The Weary Traveler Loft Course (Please Spread the Word!)

What are you doing this summer to help keep the creativity flowing? If you don't know, perhaps you should take a class from the The Loft. They have many great classes to choose from, including The Weary Traveler, which is being taught by a friend of mine - Darci Schummer.

Darci is a great inspiration. Beyond the bio on the class page, she has been a Literary Death Match competitor, brewers her own beer, and has helped me edit most of my published works. Spending time with Darci is an excellent use of your summer and an excellent way to keep writing, despite the nice weather!

A letter from the Darci Schummer:

Greetings All, 

I hope everyone is doing well and having a great summer.  I am writing
today to let you know about a class I'm scheduled to teach at the Loft
this summer and to ask for your help in spreading the word about it. 

Here is a description of the The Weary Traveler: 

"According to Siddhartha Mukherjee in his book The Emperor of All
Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, "A patient, long before he becomes
the subject of medical scrutiny, is, at first, simply a storyteller, a
narrator of suffering…To relieve an illness, one must begin then, by
unburdening its story." Narrative and illness, as Mukherjee insists,
are inseparable. This class will unwind the stories of weary travelers
who have coped with illness themselves or through loved ones. It will
focus on reading and writing fiction and creative nonfiction that deal
with pivotal moments in the journey of illness. Readings will include
work by such writers as Richard Bausch, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Susan
Sontag, and Anatole Broyard. The writers in this class will have the
opportunity to give voice to meaningful experiences that unrest them
from their day-to-day lives and demand their immediate attention. They
will have the opportunity to generate and discover new possibilities
in their writing and gather inspiration to foster future writings." 

Here is a link to the class on the Loft's website:
https://www.loft.org/class-detail?class.id=a1EG00000003xye.  The class
is an multi-genre, intermediate level course that will include
discussion, in-class writing activities, and two large group
workshops. 

So, if you know anyone who is interested, will you please send this
email on to them 

Thanks so much. 

Best,
Darci