From Images to Memoir Writing
| Dates: | September 2, 2026 |
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| Meets: | W from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Village Books--Readings Gallery |
| Cost: | $39.00 |
There are still openings remaining at this time.
You don't have to start with words! In this generative workshop, we'll use visualization of your own experiences to locate the emotions and details that give a memoir power and immediacy. We'll also use ekphrastic prompts (prompts from art and other images) to evoke new ideas to bring your memoir alive. Come ready to explore and write! Shoshana's memoirs in mixed forms are 50 Days in May: Reflections Along the Camino de Santiago and the award-winning Cancer, Kintsugi, Camino.
| Fee: | $39.00 |
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| Hours: | 2.00 |
Fee Breakdown
| Category | Description | Amount |
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| Course Fee (Basic) | Registration Fee | $ 39.00 |
| Optional Fee | Kids College Scholarship 5 | $ 5.00 |
| Optional Fee | Kids College Scholarship 10 | $ 10.00 |
| Optional Fee | Kids College Scholarship 25 | $ 25.00 |
Village Books--Readings Gallery
1200 11th StreetBellingham WA 98225
Shoshana Kerewsky
Shoshana has led writing workshops and related groups and classes for elementary schoolers to post-doctoral graduate students and professionals, as well as community members. She is a retired psychotherapist, community college instructor, and faculty emerita. In addition to her social sciences and psychology teaching and presenting, she has taught a range of classes related to academic, professional, and creative writing in multiple genres. She has presented, led workshops, and read her work nationally and internationally. Her writing has appeared in numerous creative writing publications, newspapers, professional journals, professional handbooks, and even a guidebook to ethical travel. Her first memoir received a Firebird Book Award. Locally, she is a Sue C. Boynton Merit Award Winner whose poem currently appears on bus placards. Shoshana enjoys helping writers to learn and then break writing "rules." Students describe the feedback she provides as warm, helpful, centered on the writer's intentions, and sensitive to culture and diversity. She loves to be part of new and experienced writers' joyful exploration and self-expression.Shoshana was a licensed psychotherapist and certificant in human services. She holds degrees in linguistics, writing, counseling, and professional psychology. She was nationally recognized as an educator in her specialty area. She was a board president of the Oregon Psychological Association and Friendship with Cambodia, as well as holding other board roles in those organizations and the National Organization for Human Services.
Shoshana loves to read and write. Her creative and professional writing has been published since she was in high school. She has walked the Camino de Santiago 4 times and recently volunteered in a pilgrim welcome center in Spain. Shoshana loves to attend talks and readings, walk, cook, garden, and travel. She recently visited Japan and is working on her own haibun about that experience. She has seen seven of the world's penguin species in their own ecosystems, and hopes to see an 8th soon.