Christopher P. DeLorenzo

Christopher facilitated his first workshop as an undergraduate at Hampshire College, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he studied the history of writing groups. After returning to the Bay Area, he earned an MA in Writing from the University of San Francisco (USF) . His background is in fiction and memoir.

After earning his MA, he continued to study the Amherst Writers and Artists method, created by Pat Schneider. Later, he completed the intensive training program in the AWA method, served on the Board of Directors, and led trainings in the method for several years. His San Francisco workshops began in 1999. In 2009 he began leading week-long writing retreats, in Mexico, Italy, France, and Hawaii.

An adjunct faculty member at USF, Christopher teaches essay writing and spends a lot of time helping students build confidence and agency as writers. He has also taught creative writing classes (short story, memoir and editorial) at the Academy of Art and Skyline College, at the Writing Salon in San Francisco and Berkeley, as well as the Writing Pad in Los Angeles.

In addition to teaching, Christopher writes for the online community resource Bezzy.com, and is currently working on essays about his experience as a college writing teacher. You can also read some of his writing online in literary magazines. He has published a memoir cookbook, Kitchen Inheritance: Memories and Recipes from my Family of Cooks.

To learn more about Christopher, see the two video links below: an interview on 10 Percent, as well as the short film from Second Son Films.

If you'd like to read more of his writing, or try out some of his writing prompts and recipes, check out his Substack page and sign up for his newsletter (or purchase his memoir cookbook).