Events
2024
Reading @ Kramers Books - Launch Party for Andrew Bertraina’s The Body is a Temporary Gathering Place (Autofocus Lit), with Tim Denevi
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 @ 7 p.m.
1517 Connecticut Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20036
AWP ‘24 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference
DIY Your Lit Mag: Building a Literary Magazine From the Ground Up. Thursday, February 8, 2024
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. CT,
Room 2103C, Kansas City * Convention Center, Street Level
2023
Murder and Medicine with Dr. Benjamin Gilmer. Fall for the Book Literary Festival. City of Fairfax Regional Library. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.
Nonfiction on the Fly! George Mason University Homecoming Series, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, on Zoom. Register here.
Writing the Investigative Memoir: Lessons Learned from the Writers Who Dunnit. Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference 2023, Seattle, Washington. Friday, March 10, 1:45-3:00 p.m. Register here.
2022
The Inner Loop: 8th Anniversary Reading Series. Shaw Tavern, Washington DC. Tuesday, April 19, 2022.
The Inner Loop Reading Series. Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 7:30-10 p.m. ET.
“Writing Groups After College: How to Start and Keep a Group to Support your Creative Writing.” Write On: A Panel Discussion on Writing After School, Elizabethtown College, Apr. 15, 2021, 7-8 p.m. via Zoom
“Alternatives to the Traditional Creative Writing Workshop.” Creative Writing Pedagogy Symposium, George Mason University, Feb. 5, 2021, 10:00-11:30 a.m. via Zoom
Current Classes
Fall 2024
Forms of Nonfiction, George Mason University
Advanced Composition, George Mason University
Previous Classes
Senior Capstone: Writing (Flash) Nonfiction for Publication, George Mason University
Senior Capstone: Writing Nonfiction for the Public, George Mason University
Creative Nonfiction Writing, George Mason University
Introduction to Creative Writing, George Mason University
Women & the Essay: Then and Now, George Mason University
Memoir in the Age of Social Media, George Mason University
The Literature of Loss, George Mason University
First-Year Composition, George Mason University
Editing
I am available to edit flash essays and stand-alone essay/memoir pieces for a flat rate. Contact me for details.