Kicherer
means “giggler” in German.
Writer | Instructor | Journalist
Michelle Kicherer writes fiction and covers books and music for the San Francisco Chronicle and Willamette Week.
Her writing has been published in Forbes, Portland Monthly, The Berkeley Fiction Review, 580 Split, The Deli, The Bay Bridged, SF Station, The Cutaway, Into The Void, Rose City Review and many others.
Michelle is a writing instructor for Literary Arts, Litquake, Portland Community College and Writing Workshops. She loves to teach and is always encouraging her students to get a little weirder.
Read her unofficial bio here.
Other projects:
The Banana Pitch Variety Show
Producer, Host
Michelle’s Substack
Writing prompts, craft essays, book reviews
What students are saying…
"Hands down - Best writing class that I’ve taken at LA."
— Literary Arts student
"Michelle is disarming, charming, crazy smart and also very funny. Thanks Michelle!"
— Literary Arts student
Michelle's Fiction Technique in Memoir class is thoughtfully, intelligently designed, and gracefully delivered. I have been in grad seminars where I have learned less…She's the sort of teacher where you know you're just getting the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the wealth of her knowledge.”
— Tasha S., Writing Workshops student
“I was able to tackle my own writing project from all kinds of different angles I never would have thought of on my own.”
— Emily R., Writing Workshops student
“Michelle is an insightful, humorous and thoughtful teacher. She's inspired me to write consistently, no easy task. Thank you, Michelle.”
— Karen K.
“Michelle, thanks again and again. It’s been delightful to work with you and receive such helpful suggestions, skilled editing, and on-going encouragement. You’ve fed my writing in more ways than you could ever know, or imagine.”
— Geri O., Litquake student
“Michelle, this has been the workshop which transformed my whole understanding of writing.”
— Rob B., Writing Workshops student
