Still Here for You

n late March the Poets & Writers Board of Directors held its first-ever remote meeting. We had canceled our annual fundraiser, scheduled for March 16, and closed our office but continued all of our programs for writers, even as our staff worked remotely. The scope of the pandemic and its economic devastation were just beginning to become clear, but we knew writers would be hit hard. Already we had heard from many authors whose speaking engagements, teaching gigs, and freelance assignments had been canceled.