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

Fall for the Book Murder and Medicine. An image of Dr. Benjamin Gilmer's book, The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, A Murder, and An Unlikely Fight for Justice.
Nonfiction on the Fly event Flyer: Featuring Art Taylor, Gregg Wilhelm, Steph Liberatore, and Natalie Plathua
Writing the Investigative Memoir flyer: Lessons Learned from the Writers Who Dunnit. Featuring Kazim Ali, Rose Andersen, Margaret Juhae Lee, Steph Libereatore, and Claudia Rowe

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.