…you can link here to hear our interview on The Download now. Reviews are already in from fellow writers in our memoir-writing class at the Chicago Cultural Center. Sharon says Audrey “sounded quite confident and natural,” and Andrea reports that “the segment was great radio.” Here’s how our interview was described on the WGN Radio […]

Tonight, April 11, 2018, at 9 pm Central Time, memoir-writer Audrey Mitchell and I will be interviewed by Justin Kaufmann, host of The Download on WGN Radio 720. Audrey is one of the many writers from my memoir-writing classes whose stories intertwine with mine in my latest book, Writing Out Loud. What will we talk […]

In January Regan Burke and I were on WGN Radio 720 touting the benefits of memoir-writing with Justin Kaufmann, host of The Download. Last month 81-year-old writer Bob Eisenberg shared some of his Chicago stories on The Download, and now it’s Audrey Mitchell’s turn. Audrey is another writer whose stories intertwine with mine in my […]

Beth posted here a couple weeks ago about what her memoir-writing students wrote in response to the prompt “If you could have a guarantee that one specific person would read your memoir”. Kathy Zartman, one of her students—and our good friend—named Tim Kreider as that one person. Here’s Kathy writing about why: “His take on […]

During Oscars week this year I asked the writers in my memoir classes to choose a title of one of the films nominated for best picture. “Use that title as the writing prompt for your next 500-word essay.” No one chose Dunkirk. And just like at the Oscars, “The Shape of Water” won the most […]