Author Archives: first person productions
Send me your travel essays
Let’s celebrate spring with some vicarious wanderlust! For the next couple of months, I will feature travel essays from my life and others’ — that is, if you send me something! My life as a traveler began with a family … Continue reading
New workshops scheduled for Spring-Summer 2014
Check out my “Upcoming Workshops” page here for info on… “A Celebration of Writing” — Replacing the May “First Monday, First Person” Salon, this event begins at 6pm with light refreshments. Monday May 5th, 6pm – 8pm. For Personal Historians: Write Your Travel Memoirs … Continue reading
Finding Where to Start
This story takes place 35 years ago almost to the day. Join us for First Monday First Person, my memoir writers’ salon, at the Goodman South Madison Branch Library on Monday, April 7th at 6pm. – – – In 1978, my … Continue reading
Surviving the Kalahari
By Katie Ravich There is a poster in one of the miles of “skywalks” in the Kalahari entertainment complex in the Wisconsin Dells that says “The only kind of fun at the Kalahari is huge fun.” The ironic potential of … Continue reading
The Task at Hand
By Kalyanii Kalyani is one of the more than 70 women whose essays appear in What She Said, a Madison-area story collection published by A Fund For Women to celebrate its 20th anniversary. These are the stories of Women on a Mission to improve the … Continue reading
The City of Light and Dark
By Susan Daugherty At age 18 I found myself wandering around Paris, wondering what I was doing there. I had just flunked out of college after my freshman year and was sent away in disgrace in hopes that something … Continue reading
Happy International Women’s Day
Two years ago I blogged here about my personal connection to International Women’s Day. I invite you to revisit that post… …and listen to Peter Gabriel’s “Shakin’ the Tree” as you read. -Sarah White Or here’s one you won’t hear … Continue reading
About Writing “Mountain Girls”: An Interview with Stephanie Kadel Taras
Stephanie is my friend and colleague in the Association of Personal Historians. In this interview she reflects on writing Mountain Girls, her memoir published in 2013. Last week I posted an excerpt here on True Stories Well Told. Sarah: What got you started on this … Continue reading
Two Memoir Writers’ Salons meets in first week of March
First [Day] First Person–now I’ve gone and complicated things! Monday evening or midday Friday, whichever suits your schedule, join us to share and critique writing in the first person with like-minded people! Sign up on arrival to read on a first-come, … Continue reading
True Stories Well Told 
David Brooks on “What Suffering Does”
I’m preparing to teach next week on writing to heal, a subject on which my thoughts have yet to settle into a “set piece.” A couple of months back I posted about Jessica Handler’s book Braving the Fire, an excellent guide to writing … Continue reading →