Writing our Memories: A Generative Workshop

  • Tuesday, November 14, 2023
  • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • via Zoom

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Writing our Memories: A Generative Workshop


In the course of o ur lives, many of us are called to write about our lived experiences thro ugh memoir or poetry. Writing from memory allows us to frame our experiences on our own terms, and can help the world understand our perspective and truth.  In this 90-minute Zoom course, we will study and discuss the architecture of memory, especially as it relates to writing our experiences. We will discuss techniques used by different authors and poets who have written about their own memories in interesting ways. We will also write about a memory of our choice through a generative prompt. At the close of the course, students will have the opportunity to read and discuss their work to receive supportive feedback from the class. 

Lauren Brazeal Garza is a disabled author and Ph.D. candidate in literature at the University of Texas at Dallas with an MFA in writing from Bennington College. Her published poetry collections include Gutter (YesYes Books, 2018), a memoir-in-verse which chronicles her homelessness as a teenager. She has also published three chapbooks of poetry and flash fiction, most recently Santa Muerte Santa Muerte: I was Here Release Me (Tram Editions, 2023), which features fictional interviews with ghosts. Her work has appeared in Poetry Northwest, Waxwing, and Verse Daily among many other journals.