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Flash Fiction & Nonfiction with Arlaina Tibensky

July 17, 2025, 6:30pm–8:00pm

Improve your writing skills at free workshops in the park's outdoor Reading Room.

Learn the art of crafting the extra short story in this introductory workshop. You’ll learn a little craft, do a little writing, and get to hang out with your fellow writers in the heart of the city. Plus, you might walk away with a full draft of a flash fiction story.

Pre-registration is recommended. Register here

Arlaina Tibensky is the author of the novel And Then Things Fall Apart (Simon & Schuster). Her short stories and nonfiction have appeared in One Story, SmokeLong QuarterlyMcSweeney's, Madison ReviewThe Dinner Party DownloadNew Stories from the Midwest 2018 (New American Press), The New York Times, and elsewhere. She holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University.

Produced in partnership with Gotham Writers

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