Agnes Writes
If you’re like me, you have been meaning to get around to taking that writing class one of these days. Partner, you’re in luck. (– If you’re in the Greater Metropolitan ATL.)
From the press release buried deep in my inbox:
On February 2, 2009, the freshly formed “Agnes Writes” program will debut a new series of writing classes taught by several of Atlanta’s most accomplished authors. The series will be hosted by Agnes Scott College, which stepped forward to give these classes a home in these difficult economic times, ensuring that Atlanta area writers will continue to have rich opportunities to develop their craft.
The winter series of classes will be taught by four accomplished Atlanta authors:
- David Fulmer, the Shamus Award winning author of six novels including “Chasing the Devil’s Tale” and the forthcoming “Lost River.” Fulmer will teach his very popular “Fiction Shop,” an intense study of the art and craft of storytelling.
- Hollis Gillespie, longtime syndicated humor columnist and author of three memoirs including “Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch: Tales from a Bad Neighborhood” and, most recently, “Trailer Trashed: My Dubious Efforts Toward Upward Mobility.” Gillespie will teach “The Shocking Real-Life Personal Essay Clinic – Your Crazy Family,” a class on how to turn your family lore into a boffo personal essay.
- Chelsea Rathburn, recipient of a 2009 NEA Fellowship in Poetry, one of only 42 recipients in the nation and the only one in Georgia. Her first full-length collection of poems, “The Shifting Line,” won the 2005 Richard Wilbur Award. Rathburn will teach a poetry workshop aimed at developing poets’ voices and guiding them toward creating compelling poems.
- Terra Elan McVoy, author of “Pure,” a young adult novel due out in April from Simon & Schuster. McVoy is the manager of Little Shop of Stories, a children’s bookstore in downtown Decatur that has garnered glowing national attention. She earned an MA in Creative Writing from Florida State University’s prestigious creative writing program. McVoy will teach “Writing Like a Grown-Up, But Thinking Like a Kid,” a class on the craft of writing chapter books for children.
For much more information, visit Agnes Writes. (Link now repaired. Sorry ’bout that.)
January 23, 2009 8:40 am 
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