Master Class With Katy Lederer: Poetic Memoir and Lyrical Nonfiction November 15, 2008

In this workshop, Katy Lederer, author of the memoir Poker Face: A Girlhood Among Gamblers and a poetry editor at Fence Magazine, will discuss various craft elements of the poetic or lyric memoir, including tone, syntax, point of view, dialogue, and paragraph structure. The focus will be on students' own projects and their development. We will be undertaking several free-writing exercises, so bring paper and pen!