Here are other literary things I do or offer in the community. For the latest news, go to this page.
Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series
I curate and host the Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series, which showcases the Bay Area’s best prose authors at Studio 333 in Sausalito, 7 PM, every 2nd Thursday of the month. I founded WTAW in January 2010. Come out and see what everyone's talking about. Keep up with the events at the website. You can find WTAW on Facebook also.
Readings, presentations
I'll be reading for Corium Magazine editor Lauren Becker’s East Bay on the Brain. Saturday, April 21, 7-9pm at The Layover on 1517 Franklin Street. This is a fun series, and there will be plenty of good writers that evening. Kyrsten Bean, Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Hollie Hardy, Ken Weaver.
I will also read for a brand new series called Break On Through. I’m thrilled to be part of its inaugural event. Here’s what the founder/host Marcus Banks says about it. Our focus: poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction, about people who have earned for themselves a measure of happiness. Perhaps even grace and peace. We're after accounts of growth through struggle, of arriving to a stronger place on the other side. Break on through. Then tell us how you, or your characters, did so. Saturday afternoon, April 28, 2-4pm at Cafe Crush, 3943 Piedmont Ave, Oakland. With Allison Landa and John W. Evans. More info at the website.
PAST EVENTS:
I'll be reading flash fiction with Meg Pokrass and Stefanie Freele at the Sonoma County Book Festival September 24, 3:15 on the main stage.
Litquake is coming! Besides curating a Why There Are Words event at Litcrawl, I'll be participating that same afternoon, Oct. 15, in the first ever Words on the Waves. In Sausalito's houseboat community, I'll be on Boat #34 at 2pm, along with Marianne Rogoff, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, and Frances Lefkowitz. More details coming. Watching the blog/news page.
I've been invited to read for the O'Hanlon Center for the Arts' celebration of Bay Area women in the arts, August 4, 7 PM. I'll be reading with Marin Poet Laureate Lyn Follett and author Jasmin Darznik.
I'm an invited reader for the First Draughts Pints & Prose Reading Series, March 15, 6 PM, Peri's in Fairfax.
I'm an invited reader for InsideStoryTime May 19, 6:30 PM. Cafe Royale, San Francisco. Theme: "Crossed Wires." This is one of my favorite reading series in the area, the genius of James Warner and Ransom Stephens.
I'll be a panelist on writing the short story at California Writers Club Marin Branch, The Joy of Writing Short.
Sunday, May 22, 2011, 2 - 4 pm, Book Passage in Corte Madera, $5 members; $10 nonmembers
Short and Sweet: A Flash Fiction Feast. I'll be reading flash fiction with Molly Giles and Meg Pokrass, June 14, 7 PM, Book Passage.
Classes, workshops, etc.
North Bay Writers Groups Workshops
These six-week sessions take place in my home in Sausalito. Go to this page to learn more about them and when the next session starts.
An Introduction to Writing Flash Fiction: How to Write It and Why You Want To
Charles Baxter says flash fiction stories “are between poetry and fiction, the story and the sketch, prophecy and reminiscence, the personal and the crowd.” Flash fiction is one of the most exciting story forms to read and write. The practice of writing these short-shorts causes you to flex your best writing muscle: precision. New outlets make this a growing market for publishing. Learn what makes these short-shorts different from other forms, and how writing them can improve your writing overall.
7 Wednesdays, 1:10–3pm
Sept. 7–Oct. 19
College of Marin, Kentfield Campus, Harlan Center 161
CRN# 85176 EC
Beginning August 1 you can register online.
Hybrid Writing: The Prose Poem
August 6, 11-3pm
Marin Arts Gallery, 906 Fourth St. San Rafael,
The prose poem: what exactly is it? Happily, the form defies conclusive definition, allowing practitioners to discover and invent. The prose poem can be narrative, lyrical, elegiac, philosophical, irreverent, or something else altogether. It can brief as one sentence or long as a page. We'll look at selected prose poems of the usual suspects (Charles Simic, Jamaica Kincaid, Russell Edson, and more) and of the not so usual (you'll have to sign up to see who!), exploring each author's approach to the form. We'll touch on elements of prose including syntax, detail and image, narration, and on verse techniques such as rhythm, sound patterns, metaphor. Mainly, we'll write our own prose poems, generating new work through varied writing prompts and exercises. More information and to register online. Note: This class has been cancelled.
Art of the Noun
Writers Studio with Marianne Rogoff & Peg Alford Pursell
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. August 14-21, 2011
Click on the link above for all the details.
Weekend Story Intensive
Tomales Bay in West Marin, June 10-12.
With Marianne Rogoff
Spend a productive weekend at the inspiring West Marin coast engaged in craft discussions and writing exercises to spark new stories for open mic readings or publication, with critique sessions, performance practice, and publication suggestions, as desired. Please visit the linked page for all the details.
Publications news
For the latest, see my Latest News page. You can also read the beginning of many published stories at the Story Links page.
I confess to not keeping up with the publication news as well as I'd like.
Burrow Press’s short story anthology Fragmentation & Other Stories will be out February 16. My short story "Fragmentation" is the title story.
Two of my short stories have been selected to be performed at Stories on Stage in Sacramento, May 27, 2011.
There's an archive of my news (readings, workshops, courses, other lit activities) at my old website.
