English 292 Crafting the Memoir

Th 1-2:50

Ann Boutelle

In this workshop, we will explore, through reading and through writing, the presentation of self in the memoir.  A major focus will be on the interweaving of voice, structure, style, and content.  As we read the work of ourselves and of others, we will be searching for strategies, devices, rhythms, patterns, and approaches that we might adapt in future writings.  The reading list will consist of writings by twentieth-century women.  Admission by permission of the instructor.