Calling all writers (and aspiring writers)! Local author Kristin Bair O’Keeffe will teach a 6-week personal essay writing workshop at the Andover Bookstore.
The workshop runs on Tuesday evenings from 7-9pm beginning on October 25th. It runs for 6 consecutive weeks (skipping Thanksgiving week). Class Cost: $220
About the Workshop: In the workshop, we’ll read and dissect a variety of personal essays… looking at the different forms a personal essay can take and breaking each down into manageable pieces. Students will do writing exercises, learn to look at their lives with fresh writerly eyes, generate lots of compelling material, hone their rewriting skills, and learn a bit about how to get their work out into the world.
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Writers of all levels are welcome.
About Kristin: As a seasoned writing instructor, Kristin facilitates workshops that offer inspiration, instructor feedback, loads of laughs, whip-cracking discipline, nuts and bolts know-how, ongoing discussions about the ever-elusive "voice," and loads more… all in a warm, supportive environment.
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Kristin’s debut novel Thirsty was published by Swallow Press, and her essays and articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Bluestem, The Christian Science Monitor, The Gettysburg Review, The Baltimore Review, Poets & Writers Magazine, San Diego Family Magazine, and others. She has an MFA from Columbia College Chicago and has been teaching fiction and nonfiction writing workshops for sixteen years. In addition to running private workshops, she has taught at Montserrat College of Art, Endicott College, Columbia College Chicago, Boston College, and the University of New Hampshire. She currently teaches at UMass Lowell.
In late 2010, after nearly five years in China, Kristin repatriated to the U.S. and is making a new home in Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.writerhead.com.
