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Workshop Descriptions & Instructors Marilyn Abildskov Mary Allen Kate Aspengren Thomas Fox Averill Nancy K.Barry Timothy Bascom Kyle Beachy Karen Bender Linda Bendorf Maudy Benz Venise Berry Bruce Bond David Bouchier Michael Dennis Browne Maggie Conroy Mary Cross Thomas K. Dean Amber Dermont Janet Desaulniers Kelly Dwyer Hope Edelman Josh Emmons Jill Esbaum Sarah Fay Hugh Ferrer Katie Ford Geoffrey Forsyth Cecile Goding Douglas Goetsch Sands Hall Christine Hemp Jim Heynen Rick Hillis Charles Holdefer Richard Jackson Rebecca Johns Cheryl Fusco Johnson Wayne Johnson Daniel Khalastchi Carolyn Lieberg BK Loren Peter Markus Fritz Mc Donald James McKean Gordon Mennenga Sharelle Byars Moranville Michael Morse Barbara Robinette Moss Marc Nieson Shannon Olson Diana Ossana Lon Otto Juliet Patterson Kiki Petrosino Mark Jude Poirier Leslie Carol Roberts Anjali Sachdeva Sarah Saffian Sam Samuels Sandra Scofield Mary Kay Shanley Robert Anthony Siegel Carol Spindel Karen Subach Mary Vermillion Kris Vervaecke Ashley Warlick Michelle Wildgen Bart Yates	Mark Jude Poirier Short Story Exercises One-Week Workshop June 7–12 Biography Short Story Exercises One-Week Workshop June 7–12 If you’re like I am, it’s often a single image, moment, sentence, or word that triggers an entire short story. In this workshop, we’ll use several exercises as springboards for stories, developing them in class and on our own. We’ll discuss effective opening lines, the various points of view, mining our lives for material, and the ever pesky endings. Be prepared to work hard every day you’re here, and you’ll leave with four or five solid story beginnings and one completed story. This course is recommended for people who have taken fiction workshops before, or those who are well versed in contemporary fiction. Biography Since graduating from The University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1997, Mark Jude Poirier has published four works of fiction: the novels Goats and Modern Ranch Living, and the collections Naked Pueblo and Unsung Heroes of American Industry. Most recently, he edited The Worst Years of Your Life,a short-fiction anthology, for Simon and Schuster. In 2008, Miramax released his first film, Smart People, which debuted at Sundance and was a New York Times Critic’s Pick. He lives in Connecticut and writes full-time.

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