The Altadena Library has announced its roster for this fall's writer's workshops:
Sat., Sept. 11, 2 PM:
Write Your Memoir Workshop or Hone Your Skills as a Storyteller with Jervey Tervalon: the best-selling novelist, award-winning poet, screenwriter, dramatist, journalist, commentator and creative writing professor at USC, will be presenting a workshop for writers of all ages and experience levels through the process of telling their story.
The workshop is ideal for participants looking to develop their skill at chronicling their life stories, assist others who hold valuable oral histories in preserving their written history, or who want to jumpstart a variety of writing in a supportive as well as inspiring environment.
Jervey Tervalon is the author of All the Trouble You Need, Understand This, and the Los Angeles Times bestseller Dead Above Ground. Jervey was born in New Orleans, raised in Los Angeles, and now lives in Altadena, California, with his wife and two daughters.
Sat., Oct. 9, 2 PM:
Transform Your Writing with Dorothy Randall Gray: This nationally acclaimed workshop leader and motivational speaker has captivated TV, radio and university audiences throughout the U.S. and abroad. Both new & seasoned writers will gain much from her inspired teachings in this stimulating participatory workshop. Gray’s writings have been featured on TV, radio and theater. She is former Poet-in-Residence at Hunter College, National Public Radio commentator, and columnist for NiaOnline. http://www.dorothyrandallgray.
Tues., Oct. 19, 7 PM:
The Writer’s View of a Short Story—How to Read Like a Writer and Grow Your Writing by Michelle Huneven: Inspire your writing with a workshop that teaches you to read like a writer. Attendees are encouraged to read “Lady with the Little Dog” by Anton Chekhov (at the Reference Desk or online at http://www.online-literature.
Huneven’s Blame was finalist for the National Book Critics Circle, the LA Times Book Prize, one of Oprah’s Ten Terrific Reads of the Year, & Washington Post’s Best Book of the Year. “The satisfactions Blame offers readers are elegant prose and, deeper than that aesthetic pleasure, intelligence and compassion.” —LA Times
