A 1-Day Nature Writing Workshop
Sunday, June 28, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Join MWPA, Trust for Public Land, & Mechanics' Hall for a writing workshop led by Kea Krause at North Deering Park
North Woods by Daniel Mason is a collage of letters, memoir pages, poems and other ephemera used to tell a story about people’s relationship to place across generations. The novel is a testament to the idea that there is no one way to tell a personal history and that however a writer finds her way into any particular topic is part of the story itself.
In the spirit of the North Woods various modes, this will be a multi-genre workshop where writers will gather and first participate on a nature walk through North Deering Park, each collecting something along our wanderings. Then we will have a short craft talk on nature writing followed by an opportunity to use your collected object as a prompt to write about anything it inspires--perhaps the smell of pine needles inspires a poem of a memorable hike you once took, or the mousey-brow of a pebble found along the path, an essay in vignettes about a favorite childhood pet. Anything is fodder for the page in this workshop, and there will be an opportunity to share our work at the end.
This workshop will be interdisciplinary and intergenerational--come with tons of experience or none at all. You do not need to have read North Woods to participate.
Free to the public.
Kea Krause is a science and nature writer based in Maine. Her work has appeared inThe Atlantic, National Geographic, Orion, Sierra and Wired, among other media outlets, and has been anthologized in Best American Science and Nature Writing, Best American Travel Writing and Best American Food Writing. In 2024, her piece about the Penobscot River dam removal was a finalist for a National Nonprofit News Award. In addition to writing and reporting, Kea is a 2026 MWPA Lit Fest Fellow where she also occasionally leads workshops, and a member of the Wild Seed Project nonprofit board.
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