I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means-what I want and what I fear. -JOAN DIDION Me too. - NANCY ARONIE Why in the world do you write? And why are you writing a memoir in particular? I'll tell you why I...
A new translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet has been released in a world in which his voice and vision feel as resonant as ever before. In ten letters to a young person in 1903, Rilke touched on the enduring dramas of creating our lives —...
This interview originally appeared: https://bowerypoetry.podbean.com/Three poems by Rumi translated by Haleh Liza GaforiLet’s love each other, let’s cherish each other, my friend, before we lose each other. You’ll long for me when I’m gone. You’ll make a truce with...
Every life is a work of fiction. That’s what I tell my memoir students. People come to me wanting to tell their life story, the narrative that sums them up, the myth that captures their essence. They expect to find this story hiding inside them like one of...
Deborah Koff-Chapin has been developing Touch Drawing since it came to her in an inspired moment in 1974. She teaches the process internationally. Deborah is creator of SoulCards 1 & 2, Portals of Presence, and SoulTouch Coloring Journals. She is the author...
The first time I put up a one person show, I didn’t know what I was doing. The first time I taught a workshop, I didn’t know what I was doing. The first time I gave a sermon at the Church of the Pacific, I didn’t know what I was doing. I learn by doing and...
Ann is an award-winning writer and performer. Her current solo show, Inappropriate in All the Right Ways, has been described by The Huffington Post as “a show like no other.” Her show, Loveland, played for two years straight in San Francisco where it won the SF Weekly...
When people write about traumatic events, a question that often comes up is, “What if I don’t remember what happened? What if I was dissociated at the time? How can I recreate an event effectively on the page if there’s a blank spot where the memory should be?” This...
It was after ten o’clock at night, and I was returning to my cabin nestled amid the redwood trees at a retreat center in the hills above Santa Cruz. I had been teaching a class on writing called “The Root Voice,” and I was ready for sleep. But the air was warm, the...
Music by Jami Sieber Spoken Word by Kim Rosen Poem, “Pilgrim” by Kim Rosem From Only Breath: A Poetry Concert on March 12, 2017 at the Showcase Theater in San Rafael California Video by Nancy Finsten and Burrill Crohn, edited by Kim RosenKim Rosen, M.F.A., has...