Class Description
Registration through the Boston Public Library website HERE!
Class Description: Let’s face it, high school summer reading lists can be hit or miss. Sometimes it seems like they were written for our parents and not for us. So, this session will be run by young adults. Here is where we recommend books we love and build our own glorious summer reading list to share with the teen world.
Teen participants who feel comfortable sharing will use the chat and rotating mic to talk about books they love and why. Then after the session ends, we’ll compile a “Not Your School’s Summer Reading List” to post on the BPL and GrubStreet websites. We’ll also randomly draw names from attendees to give away various titles on that list, and one lucky attendee will win an entire box of books from the list.
For teens ages 12 to 19. Registrants will receive a Zoom link via email prior to the session start time. Presented in collaboration with the Roxbury, Mattapan, and Egleston Branches of the Boston Public Library.
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
For more detailed information about GrubStreet scholarships, including how to contribute to scholarship funds for other students, click here.
This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.