I Was Becoming

Past Fellows Event

MacDowell and The Rona Jaffe Foundation celebrate 14 years of partnership supporting emerging women writers with a virtual reading and Q&A featuring Elif Batuman, Chelsea Bieker, and Monica Sok on Monday, February 8th, at 7 p.m. The event will begin with readings that will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A with questions collected in advance from members of the public who register to attend. Author, MacDowell Fellow, and MacDowell board member Julie Orringer will moderate.

When February 8, 2021 at 7:00 – 8:30 PM
What Reading
Where Rona Jaffe Foundation
21 Wildwood Dr., Dix Hills, NY
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I Was Becoming
Rona Jaffe Foundation, 21 Wildwood Dr., Dix Hills, NY
Discipline: Literature – poetry

Monica Sok

Discipline: Literature – poetry
Region: Leola, PA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2016, 2022
Discipline: Literature – fiction

Julie Orringer

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2023
Discipline: Literature – fiction

Elif Batuman

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2018
Discipline: Literature – fiction

Chelsea Bieker

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: Portland, OR
MacDowell Fellowships: 2014