aren’t my kids cute?
December 29th, 2011 by Ariel
New Online Class Starts in January
December 28th, 2011 by ArielLit Star Training
The 8-Week Class Starts in January
Taught by Ariel Gore
The New Year’s Workshop runs January 21 – March 17
This class is your creative jolt to start the new year — for new and experienced writers wanting to work on either memoir or fiction — we’ll make time to write, create new material with weekly deadlines, and improve our craft with practice and critique. Appropriate for writers working on longer projects as well as those who want to write to weekly assignments and produce short essays and stories. The pace is quick and energizing–you won’t even have time to worry about creative blocks.
Class consists of online discussion/critique. Class size is limited, so please sign up early. $275
$90 deposit saves your spot – balance due when class starts
Ariel’s workshops jumpstarted my psyche. I’m back into looking at the world as a writer instead of as a would-be writer. I have her to thank for that. Workshops are almost at your own pace. Always encouraging. She has a knack for assembling a great group of writers together every time.
—Margaret Elysia Garcia
Weekend writing workshops in Baltimore, Iowa City, and Plumas County
November 9th, 2011 by ArielFour new winter writing intensives taught by Ariel Gore
You only need a few things to stay alive: Comfort food made with love, hot tea & creative work. We have all three… join us for a weekend writing workshop with Ariel Gore in Berkeley, Iowa City, Baltimore, and Plumas County, California…
In these writing intensives, you’ll get that creative jolt, produce new material, get feedback on stories new and/or in-progress, and remember why you wanted to be a writer.
Of the Portland intensive,
Linda Fielder said, “Ariel is a badass vegan cook and her willingness to share her kitchen magic goodness rocked our world for three straight days. There’s something about sharing meals with these writers that broke down barriers and made the workshop all the more satisfying and intimate. We wrote our asses off & I left the weekend with a renewed excitement…”
Krystee Sidwell said, “The food is amazing. You’re getting more and more Cancerian, Ariel.”
And Jean Braden said, “I had been struggling with my writing project and Ariel’s magic words set me free.”
Inspiring, creating, writing, eating delicious vegan comfort food…
IOWA CITY February 17-20
$175 includes your homemade vegan comfort food
Friday, February 17, 6 – 8 pm
Saturday, February 18, 1 – 4 pm+
Sunday, February 19, 1 – 4 pm+
Monday, February 20, 10 am – noon
Class size is strictly limited, so please sign up early!
$55 deposit saves your spot
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BALTIMORE (Hampden)
March 16-19
$155 includes your homemade vegan comfort food
Friday, March 16, 6 – 8 pm
Saturday, March 17, 1 – 4 pm
Sunday, March 18, 1 – 4 pm
Monday, March 19, 10 am – coffee and cocoa writing & wind-down
Class size is strictly limited, so please sign up early!
$55 deposit saves your spot
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MOUNTAIN WORKSHOP (Plumas County, California)
April 13-15
$155 includes your homemade vegan comfort food
Friday, April 13, 6 – 8 pm
Saturday, April 14, 1 – 4 pm
Sunday, April 15, 1 – 4 pm
Class size is strictly limited, so please sign up early!
$55 deposit saves your spot
Inga Muscio to guest teach in the kitchen
November 8th, 2011 by ArielTwo New Classes Start in January!
The first is a FIRST – very exciting -
The Literary Kitchen Presents an exclusive online class with Inga Muscio, author of Cunt: A Declaration of Independence, Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Devil, and Rose: Love in Violent Times
January 8th – March 3rd
A Study in Decerebralization
With Inga Muscio
INGA’S CLASS FULL – EMAIL TO BE ON THE WAIT LIST
Thinking is nice. I think we can all agree that thinking is an important part of writing. To write from your heart, however, a lot of the thinking business has to be set aside. How to achieve this when everything we have learned about writing involves thinking? This thinking business also eventually gives you false expectations that you and your writing can probably never live up to.
For everyone who can churn out reportage, no problemo, but struggles with just letting go and belting out some genius from your heart and soul, for everyone with a mean-spirited bitch of an inner editor, for everyone with a so many truckloads of memories that you constantly set aside until they gridlock the byways of your heart, our Study in Decerebralization if for you.
This class will involve a significant number of highly creative writing assignments, but there will also be a big focus on having delirious fun writing and on learning to view your “non-writing” time as a vital part of your creative process.
Most of the writing assignments will require pen and paper. Some of them you will have to mail in to me, Inga, with no editing allowed.
Class size is strictly limited, so please sign up early
$275 for the 8-week online class
An $80 deposit saves your spot. Balance due just before the class starts.
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Vegan Mac n (Butternut) Cheese
October 31st, 2011 by ArielThis gf vegan mac n cheese is, I’d venture to say, better than the real thing.
