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Changing Hands Writing Workshop with Amy Silverman and Deborah Sussman: "Mothers Who Write"

Thu 27 February 2020
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Amy SILVERMAN (_My Heart Can't Even Believe It_) and DEBORAH SUSSMAN (ASU's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts) present a ten-session WORKSHOP SERIES. Motherhood is the only experience necessary in this WORKSHOP FOR WRITERS OF ALL AGES AND LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE. From published authors to secret journal-keepers, "MOTHERS WHO WRITE" offers prompts and advice to get you started, as well as a constructive, comfortable setting in which to WORKSHOP YOUR WRITING. TEN WORKSHOPS  * 6:30-8:30pm Thursday, February 27 * 6:30-8:30pm Thursdays, March 5, 12, 19, and 26 * 6:30-8:30pm Thursdays, April 2, 16, 23, and 30 * 6:30-8:30pm Thursday, May 7 ABOUT THE HOSTS  AMY SILVERMAN IS A FREELANCE JOURNALIST BASED IN ARIZONA. She holds a master of science degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and is an adjunct faculty member at Arizona State University's Cronkite School of Journalism and has co-taught _Mothers Who Write_ with DEBORAH SUSSMAN FOR MORE THAN A DOZEN YEARS. She's a commentator for KJZZ, the PHOENIX NPR affiliate, and her work has appeared on "This American Life" and in publications including _The New York Times_, _The Washington Post_, _Brain_, _Child_ and salon.com [https://www.salon.com/]. DEBORAH SUSSMAN RECEIVED AN MA IN ENGLISH/creative WRITING FROM HOLLINS UNIVERSITY AND AN MFA IN FICTION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. She has taught WRITING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, PHOENIX College and Arizona State University, and she co-teaches the WRITING WORKSHOP _Mothers Who Write_ with Amy SILVERMAN. Once upon a time an editor at Scholastic, SUSSMAN IS THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA SPECIALIST FOR ASU'S HERBERGER INSTITUTE FOR DESIGN AND THE ARTS. Her WRITING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN _The Washington Post_, _The New York Times_, _Phoenix New Times_ and _Art in America_, among other places.
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Changing Hands Bookstore
300 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, 85013, AZ, US

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