Upcoming Classes and Events:

March 20: “Cross-Genre Crushes: Influence and Inspiration from the Always-Greener Grassy Side”

BookPeople and The Writer’s League of Texas

In this free event, I’ll be speaking alongside Sarah Bird, Manuel Gonzales, and Margo Rabb about the ways that writers learn from genres outside their own comfort zone.

March 29: Writing Your True Story for a Magazine

The Writer’s League of Texas, Austin, TX

In this class, you will bring material (ideas, notes) and leave with a substantial portion of a finished 800-word essay such as appears in Narrative Magazine’s “Reader’s Narratives,” The New York Times Magazine’s “Lives” section, and numerous online magazines The class will use guided writing prompts and exercises, analysis of published work, a Q&A session, and the opportunity for direct feedback on your work. The class is open to everyone.

June 14: MixedRemixed Festival, Los Angeles, CA

I will appear along with several journal editors at this terrific conference created by the writer Heidi Durrow. Details coming soon.

June 23-29: Writing Your Life Into Stories

Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM

Learn to tell your story within the genre of one of the oldest literary forms and, yet, also one of the most exciting in contemporary American writing: the personal essay. In the course, we’ll read a variety of personal essays in order to discover styles and structures and strategies that can bring your essay to the page in its truest, most authentic form. Through guided writing, exercises, and workshop, we will practice those strategies and bring our essays to life. The class is open to everyone and is held at the former home of painter Georgia O’Keeffe.