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Writing

High School

College

Winner, Short Story Contest

First Prize, Very Short Fiction Contest

Taught creative writing to woman in a medium-security state prison in upstate NY.

Workshop instructor

Taught freshmen writing seminars and upper level, multi-genre creative writing courses at the State University of New York at Geneseo.

Adjunct instructor

Taught freshmen writing seminars at the State University of New York at Brockport, specializing in narrative nonfiction and research papers.

Taught creative writing (fiction) classes to adults in the community of Rochester, NY.

Writing instructor

Taught freshmen writing seminars at St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn, NY.

Mentored writers in prison by mail; judged PEN'S prison-writers fiction contest.

Writing mentor

"I don't have anything to say." "I wish I could write, but I don't think I'm good enough." "Writing is something you're born with, not something I'll ever be good at."

Do you ever think those things? 

Many people do. Many writers, even published ones, do. But those are the very things that cause writer's block. They can become self-fulfilling prophecies.

If you're reading this, you probably have an inkling that you can be a writer, even if you still have doubts. I've been teaching writing for almost 10 years - to college students, in the community, and even in jails and prisons. And in those 10 years, I've found the tools and methods that help even the most doubtful writers write.

My approach is different. I believe that you have all the creativity and brilliance you need - so my job is to help you unlock it.

My favorite food is anything Ethiopian.

When I'm not writing, I love doing aerial silks, working on an organic produce farm, doing yoga, and cooking. I also play piano.

My favorite writers are David Mitchell, Ann Patchett, John Green, Nabokov, Vonnegut, Brene Brown, and Anne Lamott.

My short stories have been published in Glimmer Train, Portable Magic: An Anthology, Storychord, PANK Magazine, Used Furniture Review, Pure Francis, the Bicycle Review, and others. I have one novel under my belt and am currently working on the second.

I specialize in literary fiction, but I also teach narrative nonfiction, academic writing, and occasionally genre fiction and poetry.

I believe everyone has a story to tell.

Writing with Kimberly B.

About Kimberly B.

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Adjunct instructor

Writing instructor

Adjunct instructor

Writing mentor

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Bachelor of Arts in Music and English

Master of Fine Arts

Awards

Winner, Short Story Contest

First Prize, Very Short Fiction Contest

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