Caregiver Writing Retreat
With Rebecca Brown
October 3 - 6, 2024
Like prayer, personal writing is a way of paying attention to ourselves and to our worlds. Writing about care can help us process experiences, explore feelings and honor the people, places and events that have created us. This retreat will offer a context in which to write our own short pieces about care – inclusive of caring for family, caring for the environment, caring for self, caring for the spirit, whatever that means. Come prepared to write, to share your work, if you would like, and to appreciate the work of your fellow retreatants in a gentle, supportive environment.
Leader
Rebecca Brown
Rebecca Brown is a writer of novels, essays, stories, prose poetry, etc., Titles include The Gifts of the Body (HarperCollins,1994), about her work as a caregiver for people living with AIDS, and Excerpts From a Family Medical Dictionary, (University of Wisconsin, 2001) about helping her mother die of cancer. Her most recent book is You Tell the Stories You Need to Believe, (Chatwin Books, 2022). She recently retired after 40 years of teaching creative writing and literature. She lives in Seattle.
Learn more about Rebecca Brown
Rebecca Brown is a writer of novels, essays, stories, prose poetry, etc., Titles include The Gifts of the Body (HarperCollins,1994), about her work as a caregiver for people living with AIDS, and Excerpts From a Family Medical Dictionary, (University of Wisconsin, 2001) about helping her mother die of cancer. Her most recent book is You Tell the Stories You Need to Believe, (Chatwin Books, 2022). She recently retired after 40 years of teaching creative writing and literature. She lives in Seattle.
Learn more about Rebecca Brown