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Rene Denfeld – Writing from the Margins: September 8
September 8, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
$275Join Rene Denfeld—an award winning, bestselling novelist with a 9th grade formal education—for a workshop on creating a successful writing career from a marginalized background. Rene will lead students through discovering their own voice, promise and potential not despite their past but because of it. This is a workshop about claiming our place in the literary community. It will include publishing advice as well as craft experience. Be prepared to write!
Rene Denfeld is the author of novels The Enchanted, The Child Finder and the forthcoming The Butterfly Girl. Her books have won prestigious awards, including a French Prix, an ALA and Carnegie listing, IMPAC listing, Center for Fiction finalist and more. The Child Finder was an international bestseller, and Margaret Atwood has praised her writing as “astonishing.” The child of a traumatic history, Rene was homeless as a teen and credits books for saving her life. Rene lives in Portland, Oregon. In addition to writing she works as a death row investigator and is the happy mother of several children from foster care. (Author photo credit: Owen Carey, 2019.)
When: Sunday, September 8th, 2019:: 10:00 – 4:00
Where: The Corporeal Center; 510 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, OR 97210
Cost: $275 (Payment plans available! Contact Daniel at registration@corporealwriting.com) (Scholarships also available)