Class

Write About Yourself: Identity and Creative Nonfiction for Ages 15 to 18

Welcome back to Summer Youth at Open Book! Join us for a week of writing and all day creativity!

Ever wonder why you’re drawn to writing about your real-life experiences? Do you have something to say about who you are, but you’re not sure where to start? In this class, we will write as a tool to figure things out and explore who we are as people. We’ll read work on identity and writing from Jane Wong, Shannon Gibney, Nic Stone, Glennon Doyle, and Anne Lamott. Expect to spend part of each class: writing in response to prompts, reading and discussing essays and memoir, free writing, and group sharing and feedback time, with breaks to care for our bodies. No advance work expected – come to class with your favorite writing device or notebook, and we’ll take it from there together!