Queer Writers: Don't Miss This Memoir Workshop!

This intimate class is designed for writers who want to feel emboldened, confident and strong in their first-person storytelling, and to be part of a vibrant peer community.

Earlier this year, we were so happy to mark Pride Month with our first-ever Queer Writers Workshop. During a time when rights and respect for LGBTQAI+ people are unfortunately backsliding in much of the U.S. and around the world, it feels important to commit to helping queer writers tell their own stories. Instructor Claire Rudy Foster put it more eloquently:

“Some of the most powerful statements an LGBTQIA+ person can make are, I belong. I will not be silent. You can’t erase me. I have a right to exist. Queer memoir makes these statements a reality by putting our stories on the page for others to read and hear.”—Claire Rudy Foster

And of course, this ain’t just a Pride Month thing, so we’re delighted that we managed to reel Foster back to lead another session of their popular writing workshop this fall. The students who joined in June formed a tight bond and reported they got tons out of working together and with Foster. Here’s what just a couple of them had to say:

“Foster is an amazi…