Casey McQuiston (they/them) is the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop, Red, White, & Royal Blue , and I Kissed Shara Wheeler , as well as a pie enthusiast. Born and raised in Louisiana, they now live in New York City with Pepper, a poodle mix and semipro personal assistant. Casey will… Continue reading Galena LitFest: An Evening with Casey McQuiston (virtual)

The writing workshop will center on James Baldwin's essay, "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew." which was published in The Progressive magazine in 1962 and is in the form of a letter to his 15-year-old nephew. Ta-Nehisi Coates' highly-acclaimed 2015 book Between the World and Me, borrows from Baldwin and is also written in… Continue reading Galena LitFest: Creative Nonfiction: The Epistolary Essay (hybrid)