Writing to the Light Writing Circle #7 The seventh annual Writing to the Light Writing Circle led by writer and educator Deborah Lee Luskin will take place in person on Sunday, December 10 at the Moore Free Library, 23 West Street, Newfane. The workshop will start promptly at 1 pm and end at 3:30. At […]
“Writing to the Light” Welcomes Back the Sun
Third Annual Writing to the Event Writing Circle December Doldrums I used to regularly stall in the December Doldrums, when moving my pen across the page felt like trudging through wet, ankle deep, slush. As the calendar winds down and the northern hemisphere tilts away from the sun, my thoughts can turn as dark as […]
Thanking My Students
Tonight, I’ll be giving an informal commencement address thanking the students who’ve participated in the memoir-writing class I’ve been teaching at the Moore Free Library for the past twelve weeks. This is what I’ll say: Thank you for your courage to show up and bleed onto the page. Thank you for trusting each other and […]
Luskin Offers Day-Long Writing Workshop
I’ve retired from teaching countless times, and always find myself drawn back to the classroom, sometimes for the money, sometimes for the professional association, and always for the love of language. I think and learn in language; I discover what I think with words; and I love helping others use language to discover and […]