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In this generative writing workshop, taking place over eight weeks--prompts from the fall 2021 workshop will not be repeated--we will write in response to carefully selected prompts–two, maybe three, each week. As with all the prompts Carol offers, you can run with them literally or go wherever your thoughts and feelings take you. We will […]

Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we […]

A big hurdle to instilling a greater appreciation of the environmental crises facing the world—climate change  first among them—is getting our hands on engaging stories about how we know what we know about  science. Georgann Eubanks, with the help of magnificent photographs by Donna Campbell, has solved that  problem for twelve fascinating native plants under […]

Flash: it’s crystalline and compelling. Many literary journals look for it, many writers want to know what it is and how to write it. In this three-hour online workshop for beginning to seasoned writers of memoir or fiction, you’ll learn about the form that stands proud in its brevity and that can boost all your […]

Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we […]

Come learn about Bluestem, a beautiful piece of land north of Hillsborough, NC, that is being developed as a nature preserve and a burial ground. Let co-founders Heidi Hannapel and Jeff Masten tell you more about the process of developing Blustem, the first conservation burial ground in the Piedmont. Why conservation burial, and why Bluestem in […]

Flash: it’s crystalline and compelling. Many literary journals look for it, many writers want to know what it is and how to write it. In this three-hour online workshop for beginning to seasoned writers of memoir or fiction, you’ll learn about the form that stands proud in its brevity and that can boost all your […]

Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we […]

Join us for a tour of Historic Stagville, a state historic site in northern Durham County that includes remnants of one of the largest plantations in North Carolina. The Bennehan-Cameron family owned approximately 30,000 acres of land, and enslaved about 900 people on this property. Stagville protects a fraction of the land from that plantation, […]