We Belong, a visual exploration highlighting the different experiences of South Asian identity. The SF Bay Area is often referred to as a salad bowl when it comes to how immigrants and the children of immigrants engage and interact with American culture and society. Which parts of our cultural identity we keep and which parts we shed is not only a constant conversation topic but also a daily negotiation. We Belong explores that dynamic through portraits and interviews with Bay Area South Asians. Photographs and interviews are by CatchLight Local Fellow Sree Sripathy and produced by India Currents in collaboration with Catchlight.
Spring into Poetry: Try A Diminishing Verse
Need some inspiration for the Spring into Poetry Contest? Why not try your hand at a Diminishing Verse! Also called a pruning poem or a vanishing poem, diminishing verse is a fairly new poetic form. There aren’t many rules for this style. The main feature of this poem type is that whatever word you end…
Spring into Poetry: Find Inspiration Today!
Need some writing inspiration? Try out this prompt and submit to our Spring Poetry Contest!
LocalLit 2023
Join us for our 11th Annual LocalLit event at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library on Saturday, December 2, 2023.
Congratulations Short Story Contest Winners
Congratulations to our 2023 Fall into Fiction Short Story contest winners. Read the winning entries online or (for a limited time) print them out at select locations for free.
Fall into Fiction: Write Your Story
Be true to your heart: Follow a story that comes from your personal experience.
Fall into Fiction Short Story Contest 2023
Submissions Due September 30 Enter your Short Story to the Fall into Fiction Short Story Contest! Fall is here again! To celebrate, San José Public Library is hosting a short story contest for the month of September. The contest is open to writers of all ages. All genres and prose styles are welcome, including non-fiction…
Share Your Coming Out Story
To celebrate National Coming Out Day, held every year on October 11, we are looking for your coming out story to share with the community!
Congratulations Poetry Contest Winners
Check out the 2023 Spring into Poetry Contest winning poems.
Spring Into Poetry: Poetic Forms as Writing Prompts
Poetic Forms as Inspiration
April is upon us, and so is San José Public Library’s Spring into Poetry contest in celebration of National Poetry Month.
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