Class Description
Our earliest, rawest memories are among our most passionate, enduring and revealing. As a subject for literature, they never go out of style. Whether we are beginning writers or pros, working on poetry, fiction, memoir, or biography, these memories often lead to our most incandescent writing and help us identify resonant themes for our work. They can become the subject of a poem or chapter, or they can provide focus and shape to longer projects. As Flannery O’Connor famously said: “If you’ve survived your childhood, you have enough material to write about for the rest of your life.”
In this 3-hour seminar, we will plumb these memories for subjects for further writing. We will have the option to share some of these on the spot, and we will leave the class with new material and new insights into old material.
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
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This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.