by Lise Funderburg | Aug 10, 2017 | Word Up
That’s right, people. The City of Light. Registration is now open for this 4-part workshop intensive in Paris’s 15e arrondissement, October 11-15. Open to all levels, this is a chance to develop your memoir and personal essay skills through exercises,...
by Lise Funderburg | Mar 22, 2016 | Anthologies, Essays, Lay of the land, Uncategorized, Word Up
I haven’t looked at this essay in years, but after getting word today that it’s going to be recycled in an Oprahworld anthology (O’S LITTLE BOOK OF STARTING OVER, ETA October 2016), I thought I’d take a look. Still one of my favs. Looking Out for #2...
by Lise Funderburg | Jul 14, 2011 | Talent, Word Up
Part 3 of a 4-part YouTube series on storytelling from This American Life’s Ira Glass. Using his own work as an example, Glass addresses the painful gulf between taste and skill among creative people in their early careers.CLICK HERE
by Lise Funderburg | Jun 27, 2011 | Food, Word Up
Snack Time, Chang-style Three months ago, summer in the 6th Borough was shaping up to be one of the stay-at-home kind (which would not have been too shabby, given the full-of-fun household we have these days, the capacity for last-minute cookouts with equally...
by Lise Funderburg | Oct 13, 2010 | Word Up
My workshop students often want to keep up the momentum of our short, intensive time together, plus they want the accountability of having public deadlines. In a flurry of camaraderie, they exchange email addresses before heading out the door. But then what? How do...
