Writing Workshop with Authors Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante

For writers, obsessions—personal, aesthetic, emotional, intellectual—are not meant to be tamed, managed, or medicated (at least not when they aren’t dangerous or debilitating). Instead, they should be welcomed, pursued relentlessly, and mined in our work.

Participants can expect to fill their notebooks with ideas to find (or deepen) their most essential writing.

This interactive event is for writers and writing nerds of all levels of experience.

About the Speakers:

Matthew Clark Davison is the author of Doubting Thomas and founder of The Lab, a generative writing workshop. He is emeritus faculty in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University, and lives in Oakland, California with his husband.

Alice LaPlante is the author of the craft book The Making of a Story and the New York Times best-selling novel Turn of Mind. She has taught creative writing at Stanford and San Francisco State University and lives in Mallorca, Spain, with her family.

About the Program:

• Doors will open to registered attendees at 4:30pm.
• Free parking vouchers are available to program attendees who park at the Franklin Street Garage (15 W. Franklin Street) after 4pm. Ask Pratt event staff for your parking voucher prior to or after the program.