Words that Sing: Composing Lyrical Prose
Mary Ylvisaker Nilsen (M.A. in Nonfiction, The University of Iowa; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School). Mary has taught prose style, metaphor, fiction and nonfiction courses since 1982, first at The University of Iowa and then in the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, a number of seminaries, and most recently at the Collegeville Institute. She also teaches occasional prose style and metaphor classes in Des Moines, Iowa, where she lives and owns Zion Publishing. For a more complete resume, visit her website at www.zionpublishing. org. Nilsen is also a spiritual director and certified Enneagram instructor. She and her husband, Roy, are the parents of five adult children.