My roommate put tuna on hers last night and said it was Just like grandma used to make! I guess that ain’t vegan anymore, but still 100% yummy.
Mac & Butternut Cheese
You’ll need…
A large butternut squash
1/2 cup almond milk
4 tablespoons nutritional yeast
the juice of half a lemon
4 tablespoons smart balance
4 cloves garlic or 1 teaspooon garlic powder or onion powder
1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
a little pepper
A box of quinoa macaroni or shells — 8 oz. for a decadent amount of cheese, a pound for less cheese love.
So you’ll preheat your oven to 350. Put the butternut squash on a cookie sheet in the middle & bake it for about an hour or an hour and a half. Let cool slightly, then cut in half.
Scoop out the seeds (these can be roasted just like pumpkin seeds if you like) and then scoop out about two cups of the butternut flesh into a food processor or a blender or your big bowl.
This is going to leave you with about half of a cooked butternut squash. I don’t know what you’ll do with that. Probably make more mac and cheese tomorrow.
Anyway! To the butternut, add the almond milk, nutritional yeast, smart balance, garlic or powder, lemon, and salt. Pure or mash that until it’s super smooth and creamy.
Now just cook your quinoa macaroni or shells according to the package instructions, and drain well. Let cool for just a few minutes, then spoon on your “cheese” and stir until coated.
literary kitchen
September 22nd, 2011 by ArielStroies, snacks, love…
Check out the beautiful new blog at http://literarykitchen.com
New Online Class Starts in November
September 18th, 2011 by ArielA new session of Lit Star Training, the 8-week online writing workshop, runs November 5, 2011 to January 7, 2012 (so it’s actually nine weeks, but we’ll take the week of December 24th – 31st off for a little winter break). Costs the usual $275.
Scroll down for writers’ comments about the workshop. And feel free to email me with questions.
A$90 deposit saves your spot – balance due when class starts
Ariel Gore is a fabulous workshop facilitator; I’ve been taking classes from her since 2001. In each of the workshops, she brings together a diverse group of writers with varying degrees of competency; and, whether the writer is seasoned or a beginner, she understands exactly where each person is coming from and she meets them there. Not only did I find my unique voice, I learned how to be a thoughtful listener and how to provide insightful critique. I would recommend her workshops to anyone interested in memoir and the art of a good story.
—Lani Jo Leigh
Ariel’s workshops jumpstarted my psyche. I’m back into looking at the world as a writer instead of as a would-be writer. I have her to thank for that. Workshops are almost at your own pace. Always encouraging. She has a knack for assembling a great group of writers together every time.
—Margaret Elysia Garcia
Ariel Gore’s writing workshop pushed me past the borders of my creativity and into an exciting unknown place of writing within myself. If you’ve ever put to pen to paper and wondered what you were really capable of Ariel’s workshop will take you there.
—Gabrielle Rivera
I throughly enjoy Ariel’s workshops. Writers from a variety of backgrounds gather together, bringing in work with all kinds of themes, and as each piece is workshopped, Ariel’s ear for the crucial aspects of great storytelling kicks right in. Her feedback is thoughtful, insightful, precise, and multilayered.
—Bonnie Ditlevsen
When I started writing with Ariel I had zero idea how to write for audience. In work shopping with her, I have found my voice and with practice have found different ways to formulate story. I have learned how to incorporate dialogue and am so much more confident with my work. I recommend this work shop to all aspiring, practicing, and practiced writers.
—Krystee Sidwell
What kind of stability do kids need?
August 9th, 2011 by Ariel
New blog on Huffington Post
The Happy Divorce
July 27th, 2011 by ArielFor the continuing study of living and the lowdown on women and happiness, read the blog at Psychology Today
Submit: Plans for the Apocalypse
June 19th, 2011 by ArielDo you have plans for the end of civilization? Did you ever? Is it possible to prepare for the ultimate catastrophe? Leave it to humans to try…
Being part of a religious group preparing for Armageddon
How to can up and store food
Living off the grid & hoarding water for environmental disaster
Urban post-civilization survival
Changing relationships for post-apocalyptic times
How to meditate your way to salvation
Parenting for an unpredictable future
Spending the family savings on an underground bunker
Armed to the teeth or raising chickens for the final catastrophe…
Or?
We’re seeking short literary memoir, fiction, childhood memories, d.i.y. instructions, how-to, to-do lists, preparations, photographs, diagrams, comics, illustrations, letters, philosophical truths and tales on the theme of… planning and preparing for the end of civilization as we know it.
Send us your stories.
Write with any questions.
Prefer 2,500 words or less. Consider up to 5,000 words.
Deadline: August 7, 2011
Editors Jenny Forrester and Ariel Gore
Submit via email or snail mail
anthology@theforrest.org
Jenny Forrester/Ariel Gore
P.O. Box 40513
Portland, OR
97240
