Lyric Memoir: A Generative Writing Workshop -- Summer Intensive [Durham, NC]
**This course is in-person only. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $400 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out. Scholarship information is available below.
Instructors: Jasmina Nogo and Lindsey Andrews | Daily | June 22-28 | In-Person, Durham, NC
Our memories of experiences are often so ephemeral and dreamlike that they lend themselves to being written about through lyrical prose and expansive structure. Maybe you use a recipe, an album, a multiple choice test, or a playlist as the structure to explore writing your memories. In this weeklong intensive writing class, we’ll draft, workshop and revise towards a short book of lyric memoirs that we’ll print and produce with our own hands. In class, we’ll read examples of braided essays and lyric memoirs, write our own series in response to generative prompts, and engage in craft lessons to learn how to manipulate time, incorporate research, and write evocative description and dialogue. By the end of the week you will have a fully revised short book of your own lyric memoirs. You’ll build a rigorous writing practice, flow through drafting, workshopping, and revising, and engage a dedicated collective of readers to manifest your own lyric memoirs.
Participants are asked to read Rebecca Solnit’s essay, “The Blue of Distance,” in advance. No other reading/preparation is required outside of listed meeting times. Optional readings will be provided.
SCHEDULE:
Sunday June 22: 1:00-4:00 PM, workshop meeting
Monday June 23-Wednesday June 25: 6:30-8:30 PM, workshop meeting
Thursday June 26: 6:30-8:30 PM, self-directed writing/revision time (off site)
Friday June 27: 6:30-8:30 PM, workshop meeting
Saturday June 28: 3:00-5:00 PM, class reading / presentation
Monday-Friday: optional one-hour lunchtime zoom accountability log-in and writing time
**Please plan to attend Sunday, Monday evening, Wednesday evening, and Saturday sessions in-person. You are encouraged to also attend Tuesday and Friday in-person, but a zoom option may be available for those two days if needed.
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This class will take place in person in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are able to offer two half scholarships (tuition payment: $125) and two full scholarships (site fees only: $25) for this workshop. Please email nightschoolbar@gmail.com with the subject line “Experimental Fiction Scholarship Request” and include your name, the scholarship level you are requesting (half or full), and a few sentences about your interest in and goals for the class. Due to anticipated interest, we are not offering these scholarships on a first-come-first-serve basis, but instead are offering them by request if possible. Responses may take 2-3 weeks. The option will be removed from the website once all scholarships have been offered. You do not need to explain why you need a scholarship; we trust that if you are asking for one, you need one!
**This course is in-person only. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $400 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out. Scholarship information is available below.
Instructors: Jasmina Nogo and Lindsey Andrews | Daily | June 22-28 | In-Person, Durham, NC
Our memories of experiences are often so ephemeral and dreamlike that they lend themselves to being written about through lyrical prose and expansive structure. Maybe you use a recipe, an album, a multiple choice test, or a playlist as the structure to explore writing your memories. In this weeklong intensive writing class, we’ll draft, workshop and revise towards a short book of lyric memoirs that we’ll print and produce with our own hands. In class, we’ll read examples of braided essays and lyric memoirs, write our own series in response to generative prompts, and engage in craft lessons to learn how to manipulate time, incorporate research, and write evocative description and dialogue. By the end of the week you will have a fully revised short book of your own lyric memoirs. You’ll build a rigorous writing practice, flow through drafting, workshopping, and revising, and engage a dedicated collective of readers to manifest your own lyric memoirs.
Participants are asked to read Rebecca Solnit’s essay, “The Blue of Distance,” in advance. No other reading/preparation is required outside of listed meeting times. Optional readings will be provided.
SCHEDULE:
Sunday June 22: 1:00-4:00 PM, workshop meeting
Monday June 23-Wednesday June 25: 6:30-8:30 PM, workshop meeting
Thursday June 26: 6:30-8:30 PM, self-directed writing/revision time (off site)
Friday June 27: 6:30-8:30 PM, workshop meeting
Saturday June 28: 3:00-5:00 PM, class reading / presentation
Monday-Friday: optional one-hour lunchtime zoom accountability log-in and writing time
**Please plan to attend Sunday, Monday evening, Wednesday evening, and Saturday sessions in-person. You are encouraged to also attend Tuesday and Friday in-person, but a zoom option may be available for those two days if needed.
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This class will take place in person in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are able to offer two half scholarships (tuition payment: $125) and two full scholarships (site fees only: $25) for this workshop. Please email nightschoolbar@gmail.com with the subject line “Experimental Fiction Scholarship Request” and include your name, the scholarship level you are requesting (half or full), and a few sentences about your interest in and goals for the class. Due to anticipated interest, we are not offering these scholarships on a first-come-first-serve basis, but instead are offering them by request if possible. Responses may take 2-3 weeks. The option will be removed from the website once all scholarships have been offered. You do not need to explain why you need a scholarship; we trust that if you are asking for one, you need one!
**This course is in-person only. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $400 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out. Scholarship information is available below.
Instructors: Jasmina Nogo and Lindsey Andrews | Daily | June 22-28 | In-Person, Durham, NC
Our memories of experiences are often so ephemeral and dreamlike that they lend themselves to being written about through lyrical prose and expansive structure. Maybe you use a recipe, an album, a multiple choice test, or a playlist as the structure to explore writing your memories. In this weeklong intensive writing class, we’ll draft, workshop and revise towards a short book of lyric memoirs that we’ll print and produce with our own hands. In class, we’ll read examples of braided essays and lyric memoirs, write our own series in response to generative prompts, and engage in craft lessons to learn how to manipulate time, incorporate research, and write evocative description and dialogue. By the end of the week you will have a fully revised short book of your own lyric memoirs. You’ll build a rigorous writing practice, flow through drafting, workshopping, and revising, and engage a dedicated collective of readers to manifest your own lyric memoirs.
Participants are asked to read Rebecca Solnit’s essay, “The Blue of Distance,” in advance. No other reading/preparation is required outside of listed meeting times. Optional readings will be provided.
SCHEDULE:
Sunday June 22: 1:00-4:00 PM, workshop meeting
Monday June 23-Wednesday June 25: 6:30-8:30 PM, workshop meeting
Thursday June 26: 6:30-8:30 PM, self-directed writing/revision time (off site)
Friday June 27: 6:30-8:30 PM, workshop meeting
Saturday June 28: 3:00-5:00 PM, class reading / presentation
Monday-Friday: optional one-hour lunchtime zoom accountability log-in and writing time
**Please plan to attend Sunday, Monday evening, Wednesday evening, and Saturday sessions in-person. You are encouraged to also attend Tuesday and Friday in-person, but a zoom option may be available for those two days if needed.
—
This class will take place in person in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are able to offer two half scholarships (tuition payment: $125) and two full scholarships (site fees only: $25) for this workshop. Please email nightschoolbar@gmail.com with the subject line “Experimental Fiction Scholarship Request” and include your name, the scholarship level you are requesting (half or full), and a few sentences about your interest in and goals for the class. Due to anticipated interest, we are not offering these scholarships on a first-come-first-serve basis, but instead are offering them by request if possible. Responses may take 2-3 weeks. The option will be removed from the website once all scholarships have been offered. You do not need to explain why you need a scholarship; we trust that if you are asking for one, you need one!