Elizabeth Mosier's Blog

I’m teaching a day-long writing workshop at Creative Nonfiction in Pittsburgh on Saturday, November 3, 2018. You can register at this link. Come dig with me! When writing personal narrative, it can be easy to overlook or discount the most telling details from your life because they are familiar or too commonplace to warrant notice. But … Continue reading For Writers: Excavating Memory

I spent Fall, 2016, in Indianapolis, as one of 15 participating artists in the “Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts” program sponsored by Butler University. On Wednesday, February 22, 2017, a public exhibition of our work opens at Christian Theological Seminary. To present “From Scratch,” my essay about making my father’s favorite rhubarb pie to mourn … Continue reading From Scratch

Because screaming at Trump on a TV screen at the gym while pedaling an elliptical machine wasn’t helping, I got in my car and drove 628 miles to Lexington, Kentucky, to attend the Kentucky Women Wr… Source: For the Revolution!

On April 1, a group of writers I admire (Carla Spataro, Cynthia Reeves, and Alison Hicks) and I launched this anthology published by PS Books at AWP in Los Angeles, reading from our work and sharing our experiences. As I told the audience, you probably don’t know my name—because I am a professional finalist, warmer … Continue reading Fifty Women Over 50 Launch at AWP Los Angeles