She has taught fiction writing at The Cambridge Center for Adult Education since 1979 , mentored in the MFA in Creative Writing program at Lesley University from 1986 -- 88 .
Was the 1996 Robert M. Gay Memorial Lecturer at the Department of English at Simmons College .
She has taught fiction writing at The Cambridge Center for Adult Education since 1979 , mentored in the MFA in Creative Writing program at Lesley University from 1986 -- 88 , and was the 1996 Robert M. Gay Memorial Lecturer at the Department of English at Simmons College .