We
each have a story to tell. And this weekend writing workshop will help
you learn how to tell it well. By using writing exercises to explore
deployment and wartime experiences—the fear, the boredom, anxieties,
thrills, brutality, tears and beauty—we learn how to write a story and
make it compelling. Workshop participants will explore the many
approaches one can
take to writing about the self and will produce personal stories by the
end of the weekend, in addition to poems,
songs and plays. Opportunities to work one-on-one with professional
writers
during the weekend, as well as a two-week online follow up, will help
continue the writing and revision process. No writing experience is
needed to attend this workshop. A public reading to read your writing
for those veterans interested has been scheduled for November 9th.
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Where: Communications Center
116 S. Madison Street
(Between Washington & Burlington)
Iowa City, IA 52242
When: October 14 - 16, 2011
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Weekend
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Friday
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7:30 - 9:00
p.m. |
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Saturday
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9:00 - 12:00 |
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1:00 - 4:30 |
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Sunday
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9:00 - 12:00 |
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Lunch Provided
Register Soon — class size is
limited!
Click the link below to register
for credit:
http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/conferences/ceus.htm
If you are interested in
applying for General CEUs for an upcoming conference or program, please
complete the CEU application
(http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/conferences/pdfs/ceuaf.pdf ).
Then submit the application along with the conference agenda, speaker
biographies and program evaluation procedure directly to The Center for
Conferences, Attn: CEU Department, 250 CEF, Iowa City, IA 52242. That
would be Jo Dickens 335-4159
What you’ll need: A pen, pad of paper (or laptop)
Contact information:
Emma Rainey,
MFA
Nonfiction Writing Program
Emma
Rainey earned an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction
Writing Program in 2009. Currently she teaches writing, yoga, writes
and edits for The Teaching Company, has served as artistic director for
several dance companies, and worked with homeless teens. Her essays
have appeared in Southeast Review, Drunken Boat, Two Hawks Quarterly,
Iowa Review, and in an anthology published by NCTE titled: Reinventing
Identities in Second Language Writing. Since organizing the first free
writing workshop for veterans in Iowa City, Ms. Rainey has conducted
several workshops for military children with parents serving overseas.
She has recently incorporated: Writing My Way Back Home—A Writers’
Workshop for Veterans, and is applying for nonprofit status to continue
helping U.S. military personnel finding their way back home through
writing.
641-919-2654
John Mikelson served 26 years in the Army Reserves and Iowa Army
National Guard as a full time support NCO. His career fields include
Recruiting, Medical, Supply, Administration and Operations. John
Mikelson is a December 2008 graduate from the UI College of
Education with a master's degree in higher education in the Department
of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies.
For more information on the UI Veterans Center, visit http://www.registrar.uiowa.edu/Student/Veterans/VeteransCenter/tabid/73/Default.aspx
University of Iowa Veterans
Center
111CC
Iowa City, IA 52242-1502
319-384-2020
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to
attend all University of Iowa sponsored events. If you are a
person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to
participate in this program, please contact John Mikelson at
319.321.1387.
The University of Iowa prohibits discrimination in employment,
educational programs, and activities on the basis of race, national
origin, color, creed, religion, sex, age, disability, veteran status,
sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preference.
The University also affirms its commitment to providing equal
opportunities and equal access to University facilities. For
additional information contact the Office of Equal Opportunity and
Diversity, 319-335-0705.
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