Nicole R. Zimmerman (she/her)

Brazilian-born, queer Jewish writer. MFA: University of San Francisco. Recipient: Creative Sonoma’s Discovered Awards for Emerging Literary Artists. Nominated: Pushcart Prize & The Best American Essays. Leads women’s writing workshops online.

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Petaluma, CA, United States

Selected work (7 publications)

Still Point Arts Quarterly, 2020

The Bachelors"In the early ’80s, newly single, my father kept a nearly empty refrigerator. Among the dill tomatoes, horseradish, and Gatorade, there was gefilte fish swimming in gelatin in a jar, the cold, colorless substance sticking to the pockmarked whitefish.

Case Management"In the forest stands a tall red tent with sheer walls fluttering in the breeze, its translucent skin like breath. Inside, a woman slumbers while her young daughter plays nearby—a cloth angel in one hand, a goddess figurine in the other..."

memoir

consent

Explicit Sexual Content

sexual assault

flash memoir

Cagibi, 2021

Autumn Inferno"In the middle of the night, sirens startle me awake. My ears prick to the wind. Oak branches whip the sky like Medusa’s head of snakes—a raspy hiss. It’s fire season in California. Fall was always my favorite. But that was before."

Destination Unknown"Two decades ago I met a futurist. Maggie wore a peasant blouse over her ruffled skirt, but she didn’t pull out a tarot deck. Instead, she spread out a map. She drew an index finger up the coastline of Western Australia and marked our location..."

Travel writing

map

flash memoir

Services

$200

From Memory or Imagination: 8-week writing workshop seriesWe use the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method, with prompts and positive, reflective group feedback to bolster our creative practice. Self-identified women and nonbinary writers with any level of experience (and writing in any genre) are welcome.

writing

workshop

creation

reading

coaching

prompts

online classes

writing prompts

writing circle