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Whether you're just beginning or returning to a writing project, this is an opportunity to connect with others and gain inspiration.
Explore the art of telling your personal story in this hands-on memoir writing workshop led by Courtney Miller Santo, Creative Writing Professor at the University of Memphis and author of two published novels. Through guided exercises, participants will learn how to identify the key moments in their lives that can shape a compelling and relatable narrative. This session is a great starting point for anyone interested in writing about their past, and it includes a brief discussion of helpful strategies and resources for continuing the work beyond the class.
For adults ages 18+. Registration is required and will open Saturday, Jan. 10, at 10 a.m.
About the presenter:
Courtney Miller Santo is the author of two novels, THE ROOTS OF THE OLIVE TREE and THREE STORY HOUSE, both published by HarperCollins. Translations of these works were published in German, Italian, Hungarian, Korean, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Turkey, and Slovenian. In addition to her novels, her essay, “If/Then” was published in the Best American Essays 2023. Other essays and poetry have appeared in the Los Angeles Review, Swing, The Missouri Review, New Letters, Third Coast and elsewhere. Additionally, her work has been an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Semifinalist, won the Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest Grand Prize, been nominated for a Whitney and placed in the Porter Fleming Literary Contest. In 2018 the University of Memphis awarded her the Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Pinch.
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The Lucius E. and Elsie C. Burch, Jr. Library serves the Town of Collierville as an information hub offering materials and programming for all ages, three 4-person study rooms, and a 40-person meeting room. It sits in a beautiful location in Halle Park near Collierville Town Hall.