Instructor: Marilyn McEntyre, PhD

In September, "Reading Like a Writer" examines how every good writer teaches us something about how to read and how to write. Reading slowly, reading for "how" and "why" rather than simply "what" changes the way you walk through a text.

These 90-minute workshops will address a different topic each month. Each session will include a brief presentation, prompts, a bit of writing and workshopping time, and suggestions for developing a particular writing practice. Handouts offer guides for cultivating new dimensions of your writing. We will talk about language, faith, form, and what a lively, committed writing life entails. All levels of writing experience are welcomed!

Registration Fee: General $25/ Living Lightly $10/ Student Free
Location: online/Zoom

About Marilyn McEntyre: Dr. McEntyre, a longtime professor of literature and medical humanities, teaches for New College Berkeley and Westmont College, and is on the faculty of Western Seminary’s “Sacred Art of Writing” doctor of ministry program as well as the “Forest Dwelling” program at the Oblate School of Theology. She offers spiritual retreats and writing workshops and continues to write about spirituality, language, healthcare and earth care. She also works as a writing coach. Her recent books include When Poets Pray, Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict, and a collection of Lenten readings, Where the Eye Alights.

The dates and topics for all First Saturday Writing Workshops are (register separately here - https://buytickets.at/newcollegeberkeley):

October 12, 2024: Letters to the World

November 2, 2024: Framing and Reframing

January 4, 2025: More about Metaphors

February 1, 2025: Poetry on Purpose

March 1, 2025: Writing Like a Weaver

April 5, 2025: A Well Spent Paragraph

May 3, 2025: Imagine if you will...