Friends -- I'm sharing a blog post that I wrote for Whidbey Life Magazine here. In that blog post I speak a little about the work of Nancy Rawles and Tananarive Due -- two absolutely incredible African American women writers. But I'd like to say a bit more on a personal level about what they … Continue reading 01/22/15 (coloring books project 2015): Nancy Rawles and Tananarive Due
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teachin’ tuesday, june 10, 2014 — 5 questions for guest faculty from Yi Shun Lai
Dear Friends -- Yi Shun Lai asks guest faculty at this years August NILA residency to answer 5 questions. To find out more about our residency up on beautiful Whidbey Island, click on http://www.nila.edu/mfa/ To find out more about my fantastically gifted and athletic teaching partner Janet Buttenwieser, click here. Here they are along with … Continue reading teachin’ tuesday, june 10, 2014 — 5 questions for guest faculty from Yi Shun Lai
Stories time Sunday! — Whidbey’s Gang of 8 – August 18th 2013
Here are 8 amazing stories -- lyrical, vengeful, confessional, speculative, whimsical -- from 8 writers in the Whidbey Island MFA program. Please give a listen and enjoy. Whidbey Air NILA Writers(scroll down for mp3 link) (Thanks to Gwen Samelson of Whidbey Air Public Radio)
storytime sunday 02/17/13 — why picnics like writers
Once upon a time there was a picnic. The picnic liked reading and listening to writers read. The picnic was hungry to be consumed by words. So the picnic decided to attend the literary festival. It wanted to be with beings like it: happenings that are celebrations of sharing. Picnic = fest = feast But … Continue reading storytime sunday 02/17/13 — why picnics like writers
story time sunday 01/20/13 — the cacophony of tales
In the beginning there was the story. I don't want to talk, I just want a story. Mommy tell.... Once upon a time -- when I was young -- in Austria - in Germany -- in Jerusalem -- in Fort Lee -- in Toronto -- in Chicago -- in Florida -- in LA. In Seattle … Continue reading story time sunday 01/20/13 — the cacophony of tales
story time sunday 01/06/13 — sometimes reality is enough
Dear Friends -- Once upon a time there was an island. It wasn't Hawaii, and it wasn't Long Island, and it wasn't Atlantis either. Well, not exactly. It was an island where the writers came to learn how to be better writers. Or how to teach would-be writers how to get better. Or they came … Continue reading story time sunday 01/06/13 — sometimes reality is enough
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 