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Leap into spring with this joyful, generative memoir writing workshop. We will begin our session by reading a bit about what other writers have to say about the radical practice of cultivating joy in our lives and on the page. Then we will dive into generative writing activities and conclude by sharing and discussing each other’s work. Whether you want to begin a new project, develop existing work, or simply immerse yourself in the company of other joy-seeking writers, you will leave this workshop with new material and fresh ideas for expanding and developing your work.

JENNIFER MCGAHA is the author of three works of creative nonfiction including The Joy Document, a collection of fifty essays celebrating midlife (coming November 19!), Flat Broke with Two Goats, a 2018 OverDrive Big Library Read, and Bushwhacking: How to Get Lost in the Woods and Write Your Way Out, a Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award finalist. Her nonfiction and creative nonfiction work has also appeared in many magazines and literary journals including Image, The Huffington Post, The New Pioneer, Lumina, PANK, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Brevity, Bitter Southerner,Crab Creek Review, River Teeth, and others. An Appalachian native, Jennifer lives in a wooded North Carolina hollow with her husband, two cats, four unruly dogs, nine relatively tame dairy goats, and an ever-changing number of chickens.