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WestConn MFA in Creative and Professional Writing

2026 Winter Residency

January 2 – January 7

Hotel Zero Degrees

15 Milestone Road

Danbury, CT 06810

203.730.9200

9:15 AM – 10:30 AM – Writing at the Margins of Fiction and History: The Case of the Haitian Revolution with Marlene Daut

In this workshop, using the Haitian Revolution as a case study, we will explore what to do when
the fictional and nonfictional worlds in our writing collide, clash, and contradict in both expected
and unexpected ways.

*All...

Feb

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“Duels”: An Evening with Néhémy Dahomey in conversation with Marlene L. Daut

On February 2, join poet and novelist Néhémy Dahomey as he will discuss his English-language debut, Duels (trans. by Nathan H. Dize, Seagull Books), in conversation with Marlene L. Daut.

Monday, February 2, 2026

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

LOCATION

Albertine Books

972 5th Ave

New York, New York, United States

Please RSVP here. This event is in English and is free.

Néhémy Dahomey will be joined by Dr. Marlene Daut, an award-winning writer and professor at Yale University.

Set in 1842, this novel foregrounds a...

Feb

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“From Slavery to Freedom: Haiti and Anticolonial Revolution” A lecture by Professor Marlene Daut (Yale University)

This event will occur on February 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM in the Mortara Center for International Studies, 3600 N St NW, DC 20057.

“America250: Worlds of Revolution” is a part of the Georgetown University Global Humanities Faculty Seminar Series, co-sponsored by the Global Irish Studies Initiative, the Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement, the Department of History, the Walsh School of Foreign Service, and the Mortara Center for International Studies.

More details to come soon!

Feb

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Read the Revolution Speaker Series with Julia Gaffield and Marlene L. Daut

February 25, 2026 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Museum of the American Revolution

Dr. Julia Gaffield, Associate Professor of History at William & Mary, and Dr. Marlene L. Daut, Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University, will join the Museum on Wednesday, February 25 to present the second public program in the Museum’s 2025-2026 Read the Revolution Speaker Series with a joint lecture and discussion inspired by their recent biographies on Haitian...

March

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AWP conference: “So What’s Your Book About?”: A Branding Mini-Clinic

“So What’s Your Book About?”: A Branding Mini-Clinic

March 5: 12:45 PM

Your book might be brilliant, but can you explain the gist of it to a stranger in one sentence? This mini-clinic will help writers clarify their message to better position their work for media and public attention. Publicist Nanda Dyssou and four authors who have effectively branded and pitched their books, generating lots of media, event, and public interest, will guide attendees in inventing a tagline and an elevator pitch...

March

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Declaration Deep Dive: Dr. Marlene Daut at the Keeler Tavern Museum and History Center

March 15, 2026 · 2 p.m.

Garden House

Free

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Join us for the next program in our "Declaration Deep Dive" series, a collaboration between KTM&HC and Ridgefield Library to commemorate America 250.

On Sunday, March 15 at 2pm, Dr. Marlene Daut, professor of French and African American Studies at Yale University, will discuss her research on the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), including its connections to the Declaration of Independence (1776). Details coming soon!

This in-person program...

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