Instructor: Lara Lillibridge
Dates: 6 Tuesdays: January 20, 27; February 3, 10, 17, 24
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm EST
Location: Zoom
Cost: $300 Nonmembers, $192 Writer/Reader Members, $168 Senior, Teacher, Student, Military/Veteran, Librarian Members

Everyone has a story to tell. In this 6-week class we will generate new material as well as learn about the fundamentals of memoir writing including: vivid descriptions, writing what we don’t know, research, structure, revision, and publication. Participants will be expected to complete some writing and reading assignments outside of class.

About the instructor:
Lara Lillibridge (she/they) is the author of The Truth About Unringing Phones: Essays on Yearning; Mama, Mama, Only Mama: An Irreverent Guide for the Newly Single Parent; and Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home. Lara is core faculty for Literary Cleveland and holds an MFA from West Virginia Wesleyan College.  Her essay collection, Hysterical Harlot: An Alphabetical Exploration of Sex, Gender, and Shame is forthcoming  March 30, 2027 with Unsolicited Press.