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Winter 2007 Workshops at Writers & Books
Special Topics
 Writing and Reading Out Loud
- WA7-M01
- 10 Tuesdays, 7–9 p.m.
- January 23 through March 27
- $189 W&B members / $199 general public
- Instructor: Gerard Gregory
Does your audience drift off when you read aloud? Have you always wanted to be a part of a writing group but not sure where to connect? Join a course designed to work both your writing AND public reading skills. Class-time will be divided between group-style peer critique (in an encouraging environment) followed by oral presentation with feedback. Everybody gets a chance at the podium. Learn tips to make your presentation as polished as your nouns and verbs. Practice makes perfect. We'll have weekly writing assignments to get your creative juices flowing outside of class. Fiction and non-fiction writers welcome.
How to register
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Writing for Personal Growth and Healing
- WA7-M02
- (If taken w/Writing the Labyrinth WA7-TO4)
- 3 Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
- March 17 through 31
- Price $56 W&B members / $59 general public.
- or with Writing the Labyrinth $75 W&B members / $79 general public.
- Instructor: Karen vanMeenen
A practice of personal writing can be helpful in exploring ingrained behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs, and can lead to personal healing. We will experiment with writing exercises in various genres designed to address important emotional issues and free up the writing process. Appropriate for individuals at all writing levels. Not intended as a substitute for primary therapy. Class can be taken with “Writing the Labyrinth,” for one price, or separately.
How to register
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Writing the Labyrinth
- WA7-M03
(If taken with Writing for Personal Growth and Healing WA7-T04)
- Saturday, 1 p.m.–3 p.m. March 31
- $37 W&B members / $39 general public,
- or with Writing for Personal Growth $75 W&B members / $79 general public
- Instructor: Karen vanMeenen
A leading labyrinth researcher writes, “A walker leaving the labyrinth is not the same person who entered it, but has been born again into a new phase or level of existence.” A brief intro to the labyrinth as an ancient tool for healing and creativity, and a walk on a canvas Cretan labyrinth will be followed by a session of writing prompts about this life-changing experience, and sharing writings with the group. This class can be taken with “Writing for Personal Growth and Healing” for one price, or separately.
How to register
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From Storyteller to Writer—an Amazing Journey
- WA7-M05
- 8 Mondays, 7–9 p.m.
- January 22 through March 12
- Price: $159 W&B members / $165 general public
- Instructor Sheryl de Jong Loavenbruck
Become a storyteller yourself. Take part in a trust-building Talking Circle. Experience the Native American Journey. Listen to Creation Legends, animal stories, and explanation myths performed by the instructor. Continue your journey further to write poems and/or short stories inspired by Native American themes such as sense of place, alienation, kinship with nature, animal totems, All My Relations, the Great Spirit, and more. End with a final celebration of your journey. Take part in music with drums, rattles, and Joanne Shenandoah singing softly in the background. Learn a social dance or two and experience traditional Native American dishes at the final reading of your poems and stories.
How to register
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I Sold My First Book at 50 and Got My 15 Minutes of Fame
- WA7-M06
- Saturday, 10 a.m.–12 noon
- February 10
- $32 W&B members / $36 general public
- Instructor: Margaret Potter
How to go for the bliss no matter how old you think you are. Margaret Potter, will share her story of her mid-life change of course--her goal to sell a book before she turned 50. She gave up her day gig, retired the cleaning lady, and ended up sharing a stage with New York Times best selling author Mary Karr. Potter will tell how she found her writer’s routine, a mentor, and her nerve. Practical tips on how to find your writing lifestyle will be offered, plus lots of Q & A and group-sharing of pursuits and lessons learned. Discover why it’s not too late for you to go for the bliss and finally do what you really want to do. Learn that the only thing that is stopping you is yourself!
How to register
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Living Life in the Internet Age
- WA7-M07
- Three Thursdays, 7–9 p.m.
- February 1 though 15
- $56 W&B members / $59 general public
- Instructor: Robert Berkman
The emergence of digital communication technologies and phenomena like blogs, citizen journalism, podcasts, Wikipedia, RSS, and MySpace represents an increasing level of media and technology saturation in our lives. How does all this impact how we use language, gather information, write, use media, and live our day to day lives? We will explore these questions primarily by discussing the works of Neil Postman, one of the country’s most incisive critics of the impact of media and technology on culture. His works explored what he called our ongoing “Faustian bargains”: that is, each time we introduce a new technology into our lives, we get something, but we must also give something up too. Readings will include two short books by Neil Postman:
Amusing Ourselves to Death (updated edition); and Technopoly , as well as selected essays by Postman and other technology analysts.
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