Searching for Home Collective
A Boston-based literary salon exploring belonging, identity, and reinvention.
Searching for Home Collective is an intimate community for writers and readers serious about craft, risk, and meaningful artistic exchange. Rooted in Boston, the Collective hosts workshops, editing circles, open mic salons, and curated readings.
What we host
Workshops
Intensive sessions focused on the architecture of poems and the courage to revise.
Editing Circles
Small groups dedicated to the slow, careful polishing of individual manuscripts.
Open Mic Salons
Wild, candlelit nights of performance and unfiltered creative expression.
Festival Appearances
Representing the collective at cultural landmarks and regional literary gatherings.
“For poetry returns
like the dawn and the sunset
like your father nightly from work
like your cat every morning, crying for tuna
like the safety
of coming home to yourself.”
— “Coming Home,” Elizabeth Mateer
