This is my wonderful (2010) memoir workshop at the Vermont College of Fine Arts' Postgraduate Writers' Conference -- from left: Melissa, Sue, Karen, Robbie, Dawn, Rachel, and, in front, Yvette.

Sue's and Robert Vivian's (center, front row) creative nonfiction workshop at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Winter, 2010. The students were great! And thanks to Suzanne Farrell for the photo.

Sue with workshop group at the Bear River Writers' Conference, held at Walloon Lake, Michigan.


Sue, in yellow t-shirt, on the quad of the Vermont College of Fine Arts, with some of the students.

With poet Marc Sheehan (author of Greatest Hits) during a question and answer period after a reading at Schuler Books in Grand Rapids, sponsored by the Peninsula Writers.

Events & Links



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Sue will be moderating a panel at the 2012 annual conference, in Chicago (Feb. 29 - Mar. 3), of the Association of Writers and Writing Program. The title of the panel is "Containing Multitudes: Shifting Voices in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction." Also on the panel are Connie May Fowler, Xu Xi, Robert Vivian, and Philip Graham.
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Sue will conduct a workshop in memoir writing at Maine Media College in Rockport, Maine, from March 18 - 23. Check back soon for more details.
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To invite Sue to give a reading, a presentation, or conduct a workshop, please e-mail her at suesilverman(at)charter.net. Thank you!

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CRAFT of WRITING
This is a guidebook about how to craft compelling art out of personal experience. "Fearless Confessions" is for beginning and experienced writers alike, who want to write their own life stories. Please click title to see the Table of Contents.
MEMOIRS
"A deeply personal story of a woman's addiction to and recovery from the high of dangerous encounters. This utterly candid account is the only memoir by a woman to examine sexual addiction. It is a powerful, often lyrical book with strong resonance for other addictions, whether to food, drugs, alcohol, or work--for anyone whose only satisfaction is now." (Click on title, above, to read excerpt.)
Winner of the Associated Writing Programs Award Series in Creative Nonfiction
"A harrowing memoir of the mute language of incest and the powerful words of survival."(Click on title, above, to read excerpt.)
POETRY
Please click on title to read selected poems. "Silverman's collection is a bracing debut--rangy, restless, giddy with lush particulars." ~~ David Wojahn
SHORT WORKS
This short article, first published in "The Writer's Chronicle," is included in the Appendix of Sue's book, "Fearless Confessions: A Writer's Guide to Memoir."
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