Writers & Books today announced the selection of its new executive director following a nation-wide search. Writer and literary translator Kyle Semmel, most recently of Bethesda, Maryland, will take the position on May 16. “We were looking for someone with a real passion for literature, because you can’t really do this job without that,” says […]
Joe Flaherty
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Writers & Books starts a new chapter
Founder and director Joe Flaherty retires as the literary organization celebrates 35
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Writers & Books founding director Joe Flaherty to retire in 2016
Writers & Books announced today that Founder and Executive Director Joe Flaherty will retire in June 2016. Flaherty saw the organization grow from its beginnings as a one-room storefront on South Clinton Avenue in 1981, through its move to its current residence at 740 University Avenue in 1985, and into a thriving literary center that […]
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Writers & Books turns 25
Looking back at a quarter-century of the community literary center
