Author, translator, and editor, Minna Zallman Proctor has been working closely with writers and visual artists across genres for over twenty years to develop, strategize, revise, and refine their creative projects. She meets creatives where they are in their work, approach, and vision—helping to align all three. As a veteran professor of creative writing, she’s attuned to different processes and modes of creativity. She believes that making art and literature is hard and exhilarating work, but should never be painful or boring.
Minna is the author most recently of the memoir Landslide: True Stories, and the translation from Italian of Natalia Ginzburg’s Happiness, As Such. Her new translation of Cesare Pavese’s The Leucothea Dialogues is due out this fall. She was editor of The Literary Review from 2008-2021 and director of the Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey.
Events with Minna Zallman Proctor
Write Now. A Summer Retreat for WritersAugust 1 - 8, 2025
A DHARMAKAYA CENTER RETREAT It’s hard to find the time or space to write a book. Or a play. Or a poem. Or even a letter for that matter. This retreat is designed just for you. In our countryside haven you will have the solitude to focus on your craft, bolstered by group meditation, gentle yoga, woods walks, and the opportunity for one-on-one mentoring and guidance. Each day has structure—but no requirements. Making amazing progress? Stay at your desk and keep writing. Done for the day? Join like-minded people as you explore your craft together. “I made amazing connections—but being…
