“I start with a question. Then try to answer it.”
― Mary Lee Settle
About Us
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND
Writers at Large (W@L) is on track to become the world’s first ever, on-line, literary maker's space.
We've spent over 15 years studying the impact of technology on the literary arts and the communities they serve. This dynamic platform will connect writers with readers, innovative learning, digital communities, and experience through expression.
Reading and writing enable us to span oceans, worlds, and time. We can experience distant cultures, bygone eras, imaginary beings or historical ones--and hear their innermost thoughts--without leaving our living room. Reading and writing / Literature provides the closest thing we have to time-travel, teleportation, and telepathy.
W@L will add yet a new dimension: direct interaction with writers, readers, and students in real time or your time. Right from your phone or computer, and, eventually, out in the real-life world of words. Your choice.
LIVING LITERATURE
Stay Tuned: For Literary tours in the next two years
“One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places, and explore.”
– Anne Lamont
"Exercise the writing muscle every day…
Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.”
– Jane Yolen
the writers' toolbox & makers' space
Coming in 2027: Coaching, workshops, classes, internships, peer critiques, open exchanges, monthly literary produce market.
If you are interested in becoming a faculty member, blog contributor, coach, mentor, editor, intern, or volunteer please click below.
Jack & Jacob Myers Literary Fund
17 years ago, Jack and Jacob left us. Celebrate their lives and love of words by caring for others.
THEA & JACK
Thea Temple met Jack Myers at AWP in 1993. After a mind-spinning courtship, they married 6 months later.
Together they forged a literary partnership through innovative, nationally-acclaimed programs that served more than 2 million writers and readers.
"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”
– Margaret Fuller
Why Literary arts?
A federal study recognized that the reading and writing of literature is the "most participated in" of all the arts; yet, the literary arts are the most underfunded of all arts disciplines.
Writers often work in solitude for ten years or more before seeking a publisher. While literature may be the most intimate and social art form, writers lack connection and understanding of the literary ecosystem that sustains them.
Simultaneously, we've seen outr world move rapidly away from the printed page and towards digital communication. No other art form can so easily be untethered by geography and fit neatly or wildly inside this new world of words.