CREATIVE & EXPRESSIVE WRITING
Websites
go to bibliography listingAmherst Writers and Artists Institute: Amherst Writers & Artists, founded by writer Pat Schneider in 1981, offers creative writing workshops and retreats for both established and beginning writers in affiliated workshops across the around the world. Amherst Writers and Artists Press publishes a national literary journal, Peregrine, and has released over 20 books. Amherst Writers and Artists Institute is an outreach program for low-income and underserved populations. http://www.amherstwriters.com/
Asian American Writers’ Workshop: Premier website for creating, publishing, developing and disseminating writing from Asian Americans. http://www.aaww.org/
Bowery Poetry Club: Poetry on the streets, especially spoken word performance, plus information on writers, an artwall, magazine, etc. http://www.bowerypoetry.com/
Center for Autobiographical Studies: Workshops, retreats, resources, inspiration and a newsletter from author of The New Diary Tristine Rainer. www.storyhelp.com
Center for Journal Therapy: The Center for Journal Therapy’s is to make the healing art of journal writing accessible to all who desire self-directed change. The site offers books, workshops, consultations, audiotapes, papers, an annual training intensive, journal and poetry therapy certification training, and other resources primarily with Kathleen Adams, author of Journal to the Self. http://www.journaltherapy.com/
Dance With Words:
Writer Margot Van Sluytman offers classes, talks, a message board to
discuss the power of words, and links (especially for Canadian
resources) at this site, also connected to Palabrus Press. http://www.dance-with-words
The Diary Door: Dairy writing workshops for parents with Kelly DuMar. http://www.diarydoor.com/
Each One Reach: Excellent
organization in the San Francisco Bay area on arts-based programs
(especially writing) for at-risk youth. Mentoring, workshops,
support and resources. www.each1reach1.org
Inkwings: Expressive writing for strength, growth and healing with Linda Lanza. http://www.inkwings.com/
Jump Write In: Workshops, consultations, quotes and links on poetry therapy and journal therapy by Deborah Thornley, CPT (TLA student). http://www.jumpwritein.com/
Keepsake
Biographical Services: Ideas, inspirations and services
for preserving family stories through oral histories, biographies,
cookbooks, digital albums and other means with Jeanne Chambers, MA-TLA.
http://www.keepsakebiographical
Laguna Writers: Workshops, consultations and resources.
www.laguna-writers.com
Mythic Lives:
Workshops, retreats, consulting and even a mythic lives roadmap with
Carolyn Miller, MA-TLA. http://www.mythiclives.coms/
National Public Radio First Person Essays: Information on how to submit your own commentaries on NPR. www.npr.org/about/pitch/#commentary/
Poetic Living: Writing, hypnosis and spiritual and emotional growth with Gillian
Gordon, MA-TLA, http://www.poeticliving.com/
Poetic Medicine: Workshops, books, writing prompts and more with John Fox. http://www.poeticmedicine.com/
Poetry Practice: Workshops, consultations, poems and writing prompts by Jean Bass, CPT. http://www.poetrypractice.com/
Renaissance Muse: Coaching, workshops, retreats, inspiration and more on establishing a transformative language arts practice with Yvette Hyater-Adams, MA-TLA. http://www.renaissancemuse.com/
Story Circle
Network: An organization of women who want to explore
their lives and souls by exploring their personal stories. Many
resources, including lifestory briefs, journals, interviews, reading
resource sand more. www.storycircle.org
This American Life: Information on the fabulous NPR radio show, and also on how to submit your own work (see left-hand column, "Submitting Work"). www.thislife.org
Walking Poetry Project: Walking and writing project to raise awareness of teen suicide by Iris Angle. http://www.walkingpoetry.com/
Wellspring
Writers:Workshops for men & women living with cancer, California and International writing retreats, publications, writing prompts and inspiration with Sharon Bray, Ed.D. http://www.wellspringwriters
Write to Be: Training and consultation with Denise M. Anderson. http://www.writetobe.com/
Write Where You
Are: Workshops, publications, writing prompts, writing
roots and more with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, CPT, PhD, and coordinator
of Goddard’s TLA program. http://www.writewhereyouare
Writers of Color: Writing on Reality and Dreams (WORD) was established to cultivate Writers of Color and Culture (including African American, Native American, Latino, Black, and Asian writers) and to provide support and networking opportunities for writers, editors, screenwriters, spoken word artists and other creative wordsmiths in realizing their personal goals and dreams. WORD was also established to empower minds through literacy and to host forums and events that will showcase the work of artists. http://www.writersofcolor.org/
Writing the Prayer of Your Life: Body centered, spirit
based writing workshops, retreats, and private consultations with Debora Seidman, MFA. www.greenriveryoga.com/workshops
Writing Ourselves Whole: Workshops, writing groups and consultations with Jennifer Cross, MA-TLA. http://www.writingourselveswhole.org
Writing Retreats at Patchwork Farm: Writing, yoga and more.
