This summer, Chatham University MFA students gathered at our beautiful sustainable campus, Eden Hall, for ten days of writing, reading, and collaboration.

The residency included targeted genre workshops with esteemed faculty members; I had the pleasure of participating in the Nonfiction Workshop with Ira Sukrungruang. We learned a great deal from his lectures and I deeply value his feedback on my work.

Pictured here among the general fun are two separate readings I had the pleasure of giving during the event. First, I read from a work in progress at our Open Mic--you can tell from my wacky expression that it was a humor piece. Next, I had the honor of reading some work from our Words Without Walls students from the Summer 2017 class.

Finally, we ended the event with the inaugural SCW Writer Prom. This year's theme was space. We opened with a glorious lip sync battle in the Eden Hall Barn, followed by one of my favorite parts of writerly get-togethers: dancing like nobody's watching!