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Nancy Slonim Aronie is an American writer, teacher, artist, and performer. She has published three books on writing: Seven Secrets to Writing the Perfect Personal Essay (2023),[1] Memoir as Medicine (2022),[2] and Writing from the Heart (1999).[3]

In 1990, she founded the Chilmark Writing Workshop on Martha’s Vineyard.[4] She has taught her Writing From the Heart: Finding Your Own Voice workshops on Martha's Vineyard as well as at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, the Omega Institute, Rowe Conference Center, Esalen Institute, Wainwright House, and the New Center for Holistic Learning in New York City.[5][6]

Aronie writes a bi-weekly column in the Martha's Vineyard Times[7] and has also contributed a monthly column for McCall's Magazine and served as an editor at Lear's.[8] She is also a contributor to National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.[9] In 1997, she was awarded the "Eye of the Beholder" Artist-in-Residence honor at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.[10]

She has been a visiting writer at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and taught writing at Harvard University.[11]

As an artist, Aronie's mixed media miniatures, set on lucite, wood, and stone bases, are exhibited at the Granary Gallery on Martha’s Vineyard.[12] The Martha’s Vineyard Times has written that, “Nancy Aronie does everything in her life with heart and soul.”[13]

References

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  1. ^ Aronie, Nancy Slonim (2023). Seven Secrets to Writing the Perfect Personal Essay. New World Library. ISBN 9781608689305. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
  2. ^ Aronie, Nancy Slonim (2022). Memoir as Medicine: The Healing Power of Writing Your Messy, Imperfect, Unruly (but gorgeously yours) Life Story. New World Library. ISBN 9781608687882. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
  3. ^ Aronie, Nancy Slonim (1999). Writing from the Heart: Tapping the Power of Your Inner Voice. Hyperion. ISBN 9780786882410.
  4. ^ "Nancy Aronie – About". Chilmark Writing Workshop. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  5. ^ "Nancy Slonim Aronie – Faculty Profile". Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  6. ^ "Nancy Slonim Aronie". Omega Institute. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  7. ^ "Nancy Aronie's columns". The Martha’s Vineyard Times. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  8. ^ "Nancy Slonim Aronie – Faculty Profile". Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  9. ^ "Nancy Aronie – About". Chilmark Writing Workshop. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  10. ^ "Nancy Aronie – About". Chilmark Writing Workshop. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  11. ^ "Nancy Slonim Aronie – Faculty Profile". Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  12. ^ "Nancy Slonim Aronie – Granary Gallery". Granary Gallery. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  13. ^ "Nancy Aronie does everything with heart and soul". The Martha’s Vineyard Times. 2006-08-24. Retrieved 2025-08-25.