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OnWord 2020
OnWord 2020 Virtual Fundraiser Showcases and Supports the Work of the American Writers Museum to Educate and Inspire the Next Generation of Writers

OnWord 2020, the annual benefit for the American Writers Museum (AWM) brought together hundreds of [...]

10
Sep
American Writers Museum To Welcome Second Month of Reopening With Two New Charity Partners, a Free Day and Science Fiction Podcast Episodes For Ray Bradbury Centennial

The focus of the next four episodes of the new American Writers Museum podcast will [...]

06
Aug
The American Writers Museum will reopen to members on July 1 & 2, 2020 and to general visitors on July 3, 2020.
American Writers Museum To Reopen July 3 With Extra Safety Precautions And A Portion Of Ticket Proceeds For The Month To Benefit Young, Black & Lit And Bernie’s Book Bank

American Writers Museum to welcome back visitors July 3 with members-only access July 1-2, and [...]

30
Jun
Ray Bradbury Surprise Bookshelf element with video
American Writers Museum To Receive a National Endowment For The Arts Big Read Grant For Fahrenheit 451 Programming

American Writers Museum to present virtual and in-person activities centered around Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 [...]

17
Jun
A reading of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Read By Writers, Scholars, Activists, Douglass Descendant

The American Writers Museum is pleased to present a special reading of Frederick Douglass’s groundbreaking [...]

11
Jun
A screenshot of the exhibit My America: Immigrant and Refugee Writers Today showing writer Viet Thanh Nguyen with a quote that reads: "One of the ultimate expressions of our American identity is to be able to do both those things, to be proud of who we are and also to recognize what we have done wrong, and to believe that we should be able to address these flaws, these failures, and make ourselves better."
American Writers Museum Creates Online Exhibit, Includes Teacher Resources and Educational Materials

First-of-its-kind, multimedia exhibit features interviews with immigrant and refugee writers and curriculum material for grades [...]

09
Apr
New exhibit My America opens November 21 at the American Writers Museum
American Writers Museum Celebrates What it Means to be An Immigrant and Refugee in America Today

Interactive exhibit featuring works by more than 30 immigrant and refugee writers opens Nov. 21, [...]

30
Oct
Tools of the Trade exhibit explores writing practice through the ages at the American Writers Musuem
Orson Welles, Maya Angelou, John Lennon, Hugh Hefner Artifacts On Display For First Time In Chicago

Typewriters of well-known American writers debut at American Writers Museum. [...]

03
Jun
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