"The story of each stone leads back to a mountain."
― W.S. Merwin
For more information, see http://www.betweenthelinesnyc.com/the-story-of-each-stone/
The Story of Each Stone is a 5-day multi-genre writing and hiking retreat held at Red Rooster Ranch near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, outside of Aspen. This retreat offers 8 participants an opportunity to develop their writing in a small, persona
lized workshop amidst the breathtaking scenery of the Rocky Mountains. Short readings by W.S. Merwin, George Oppen, Virginia Woolf, Mary Oliver, Marilyn Robinson, and Judy Jordan; writing exercises, and workshops will be interspersed with hiking, biking, exploring, and swimming in the nearby natural hot springs. Students will submit a writing sample and outline their goals prior to the workshop, so that writing instruction and outdoor activities can be developed around their needs and interests. Brooke Shaffner will lead this workshop with Pam Brown, a certified trainer based in Evergreen, Colorado who has led group hikes for over a decade. Instructor Bios:
Brooke Shaffner’s novel Country of Under was the 2019 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction runner-up and is represented by Dunow, Carlson, & Lerner Literary Agency. The novel is inspired by Brooke’s coming of age on the Texas-Mexico border, 12 years of college admissions work with immigrant students there, volunteer work with the New Sanctuary Coalition and Make the Road, and her experience of organizing an immigrant advocacy event in collaboration with CUNY DREAMers. Brooke received her MFA from Columbia University, where she was a Dean’s Fellow. Her writing has been published in The Hudson Review, Lost and Found: Stories from New York, The Lit Pub, Marie Claire, and BOMB. She has been awarded artist grants from United States Artists and the Constance Saltonstall Foundation and residency fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Ucross Foundation, the Saltonstall Foundation, the Edward Albee Foundation, the Jentel Foundation, the I-Park Foundation, and VCCA France. She won the Asheville Writers’ Workshop Fiction Contest and the Charles Lloyd Writing Award and has been a finalist for the New Millennium Writing Award, the So to Speak Fiction Award, and a Breadloaf-Rona Jaffe Foundation Scholarship. Pam Warren, Outdoor Activities Director of The Story of Each Stone, began her 25-year career in fitness after teaching in the public schools for 12 years. She worked as Director of Fitness for 3 years at the Denver Athletic Club before moving to the foothills community of Evergreen in 1991. There, she became a licensed Fitness Therapist focused on empowering individuals and small groups to safely explore the wilds of Colorado. She holds certifications from the International Sports Science Association in Training, Fitness Therapy, Nutritional Supplement Counseling, and Class Instruction (Body Work, Aerobic, Step, Slide, Boot Camp, Pilates, and Aqua Fitness). When not with clients in the mountains surrounding Evergreen, she's exploring Colorado's endless wonders with her two dogs.
