Queens was recently named the most diverse county in the United States. As our country grapples with issues of race and immigration in real time, the stories from our borough have an important role to play. Lewis Latimer House Museum is pleased to present this fully funded opportunity to the writers of Queens.
Join our six-session writing workshop on memoir and autobiographical writing focusing on themes of race and immigration. We will dive into student work from day one, finding our voices, developing characters, creating context and backdrop, and honing our narratives. Everyone will have the opportunity to have their pieces reviewed in workshop three times, and will leave the course with a refined, voice-driven piece of personal writing.
Open to writers of all levels of experience.
Applications due February 6, 2022, and participants will be notified by February 11, 2022.
Instructor: Abeer Hoque
Class Size: 8 writers
Cost: Free --All participants in the workshop will receive a scholarship from Lewis Latimer House Museum
When:
Pre-workshop meet-up (in-person*): Saturday, February 19, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Six Saturdays (virtual): March 12, March 26, April 9, April 23, May 7, May 21, 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Public reading (tentatively in-person): Saturday, June 4, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Where:
Six workshop sessions via Zoom. Links will be shared with participants.
In-person meet-up and public reading at Lewis Latimer House Museum.
*All in-person events are subject to change and may be held virtually based on the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants will be notified accordingly as the dates approach. In addition, if in-person events are held, participants will be expected to comply with COVID-19 guidelines issued by NYC - to provide vaccination proof upon entry and keep their masks on while visiting the museum indoors.
About the Instructor:
Abeer Hoque is a Nigerian-born Bangladeshi American writer and photographer. Her books include a travel photography and poetry monograph (The Long Way Home, 2013), a linked collection of stories, poems, and photographs (The Lovers and the Leavers, 2015), and a memoir (Olive Witch, 2017). She has won fellowships from the NEA, Queens Council on the Arts, NYFA, and the Fulbright Foundation, and holds BS and MA degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, and an MFA in writing from the University of San Francisco. See more at olivewitch.com.