appears in over thirty literary journals, magazines, books, and newspapers. Library Journal named her book, Trauma, Tresses, & Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narratives (Chicago Review Press), a Top 10 Best Social Sciences Book. Her articles have appeared in Essay Daily, The Naked Truth, and the San Francisco University High School Journal. Her research interests include professional development for creative writers, Black feminism, critical race theory, and the lyrical essay form. Lyzette is a contributor to Lyric Essay as Resistance: Truth from the Margins (Wayne State University Press) and The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays (Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing).
Author Readings & Lectures
Engage with your favorite writers and discover your next read.
More Than a Month: Black Interest
Connect to engaging discussions and performances related to the Black community.
More Than a Month recognizes important events in Black history, honors community and national leaders and fosters steps towards collective change. Programming features authors, poets and craft classes.