Sheila Bender, Poet, Essayist, Master Teacher
Sheila Bender is a local Port Townsend gem in the world of authors and teachers. Her writing courses are unusal because they are both fun and instructive. Below is a section offering some video clips which were taken during her class on "Writing It Slant: Getting to Your Real Subject By Thinking About Something Else" (in Port Townsend at the Writing It Real in Port Townsend Writers’ Conference, June, 2008).
As a writer and master teacher, Sheila Bender enjoys helping others read with a writer’s eye to find inspiration for dealing with their own material. In her June 2008 lecture, she uses work by well-known writers, past and present, to support the view that poets and writers evoke the truth with resonance when they come at things slant, as Emily Dickinson famously suggests. That always means trusting images and specifics.
For more information visit writingitreal.com or call Sheila at (360) 385 7839.
New Book Announcement
Sheila's recent book A New Theology is about her life experience in the tragic loss of her 25-year-old son .
Sheila's recent book A New Theology is about her life experience in the tragic loss of her 25-year-old son .
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