Reading Suggestions
Erica Dawson on PBS
Disquiet Faculty Erica Dawson has been touring for her new book, WHEN RAP SPOKE STRAIGHT TO GOD. She wrote a poem about it and here it is on PBS!
Learn About Disquiet International
International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal June 23 - July 5, 2019
meet our Faculty
2019 North American Faculty & Guests include Chris Feliciano Arnold, Jensen Beach, Camille Bordas, Jarita Davis, Erica Dawson, Deanne Fitzmaurice, Shane Hinton, Noy Holland, David Leavitt, Cyriaco Lopes, Jenny Offill, Justin Torres, Terri Witek, editors from The Common, Granta, and The Paris Review, and many more!
our post-ProgramResidency
Beginning after the Program in Lisbon ends, our residency in the Azores runs from July 7-16, 2019, in Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel. Write every day in a 7-hectare botanical garden and in the afternoon take trips to geothermal pools, hike volcanoes, or swim at the beach. Tuition includes 9 nights and breakfast at a centrally-located, historic hotel.
Ready? Apply Now
Creative writing workshops, craft talks, editing seminars, publishing panels and literary walks—all in one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Ready?
Apply here!
Ocean Vuong in The New Yorker
This year’s Quiet Residency is so thrilled to have Ocean Vuong as our writer in residence! Check out Ocean’s piece in The New Yorker we...
2019 Faculty Jenny Offill in Granta
Jenny Offill, author of DEPT. OF SPECULATION, and Disquiet Fiction Faculty, shares links to five things she’s thinking about and loving in Granta.
Lisbon Travel 2019
Geeky Explorer has some good travel tips for the “San Francisco of Europe” but we’ll have our own in our 2019 Program Guide!
2019 Faculty Justin Torres in Granta
2019 Faculty member Justin Torres, author of WE THE ANIMALS, discusses the line between autobiography and fiction in Granta.
2019 Faculty Camille Bordas in the New Yorker
One of our favorite stories from the last couple of years happens to be “Most Die Young” by 2019 Faculty Camille Bordas. Read it here in the New...
