Pat Schneider

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Poet

Amherst, MA
Massachusetts US
Email: 
pat@amherstwriters.com
Website: 
www.patschneider.com

Author's Bio

I am a poet, playwright, librettist and non-fiction writer. I am best known for my method of leading creative writing workshops, described in Writing Alone & With Others, and for How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice, both from Oxford University Press. I am founder/director emerita of Amherst Writers & Artists, www.amherstwriters.com, which offers trainings in my workshop method, and coordinates chapters of workshop leaders worldwide. I speak and also lead workshops and retreats. I'm a grandmother, and I am usually owned by at least one obnoxious cat. www.patschneider.com

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Books:
How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice (Oxford University Press, 2013)
,
Another River: New and Selected Poems (Amherst Writers & Artists Press, 2005)
,
The Patience of Ordinary Things (Amherst Writers & Artists Press, 2003)
,
Writing Alone & With Others (Oxford University Press, 2003)
,
Olive Street Transfer (Amherst Writers & Artists Press, 1999)
,
Wake Up Laughing: A Spiritual Autobiography (Negative Capability Press, 1997)
,
Long Way Home (Amherst Writers & Artists Press, 1993)
,
The Writer as an Artist: A New Approach to Writing Alone and With Others (Lowell House, 1993)
,
In Our Own Voices (Amherst Writers & Artists Press, 1989)
,
White River Junction (Amherst Writers & Artists Press, 1987)

Poetry

Anthologies:
Family Reunion (Chicory Blue Press, Inc., 2003)
,
Crossing Paths (Mad River Press, 2002)
,
Rocking the Ages (Chrysalis Books, 2000)
,
Grow Old Along With Me The Best is Yet to Be (Papier-Mache Press, 1996)
,
Alphabestiary (Boyds Mills Press, 1995)
,
If I Had My Life to Live Over I Would Pick More Daisies (Papier-Mache Press, 1992)
,
Women of the 14th Moon: Writings on Menopause (Crossing Press, 1991)
,
Word of Mouth (Crossing Press, 1990)
Journals:
Chrysalis
,
Deus Loci: The Lawrence Durrell Journal
,
Minnesota Review
,
Ms.
,
New York Quarterly
,
North Dakota Quarterly
,
Sewanee Review
,
The Sun
,
THEMA
Prizes won: 

Grants from the National Endowment and Massachusetts Cultural Council for our work with under-served populations. I have not sought prizes, but I have given birth to four of them, all writers, named Rebecca, Laurel, Paul and Bethany Schneider.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
The Beautiful Invisible by Giovanni Vignale, The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway, Emily Dickinson's Fascicles by Dorothy Huff Oberhaus

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Ava
Raised in: 
St. Louis, MO
Missouri
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Last update: Feb 26, 2013