CARPOOL: Parent- Writer Meet Up with Brittany Ackerman—Jan. 13

Raise your hand if you are a parent looking for a thoughtful, engaging, supportive community of writers to connect with?  RAISES HAND.  Good!  You’re here, and we’re so glad to have you!!

Parenting is one of the most enriching and illuminating experiences, yet it is also full of challenges and trials. Take, for example, finding the time to create and make art.  Regardless of what stage of parenthood you’re in, we want to create space for conversations and room to share our struggles and our joy together.  You are invited to partake in CARPOOL in any way, shape, or form that you see fit and fruitful.  There will be group discussions, writing prompts, short readings, and time to chill, breathe, and reflect.

CARPOOL is open to all parent writers.  Some virtual meetings will take place during lunchtime, and some after we put our little ones down to bed.  We will meet seasonally online with a few in-person meetings in the Los Angeles area. We hope to build this group so that many parents in many different places can connect and meet and laugh and cry and write.

Additional info

This event will be recorded for the convenience of those unable to attend live. The recorded session will be emailed to participants the following day.

About the Instructor

Brittany Ackerman is a writer from Riverdale, New York. She earned her BA in English from Indiana University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida Atlantic University.  She has led workshops for UCLA’s Extension, The Porch, HerStry, Write or Die, and Lighthouse Writers.  She is a 3x Pushcart Prize Nominee and her work has been featured in The Sun, MUTHA, Jewish Book Council, Lit Hub, The Los Angeles Review, No Tokens, Joyland, and more. Her first collection of essays, The Perpetual Motion Machine, was published with Red Hen Press in 2018, and her debut novel, The Brittanys, is out now with Vintage.  Her Substack is called taking the stairs.