Fresh-Cut Lit & More
MARNIE GOODFRIEND
Workshop Faculty
Marnie Goodfriend is a health writer, journalist, trauma-informed writing coach, and creative nonfiction author. She has spent over a decade covering women’s health, as well as writing about topics including wellness, gender politics, travel, relationships, as-told-to stories, and profiles of celebrities and underrepresented voices. A contributing writer for SheKnows, HealthyWomen, and Flow Space, her work has also appeared in GQ, TIME, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, and other publications. Previously, she was essays editor at The Nervous Breakdown and creative nonfiction editor at Angels Flight • literary west. Fellowships and residencies include PEN America Emerging Voices, Community of Writers, New York State Summer Writers’ Program, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She writes frequently about her own health journeys and is currently working on two memoirs. Learn more about Marnie at www.marniegoodfriend.com.
This workshop will use guided exercises and short readings to generate new material from lived experiences, such as eating, politics, aging, gender, health, intimacy, trauma, and crime. Writers will come away with new entry points into their work and craft tools for deepening the essential relationship between body and story across genres.


