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Rene Denfeld – Writing from the Margins: September 8

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland

Join 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…

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$275

Fall 2019: Building A Writing Habit

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland

Using The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron as a resource, this workshop gives writers the tools to establish a disciplined writing practice full of healthy habits so they can keep writing. Class time will be spent in discussion, writing and learning strategies for establishing a consistent writing practice. Kristina Tate is a writer based in Portland, Oregon. She has lived in Arizona, San Francisco, South Lake Tahoe, New York City, Australia and elsewhere. Her work has appeared in Narratively, Guernica, BOMB and others. She is currently working on a memoir and a novel. September 8 – 29, 2019 Sundays, 2:00 to 4:00 (4 class meetings) Meets at Literary Arts, 925 SW Washington Instructor: Kristina Tate For writers at all levels

$175
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