Writing Workshop with Ken Waldman
November 20 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
North Star Classroom | Studio 1047
A wonderful kick off to the Gobble Gobble Hey! Zine and Small Press Fest!
FOUR WRITING PROMPTS: THE BEGINNING OF FOUR NEW STORIES OR POEMS
The more you write, the luckier you get—and each time you start a piece, there’s an opportunity to get luckier than ever. The trick is getting started. Here, you’ll not only begin four new pieces, but will learn strategies to begin many more. Please join us in the North Star Classroom Studio 1047 where acclaimed writer and musician Ken Waldman will lead a 90-minute workshop designed for writers of any experience, ability, and age (though recommended for writers at least 16 years old). He will be happy to answer questions attendees have about small-press/DIY publishing. Participants will also receive one of Ken’s own chapbooks! Pre-registration is required.
$30 per student
Students bring paper and pens, or computer in order to compose/write.
About the instructor:
In addition to being a fiddler (with 12 CDs), Ken Waldman is a former college professor with an MFA in Creative Writing from University of Alaska Fairbanks. He has 17 full-length poetry collections, a memoir (about his life as a touring artist), 3 children’s books, a creative writing manual, a short story collection, and a novel. Over 400 of his stories, poems, and essays have appeared in such journals as Beloit Poetry Journal and Poets & Writers. www.kenwaldman.com(opens in new tab)
Following the workshop, Ken will do a show titled Now Entering Alaska Time, where he combines fiddle tunes with Alaska-set stories and poems.
A long-time touring artist, Ken has played the widest range of venues, from the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage to the Dodge Poetry Festival to the Woodford Folk Festival (Queensland, Australia). “Like a Ken Burns movie. . . . Always recommended.” —Austin Chronicle “Renegade Americana.” –Denver Post
Ken Waldman visits Lowe Mill A&E on tour with a new book published in October 2026, You, Too, Can Go Bankrupt: A Memoir About Money, Making Art, and Survival (about his life as a touring artist: https://www.