Fall Retreat Leader -- Matthew Goodman

The fantastic Matthew Goodman, author of three books of non-fiction will lead the Fall Retreat, November 1-3, 2013 at Grailville Retreat Center. 

Matthew Goodman

Goodman’s latest book, the narrative historyEighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World, was published in 2013 by Ballantine Books. It has been translated into seven languages and was chosen as a Barnes & Noble Spring 2013 Discover Great New Writers selection. His previous book, The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York, was a Borders Books Original Voices selection and was named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Economist magazine. Matthew's essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including The American Scholar,Harvard Review, Bon Appetit, the Forward, and the Utne Reader, and he has taught writing in many colleges and writing conferences, among them the Antioch Writers' Workshop and the Chautauqua Writers Institute.

Learn more about how to join Matthew Goodman and the 2013 Fall Retreat on our website. 

Afternoon Creative Nonfiction/Memoir Seminar Instructor--Matthew Goodman

Matthew Goodman

Matthew Goodman is the author of three books of non-fiction. His latest, the narrative history Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World, will be published in 2013 by Ballantine Books. It has been translated into seven languages and was chosen as a Barnes & Noble Spring 2013 Discover Great New Writers selection. His previous book, The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York, was a Borders Books Original Voices selection and was named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Economist magazine. Matthew's essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including The American Scholar,Harvard Review, Bon Appetit, the Forward, and the Utne Reader, and he has taught writing in many colleges and writing conferences, among them the Antioch Writers' Workshop and the Chautauqua Writers Institute. He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and two children.

Writing Tips from AWW 2011 Faculty -- Matthew Goodman

As part of our blog series, Antioch Writers' Workshop 2011 Faculty share their tips for writing. You can read complete bios of AWW 2011 Faculty at antiochwritersworkshop.com. Check back regularly for more helpful writing tips.

Matthew Goodman - Morning Creative Nonfiction

Has taught creative writing and literature at Vermont College, Emerson College, and Tufts University.

Selected Publications: The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York (Basic Books, 2008), Ahead of Time: The Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World (forthcoming, Random House)

Selected Awards: 2008 Best Book of the Year by The Economist magazine, selected as an Original Voices book by Borders bookstores nationwide, received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Blue Mountain Center.

Quick Tips:

1. Figure out the time of day when you do your best writing. Then do whatever you can to be writing every day at that time.

2. Don't consider a page finished until you have read it out loud.

3. The best way to get published is to become the best writer you can possibly be.