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Autofiction Weekend Intensive

May 18 & 19, 2024, Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (two sessions)
925 SW Washington Street Portland, OR 97205

$205

During this weekend autofiction intensive, we will take a deep dive into the unique art of autofiction. Autofiction combines the disciplines of autobiography and fiction. It can be written like memoir or like fiction, but it generally comes down to style: autofiction is often highly introspective and mainly focuses on interior life.

For this course, we will focus on women writers of autofiction, such as: Lucia Berlin, Zinzi Clemmons, Annie Ernaux, Tove Ditlevsen, Marguerite Duras, Carmen Maria Machado, Sigrid Nunez, and Yūko Tsushima.

This class is for all levels of writers and readers.

Course Takeaways
• A better understanding of autofiction.
• exposure to contemporary writers who write the self, namely personal essay, fiction, memoir and autofiction
• inspiring community dialogue and critique of contemporary authors who write the self

Access Program
We want our writing classes and Delves to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Access Program offers writing class and Delve tuitions at a reduced rate. Most writing classes have at least one access spot available.

Please apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions.

Liaison position
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Apply here for the liaison position.

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AUTOFICTION INTENSIVE SPRING
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Frances Badalamenti

Frances is the author of the novels, I Don't Blame You, published in 2019 and Salad Days,  published in 2021. Some of her shorter work can be found at The New Yorker, The Believer Magazine, BOMB Magazine, Longreads and elsewhere. She teaches writing workshops and also works individually as a mentor for writers. Frances lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and son. 
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