Questions? Need more info? Contact me easily here.
Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series
I curate and host the Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series, which showcases the Bay Area’s best prose authors at Studio 333 in Sausalito, 7 PM, every 2nd Thursday of the month. I founded WTAW in January 2010. Come out and see what everyone's talking about. Keep up with the events at the website. You can find WTAW on Facebook also.
Readings, presentations
I'll be reading for Corium Magazine editor Lauren Becker’s East Bay on the Brain. Saturday, April 21, 7-9pm at The Layover on 1517 Franklin Street. This is a fun series, and there will be plenty of good writers that evening. Kyrsten Bean, Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Hollie Hardy, Ken Weaver.
I will also read for a brand new series called Break On Through. I’m thrilled to be part of its inaugural event. Here’s what the founder/host Marcus Banks says about it. Our focus: poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction, about people who have earned for themselves a measure of happiness. Perhaps even grace and peace. We're after accounts of growth through struggle, of arriving to a stronger place on the other side. Break on through. Then tell us how you, or your characters, did so. Saturday afternoon, April 28, 2-4pm at Cafe Crush, 3943 Piedmont Ave, Oakland. With Allison Landa and John W. Evans. More info at the website.
PAST EVENTS:
I'll be reading flash fiction with Meg Pokrass and Stefanie Freele at the Sonoma County Book Festival September 24, 3:15 on the main stage.
Litquake is coming! Besides curating a Why There Are Words event at Litcrawl, I'll be participating that same afternoon, Oct. 15, in the first ever Words on the Waves. In Sausalito's houseboat community, I'll be on Boat #34 at 2pm, along with Marianne Rogoff, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, and Frances Lefkowitz. More details coming. Watching the blog/news page.
I've been invited to read for the O'Hanlon Center for the Arts' celebration of Bay Area women in the arts, August 4, 7 PM. I'll be reading with Marin Poet Laureate Lyn Follett and author Jasmin Darznik.
I'm an invited reader for the First Draughts Pints & Prose Reading Series, March 15, 6 PM, Peri's in Fairfax.
I'm an invited reader for InsideStoryTime May 19, 6:30 PM. Cafe Royale, San Francisco. Theme: "Crossed Wires." This is one of my favorite reading series in the area, the genius of James Warner and Ransom Stephens.
I'll be a panelist on writing the short story at California Writers Club Marin Branch, The Joy of Writing Short.
Sunday, May 22, 2011, 2 - 4 pm, Book Passage in Corte Madera, $5 members; $10 nonmembers
Short and Sweet: A Flash Fiction Feast. I'll be reading flash fiction with Molly Giles and Meg Pokrass, June 14, 7 PM, Book Passage.
Classes, workshops, etc.
North Bay Writers Groups Workshops
These six-week sessions take place in my home in Sausalito. Go to this page to learn more about them and when the next session starts.
An Introduction to Writing Flash Fiction: How to Write It and Why You Want To
Charles Baxter says flash fiction stories “are between poetry and fiction, the story and the sketch, prophecy and reminiscence, the personal and the crowd.” Flash fiction is one of the most exciting story forms to read and write. The practice of writing these short-shorts causes you to flex your best writing muscle: precision. New outlets make this a growing market for publishing. Learn what makes these short-shorts different from other forms, and how writing them can improve your writing overall.
7 Wednesdays, 1:10–3pm
Sept. 7–Oct. 19
College of Marin, Kentfield Campus, Harlan Center 161
CRN# 85176 EC
Beginning August 1 you can register online.
Hybrid Writing: The Prose Poem
August 6, 11-3pm
Marin Arts Gallery, 906 Fourth St. San Rafael,
The prose poem: what exactly is it? Happily, the form defies conclusive definition, allowing practitioners to discover and invent. The prose poem can be narrative, lyrical, elegiac, philosophical, irreverent, or something else altogether. It can brief as one sentence or long as a page. We'll look at selected prose poems of the usual suspects (Charles Simic, Jamaica Kincaid, Russell Edson, and more) and of the not so usual (you'll have to sign up to see who!), exploring each author's approach to the form. We'll touch on elements of prose including syntax, detail and image, narration, and on verse techniques such as rhythm, sound patterns, metaphor. Mainly, we'll write our own prose poems, generating new work through varied writing prompts and exercises. More information and to register online. Note: This class has been cancelled.
Art of the Noun
Writers Studio with Marianne Rogoff & Peg Alford Pursell
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. August 14-21, 2011
Click on the link above for all the details.
Weekend Story Intensive
Tomales Bay in West Marin, June 10-12.
With Marianne Rogoff
Spend a productive weekend at the inspiring West Marin coast engaged in craft discussions and writing exercises to spark new stories for open mic readings or publication, with critique sessions, performance practice, and publication suggestions, as desired. Please visit the linked page for all the details.
Publications news
For the latest, see my Latest News page. You can also read the beginning of many published stories at the Story Links page.
I confess to not keeping up with the publication news as well as I'd like.
Burrow Press’s short story anthology Fragmentation & Other Stories will be out February 16. My short story "Fragmentation" is the title story.
Two of my short stories have been selected to be performed at Stories on Stage in Sacramento, May 27, 2011.
There's an archive of my news (readings, workshops, courses, other lit activities) at my old website.
Questions? Need more info? Contact me easily here.
