A 3-Week Memoir Workshop
Thursdays: November 6-20, 6-8 PM
Our body is the most reliable record-keeper of life experiences, much more so than our brain and what we like to call “memory.” For writers, our embodied experience is a vast and often-overlooked treasure chest of powerful stories.
In this generative workshop, you will learn about the importance of tapping into the story-archive that is your body and how useful it can be to mine your body parts to re-member, or make whole, past experiences that have brought you to this point in your life. Together, we will consider excerpts from authors whose bodies feed remembering, and whose beautiful, memorable writing inspires us by its sheer physicality.
You will dig into your own exclusive story archive with body-focused writing prompts and ideas to explore during and after our workshop time together. Gain a new set of tools for accessing your stories by collaborating with your eyes, belly, hips, or feet, etc., and discover the wonder of your body’s evocative abilities to turn forgotten incidents into vividly remembered scenes for richer, more visceral essays and memoir.
$120 Members/$175 Nonmembers
Nina B. Lichtenstein (PhD. MFA) is the founder and director of Maine Writers Studio, offering workshops, retreats, and book doula services. A native of Oslo, Norway, she is an award-winning teacher who has taught literature, languages, and writing on three continents. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, and her memoir, Body: My Life in Parts is a memoir-in-essays published by Vine Leaves Press in May 2025. Nina also runs a monthly literary salon and open mic in Brunswick, Maine, and enjoys connecting folks in a warm and welcoming literary community.
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SCHOLARSHIP
The MWPA is proud to offer one partial scholarship to this workshop for members-only. Scholarships are awarded on a combination of need and merit. Application Due two weeks prior to the workshop start date, at 9:00 a.m.
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