News, Events & Classes
Thursday, February 16, 2023, time tba, University of Missouri-Kansas City (on Zoom). I'm speaking on humor in cancer narratives as part of the UMKC Marilyn T. and Byron C. Shutz lecture series, "Healing in Times of Strife: Therapeutic Dialogue through Art, Pedagogy, and Writing." The wonderful Monica Prince will be joining me.
7pm Tuesday, April 11, 2023, Women & Children First Bookstore, 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago. Debut reading of The Wandering Womb accompanied by interlocutor Aimee Levitt
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I've spoken at universities,bookstores, book fairs, libraries, conferences, schools, cancer gatherings, and been a writer in residence at universities. In spring 2022 I did an online workshop for McDonald's corporate communications people.
A satisfied customer writes:
"Humorous, insightful and revealing. My students were intrigued, engaged and entertained. A rare glimpse into a writer's creative process field with unexpected revelations, deep insights and surprising connections between images and ideas. The topic of womens' health turned into a wonderful exploration of history, medicine and the poetic imagination."--Irina Ruvinsky, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, professor, "Illness as Metaphor" class, Spring 2022 (in person, masked)