2018-19 UpComing Events
November 1-3
NonfictioNOW,Phoenix 2018
Panel: On Collections
Venita Blackburn, Chen Chen, Angela Morales, Sarah Viren, & Elissa Washuta
What is a collection? What can we learn from thinking about other physical collections—of stamps, coins, baseball cards, shoes? And what can writers of different genres learn from talking to each other about their process of writing, and organizing, a collection of their work? In this panel three nonfiction writers of recent essay collections will talk with a short story writer and poet about the intuition and calculations that go into collecting one’s work into a book. Panelists will discuss practical things like structure, transitions, titles, and form, as well sillier things like collections in popular media and whether a poem is more like a stamp and an essay like a shoe.
NonfictioNOW,Phoenix 2018
Panel: On Collections
Venita Blackburn, Chen Chen, Angela Morales, Sarah Viren, & Elissa Washuta
What is a collection? What can we learn from thinking about other physical collections—of stamps, coins, baseball cards, shoes? And what can writers of different genres learn from talking to each other about their process of writing, and organizing, a collection of their work? In this panel three nonfiction writers of recent essay collections will talk with a short story writer and poet about the intuition and calculations that go into collecting one’s work into a book. Panelists will discuss practical things like structure, transitions, titles, and form, as well sillier things like collections in popular media and whether a poem is more like a stamp and an essay like a shoe.
December 7, Fresno CA
Reading with Beth Nguyen/ Fresno State, Location and time, TBA
Reading with Beth Nguyen/ Fresno State, Location and time, TBA
Past Events
September 8
Latina Writers Conference, Los Angeles
Panel: Writing about Young Adults
Latina Writers Conference, Los Angeles
Panel: Writing about Young Adults
March 7-11
AWP CONFERENCE, Tampa
Panels:
"This is Not a Memoir: The Linked Essay Collection," With Sarah Viren, Ryan Van Meter, Kristen Radtke, Ellissa Washuta
" In Search of Our Essays’ Mother(s): Women and the History of the Essay," with Jenny Spinner, Kyoko Mori, Mary Cappello, Joceyln Bartkevicius
AWP CONFERENCE, Tampa
Panels:
"This is Not a Memoir: The Linked Essay Collection," With Sarah Viren, Ryan Van Meter, Kristen Radtke, Ellissa Washuta
" In Search of Our Essays’ Mother(s): Women and the History of the Essay," with Jenny Spinner, Kyoko Mori, Mary Cappello, Joceyln Bartkevicius
April 13-15
SONOMA WRITERS' FESTIVAL
SONOMA WRITERS' FESTIVAL
May 14-16
Northwestern Writing Festival, visiting nonfiction author
Northwestern Writing Festival, visiting nonfiction author
November, 2017
Reading, Pasadena City College
Reading, Pasadena City College
October 11-13, 2017
LITQUAKE, San Francisco, Reading with Best American Essays
LITQUAKE, San Francisco, Reading with Best American Essays
April, 2017
San Antonio Book Festival, Panel discussion and book signing
San Antonio Book Festival, Panel discussion and book signing
May, 2017
American River College Creative Writing Festival, workshop and panel discussion
American River College Creative Writing Festival, workshop and panel discussion
February 2017
River Teeth Reading, AWP 2017, 6:00pm, SHAW'S TAVERN, Washington D.C.
River Teeth Reading, AWP 2017, 6:00pm, SHAW'S TAVERN, Washington D.C.
