"Authentic Voices, Exalted"

What does it mean to find our authentic voices in our lives and in the stories we tell? How then, do we write into them, sharing and owning our truths?

In this memoir craft class, we will explore ways of finding and using our creative voices to change our emotional landscape and the world around us. Inspired by others who have expressed their truths and through carefully crafted prompts, we will write in community. Come join this group of writers as we lift our voices.

Afterward, writers will be invited to participate in an additional opportunity to prepare their work for a public reading at the Norton Museum of Art. (Optional, not required. If interested, writers must take one or both classes to potentially participate in this public literary reading.)

Janet Pfeffer is a creative non-fiction writer and poet. Her essay, “Portal Magic” is featured in Chicago Story Press’s, Storyteller’s True Stories about Love. Other work has been published and performed by Visible Ink, Memorial Sloane Kettering Hospital’s anthology and Sarah Lawrence College’s LUMINA Journal. Janet teaches narrative healing and memoir classes at The Writing Institute of Sarah Lawrence College, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Amagansett Library. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College and a Bachelor’s Degree from Cornell University.

PLEASE NOTE: All class registrations will be handled by the library and will open approximately two weeks before the class. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on Facebook and Instagram to receive timely notifications!

REGISTER HERE starting on Saturday, August 26.