www.writingretreat.org
Bibliography
go to website listingsKay Adams, Mightier Than The Sword: The Journal As A Path To Men’sSelf-Discovery.
– The Write Way To Wellness
– Journal To The Self
–The Way of the Journal
Susan Wittig Albert, Writing from Life.
Art.Rage.Us.: Art and Writing by Women with Breast Cancer, introduction by Jill Eikenberry, epilogue by Terry Tempest Williams
Christina Baldwin, One to One: Self-Understanding through Journal Writing,
– Life's Companion: Journal Writing as Spiritual Quest.
Carolyn Benson and Sara Weinberger, eds., Voices from Inside: Writing with Women in Prison.
Mike Bernhardt, ed., Voices of the Grieving Heart.
S.L. Bertman, Grief and the Healing Arts.
D. Birch, Awaken the Writer Within.
J.E. Birren and D.
Ginny
– Reflective Practice: Writing and Professional Development.
– Writing Cures: Creative Writing, On-Line Writing and Therapy – An Introductory Handbook.
Irene Borger, Ed., From A Burning House: The AIDS
Project
Joan Bolker, Ed. The Writer’s Home Companion.
Carol Bly, The Passionate, Accurate Story: Making Your Heart’s Truth Into Literature.
– Beyond the Writers Workshop: New Ways to Write Creative Nonfiction.
Ray Bradbury, Zen and the Art of Writing.
Sharon Bray, A Healing Journey: Writing Through Breast Cancer.
-- When Words Healing: Writing Through Cancer
J. Broadhead and L. Kerr, Prison Writing: A Collection of Fact, Fiction and Verse.
S. Cassedy, In Your Own Words: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing.
L.K. Campbell, Journey into Motherhood: Writing Your Way to Self-Discovery.
Lucia Capacchione, The Creative Journal
– Living with Feeling: The Art of Emotional Expression.
Laura Cerwinske, Writing As A Healing Art.
G. Collins-Ranadive, Finding the Voice Inside: Writing as a Spiritual Quest for Women.
B.G. Chevigny, Doing Time: 25 Yeas of Prison Writing.
Merce Cunningham, Meredith Monk and Bill T. Jones, Art
Performs Life.
S. M. Deats and L.T. Lenker, Youth Suicide Prevention: Lessons from Literature.
Allison Hawthorne Deming. Writing the Sacred Into the Real.
Annie Dilliard, The Writing Life.
Kathryn Dunn and Daphne Slocombe, eds., The Other Side of Silence: The Passion and Practice of Writing Workshops with Special Populations.
Peter Elbow, Everyong Can Write: Essays Toward a Hopeful Theory of Writing and Teaching Writing.
– Writing with Power.
– Writing Without Teachers.
A. Erickson, Arc of the Arrow: Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography.
Bonnie Friedman, Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer’s Life.
Carol Gilligan, In a Different Voice.
Alex Gray, The Mission of Art.
Susan Griffin, Women and Nature.
Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down The Bones.
– Wild Mind
S. Grewel, Charting the Journey: Writings by Black
and
Cynthia Blomquist Gustavson, "The Use of Poetry in Identifying and Coping with the Emotional Task of Moving," Journal of Poetry Therapy, v. 9, n. 1, 1995
John Poole-Graham, Illness & the Art of Creative Self-Expression: Stories & Exercises From the Arts for Those with Chronic Illness
Erin Gruwell, Ed. The Freedom Writer’s Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change the World Around them.
GeniaPauli Haddon, Body Metaphors.
Kendall Haven, Write Right! Creative Writing Using Storytelling Techniques
Margaret Hatcher, Centering Through Writing: Right Brain/Left Brain Techniques Applied to Writing.
Carolyn Heilbrun, Writing a Woman’s Life.
