This is an in-person workshop that takes place at Inprint House. This workshop is full. Click here to join the waiting list.
The registration fee and tuition for this workshop includes a signed copy of the book, The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money, and Meaning Later in Life by MT Connolly
Writing about Longevity
Everyone everywhere is aging all the time, and we’re living longer lives than ever before in history. This longevity has a profound impact not just on older people but on all of us–as individuals, families, communities, and a society. But we want to get old, not be old. And we’re often reluctant to think or write about aging. Its challenges, losses, and the gifts remain hidden or are written about in caricatured, one-dimensional ways. This deprives us of stories that could help us understand and navigate this unprecedented chapter, including approaches to providing and receiving care, balancing autonomy and safety, avoiding isolation or segregation-by-age, and focusing more on what matters most.
In this workshop, author M.T. Connolly, will work with us to explore how to write about longevity in ways that honor the fullness of what it means to live long lives ourselves and with others.
About the instructor
M.T. CONNOLLY is a writer, researcher, lawyer, and author of the acclaimed 2023 nonfiction book: The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money, and Meaning Later in Life. The book tells true stories about how we age in America and reveals how policy and culture often make aging harder than it should be. Awarded a MacArthur “genius grant” for her elder justice work, M.T.’s writing explores the impact of longevity on society, communities, families, and individuals, including both its challenges and its gifts. She has led writing workshops, salons, produced student-led 24-Hour Plays, and was awarded fellowships at artists’ residencies including Yaddo, MacDowell, the Heinrich Boll cottage (in Ireland), and at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Her writing has appeared in publications including the Atlantic and the Washington Post, in policy and academic journals, and in legislation. She was the lead architect of the federal Elder Justice Act, enacted with the Affordable Care Act.
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