Fred Poole is the founder and
co-director of the Authentic Writing
Workshops. For over thirty
years Fred Poole was a writer and
journalist traveling throughout the
world into dangerous territories –
from Haiti to Laos, from Beirut to
Angola, from Bangkok to Cuba – and
writing about it. During these years
he published over a dozen books,
including a novel Where Dragons
Dwell (Harper) and the exposé,
Revolution in the Philippines:
The U.S. in a Hall of Cracked
Mirrors (McGraw-Hill).
In the mid-eighties, responding to a
persistent sense of dissatisfaction,
Poole allowed his life to take a
more spontaneous and introspective
turn. His explorations led him into
years as an art student in New York
City followed by progressive
theological studies and a master’s
degree at Boston College.
Drawing from his most meaningful
experiences as a writer, teacher,
artist, and seeker, Fred Poole
created the Authentic Writing
Workshops in 1993. Since that time
he has led workshops every week both
in Woodstock and New York City,
offered programs in colleges and
retreat centers throughout the
Northeast, performed his work on
stage - and writes almost daily
about writing and life at
FredPooleOnWriting.blogspot.com.
