Beginning, Middle, or End: Memoir Writing I

Beginning, Middle, or End: Memoir Writing I

This class is now fully enrolled. Please email scoll@politics-prose.com to be put on the waiting list. 

Four Thursdays, Feb. 2-23, 10 – 11:30 a.m.
Price: $100 ($80 members)

Book:

The Art of the Personal Essay, edited by Phillip Lopate

Also recommended:

The Fourth Genre by Robert L. Root, Jr. & Michael Steinberg
Books and audio from the This I Believe Series
Literary Journals: Brevity, Creative Nonfiction, Fourth Genre

It is never too early to start fashioning your memories into words.

This four-week workshop will focus on writing a memoir by breaking it down into pieces: linked personal essays. We will closely read selected essays from The Art of the Personal Essay, edited by Phillip Lopate. Participants will also respond to writing prompts, workshop revised drafts, and discuss on-going projects. Students will receive feedback from peers as well as from the instructor.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Chloe Yelena Miller received an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Her poetry has been published in such journals as Alimentum, The Cortland Review, and Narrative. Her poetry manuscript was a finalist for the Philip Levine Prize in Poetry and in Narrative’s First Annual Poetry Contest. She is at work on a memoir that combines essay and verse.