The International Women’s Writing Guild presents its 61st BIG APPLE CONFERENCE
“Memoir and Metaphor: Illuminating Your Life through Writing”
With metaphor you bring your stories into clearer focus and discover deeper levels of meaning in your writing and in your lives. In this workshop you will look at how metaphor has been used over the centuries and with examples from contemporary memoirs and exercises, you will work on writing your own memoir.
9:00 - 10:00 am Registration
10:00 - 10:30 am Introduction
10:30 am - 12:30 pm: Memoir and Metaphor (part one)
What is metaphor?
* How metaphor has been used over the centuries
* Metaphor in Annie Dillard’s Teaching a Stone to Talk
* Metaphor in C.G. Jung’s Red Book
12:30 - 1:45 pm Lunch
1:45 - 5:00 pm Memoir and Metaphor (part two)
* Memoir as a window into your life
* Memoir and mosaic
* Metaphors that shed light on your life
WORKSHOP DIRECTOR: Susan Tiberghien is an American writer living in Switzerland who has been teaching writing for 20 years. She is the author of three memoirs: Looking for Gold, Circling to the Center, and Footsteps, A European Album, plus numerous essays in journals and anthologies. Her fourth book, One Year to a Writing Life, Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer’s Art and Craft, was published by Perseus Books in 2007. (“Tiberghien’s advice, encouragement, and wisdom make this an invaluable book for writers at all stages of their writing lives.” – Michael Steinberg.) She teaches at graduate programs, at C.G. Jung Centers, at writers’ conferences, and at the monthly Geneva Writers’ Workshops. She has been a workshop director for IWWG since 1990. An active member of International PEN, she directs the Geneva Writers’ Conferences. Susan’s website is www.susantiberghien.com.
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