WRITING YOUR MEMOIR WORKSHOPMARCH 4, 18, APRIL 1, 15
10AM-11:30AM
IN THIS FOUR-SESSION WORKSHOP WE WILL DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR WRITING
YOUR MEMOIR. WHETHER YOUR PROJECT DEALS WITH A FAMILY STORY, A
PERSONAL NARRATIVE, A FOOD, TRAVEL OR LITERARY MEMOIR, OUR POINT OF
DEPARTURE WILL FOCUS ON GOOD WRITING PRACTICES. AMONG THE ELEMENTS TO
BE CONSIDERED WILL BE: POINT OF VIEW, DIALOG, STRUCTURE AND THEMES,
PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE CONTEXT OF YOUR STORY.
ALISON BECHDEL, THE AUTHOR OF FUN HOME AND ARE YOU MY MOTHER?, THE NEW
YORK TIMES BEST SELLER GRAPHIC MEMOIR SAYS THAT THE WRITER OUTMOST
RESPONSIBILITY WHEN WRITING A MEMOIR IS TO “SERVE HER STORY, NOT,
YOU MAY NOTE, TO SERVE HER FAMILY, OR TO SERVE THE TRUTH, BUT TO SERVE
THE STORY.” KEEPING THIS IN MIND, WE WILL EXPLORE WHAT EACH WRITER
CONSIDERS TO BE THEIR TRUE STORY.
BE PREPARED TO WRITE IN AND OUT OF CLASS, SHARE YOUR WORK AND CRITIQUE
EACH OTHER’S WORK. KEEPING A JOURNAL IS ENCOURAGED.
About Concha Alborg:
Concha earned a Masters from Emory University and a Ph.D. from Temple
University. For over twenty years she was a Professor of Contemporary
Spanish literature at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.
In addition to numerous academic publications she has written works of
fiction and creative non-fiction. She has published two memoirs: My
Mother, That Stranger. Letters from the Spanish Civil War (2019) and
Divorce after Death. A Widow’s Memoir (2014); a novel, American in
Translation: A Novel in Three Novellas (2011) and two collections of
short stories: Beyond Jet-Lag. Other Stories (2000) and Una noche en
casa (1995). She also wrote cultural columns and reviews for The Broad
Street Review and Al Día.
Concha led a Writers’ Group at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia from
2015-2018 and serves on the board of Philadelphia Stories.
More information on her career and publications at:
www.conchaalborg.com
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