Offerings
Memoir that Reads Like Fiction: Fall Michelle Tea
Nonfiction
December 5-9, 2016
Open to All Levels
Tiered Tuition
$0-$0
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About the Offering

In this intensive memoir workshop, you will learn techniques to create a memoir with a cinematic feel and the singular voice of an immersive novel. In addition to discussing style and craft, you will also touch on the personal concerns that inevitably arise when a writer takes on the telling of their own story. You will leave this class with the ideas and understanding to make your memoir come alive.

Memoirist, novelist and poet Michelle Tea will advise on the creation of a memoir that has the cinematic feel and the singular voice of an immersive novel. Learn techniques to distance yourself from your own experience, face down fears, slaughter sentimentality, engage in ruthless honesty and create a version of yourself that is both truthful and larger than life. In addition to style and craft we will touch on the personal concerns that inevitably arise when a writer takes on the telling of their own story. You will leave this class will a firmer understanding of what your memoir needs to come alive and how to make it happen.

About the Instructor/Moderator

Michelle Tea is the author of over twenty books, including the popular Modern Tarot and the recent Modern Magic. She is the recipient of honors from the Lambda Literary Foundation, PEN/America, the Rona Jaffe Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation. She is the creator of the infamous Sister Spit tours, the international phenomenon Drag Queen Story Hour, and the queer indie publisher DOPAMINE Books.

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