Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival

Generations of American authors have drawn inspiration from nature, and some, including Walt Whitman and Marianne Moore, have done so specifically in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. Each summer the New York Writers Coalition encourages children and teenagers to follow their example in a free six-week program of creative writing workshops in Fort Greene Park. The program culminates in this outdoor festival of readings, which features not only the young workshop participants but also adult authors. This year, the festival’s 10th, the grown-up readers will include Sapphire, Danny Simmons Jr. and Willie Perdomo.