Jane Underwood runs this San Francisco school for aspiring writers. Classes are offered in poetry, fiction, playwriting, screenplay writing, personal essay, memoir, and more. Accessible and affordable for working adults. New Berkeley site for East Bay folks.
I know of no magazine like The Sun, funny, sad, political, spiritual, and literary all in one breath. Readers write in every month about topics ranging from "Lipstick" to "Forgiveness" or "Hunger." The Sun published me when I was a just-starting-out writer, and I will be eternally grateful to Sy Safransky and the rest of the crew who work each month to put out this rough jewel.
Lauren is a visual artist and a dear friend who created the collage that is the cover illustration of my book, The Largest Possible Life. She works in ceramics, paint, line drawing and mixed media to create imagery that comes fresh out of the dream world. She has recently begun working with old dictionary pages as a way to incorporate text and image. She also likes to paint faces and bodies. Daniel is a poet, songwriter, and accordion player.
She is a writer and philanthropist. There is an amazing link on her site to a documentary short about a girl's school in Kenya which she supports. Watch it and weep.
Laurie Wagner is a wonderful writing teacher, with several non-fiction books to her credit. Her workshops on Wild Writing are designed to open people up to the honesty and vulnerability of their deep selves.
