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Mothers Write

Mothers Write

Mothers Write

Mothers Write Logo - Woman Holding a Book Over two weeks in May, KJZZ featured the work of three students from the 2003 spring session of MothersWrite.

The MothersWrite workshop is taught by freelance writer and editor Deborah Sussman Susser and and New Times staff writer Amy Silverman. Classes were recorded by Theo Smith. The MothersWrite series on KJZZ was produced by Abigail Beshkin. For more information visit www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org, or write motherswritearizona@yahoo.com.

Interviews

May 15, 2003
This links opens to an audio file Susan Tully
(Phoenix, AZ)
Dennis Lambert introduces us to MothersWrite student Susan Tully, who describes, in her story, a mother with a craving for coffee and what happens when she brings her two sons to Starbucks.
This links opens to further resources Susan's Story: $pilling Starbuck$
[ Dennis Lambert ]
May 14, 2003
This links opens to an audio file Shannon Zweig
(Phoenix, AZ)
Deborah Sussman Susser introduces us to MothersWrite student Shannon Zweig, a mother of two and who, as a child, was a member of a family of thirty seven children.
This links opens to further resources Shannon's Story: Lessons from Mom
[ Deborah Sussman Susser ]
May 08, 2003
This links opens to an audio file Missy Martin
(Phoenix, AZ)
Amy Silverman discusses the Mothers Write workshop and introduces us to student and self-described typical suburban mother Missy Martin. Missy Martin writes about the loss of a child.
This links opens to further resources Missy's Story: Pink Souvenirs
[ Amy Silverman ]
May 07, 2003
This links opens to an audio file Interview with Deborah Sussman Susser and Amy Silverman
(Phoenix, AZ)
Dennis Lambert talks with Deborah Sussman Susser and Amy Silverman, co-instructors of the Mothers Write workshops about the project and about the experience of being a mother who writes.
[ Dennis Lambert ]
Reading/Workshops

For more information about Mothers Write workshops visit www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org, or write motherswritearizona@yahoo.com.

Instructors: Amy Silverman and Deborah Sussman Susser Amy Silverman is a staff writer at Phoenix New Times, whose work has also appeared in salon.com, Playboy and Fit Pregnancy. She lives in Tempe with her husband Ray and daughters Annabelle and Sophie, ages 2 and 2 months. Deborah Sussman Susser is a freelance writer and editor whose book reviews often appear in the Washington Post. She lives in Tempe with her husband Eric and daughter Anna, 5.