The Writer's Studio: Myth & Memoir

On May 8, please join us for Myth & Memoir, a Writer's Studio workshop hosted by Christy Hartman.

Learn how memoir writers borrow from the mythological to make their narratives come alive: sense of place, dialogue/monologue, character, and research. We'll focus on a particular moment when you broke a pattern in your life. This workshop captures that particular personal change through vivid, embodied storytelling that uses all our senses, and borrows some from more than human worlds. Through oral storytelling and writing prompts, we'll walk through an unknown wood, and you'll come away with new insights about your shadow that you can apply to personal essays, poetry, or memoir.

Christy Hartman is a story doula. She received her MA in Ecopsychology and Environmental Humanities from Viridis Graduate Institute and holds a certificate in writing from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. She is currently the program coordinator at the Stanford School of Medicine’s Medical Humanities and the Arts Program and was a staff producer for the Storytelling Project’s podcast State of the Human podcast for over a decade, coaching Stanford University students in storytelling craft. Her essays have been published in Souvenir Lit Journal, About Place Journal, The Stanford Daily, and in the book, Aftermath: Explorations of Loss & Grief.