The Art of the Memoir – Laurie Alberts

Four-day workshop
limited to 12 participants
August 16 -19, 2007
Tuition: $600
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What distinguishes a gracefully shaped memoir from a random accounting of life events? In this workshop, students will focus on developing their skills as effective writers of personal prose. They will look at examples of strong memoirs and participate in exercises to develop an understanding of memoir elements, including narrative voice, movement through time, selectivity, characterization, and setting. Students will have the opportunity to share their writing in a workshop setting and to meet individually with the instructor.

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Laurie Alberts teaches creative nonfiction and fiction at the Vermont College MFA in Writing Program. She is the author of two memoirs, Fault Line and Between Revolutions: an American Romance with Russia. She has also published four books of fiction, including Lost Daughters, The Price of Land in Shelby, Goodnight Silky Sullivan and Tempting Fate. Her writing has received the Michener Award, the Katherine Anne Porter Prize, an American Fiction Award, and the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Award, among others.