I teach classes in poetry, essay writing, and journal writing, through The Writing Salon, California Poets in the Schools, The Sun Magazine workshops, Interplay, and occasionally, privately.
If you are an adult and would like to take a class with me through The Writing Salon, please visit their web site at www.writingsalons.com to register. Writing Salon classes are either one-day, five weeks or nine weeks, and take place in either San Francisco or Berkeley. The classes are fun and friendly and attract a lot of talented writers.
If you are a parent of an elementary school child and would like to have me come as a guest or resident poet to your childs school, please contact me. Parents and teachers are the best advocates for arts enrichment programs in their childrens schools. Monies to pay for the California Poets in the Schools program can be raised through the PTA or through various government grants.
If you are interested in taking a weekend workshop with writers who publish in The Sun, please visit their web site at www.thesunmagazine.org . There is a yearly workshop offered at Esalen Institute , usually in October; other workshops occur less frequently at Omega and Rowe Conference Centers. If you are a devoted Sun reader (is there any other kind?) and know of a conference center that would be a good place to hold a Sun workshop, please contact Sy Safransky at sy_thesunmagazine.org or Tim McKee at tim_thesunmagazine.org.
If you would like a more embodied, playful oral approach to poetry, consider taking my Interplay class, Playing with Words. We generally start out babbling to each other, and end up composing on-the-spot improvised poetry while a dancer dances, and, if were lucky, someone provides musical accompaniment. A very rich
experience! For a full listing of Interplay classes in Oakland, log onto www.interplay.org .
If you would like to organize a day-long writing group with me in your living room, and have six -twelve friends that you can sign up, I am happy to work privately. Please email me, and well schedule something.
Upcoming Workshops
I'll be leading a workshop (we're calling it a
''Playshop") in San Pedro, California in February.
Please click here to learn more.
