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SUMMARY:Memoirists\, Do Your Emotional Homework! with Kristen Balelo
DESCRIPTION:All memoirs tell a story. A satisfying memoir – a compelling\, heart-warming\, gut-wrenching\, page-turner – is a portal to healing\, learning\, and self-awareness. The best memoirists establish an emotional connection between reader and writer. Creating this emotional connection takes work\, emotional work. What is emotional homework? Why is it important? And how do I do it? These questions and more will be answered in this interactive and empowering workshop.  \nKristen Balelo earned a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in creative writing at Salve Regina University in July 2023. With an emphasis in nonfiction\, she has been published in the first Shaking the Tree anthology and by The Shadow. She recently created a Substack where she has shared part of her memoir in progress\, Fat Daughter. The story explores the impact food restriction and body shame have on a mother/daughter relationship and how a series of unfortunate events gave her mother and her an opportunity to heal their relationship which provided an opening for Kristen to start healing herself. She also writes about her experience growing up in a Portuguese community as the daughter of a commercial fisherman and her time advocating for youth in foster care. Her social media is dedicated to her writing\, eating disorder recovery and eradicating diet culture. Substack: kristenbalelo.substack.com Instagram: @kristenbalelo
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SUMMARY:Anastasia Zadeik discusses “The Other Side of Nothing” with Marni Freedman
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, May 29th at 7:30pm Warwick’s will host Anastasia Zadeik as she discusses and signs her new book\, The Other Side of Nothing\, with Marni Freedman. Anastasia Zadeik is a writer\, editor\, and storyteller. After graduating from Smith College\, she had an international career in neuropsychological research while raising her children. She now serves as Director of Communications for the San Diego Writers Festival\, as a coproducer of the San Diego Memoir Showcase\, and as a mentor for the literary nonprofit So Say We All. She also sits on the board of the International Memoir Writers Association. A frequent performer of narrative non-fiction in a hushed bar or on a stage\, her work has appeared in the San Diego Decameron Project\, LitHub\, writeordietribe.com\, and the award-winning anthology Shaking the Tree: Short. Brazen. Memoir. Her debut novel\, Blurred Fates\, won the 2023 Sarton Award for Contemporary Fiction and the 2023 National Indie Excellence Award for Contemporary Fiction. She lives in San Diego with her husband and their empty-nest rescue dog\, Charlie. \nReserved Seating is available when The Other Side of Nothing is pre-ordered from Warwick’s through the linked green “Reserve Seats Here” button above. Only books purchased from Warwick’s will be signed. Please call the Warwick’s Book Dept. (858) 454-0347 for details. \nReserve your seat here
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LOCATION:Warwick’s Bookstore\, 7812 Girard Ave.\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92037\, United States
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