Breathing Life into Your Writing

Join us and writer-in-residence Kasia Merrill from 5:30-7:00PM on Thursday, November 30 for a generative workshop focusing on using gentle movement and breathing exercises to create new writing. Participants will be led through short exercises and be given prompts to dive deeper into their work or generate a new piece. Perfect for writers stuck in a rut, experiencing writer’s block, or who desire new ways to find creativity and inspiration. Writers of all genres and experiences are welcome. Events this season are sponsored by First Bank and the Marion Park Lewis Foundation for the Arts.

About the Artist

Kasia Merrill is a writer currently based in Appalachian Maryland. She holds a BFA in creative writing from Pratt Institute and an MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Her work has appeared in Fiction International, The Appalachian Review, Quarter After Eight, Breadcrumbs Mag, and The Ekphrasis Review, and has been shortlisted for the GritLIT and Cutbank short story prizes, as well as the Best of the Net.

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Kasia has received support from the Kenyon Writer’s Workshop, Disquiet International, and the Peter Bullough Foundation. She is at work on her first novel, a braided narrative following three generations of women within the same family.