24PearlStreet Workshops
Tara Westover said: “I think that when memoir goes wrong, it goes wrong from too much memory, too much detail. It’s about clearing all that away and just getting to the story.” This workshop will focus on clearing away what doesn’t belong and finding and writing the story you want to tell within the larger story of your life. We will dig deep into each other’s writing and emerge ready to write our memoirs.
Please submit a maximum 12-page (double-spaced, 12 pt. font) memoir manuscript to Dawn Walsh at amhood@gmail.com by April 30. Your manuscripts will be emailed to the other participants for discussion in our workshop.
Meets: 12pm-2pm EST
Biography
Ann Hood is the bestselling author of fourteen novels, including The Knitting Circle, The Obituary Writer, and The Book That Matters Most; and four memoirs. Her memoir Comfort: A Journey Through Grief was a NYT Editor’s Choice and was named one of the top ten nonfiction books of 2008 by Entertainment Weekly. Her essays and stories have appeared in many publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Travel and Leisure, Food and Wine, National Geographic Traveler, and The Paris Review. She has won two Pushcart Prizes, two Best American Food Writing Awards, and a Best American Travel Writing and Best American Spiritual Writing Award. Her most recent book is FLY GIRL, a memoir about her time as a TWA flight attendant during the Golden Age of flying.