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Creative Writing and Critique A 7-week writing workshop
with Molly DwyerJune 9 - July 28
(no class July 21)7 Weeks, Tuesday evenings 6 pm - 9pm
$60, Registration through Gallery BookshopNEED FEEDBACK ON YOUR LATEST WRITING PROJECT?
Writing grows under the influence of sensitive, in-depth and supportive critique. This seven-week writing workshop is designed to assist intermediate and advanced writers develop a stronger, cleaner, and more compelling style. Fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir and poetry are welcome. We'll share writing each week and focus on improving our craft through revision and reflection. (Writing prompts will be provided each week for writers without an ongoing project.)
MOLLY DWYER HAS WON AWARDS for both fiction and non-fiction prose. Her debut novel, Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein, was recently nominated for the 2009 Northern California Book Award in Fiction. A transformational educator for twenty years, Molly earned an MA from SSU and a PhD from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. She studied creative writing with Irish poet, Seamus Heaney; fiction writing at Galway University in Ireland; and novel writing with England's prestigious Arvon Project. Among "the Bay Area's best and brightest."
For more information visit mollydwyer.com.
Molly's comments are always insightful, sensitive, and instructive. She is deeply invested in helping every kind of writer find his way with his material, regardless of genre or content. Molly's accomplishments, both creatively and critically, reveal not only her passion for the English language, but demonstrate a professional who understands the power of the written word.
-- Charlotte Gullick, Director, Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, Award-winning author
For additional information: email Molly at molly@mollydwyer.com.
Sophia Raday Love in Condition Yellow: A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage
Friday, July 10 at 6:30 pm
Author Sophia Raday will talk about Love in Condition Yellow: A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage. As a Berkeley peace activist, Sophia Raday ran away from cops dressed in riot gear. Then, much to her surprise, she fell in love with one.
Barrett was not only an Oakland police officer but a soldier as well: a West Point graduate, an Airborne Ranger, and a major in the Army Reserve. Love in Condition Yellow tells the story of their marriage. Barrett is loving, loyal, and steadfast, but in his world, a threat lies around every corner. The 9/11 attacks occur just after their first child is born, and Barrett asks Sophia to stay in Condition Yellow -- always aware that her life may be in danger and prepared to do something about it.
When he is called back to active military duty, Sophia is thrust into the role of army wife, first accompanying her husband to the Army War College and later facing Barrett's deployment to Iraq. The result is a vivid, poignant portrait of an unusual union, one that tells a larger story about how love and compromise can uncover the common ground beneath clashing cultures.
Love in Condition Yellow: A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage, by Sophia Raday
Hardcover, $23.95Find out more about Sophia Raday and Love in Condition Yellow at her website, http://sophiaraday.com.
Nancy Ellis-Bell The Parrot Who Thought She Was a Dog
Wednesday, August 12 at 6:30 pm
Author Nancy Ellis-Bell will share stories from her best-selling book The Parrot Who Thought She Was a Dog.
The last thing Ellis-Bell expected to descend on her life was a neglected, too-tall, smart-mouthed, one-legged, blue-and-gold rescue macaw named Peg Leg. And yet, it made perfect sense. A lifelong animal lover, Nancy could never turn away a stray cat, dog, squirrel, or raccoon from her California farm. But the macaw, quickly rechristened Sarah, was a whole new challenge, as Nancy, her husband, Kerry, and their furry menagerie would find out.
Touching, eye-opening, and laugh-out-loud funny, The Parrot Who Thought She Was a Dog is a tender tale of two worlds colliding, two lives enriched, and two souls restored. It is also a rewarding reminder that love can come from the most unexpected places.
The Parrot Who Thought She Was a Dog, by Nancy Ellis-Bell
Paperback, $13.95
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