This is an in-person workshop that takes place at Inprint House

This workshop is open for K-12 educators and staff. Up to 8 CPE hours are available for this workshop by request.

The Magic of Memoir

For most of its existence as a genre, memoir was a form open primarily to those who had lived especially unique lives: artists, politicians, adventurers. The contemporary memoir landscape has been broadened by the (extra)ordinary stories of parents, patients, immigrants, refugees, LGBTQ individuals, and neurodivergent folks, among others. Why should we, as teachers, take notice?

For one, this diversity of stories reinforces the idea that everyone has a story to tell, and that everyone’s story is worth telling. Second, memoir writing is an incredible tool for developing our capacity for self-reflection. In this workshop, you will be exposed to exercises that simultaneously engage your own writing, and can be adapted for the classroom. We will also look at excerpts from texts that work well as examples of the form. The goal of this workshop is to leave you feeling energized about your own craft and with useful ideas that can be applied in your teaching.