Bringing Lives to Life: the Alchemy of Memory [Carolyne Wright]

All Levels. We will read sample memoir excerpts and explore what Honor Moore calls “the mercurial nature of memory,” so that memory (drawn from life experiences, journal entries, family history, and our reflections) becomes a source we interrogate, embellish, assemble, and re-assemble. Through this creative alchemy, we will turn memories, observations, and insights into story, bringing lives to life through our writing, entering memory’s alternative dimension and summon and deepen its images, moments and narratives