OLLI Presents: Creative Nonfiction Intensive with Patricia Foster

Join award-winning essayist and memoirist Patricia Foster for a weeklong creative nonƒOction intensive. Known for her work on family, memory, and Southern identity, Patricia brings decades of experience from the Iowa Writers¡¦ Workshop to help participants deepen their writing practice and shape personal narratives. Through hands-on workshops, individual conferences, and a public presentation, participants will gain tools and insights to tell their stories with clarity and confidence.

Schedule:

Monday, Oct 13     9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Workshop (Sunny Slope Main Classroom)

Tuesday, Oct 14     12:00 PM - 5:00 PM  Individual Conferences (Sunny Slope Conference Room)

Wednesday, Oct 15     11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Brown Bag Public Presentation (Pebble Hill)                                 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM  Light Lunch provided                                                                                                        2:00 PM - 5:00 PM  Workshop (Pebble Hill)

Thursday, Oct 16 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Wrap-up Session (Sunny Slope Conference Room)

About the Presenter: Patricia Foster is a professor emerita at the University of Iowa's MFA Program in Nonfiction, where she taught for 25 years. She is the author or editor of eight books, including the memoir Written in the Sky: Lessons of a Southern Daughter. Her essays have been widely published and honored in national journals and anthologies. This program is made possible with support from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts, and the Alice M. Leahy Memorial Endowment Fund for Excellence.

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