Writing the Memoir: Where to Begin and How to Keep the Momentum

Saturday, March 17
9 am - noon
$60 ($50 Jung Center members)

Distill the hard-won wisdom and rich history of your life in this exploration of the craft of memoir writing. The essentials of memoir writing will be introduced, from choosing the central focus to essential narrative techniques of prose writing. We will explore how to conceptualize a book-length memoir as well as shorter essays. Along with developing the writer's arsenal of techniques, we will discuss the current publishing marketplace for memoir. Short writing exercises and resources for both budding and more advanced memoirists will be presented.

Sarah Cortez is the author of an acclaimed poetry collection and winner of the PEN Texas literary award in poetry. She has edited Urban Speak: Poetry of the City and Windows into My World: Latino Youth Write Their Lives, winner of the 2008 Skipping Stones Honor Award. In May 2011, her latest project, You Don't Have a Clue: Latino Mystery Stories for Teens, was released by Arte Público Press. She has been named a Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Cortez's memoir Walking Home: Growing Up Hispanic in Houston will be published in June 2012 by Texas Review Press.

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