Laura Oliver
Award winning author Laura Oliver will address “Adding Humor to the Personal Essay: Ten Easy Tips” for the Eastern Shore Writers Association at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 13, at the Town Dock Restaurant, 125 Mulberry Street in St. Michaels, MD (410-745-5577). The program is free and open to the public.
This month’s meeting, held in “the heart of the harbor” of historic waterfront village St. Michaels, offers amazing views for writers and guests alike while Laura shares her expertise in the field. Eastern Shore writers are invited to learn how to elevate any literary work with the inclusion of humor. “Even poignant personal essays become more memorable when you have mastered this useful and versatile skill,” says Oliver. “This is a rare opportunity to learn the how-to of literary humor writing and to have fun while doing it. As W. H. Auden said: ‘Among those whom I like, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can; all of them make me laugh.’ This talk will demonstrate the transformative power of humor and how to create it.” It will be both instructive and inspiring for all involved!
Laura Oliver is the author of The Story Within: New Insights and Inspiration for Writers (Penguin) which was chosen as one of the best writing books of the year by Poets and Writers and The Writer Magazine. Her essays and short stories appear in numerous regional and national periodicals such as The Washington Post, Country Living, The SUN Magazine and Glimmer Train. She has taught Creative Writing at the University of Maryland and currently teaches writing at St. John’s College and The Writer’s Center. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, her work has won numerous distinctions, including a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Fiction and Arts Council of Anne Arundel County Annie Award. Her M.F.A. is from Bennington College. Writers can learn more about her at her website,www.thestorywithin.com.All writers and guests are welcome to attend this free event. An RSVP is not required, but always appreciated, to: [email protected].
The Eastern Shore Writers’ Association (ESWA) holds monthly writing programs, sponsors the Bay to Ocean Writers Conference every February, and publishes The Delmarva Review, a literary journal for all writers. As a nonprofit organization, it supports writers and the literary arts across the Delmarva Peninsula. For more information, see the ESWA website www.easternshorewriters.org,or write Hal Wilson, President, ESWA, P.O. Box 1773, Easton, MD 21601.
“Adding Humor to the Personal Essay: Ten Easy Tips”
April 13, 2013, at 11 a.m.
Town Dock Restaurant125 Mulberry Street
(on the St. Michaels harbor)
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