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Developing a memoir involves more than just a linear retelling of our life experiences.
Memoir-writing involves going beyond an itinerary of our lives and finding the stories embedded within our situations. This workshop will help you reflect on the key questions and themes or through-lines that run through your narrative. Through a series of writing exercises and short readings, we will explore possible themes and look at the structure of memoir, along with the persona of the narrator--and how writers represent themselves as characters or personas on the page.
Please bring a 1-2 paragraph description of your book project, answering the question, "What is your book about?" You do not need a definite answer at this time, but this will give you a starting point for this class.
There will be a one-hour lunch break. You may bring a brown bag lunch to eat at the library or leave the library to get lunch.
Judah Leblang is a Cleveland-raised and Boston-based writer and storyteller. His commentaries and essays have been broadcast on 200 NPR and ABC-radio network stations including WKSU and WGBH in Boston. He is the author of the memoir Finding My Place (Lake Effect Press, 2012), and Echoes of Jerry (Red Giant Books, 2019). He has performed his one-man shows at Fringe Festivals in Minneapolis, Chicago, and in Winnipeg, Canada, and at community centers in the Northeast and Midwestern US.
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