Write Naturally

with Susan Griffin

Susan Grifn teaches craft, guid-
ing writers through the process of
writing and editing work in a wide
range of genres..
The best literary work reects
the natural rhythms and contours
of unique minds. Though writing
requires sustained and focused
effort, it is only by listening to and
using your own thoughts and feel-
ings that you can realize your
vision.
Susan teaches students and
writers to identify and explore
what inspires them, addressing
problems such as writers block
that arise in the creative process.
She helps writers to begin new
works, and craft, polish and com-
plete works in progress.
She can also help with the
preparation of college applica-
tions, grant and book proposals.
Her work helps students to:
begin new work
nd the heart of a project
trust and grow the vision
develop craft
cultivate a voice
edit
sustain and complete
work.
To enroll write to:
grifnsusan@comcast.net
or call 510 528 9296
To study with Susan write to griffinsusan@comcast.net
Learning to write
naturally with Susan
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What Students and Colleagues Say
about Susan Griffins teaching
She is a masterful teacher. In her writ-
ing, teaching and thinking, she pairs
precision,...with creativity, artistry and
imagination.
Drew Dellinger, author of Love Poems
for the Milky Way
To say she is a dynamic teacher is to un-
derstate the situation She is a one-of-a-kind-
teacher.
Mary Watkins, Co-Chair, Community
Psychology/Liberation Psychology/
Ecopsychology, Pacica Graduate Institute,
co-author Toward Psychologies of Libera-
tion.
It was as if her teaching ignited a part of
my mind that Id been trying to access for
years, one that was willing to take risks, think
out of the box of linguistic clich, and at the
same time write closer to the bone.
Kim Rosen, author of Saved by a Poem.
Susan is a wonderful teacher with a
wealth of knowledge about poetry and writ-
ing in general, she is an incisive thoughtful
and sensitive editor, and she has a luminous
spirit and presence that I nd nourishing and
inspiring.
Rebecca Foust, author of All that Gor-
geous Pitiless Song
Susan Gri!n is a catalyst for miracle and
mastery
Joan Miura, author of Morphologies of
Silence
About Susan Gri!n
Susan Gri!n has taught writing for over
forty years. Among the twenty published
books she has written, A Chorus of Stones
was a NY Times Notable Book and a nalist
for the Pulitzer Prize. Her groundbreaking
work, Woman and Nature is considered a
classic. The Book of the Courtesans was a
best seller. Her play voices won an Emmy for
its local PBS production. Co-script writer
for Academy award nominated, Berkeley in
the Sixties, the was named by the Utne
Reader as one of a hundred important vi-
sionaries for the new millennium. Recipient
of an NEA grant and a Guggenheim fellow-
ship, she is a well-known writer, celbrated in
many genres.
to study with Susan
write gri!nsusan@comcast,net
or call: 510 528 9296
To study with Susan write to griffinsusan@comcast.net
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