Five Wednesday Sessions
10 – 12 EST
Dates: 11/12 – 12/17 (OFF 11/26)
Every family has a story—some joyful, some complicated, all worth telling. But how do you take those stories and shape them into compelling fiction, memoir, or personal essays? This class is for writers who have a powerful family story and want support and guidance in bringing it to the page. Through discussion, writing exercises, and examination of into published works, we’ll explore ways to transform memory into writing, balancing truth and imagination. Together, we’ll form a supportive space to explore and craft your unique narrative.
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Wednesdays
Barbara Josselsohn is the author of a series of nine contemporary and historical novels — most recently The Secret Orphanage, which was inspired by an actual town in southern France that saved more than 3,000 Jewish people, mostly children, during the Nazi occupation. Her articles and essays appear in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Writer’s Digest, Parents Magazine, Westchester Magazine, and other publications. Barbara teaches novel and essay writing at numerous venues and privately. She is a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association andcoordinator of the Scarsdale Library Writers Center, which supports and promotes local writers. She is currently at work on a new historical novel inspired largely by the rich folklore of eastern Long Island, which is set to release in the summer of 2026. For more details, visit her at www.BarbaraJosselsohn.com.
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