Classes

Family Stories We (Tell Ourselves We) Can’t Tell

In Person · MDC · Mar 16, 2024 · 1 to 3 PM ET

Past Class · Miami Book Fair

When writing about family, many of us come up against stories we believe we can’t tell. In this generative and supportive workshop, we’ll explore our stories and concerns around them, and consider possibilities that may emerge around the edges. Limited to 15 students. Priced for accessibility. Scholarships available.

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Family History With Imagination

On Zoom · Sept 30, 2023 · 1 PM to 4 PM ET

Past Class · Miami Book Fair Online

It’s entirely possible to write factually about complex family history and harms while making space for creativity. Come explore ways of integrating empiricism, feeling, and imagination. Bring a pen, notebook, and index cards. Also, facts, questions, feelings, intuitions, synchronicities, speculations, and a sense of play. Limited to 15 students. Scholarships available.

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Ancestors, Inspiration, and the Thinning Veil: A Ritual

On Zoom · Oct 28, 2023 · 1:30 to 3:30 PM ET

Past Class

This ritual, held as the autumn solstice approaches, honors the earth and the season, cultivates connection to spirit and the sacred, and invites inspiration and direction for writing and life in the year ahead. An online ritual community will provide an extended container for sharing. Scholarships available.

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Image shows bare tree branches against a cloudy dark blue night sky. It reads: Ancestors, Inspiration, and the Thinning Veil: A Ritual This ritual, held as the autumn solstice approaches, honors the earth and the season, cultivates connection to spirit and the sacred, and invites inspiration and direction for writing and life in the year ahead. This event is particularly well-suited to writers, artists and healers with a meditation practice and history of openhearted work with ritual. Anyone wishing to move in that direction is warmly welcome. An online ritual community will provide an extended container for sharing. On Zoom Saturday, October 28 1:30 - 3:30 ET Cost: $35 @maudnewton maudnewton.com/classes/thinningveil

Image reads Family History with Imagination It's entirely possible to write factually about complex family history while making space for creativity. Come explore ways of integrating empiricism, feeling, and imagination into your narrative. Bring a pen, notebook, index cards. Also, facts, questions, feelings, intuitions, speculations, and a sense of play. Suggested reading available a week in advance. On Zoom ~ Sunday 6/18 ~ 1-4 PM ET ~ $50 @maudnewton ~ maudnewton.com/offerings

Family History With Imagination

On Zoom · Jun 18, 2023

Past Class

It’s entirely possible to write factually about complex family history and harms while making space for creativity. Come explore ways of integrating empiricism, feeling, and imagination. Bring a pen, notebook, and index cards. Also, facts, questions, feelings, intuitions, synchronicities, speculations, and a sense of play. Scholarships available.

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Writing About Ancestor Trouble

On Zoom · Jan 4 to Mar 7, 2023

Past Class

This open-genre writing class focuses on acknowledging troubled family histories honestly, open-heartedly, and with imagination. The objective is to help students move ever-closer to the story they want to tell. The focus is on cultivating an immersive and generative relationship to the histories that feed your writing. Scholarships available.

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