The World Split Open—The Power of Personal Narrative

The World Split Open—The Power of Personal Narrative

This 8-week in-person (!) writing class will offer generative prompts for unearthing new material from the rich terrain of our daily lives, as well as opportunities for feedback on more developed work. We will read stories, poems, essays, memoir and novel excerpts in the service of finding juicy and satisfying ways to tell our own stories. Truth is relative, but we will be interested in it nonetheless! Appropriate for adults and mature teens of all levels of writing experience. Limited to 12 students.

About the teacher: Sarah Wisby is the author of two books of prose poems, the heart’s progress and Viva Loss. Her stories, poems, memoirs, and essays have appeared in journals such as McSweeney’s, The Rumpus, Foglifter, and Instant City, and in the anthologies Best Lesbian Erotica, Bottoms Up: Writing About Sex, and Tricks and Treats: Sex Workers Write About Their Clients. She lives in Western Massachusetts and currently works in Addiction Counseling.

8 Tuesdays: July 5^th to August 23^rd

6-8 PM

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