Aspiring and experienced writers are invited to participate in gently structured writing workshops. Explore the art of writing in this four session workshop with a focus on writing about place, nature, environment, agriculture, food, and home. The workshop will have a nonfiction focus, but writers of all genres are welcome. For the final session, participants who complete the series will be invited to read a portion of their work as a part of the Wauwatosa book launch party for Amy Lou Jenkins release of
Every Natural Fact. Jenkins asks writers to come ready to hunker down, let loose, and explore their own innate creativity during weekly sessions in May.
Participants may sign up for one of the four-week sessions at one of two locations. Register early, as space is limited.
Urban Ecology Center: 1500 E. Park Place, Milwaukee, WI 53211. Sessions take place Monday evenings in May: 7-8:30 pm. Register by phone: 414-964-8505. (Free or low fee for nonmembers)
Wauwatosa Public Library: 7635 W North Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53213. Sessions take place Tuesday evenings in May: 6:30-8 pm. Register by phone: 414-471-8484, or in person at the Wauwatosa Public Library Circulation desk (free)
All participants who complete the series will be invited to share a portion of their writing at the final session which will be a book launch party celebrating local writers and Every Natural Fact. These final sessions will be open to the public.
May 24th,7 PM:
Everyone's invited to the Milwaukee Book Launch reading and party for Every Natural Fact at the Urban Ecology Center. Riverside Park, 1500 E. Park Place, Milwaukee, WI 53211.
Cosponsored by Boswell Book Company. May 25th, 6:30 PM:
Everyone's invited to the Wauwatosa Book Launch reading and party for Every Natural Fact at the Wauwatosa Public Library, Firefly Room.
Cosponsored by Little Read Book.
More readings and workshops are listed at
www.AmyLoujenkins.com.
"Becoming a writer is a somewhat fool hearty act of courage. Most writers spend years at the keyboard or notepad without any guarantee that their words will ever reach and audience. I feel privileged to have the opportunity to work with other writers and to have the support of the great organizations and bookstores joining me in the launch of Every Natural Fact."—Says award-winning author, Amy Lou Jenkins.
Amy Lou Jenkins holds an MFA in literature and creative writing from Bennington College. She has taught nonfiction writing at Carroll University and at writing conferences and workshops. Her manuscript has garnered awards and accolades from literary venues and an impressive list of writers including a National Book Award winner. Find a list of events and appearances and more at
www.AmyLouJenkins.com. What others are saying about Every Natural Fact: "Any reader drawn to the outdoors will cherish
EVERY NATURAL FACT and its author's sensual intelligence potted in the fertile soil of a boundless curiosity for the world. Amy Lou Jenkins is the Anna Quindlen of the north woods, the Rachel Carson of the good land of Wisconsin, bequeathing to her son and to all of us an indestructible sense of wonder." —Bob Shacochis, National Book Award-winning author of
Easy in The Islands and
The Immaculate Invasion "What makes this book such a marvel is the way the human and the non-human are kept in perfect balance: the psychological dance of a mother and son, with all its funny, touching, realistic two-steps, intersects with the desire to be opened up to the mystery and rapture of the natural sublime. It is a splendid fusion, as much about parenting and education and generation gaps as it is about patient observation of landscapes in flux. Jenkins' polished literary style makes it, sentence by sentence, a joy to read."— Phillip Lopate, Author of
Waterfront, and Notes on
Sontag --More at www.AmyLouJenkins.com
Every Natural Fact, by Amy Lou Jenkins
Pub. Date May 24, 2010; Price:$14.95; 180 pages, ISBN 13- 978-0982354513
Contacts
Jim Perlman: Editor:
Holy Cow! Press: 218-724-1653
Author:
Amy Lou Jenkins 414-453-3466
Distributor:
Consortium Urban Ecology Center: 414-964-8505
Wauwatosa Public Library: 414-471-8484
Media Kit:
www.AmyLouJenkins.com