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Workshop Descriptions & Instructors Marilyn Abildskov Mary Allen Kate Aspengren Thomas Fox Averill Nancy 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 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 Swander Mary Vermillion Kris Vervaecke Ashley Warlick Michelle Wildgen Bart Yates	Kris Vervaecke Yours to Know? Interviewing Techniques for Writers Weekend Workshop July 11–12 “I Met My Old Lover on the Street Last Night”—Writing Fiction One-Week Workshop July 19–24 Biography Yours to Know? Interviewing Techniques for Writers Weekend Workshop July 11–12 When you’re conducting an interview for your writing, how do you find out what you really want to know, while respecting the feelings and privacy of the subject? How do you direct the interview while also remaining alert to the unexpected? How do you enter a conversation with someone—perhaps a family member, perhaps a stranger—about an experience that is not your own? In this weekend, we’ll explore these questions and practice with each other, making sure we have a good time each step of the way. The instructor has conducted many kinds of interviews for fiction and nonfiction assignments, and brings additional perspective as a trained mediator. “I Met My Old Lover on the Street Last Night”—Writing Fiction One-Week Workshop July 19–24 This workshop will be devoted to generating lots of new material while having fun. Open to writers of all levels, the class will help you spin out narratives inspired by memories and imaginings connected to, although not necessarily about, past relationships. Most of our writing will be done in class during a series of enjoyable and provocative exercises. Maybe you don’t remember his name; maybe you never could remember the color of her eyes; nothing happened or so much happened you can’t begin to take it apart: now we’re breathing the charged air of fiction, finding our way into the “still crazy” stories, after all these years. Biography Kris Vervaecke received an M.F.A. in fiction from The University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She has published short stories, essays, and poems in a wide array of magazines and anthologies, including Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Puerto Del Sol, and the Graywolf anthology Essays on Sports. In 2004, she won the Chicago Tribune Nelson Algren Award for her short story “Ice.” She’s working on a novel and lives in Iowa City.

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