We may be primarily writers, but that doesn’t mean we don’t also have an eye for fine modern art. Museum Kampa largely features work from contemporary Czech artists, and we spent an hour wandering the hip galleries, halls, and the sculpture garden. We also climbed to the top…

We took the tram to the other side of the Vltava River, where we picked up the Funicular for a ride to the top of Petrin Hill. We split into our two workshop groups, and pursued a character-stalking writing exercise (choose a stranger; closely observe…

Here’s a few shots from our beautiful river cruise last night. We hope you enjoy the scenes from the Vlatva as much as we did!

  Today we embarked on our first shared writing exercise.  Together, we read Gay Talese’s essay, New York is a City of Things Unnoticed.  In it, Talese catalogs the seemingly mundane details of city life in New York and creates a powerful compendium of beautiful…

Our overnight group flight from JFK arrived at 10:30 AM in Prague, and we dropped our stuff at our Hotel Theatrino and started our trip at the Žižkov Television Tower, a fantastically bizarre example of high-tech architecture. By the foot of the tower, we talked…

We’ve received word from the leaders that the group has arrived in Prague.

Hello from your leaders, Brenna & Nate! Two weeks ago, we traveled to Putney, Vermont, to put finishing touches on our Writing in Prague Program.  We’ve planned some amazing excursions, activities, and eating during our time together in the Czech Republic.  We’re looking forward to…

Welcome to Putney!  This blog is where friends and family can follow along on the group’s adventures through periodic updates, photos, and stories from our leaders and students in the field.  While we hope for a blog update once or twice each week, internet access…