Memoir can be written in many forms to captivate experience. Though the list essay is a contemporary style, it is not without antecedents, going back to 10th century Japan in “Pillow Talk.” In this class we will explore narrative, memory and reflections inside this form. This structural design will help us get a grip on our material and see how it all fits together. In this systematic narrative form we can find the personal and universal, the macro and the micro, the past and the present, the situation and the story.
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Bio:
Gail Hosking is the author of the memoir Snake’s Daughter: The Roads in and out of War, a chapbook The Tug, and a book of poems Retrieval. She holds an MFA from Bennington Writing Seminars and taught at RIT for ten years. Her essays and poems have been published in such places as Upstreet, The Florida Review, Reed Magazine, Lillith Magazine and Post Road. Several pieces have been anthologized. She is at work on a collection of lyrical pieces and a memoir about her mother.
Date:
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Central - Rundel Arts Room
Library:
Central Library
Audience:
Adults
Categories:
Department - Arts & Literature Subject - Writing
Registration is required. There are no seats available but a waiting list is available.
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