We write memoir and other forms of creative nonfiction to explore meaning in our human experiences and observations. To do this and gain insight, we must not only relive our experiences as we write them, but shape these experiences for the page. What to include? What to leave out? Where to start and where to end?  Join colleagues for an insightful nonfiction workshop and further your latest project!

Writer Sheila Bender’s newest works are A New Theology: Turning to Poetry in a Time of Grief, a memoir about the months after her son’s sudden death, and Behind Us the Way Grows Wider, a collection of poetry. Her latest instructional books for writers are Creative Writing DeMystified and Writing and Publishing the Personal Essay.