WRITERS BLOC PRESENTS

TO FURTHER LITERATURE AND THE LITERARY ARTS BY ENHANCING THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S ACCESS TO AUTHORS, WRITERS, JOURNALISTS, CRITICS AND OTHER MEDIA PERSONALITIES.1. FOSTER THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE AND THE WRITTEN WORD AS AN ART FORM.2. ENRICH THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF THE CONTEMPORARY WRITERS AND THINKERS WHO HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE CULTURAL AND LITERARY LANDSCAPE.3. ENHANCE THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S EXPOSURE AND ACCESS TO LITERARY AND CULTURAL WORK, THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AS REPRESENTED IN AND BY MODERN WORKS OF FICTION AND NONFICTION.4. EXPAND THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S ACCESS TO AND UNDERSTANDING OF LITERATURE THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS FEATURING WRITERS,THINKERS, PUBLIC FIGURES AND OTHERS IN CONVERSATION ON FICTIONAL AND NONFICTIONAL WORK.5. CREATE AND FOSTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIALOGUE AND INTERACTION BETWEENTHE GENERAL PUBLIC AND WRITERS, THINKERS, PUBLIC FIGURES OR OTHERSABOUT READING, WRITING, LITERATURE, THE LITERARY PROCESS, THE ROLE