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Shapiro Creative Writing Center

The establishment of the Shapiro Creative Writing Center signals the importance the university attaches to writing.  The Shapiro Center serves as a hub for writing activities and provides a venue for readings, workshops, colloquia, informal discussions, student-sponsored events, and receptions.  Its lounge is open to all students enrolled in creative writing courses.  The Center houses visiting writers, as well as Amy Bloom, the Kim-Frank Family University Writer-in-Residence. 

John Shapiro ’74 and Shonni Silverberg M.D. ’76 of New York City established the center with a generous gift in 2009.   



For more information, please contact Anne Greene, Shapiro Center director. agreene@wesleyan.edu, 860-685-3604.