Memoir Panel
Thursday, June 22, 4-5 PM
Moderator: SBWC Workshop Leader, Trey Dowell
Harlan Green is the author of Building Community: Answering Kennedy’s Call. His memoir covers his years working as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a rural community development program in a Turkish village, as a photographer and filmmaker for the US Environmental Protection Agency in its earliest days, enforcing the Clean Air and Water Acts, and with Cesar Chavez and the United Farmworkers of America Union during its mid-1970s struggle organizing seasonal farm workers to better their living conditions.
Harlan is also the author of The Mystery of Money, Understanding the Modern Financial World, a financial columnist for more than 20 years, and editor of Popular Economics, at populareconomics.com
Mary Hill-Wagner is the author of Girlz ‘n the Hood, a memoir of what it was like to grow up on some of the meanest streets in America with 10 siblings and a mother who taught her to protect the weak and love hard.
Dr. Hill-Wagner is an award-winning author, journalist, and college professor. She enjoys reading, writing, racquetball, theater, and dogs.
Connard Hogan is an award-winning author of two memoirs. Once Upon a Kentucky Farm: Hope and Healing from Family Abuse, Alcoholism and Dysfunction shines a light on the struggles of those living with trauma from family abuse, and the healing powers of unconditional love. Barbwire, Brothels and Bombs in the Night: Surviving Vietnam reminds us that no one involved in warfare escapes trauma.
His trauma survivor journey as a Vietnam Veteran and an adult child of an alcoholic, assisted by his work as a recovery therapist and as an enthusiast of outdoor adventure, has led him to writing, primarily nonfiction. He hopes his writing inspires others struggling to heal from trauma.
Terra Trevor is the author of two memoirs, the latest being, We Who Walk the Seven Ways, the story of the search for healing and finding belonging when Native women elders embraced and guided Trevor (mixed-blood Cherokee, Lenape, Seneca, German) through the seven cycles of life in Indigenous ways.
She’s a contributor to fifteen books in Native Studies and memoir. She is the granddaughter of sharecroppers and was raised in a large extended family rich with storytelling and music.
Dale Zurawski is the author of Bipolar, a Gift of Thorns, a profoundly insightful memoir about being bipolar and how it affects her and her family’s lives. This brave book about some of the darkest aspects of our lives shines a light on her courageous journey uncovering the stigma of being bipolar. This book will help anyone who is or loves someone who is bipolar.
With a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and master’s degrees in both chemical engineering and environmental management, Dale has had successful careers as an engineer, technical salesperson, and water quality expert. For the last 20 years, her home base has been Santa Barbara, California.
