Gemini Ink Writing Class by Norma Cantu

From Gemini Ink:

Hello,

I wanted to see if you could pass this e-mail along to the Society of Latino and Hispanic Writers group. San Antonio-based writer, Norma Cantú is the author of the award-winning Canicula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera (University of New Mexico Press, 1997). Cantu is also the co-editor of Telling to Live: Latina Feminist Testimonios (Duke University Press, 2001) and a number of academic books, both her academic and creative work focuses on the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. She teaches at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

#6 Telling to Live: Writing Your Life Story
Level: All
Instructor: Norma Cantú
Do you have an urge to tell your family’s story? Have people said, “You should write a book!” when you tell them stories of your life? Telling to Live: Writing Your Life Story is a one-day workshop focusing on the key elements of life writing. The participants will engage in in-class writing exercises designed to elicit writing that focuses on personal recollection. Come prepared to write and share your work with the class. Leave with a plan for completing a project.

Date: Saturday, Jan. 23, 10am - 1pm

Limit: 15 Participants

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Jan. 20

Required Materials: Submit a one-page (double spaced, size 12 font) proposal of what you would like to write by registration deadline.

CPE Credits: 3 Language Arts
Fee: $ 81

The class will be held at our office on 513 S. Presa, in the heart of San Antonio’s eclectic Southtown. Also, let members know that scholarships are available.

Thanks,

Jennifer Herrera
Communications Director
Gemini Ink
513 S. Presa :: San Antonio, TX :: 78205
210.734.9673 p :: 210.737.0688 f
communications@geminiink.org
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