"Start Where You Are" Creative Writing Workshop by Novelist Mary Rakow, Ph.D.

Members: $30; Non-Members: $40

Mechanics Institute Board Room
57 Post St.
San Francisco, CA 94104 USA
(Montgomery BART station)

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"Start Where You Are" Creative Writing Workshop by Novelist Mary Rakow, Ph.D. Join Harvard Club of SF and Mechanics Institute authors and authors-to-be for a 3-hr creative writing workshop with Harvard alum and novelist Mary Rakow.

The Format

The focus is on individual critique. Class limited to 10 participants. Please bring 11 copies of your work (5 page maximum). Open to writers at all levels working in any prose form: fiction, memoir, non-fiction, biography, short story, creative non-fiction.

The Philosophy

Many creatures must make, but only one must seek within itself what to make (Frank Bidart). We are that creature. We alone must make objects of meaning. Bring what you have to this writing workshop: the opening line of a story, a novel excerpt, an idea. Find what you are trying to make. Get started. Go deeper into what you have. See more clearly the finishing touches you must now do. Take a step toward more powerful, truthful and beautiful work.

The Instructor

Mary Rakow, Ph.D., comes to fiction from theology. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School and Boston College, she is the recipient of a Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship. Her newly released novel, This is Why I Came, (December, 2015) is heralded as a “Blakean tour de force” and has received critical praise in The Atlantic, Boston Globe, Washington Post, O Magazine and Ploughshares (blog). The Memory Room, her first novel was shortlisted for the Stanford University Libraries Saroyan Prize and other honors. Her commissioned non-fiction work, Martinez Celaya, Working Methods, is the first comprehensive study of the astonishing Cuban-born visual artist.

“Mary Rakow is a breathtaking writer and passionate teacher.” Sam Dunn, Failing Paris.

“Rakow is a brilliant writer and legendary editor.” Ilya Kaminsky, Dancing in Odessa.

Please visit www.thisiswhybook.com for reviews of the new work and www.maryrakow.com for editing, 1-to-1 coaching, etc.

Mary will be available for individual conversation after class.

Questions? Email Mary: www.maryrakow.com

EVENT INFORMATION

EVENT DATE:
Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm

LOCATION:
Mechanics Institute Board Room
57 Post St.
San Francisco, CA 94104 USA
(Montgomery BART station)

Click here to register