Spring 2007 Workshops at Writers & Books

Special Topics

Writing About the Writer

• SA7-M101
• 6 Tuesdays, 7–9 p.m.
• April 24 through May 29
• $113 W&B members/ $119 general public
• Instructor: Martin Naparsteck

Readers are almost always curious about the people who write the books they read, and some of the most interesting writing we read are biographical sketches that illuminate those writers. This course will give participants an opportunity to practice writing about writers, with the aim of producing publishable work. The instructor, Martin Naparsteck, has published interviews with novelists Tim O’Brien, Richard Yates, and Joanna Scott, poets David Lee and Ken Brewer, and other prominent writers.

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Gilgamesh, Mary Magdalene, & The Da Vinci Code (Revisited)

• SA7-M102
• 4 Thursdays 7–9 p.m.
• May 17 through June 7
• $79 W&B members / $85 general public
• Instructor: John Maier

Why has Mary Magdalene become so popular that the Monroe County Library System lists more than 60 items on her alone? The Da Vinci Code did not initiate the interest, though it continues to stir up controversy about this famous biblical figure. Who was she, and why does she generate such interest? In this four-week class, John Maier will introduce writings and visual images from much earlier than the New Testament and Gnostic texts that form the basis of most investigations. He’ll start with deep background to the Sacred Marriage—a ritual that goes back to the forth millennium BCE, and examine ritual and myth reflected in the ancient Iraqi work, Gilgamesh.

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