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"Thanks so much for all the valuable information. I left with loads
treasures to help me along my road to travel writing success."
--- Corinne D'Italia
"Ethan Gilsdorf has an ability to make even dry facts entertaining.
I found his seminar to be well-structured, informative and interesting,
his teaching style honest and straightforward. His myriad experiences,
handouts, and anecdotes made for a rewarding introduction to the field."
-- Jessica Lee
"Ethan's practical teaching style made Arts and Culture Writing seem very
accessible. In addition to talking about his own experience, he had us
brainstorm story ideas from a press release to illustrate many of his
points. He covered a wide range of material that was useful for both new
and seasoned freelancers, and the packet of resources and story examples
he provided will be invaluable."
-- Julia Maranan
"I want to commend you on your seminar last night. For me, as an
outsider to the writing community it was a revelation and also an eye-opener!
... You made everything clear and I was impressed by the usefulness of
what you told us ..."-- Gerald Zeitlin
other kudos:
"A firehose of knowledge on the craft and business of feature writing."
"Ethan was a great instructor. He gave practical, constructive feedback
from the perspective of a writer who know what editors look for, and took
the time to give us meaningful feedback. ... This workshop gave me a very
necessary kick in the ass to get my writing into high gear."
"[Ethan] had great energy and humor to sustain interest through the
course of a big data dump. [He's] strong at bouncing off questions and
ideas from the class. ... Thanks for a very useful class."
"Ethan did a terrific job with last night's seminar. He has a dry
sense of humor and was human and versatile... both of which kept his multitudes
of information engaging."
"The handout was terrific, a handbook, actually. He was very available
in one to one and in group, generous about follow up if we wanted it.
I [recommend] keeping him on your teaching staff."
"GREAT introductory course! ... Ethan's knowledge of the field is
thorough..."
"Ethan's enthusiam for his subject is evident ... "
"Ethan has a nice blend of humor, genuine style and general experience."
Ethan Gilsdorf is available ...
... to speak on a variety of topics -- "The Origins of Poetry,"
"Poetry for Children" "Editing a Literary Magazine,"
"The Essence of Travel Writing," "Featuring Writing,"
"Breaking into Freelance Journalims" and other topics. He is
also available to teach creative writing workshops and can give dynamic
poetry readings at poetry and literature festivals.
Workshop, reading and teaching experience:
Ethan Gilsdorf is a veteran poetry performer. He’s given dozens of
readings in New York (the New School, NY Public Library), Paris (the Sorbonne),
London, Vermont, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Louisiana and
elsewhere. He has also been a visiting poet at Wheaton College (Mass)
and has twice been the featured poet at the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam in
Cambridge (Mass).
His festival, conferece and panel appearances include Grub Street's Muse
and the Marketplace, the New Hampshire Tourism Summit, Paris Poetry Workshop,
Shakespeare and Company's Literary and Arts Festival, the Paris Writers
Workshop, the Festival franco-anglais de poésie and the Ultimate
Travel Writers Workshop in Paris. He is the former Paris regional coordinator
for Poets For Peace/United Poets Coalition, has coordinated Dialogue Through
Poetry/UNESCO World Poetry Day readings and has organized dozens of other
readings, lectures, concerts and other events.
Gilsdorf tecahes at Grub Street, Boston's oldest non-profit writing center,
and mediabistro.com. He is also a former English composition and poetry
workshop instructor (Louisiana State University) and has given lectures
on poetry and poetry writing for numerous schools and summer programs
such as Marlboro College, Boxboro Elementary School (Massachusetts), the
Putney (Vermont) School Summer Programs, Oxbridge Summer Program, and
Menlo College’s European study abroad program. He presently volunteers
in the Boston Public Schools system as a writing and English tutor and
career enrichment speaker.
In 2005-07, he has been a guest lecturer, workshop leader, writing/English
volunteer tutor, literary consultant and visiting poet in Boston-area
school such as Brighton High School, Monument High School, Madison Park
Technical Vocational High School, and Cambridge Rindge and Latin, as well
as High Mowings School, Wilton, New Hampshire.
He is co-founder of Grub Street's Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP) in
Boston (see www.grubstreet.org)
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