What's Coming Up
My novel manuscript, The Desire Projects, went into the mail to my agent last week--hurray!--and I'm now looking forward to my upcoming stint at Pine Major College's low-residency MFA program in Boston. If you're in the Boston area, check out the series of author readings, free and open to the public, which is kicking off on Friday, July 11 with Randall Kenan and Dennis Lehane. (I wish I were going to be there for that one, but I'm only on duty from the 15th to the end.)
Later in July, I'll be down in San Antonio, co-teaching a workshop on writing memoir with Lorraine López at the Macondo Writing Workshop. Macondo is a wonderful experience, generously founded (and funded) by Sandra Cisneros.
As someone whose post-novel-writing eyebrows still remain untweezed, I love Sandra's comment on her writing process:
I do know I am a very slow writer, and I don't write at all on the days I wear shoes and comb my hair. In other words, I am a writer when I stay home, don't see anyone, don't talk too much (which for me is very hard), and am quiet enough to hear the things inside my heart.
With Macondo, Sandra has created a very upbeat, supportive environment for writers, and the week-long program is designed as a masters-level workshop for writers committed not only to their work but also to activist and community engagement, so it's a wildly cool bunch of people. If you're interested, check it out.
Besides the fun of getting to live in the dorms at Our Lady of the Lake University for a week with a slew of great people, I'm excited to see San Antonio again. As a young person, I lived in San Antonio for six years (16-22)--it's where my son Grey was born--and it's always great to go back.
Later in July, I'll be down in San Antonio, co-teaching a workshop on writing memoir with Lorraine López at the Macondo Writing Workshop. Macondo is a wonderful experience, generously founded (and funded) by Sandra Cisneros.
As someone whose post-novel-writing eyebrows still remain untweezed, I love Sandra's comment on her writing process:
I do know I am a very slow writer, and I don't write at all on the days I wear shoes and comb my hair. In other words, I am a writer when I stay home, don't see anyone, don't talk too much (which for me is very hard), and am quiet enough to hear the things inside my heart.
With Macondo, Sandra has created a very upbeat, supportive environment for writers, and the week-long program is designed as a masters-level workshop for writers committed not only to their work but also to activist and community engagement, so it's a wildly cool bunch of people. If you're interested, check it out.
Besides the fun of getting to live in the dorms at Our Lady of the Lake University for a week with a slew of great people, I'm excited to see San Antonio again. As a young person, I lived in San Antonio for six years (16-22)--it's where my son Grey was born--and it's always great to go back.
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