<p>Read 650 celebrates writers and the spoken word five minutes &#8211; and 650 words &#8211; at a time. The theme of this week&#8217;s show is Gratitude, and includes three true personal stories of gratitude recorded at a live event at New York&#8217;s Lincoln Center featuring Jamie Bernstein, Malachy McCourt, and Mihai Grunfeld.</p>

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Writers Read™ is a literary forum promoting established and emerging writers through curated live and digital performances celebrating the spoken word. It’s a high-quality platform for true personal stories—two pages and 650 words long, read aloud by the writer before an audience. Read650 places a strong emphasis on the craft of writing—word choices, sentence structures, the arc of the narrative. Our submission-based events are developed around broad themes that invite a wide range of expression. An editorial committee curates and sequences the content of each show and, where necessary, our editors collaborate with writers to further refine their work.