I have taught nonfiction writing at the graduate and undergraduate level for decades, including 12 years part-time at Johns Hopkins University’s MA in Writing Program, the summer program at Yale University, and 17 years in my current job as the Program Coordinator for the Writing Minors at Central CT State University. Increasingly my classes are about “seeing” and “processing” the world with more nuance and reflection, skill sets essential to our humanity and to the success or failure of our fragile democracy. As a public speaker on a range of topics that I cover in my books, I have traveled the country from Yale Medical School to the public libraries of small towns in the Midwest. Check out Writings to learn about my whimsical new book, A Play Book: Creating Writers, Creating Citizens (Entasis Press, June 2023), which distills decades of teaching experiences into an illustrated memoir/manifesto that has something to offer not just writers but also parents eager to raise curious, creative children and citizens eager to find new ways to communicate with each other.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, April 13

Southwest Writers

Workshop Leader, Writing the Difficult Topic

Albuquerque, NM

Saturday, May 4

Washington Writers Conference

Bethesda North Marriott Hotel, Bethesda, MD

Moderator, Morning Panel—Writing a Life: Memoir and Nonfiction

Moderator, Afternoon Program—Nonfiction: From Proposal to Publication 

Monday, May 13, 6:00 to 7:30 pm

True Stories Told with This and That: A Flash/Mixed Media Workshop

Mystic Public Library, Mystic, CT

June 1-June 7

Yale Summer Writing Workshop (On Ground)

Nonfiction Workshop Leader

Apply Now! Workshops fill quickly.

https://summer.yale.edu/courses-programs/yale-writers-workshop

Monday, July 15, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Writing the Difficult Topic: Nonfiction Workshop

Mystic Public Library, Mystic, CT

Recent Events

Thursday, September 14

Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St, Hartford CT

Reading and Special Interactive “Come to Your Senses” Program

7:00 to 8:30 p.m., Open to the Public

Tickets $15, includes copy of book

Thursday, October 14

The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD

Writing Workshop, $60 per applicant

Space limited to 15