Claiming Your Voice: A Deep Dive Into Women's Memoirs

Women writers may burn with a desire to tell their stories but sometimes lose confidence in the worthiness of what they have to say. During this two-day workshop, you will cross the line from self-consciousness to self-knowledge and embrace the importance of bearing witness to your own life. You’ll learn how other women memoirists have written about the taboo, the tumultuous, and the triumphant. Topics may include overcoming anorexia, coming out as a lesbian, surviving arranged marriage, facing life as a woman alone (in a variety of ways), and navigating the one role we all share—daughter.

You will learn to:

Gain confidence in your own voiceHonor female experiencesTell stories that educateUse language techniques that strengthen your writingConnect your individual struggle to a collective oneRita Gigante, author of The Godfather’s Daughter: An Unlikely Story of Love, Healing, and Redemption, daughter of the late mob boss Vincent “the Chin” Gigante, and a Rockland county local, will be the guest speaker at the workshop on Saturday. She will also present her one-woman show, A Sit Down with Spirit, on Saturday night at CILK119. Check out Rita’s book here (http://www.spaceofgracehealing.com/book).

Workshop fee: $300 Early Bird Rate before October 23, $345 after. Bring a friend and each of you gets 10% off. Register here (http://www.cuppapulp.com/cilk119/event/claiming-your-voice-womens-memoirs-2/).

Fee includes workshop, mini-reflexology sessions with the wonderful Elle Levenson, and A Sit Down with Spirit, a live Saturday night show presented by guest speaker Rita Gigante in the workshop space.

Lunch on your own at one of the many wonderful eateries in the Nanuet neighborhood. Nyack, which also has terrific restaurants and a local arts scene, is 10 minutes away.

Live too far to commute?
These hotels are all within five minutes of CILK 119:

Days Inn (http://tinyurl.com/oh9yzqn)

Hampton Inn (http://tinyurl.com/lq9v8ov)

Hilton Garden Inn (http://tinyurl.com/of3e4z8)

Questions? Contact Lorraine. (http://lorraineash.com/contact.htm)