\u201cDon\u2019t forget\u2014no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.\u201d \u2013Charles de Lint<\/P>
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We all have stories to tell. This workshop will focus on helping you find the \u201cshape\u201d of your stories through reading, in-class exercises, and writers\u2019 workshopping. We will learn new approaches to writing memoir and try our hand at using these new techniques in our own work.<\/P>
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The contemporary memoir is a genre filled with diverse voices and dynamic approaches to storytelling. We will read essays and excerpts from contemporary writers: Mary Karr, Jesmyn Ward, Darin Strauss, Joan Didion, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Carrie Brownstein, Roxane Gay, Deb Olin Unferth, and others.<\/P>
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Each class will be a mixture of discussing a contemporary memoirist or craft element, in-class writing exercises, and receiving structured feedback on our work from class participants. For writers new to memoir, you will end the class with a stronger knowledge of contemporary memoir, an expanded craft vocabulary, and new ways to approach writing memoir. 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