Summer School: Writing and Your Body

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Mon 16 January 2017 – 10:00 AM to Mon 16 January 2017 – 4:00 PM

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Leah Kaminsky

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EARLY, EMERGING

The body has always been a rich source of inspiration for writers. Draw on texts and exercises to help give voice to your own physical experience and explore how stories can be used as a powerful tool for both healing and creativity.

A portrait of Leah Kaminsky — Leah Kaminsky

You will learn

an introduction to the canon of work inspired by the body
to use fresh language for representation of the body
to explore the richness of illness narratives
to produce your own writing during this generative workshop
new techniques which break cliché and make your writing jump off the page.

About Leah Kaminsky

Leah Kaminsky, physician and award-winning writer, is Poetry and Fiction Editor at the ‘MJA’. Her debut novel ‘The Waiting Room’ won the 2016 Voss Literary Prize, and her book ‘We’re all Going to Die’ has been described as “a joyful book about death”. She edited ‘Writer MD’ and co-authored ‘Cracking the Code’. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. www.leahkaminsky.com

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