Publicity
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Schaefer offers writing workshops
by Len Lear
“Susan Schaefer, whose own life story makes a compelling must-read, will guide aspiring storytellers in six consecutive personal narrative writing workshops….
“Cofounder and editor of the now-defunct South Street Star biweekly newspaper, Schaefer is an independent journalist whose work appears in PBS’ online magazine, Next Avenue, and Philadelphia’s Broad Street Review. She is a long-time adjunct professor of writing and poetry at Temple University and Philadelphia Community College. She has also published a book of poetry and an illustrated children’s book and is currently working on a memoir.”
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PR Society Head draws on ‘60s activism
Minnepolis Star Tribune
by Elaine Gale, Staff Writer
“Her office door is adorned with a bg silver star…white holiday lights strung over her computer…A star and lights fo the set of the leading lady and presiden of Schaefer Communications, housed on the top floor of a lofty warehouse building in downtown Minneapolis.
“Susan Schaefer is as eclectic as her office. She has been a bartender, an English teacher in Colombia, director of a bilingual English program, social worker, director of a community housing program, a rock ’n’ roll reviewer, a reporter and a college professor….
“As the 1995 president of the Minnesota Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America - PRSA - she hopes to put a positive spin on the public relations industry.”
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Temple University Alumna hosts writing workshops
by Molly Fiske
“From writing for The Temple News as an undergraduate to self- publishing poems and serving as a columnist for PBS, Susan Schaefer is no stranger to Philadelphia’s literary world.
“After spending 35 years in Minneapolis and Maastricht, the Netherlands, Schaefer, a 1971 liberal arts and 1976 Master of Arts in English alumna, returned to Philadelphia about a year ago. Now, she’s partnering with Debra Jansen, owner of booked., a bookstore in Chestnut Hill, to run a six-week personal essay writing workshop beginning Tuesday.
“‘The workshop is really focusing on how you build a personal narrative, and it’s at the intersection of where writing meets verbal storytelling,’ Schaefer said. “The whole idea here is to produce pieces that are meant for the spoken word.’”