
Dear Lost Lit Friends,
When Albert and I moved into 82 Bond St, in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn in October of 2012, we signed a 5year shop lease that felt more scary than getting married. Our biggest responsibility was our 1 1/2 year old Pug. Then what felt like lightening speed, we got married, we had our first baby, Emmy and then our second baby Rainey. As our personal family grew, so did our business family-Albert with Grumpy Bert artists and me with Lost Lit writers.
Honestly, I couldn’t be more proud of what I’ve accomplished over the years. I envisioned running writing workshops in the AWA method and having writers fall in love with their writing. Check. I wanted to offer workshops on topics that were personally important to me-Grief writing and Adoption writing. Check. I heard the need for longer format, traditional style manuscript critique workshops and answered the call. Check.
I dreamed of hosting literary readings and events to fully take advantage of our beautiful space. Check. And so. the personal and professional lines blurred, and we just became a huge, extended, creative community of artists and writers we simply thought of as family.
Grumpy Bert and Lost Lit are looking for new spaces, maybe combined, maybe separate, since we aren’t ready to say a final, real goodbye. We don’t know what the future holds. We can’t give concrete details like date, time or place (something I always stress to my writers about). But we do know we have to move out by the end of May. I’ve already wrapped the last Lost Lit workshops in the space. Grumpy Bert will be open on a limited basis during the weekdays and this weekend is the very last one. We’re having a 40% discount on most items and need to sell furniture and home decor accessories. CLICK HERE to view the big ticket items. Please come by and help us clear out.
Very soon I’m hoping to be able to announce the next workshop dates and location. Maybe for the summer, but definitely in time for a fall session! Thank you all for your love and support. Lost Lit would be nothing without you.
With deepest gratitude,
Lynne
Special Guest Writing Workshops

Date: Tues.,Feb. 20, 2018
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Fee: $40. (one-day) REGISTER HERE
Date: Tues.,March 6, 2018
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Fee: $40. (one-day) REGISTER HERE
*DISCLAIMER: No refunds or make up date.
STEPHEN LANGLOIS is a recipient of a NYC Emerging Writers Fellowship from The Center for Fiction as well as a writing residency from the Blue Mountain Center. He also hosts BREW: An Evening of Literary Works, a reading series held in Brooklyn, and serves as fiction editor for the literary journal FLAPPERHOUSE. His work has appeared in Glimmer Train, Joyland, Lit Hub, Maudlin House, 3AM Magazine, Vol.1 Brooklyn, Barrelhouse, and Split Lip Magazine, among others. Visit him at http://www.stephenmlanglois.com.
AARON ZIMMERMAN is the founder and Executive Director of NY Writers Coalition, one of the nation’s largest community-based writing programs.Aaron has an MA in Creative Writing from City College and he also has taught creative writing at City College. His novel, By The Time You Finish This Book You Might Be Dead (Spuyten Duyvil, October 2003), was selected by Poets and Writers as a “New and Noteworthy” book. His fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including The Brooklyn Rail, Georgetown Review, South Dakota Review, Jeopardy and Mid-America Poetry Review. he has read his work at numerous venues around NYC and elsewhere, including KGB Bar, Barnes & Noble, and Greenlight Bookstore.
JP HOWARD’S debut poetry collection, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System), was a 2016 Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*). JP is a 2018 featured author in Lambda Literary’s LGBTQ Writers in Schools program. She was a 2017 Split this Rock Freedom Plow Award for Poetry & Activism finalist and is featured in the 2017 Lesbian Poet Trading Card Series from Headmistress Press. JP was the recipient of a 2016 Lambda Literary Judith A. Markowitz Emerging Writer Award and has received fellowships and grants from Cave Canem, VONA, Lambda, Astraea and Brooklyn Arts Council. JP curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon, a NY-based forum offering women writers a monthly venue to collaborate and is an Editor-at-Large at Mom Egg Review online. JP’s poetry and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Academy of American Poets, Anomaly, Apogee Journal, The Feminist Wire, Split this Rock, Muzzle Magazine, and The Best American Poetry Blog. She has facilitated writing workshops for numerous venues, including The City College of New York, Brooklyn Poets, and Brooklyn Community Pride Center. JP holds a BA from Barnard College, an MFA in Creative Writing from The City College of New York and a JD from Brooklyn Law School.
Motherless Daughters Writing Workshop

Lost Lit & NYC Motherless Daughters
presents: A special writing workshop
Time: 11:00am-1:00pm
Place: Grumpy Bert
82 Bond St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
Fee: $45. (one-day) REGISTER HERE
*DISCLAIMER: No refunds or make up date.
Teen Writing Workshop
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Lost Lit is thrilled to have Kathy Moore, a beloved Lost Lit veteran, lead a special 4-week, Teen Writing Workshop.
Here’s what will happen in every workshop. You’ll be given writing prompts meant to stimulate one or more of the five senses. We write together for a timed amount of time (anywhere between 5-15min). We come back as a group and voluntarily share our writing. By applying the Amherst Writers & Artists method, all feedback with will be treated like fiction, supportive and positive. There is no room for criticism. This method will allow your authentic writer’s voice to emerge, will dare you to go deep into memory, scene and your unconscious. You will walk away with a ton of new, raw writing and a newfound confidence that you are, without a shadow of a doubt, a writer.
(7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3/17)
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Place: Grumpy Bert – 82 Bond St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
Fee: $200. REGISTER HERE
*DISCLAIMER: No refunds or make up date.


Mother ME Reading Videos
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On Saturday, May 6, 2017, Lost Lit was thrilled to present the Mother ME Reading, as a special ode to Mother’s Day. Over a dozen super talented writers shared their creative non fiction stories where the role of and relationship with Mother was explored.
For those unable to attend, we recorded the event in its entirety (which is shown first). Then, a separate video for each reader is shown, by order of appearance. Please enjoy!
Mother ME Reading

Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm (Reading)
8:30pm – 9:30pm (Reception)
Place: Grumpy Bert,
82 Bond St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
Admission: FREE (Donations greatly appreciated)
Call For Submissions-Mother ME Stories

The role of Mother, the label of Mom, the relationship, the responsibility and the unparalleled joys that go along with it. We are remembering it all as an ode to Mother’s Day. We hope you’ll be able to join us on Saturday, May 6, 2017 as Lost Lit presents the Mother ME Reading.
But first, we need your stories! Whether it’s about your Mother (living, gone or passed on) or you’re a new Mother yourself. We want to know what the word Mother means to you. And how Mother’s Day is either celebrated and honored or emotionally triggering and dreaded. Submit your short story, personal essay, novel or memoir excerpt for a chance to participate in the Mother ME Reading! Thanks for considering.
- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
• Must fit the Mother ME description above.
• Must be a story-fiction or creative non fiction. (sorry no poetry)
• Maximum length of story must fit into a 5min. time slot when read aloud. (about 5pg max)
• You must be available to read your story aloud at the Literary Reading on Saturday May 6, 2017 at Grumpy Bert’s.
• How to submit story: Email lynne (at) lostlit.com as a PDF or MS Word document attachment by deadline. In email, please introduce yourself. Who you are and how you found out about the Call for Submissions.
• DEADLINE: (extended!) Thurs. April 27, 2017, by 11:59pm.
• Notification: All submissions will be responded to. Final winners will be notified shortly after deadline.