Move Your Pen and Open Your Mind
Small, intimate memoir classes in Boulder and Denver
About Lisa
In 2003, I wrote a story for Smithsonian magazine that changed my life. It was a profile of the most astonishing person I’ve ever met — Stanford Addison, a quadriplegic Northern Arapaho horse gentler and traditional healer who lived on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. His place became my second home for nearly [more...]
Weekly Classes
AS OF LATE SPRING, 2012, ALL EIGHT OF MY CLASSES ARE FULL AND I’M NOT ACCEPTING NEW STUDENTS. I PLAN TO TAKE THE SUMMER OFF AND START AGAIN THE WEEK OF AUGUST 20, 2012. IF YOU’D LIKE TO BE NOTIFIED OF MY FALL OFFERINGS, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY E-MAIL UPDATES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF [more...]
Q&A
How much of a “writer” do I have to be to take this class? Former circus acrobats have rubbed elbows with award-winning authors in my class; sex educators have shared their writing with climatologists; motorcycle mamas have sat next to retired Danish ladies. It’s a mixed bag, and it works. I think that’s because we [more...]