Poetry as Memoir, Memoir as Poetry ~ Literary Arts Series In-Person
Led by Linda McCauley Freeman
As writer's we've been told to write what we know, and the memoir has become a very popular literary form. This workshop will explore using poetry as memoir, as the instructor did in her books, The Marriage Manual (BWP, 2024) and The Family Plot (Backroom Window Press, 2022). Part craft discussion, part generative, this workshop will delve deeply into what moves a poem from sentimental to sizzling, and from individual to universal. With a frank look at truth, revelations, family secrets and more. In this roll-up-our-sleeves writing workshop we will get to work with pen and paper to unleash your stories and memories and explore poetic devices that can make them sing. This will be a fun, supportive creative writing workshop designed to get your words flowing.
- Date:
- Thursday, June 5, 2025
- Time:
- 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Community Room
- Campus:
- Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library
- Audience:
- Adults Adults - Seniors 55+
- Categories:
- Class or Workshop
Linda McCauley Freeman is the author of two full-length poetry collections The Marriage Manual (Backroom Window Press, 2024) and The Family Plot (BWP, 2022) and has been widely published in international journals, including in a Chinese translation. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has been the featured U.S. poet in The Poet Magazine and won Grand Prize in StoriArts’ Maya Angelou poetry contest, and honorable mention in the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards 2024. Lines from one of her poems are on display at the Civil Rights Memorial Museum in Montgomery, Alabama. She has an MFA from Bennington College and is the former poet-in-residence of the Putnam Arts Council. She lives in the Hudson Valley, NY, where she is a swing dance teacher and a yoga instructor. Follow her at www.LindaMcCauleyFreeman.com, Facebook@LindaMcCauleyFreeman