Beginning April 28th, I’ll be teaching a 6-week course on Poetry as Memoir over at the Mt. Airy Learning Tree. How cool is that?!?

The course description & registration are up online now…. but here’s an overview:

Most of us have saved up stories-crazy things we did as kids, family legends and legacies, anecdotes about our wacky bosses. But we are daunted by the time and endurance needed to write a novel or prose memoir. Students will practice using poetry as the vehicle for personal stories. By working with various forms and prompts, discover the freedom, possibility and power of using poetry to convey a personal narrative. Examining a range of published works, students will see how personal poetry can be so much more than “confessionalism.”

For more info, or to register, visit the MALT website. If you’ve still got questions, give me a holler.