Marc Nieson
Biography
Marc Nieson is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and NYU Film School. His background includes children’s theatre, cattle chores, and a season with a one-ring circus. He’s earned a Raymond Carver Short Story Award, Pushcart Prize nominations, and been noted in Best American Essays. His memoir is Schoolhouse: Lessons on Love & Landscape (Ice Cube Press). He teaches at Chatham University, edits The Fourth River, and is at work on a new novel, Houdini’s Heirs. More at www.marcnieson.com.
Events
The Character of Place
Description
While some writers might aspire toward creating “timeless” work, you never hear of anyone trying to make their writing “placeless.” Why is that? Without place, are one’s characters and ideas rootless and liable to tip over? What role does setting play beyond mere backdrop or window dressing? Is...
Crafting the Travel Narrative
Description
We all take journeys every day, whether traveling around the world or around the block. And as we sojourn, we observe and interact with the places and people around us, and in turn are informed, changed. To translate such encounters onto the page into engaging personal essays not only requires an...