J. Huggett, Prayer Journal.
Elaine Farris Hughes, Writing from the Inner Self.
Molly Harrower, The Therapy of Poetry.
John Harvey, Embracing Their Memory: Loss and the Social Psychology of Story Telling.
bell hooks, Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work.
-- Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life.
Michael Howard, Art as Spiritual Activity
M. Jacob, Mastectomy Write-Out: Anatomy of Loss.
N. Jackowska, Write for Life.
Maxine Borowky Junge, Creative Realities: The Search for Meaning.
G. Jacobsen, Write Grief: How to Transform Loss with Writing.
Charley Kempthorne, For All Time: A Complete Guide To Writing Your Family History.
Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft.
Kenneth Koch, I Never Told Nobody: Teaching Poetry Writing in a Nursing Home.
– Rose, Where Did You Get that Red?
Anne Lamott, Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and on Life.
J. Langer, The
Denis Ledoux, Turning Memories into Memoirs: A Handbook for Writing Lifestories.
John Lee, Writing from the Body
RoseannLlody and Richard Solly, Journey Notes: Writing for Recovery and Spiritual Growth
Phillip Lopate, ed., The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present.
AudreLorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches.
George Ella Lyon, Where I’m From, Where Poems Come From.
Ken Macrorie, Telling Writing.
Many Voices: Words of Hope for People Recovering From Trauma and Dissociationis a newsletter featuring the writing of people in such recovery.
J. Mapanj, Gathering Seaweed: African Prison Writing
Susan McBride Els, Into The Deep: A Writer’s Look At Creativity.
Susan McWha, Voices of (dis)Ability.
AnnaliseMertz, Body Can Speak: Essays on Creative Movement Education With Emphasis on Dance & Drama
Linda Trichter Metcalf and Tobin Simon, Writing the Mind Alive.
Deena Metzger, Writing for Your Life: A Guide and Companion to the Inner World.
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Write Where You Are: How to Use Writing To Make Sense of Your Life.
J. Moon, Stirring the Waters: Writing to Find Your Spirit.
Tona Pearce Myers, Ed., The Soul of Creativity: Insights Into the Creative Process
Stephen O’Connor, Will My Name Be Shouted Out?: Reaching City Students Through The Power of Writing.
Poets and Writers(periodical).
J. Penny, et. al., The Artful Journal: A Spiritual Quest.
J. Pollard, As Easy as ABC: The Power of Therapeutic Writing.
A. Price, Writing from the Source.
Ira Progoff, At a Journal Workshop: Writing to Access the Power of the Unconscious and Evoke Creative Ability.
Tristine Rainer, The New Diary
--- Your Life as Story
Gabriele Luser Rico, Pain and Possibility: Writing Your Way Through Personal Crisis.
--- Writing the
M. Samuels and
J. Sapp, We’ve All Got Stories: Songs from the Dream Project.
Amy Scholder and Ira Silverberg, eds., High Risk: An Anthology of Forbidden Writings.
Pat Schneider, Writing Alone with With Others.
-- In Our Own Voices: Writing by Women in Low-Income Housing.
M. Scheider and J. Killick, Writing for Self-Discovery: A Personal Approach to Creative Writing.
B. Selling, Writing from Within: A Step-by-step Guide to Writing Your Life’s Stories.
G. Sher, The Intuitive Writer: A Path Toward Deeper Listening.
Stuard Sovatsky, Words from the Soul: Time, East/West Spirituality, and Psycho-therapeutic Narrative.
William Stafford, Writing the Australian Crawl.
-- You Must Revise Your Life.
Cynthia Stokes Brown, Like It Was: A Complete Guide To Writing Oral History
ZandraStino, "Writing as Therapy in a
Robin Therrien, Voices from the ‘Hood: How to Start and Sustain a Writing Workshop for Youth at Risk.
Brenda Ueland, If You Want to Write.
P. Vecchione, Writing and the Spiritual Life: Finding Your Voice by Looking Within.
S. Wade, Write Yourself a New Life.
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own.
Karen Anne Wolf, "Women Speak: Healing the Wounds of Homelessness through Writing," N&HC: Perspectives on Community, v. 18, n. 2. 1997
The Writing Cure: How Expressive Writing Promotes Health and Emotional Well-Beingedited by Stephen J. Lepore and Joshua M. Smyth.
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