Five writers with distinct and diverse voices will be mentored through the process of preparing short works for publication.

“I have travelled widely to places connected with each one of the scientists I have written about. I have met quite a few people and gathered information. Many times, I have taken the pictures myself.”

“I often went for a walk straight after my writing and editing time, to blow cobwebs away and to reconnect to the here and now, to smell roses and rosemary and lilac and jasmine in the beautiful gardens of East Orange.”

“The themes of identity, generational trauma and the body are brutally and beautifully rendered. It was a unique voice that I want to hear more from.” Kavita Bedford

“In the end, as always, I listened to my head and my gut and my heart . . .”