Two years ago at AWP in Seattle, Sheree L. Greer approached the StoryStudio table and introduced herself. Sheree lives in Tampa and was a relatively new StoryStudio instructor, so this was the first time we’d gotten to meet her in person. Sheree had also just posted a fantastic Instagram Reel about how much she loved teaching generally, but at StoryStudio specifically. So Greg and Sara thanked her profusely for her kind words and chatted for a bit about Seattle and travel and writing and how, since it was still early in the conference, we weren’t tired yet, but expected to be soon. We said our goodbyes, and as she walked away, Sara turned to Greg and said, deadpan, “Well, she is very cool.”
Sheree, for lack of better words, is indeed VERY cool. But not only is she cool, she’s a truly gifted and inspiring writing instructor. For those reasons, and many more, Sheree was voted StoryStudio Instructor of the Year in 2023! Sheree is always an incredibly sought-after StoryStudio instructor, whether for a panel session at Pub Crawl or her Novel In A Year cohort.
Sheree is the author of several novels, short story collections, essay collections, and works of creative nonfiction. In 2014, she founded Kitchen Table Literary Arts to showcase and support the work of BIPOC women and femme-identified nonbinary writers and poets. Sheree holds an MFA at Columbia College Chicago and is a VONA/VOICES alum, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice grantee, Yaddo fellow, and Ragdale Artist House Rubin Fellow. Her essay, “Bars” published in Fourth Genre Magazine, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and notably named in Best American Essays 2019, and her essay, “None of this is Bullshit” was published at The Rumpus and featured in “Memoir Mondays.”
Sheree is teaching one of the two in-person nonfiction cohorts for StoryBoard 2025. Her workshop is titled “(Y)our Version of Events: Navigating Scene Work in Nonfiction.” Here’s the description: When crafting memoir and personal essay, we’re often negotiating a delicate balance between exposition and scene. This balance is made all the more difficult when we consider the fallibility of memory, which brings to the fore multiple challenges related to the immersive elements of scene—setting, dialogue, sensory details. What if we don’t remember it exactly? How can we write a scene when details aren’t clear? What do we do if the details are traumatic or deeply unpleasant? In this interactive, generative workshop, we’ll explore those questions and use them as starting points for exploring memory, writerly decision-making, and crafting scene in our nonfiction work.
Apply to study with Sheree at StoryBoard 2025 now!
