Lyzette Wanzer, MFA

Author, Instructor & Coach

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Photo of Lyzette teaching one of her workshops

Selected Works

Essay

Finding A Way In: Teaching the Lyric Essay

"Wonderful piece, thanks for sharing it. Lots to think about..." --Di, Column reader

Signatures. In, The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays (Wyatt-MacKenzie)

Winner, Benjamin Franklin Silver Medal; Skipping Stones Honor Award, Multicultural category; Silver Medal, ForeWord Book of the Year Award, Social Sciences

Nonfiction

Saddest Tale

"I love the characters, the situation, and the dialogue, especially between father and daughter. "

--David Carkeet, Natural Bridge

Quick Links

Trauma, Tresses, & Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narrative

Three sketches of natural hairstyles by visual artist Sal Steiner

Drawings by Sal Steiner

THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: August 7th and 8th, 2021. Registration website

THE BOOK: Contributors in this collection are African American and Afro Latina authors relating their true, often shocking encounters while wearing natural hair.

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