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Memoir Writing Workshop
Summary
Are you interested in working with a small group of writers who are working on writing memoir? This ongoing supportive and critique-based workshop focuses on reading and discussing participant writing, with instructor and peer feedback each week. We also look at a range of published memoir for inspiration and for different approaches to the genre. Open to all writers.
Are you interested in working with a small group of writers who are working on writing memoir? This ongoing supportive and critique-based workshop focuses on reading and discussing participant writing, with instructor and peer feedback each week. We also look at a range of published memoir for inspiration and for different approaches to the genre. Open to all writers.
Earn Credit Hours
By participating in this class you will earn:
Continuing Education Hours
16
Continuing Education Units, CEU
1.6
Upcoming Dates
Register by phone: 608-262-2451
Schedule
8 weeks; Tue, Jan 14-Mar 3, 6-8 p.m.
Instructor(s)
CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS

CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS (MFA, Univ. of Alabama) is an editor, teacher, and writer. He directs the certificate in literary writing program and an annual novel-writing retreat, administers and teaches in-person writing workshops, serves as a manuscript consultant, and is editor of Midwest Review.
Christopher Chambers is the former Director of the Walker Percy Center for Writing & Publishing in New Orleans, and has taught creative writing for over 20 years. After receiving a degree in English at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, he worked as a carpenter, a bartender, a dockworker, and a lifeguard. He has taught martial arts in Minneapolis, high school in south Florida, and writing in Alabama and Louisiana. He received an MFA degree from the University of Alabama, where he was editor of the Black Warrior Review. He was editor of the New Orleans Review from 2000-2013.
He has written for television, and published fiction, poetry, and nonfiction in The Southern Review, The Gettysburg Review, Ninth Letter, Quarterly West, Carolina Quarterly, Indiana Review, Exquisite Corpse, CopperNickel, Louisiana Literature, Denver Quarterly, Epoch, Georgetown Review, Notre Dame Review, Washington Square, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Lit, BOMB Magazine, Fourteen Hills, and elsewhere. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for creative writing, 4 Pushcart Prize nominations, and has been anthologized in French Quarter Fiction, Knoxville Bound, Maple Street Rag, and in the Best American Mystery Stories series.
Fee
$300
Location
Neighborhood House Community Center
29 S. Mills St.
Madison WI
Register by phone: 608-262-2451
Schedule
8 weeks; Tue, Mar 17-May 5, 6-8 p.m.
Instructor(s)
CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS

CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS (MFA, Univ. of Alabama) is an editor, teacher, and writer. He directs the certificate in literary writing program and an annual novel-writing retreat, administers and teaches in-person writing workshops, serves as a manuscript consultant, and is editor of Midwest Review.
Christopher Chambers is the former Director of the Walker Percy Center for Writing & Publishing in New Orleans, and has taught creative writing for over 20 years. After receiving a degree in English at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, he worked as a carpenter, a bartender, a dockworker, and a lifeguard. He has taught martial arts in Minneapolis, high school in south Florida, and writing in Alabama and Louisiana. He received an MFA degree from the University of Alabama, where he was editor of the Black Warrior Review. He was editor of the New Orleans Review from 2000-2013.
He has written for television, and published fiction, poetry, and nonfiction in The Southern Review, The Gettysburg Review, Ninth Letter, Quarterly West, Carolina Quarterly, Indiana Review, Exquisite Corpse, CopperNickel, Louisiana Literature, Denver Quarterly, Epoch, Georgetown Review, Notre Dame Review, Washington Square, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Lit, BOMB Magazine, Fourteen Hills, and elsewhere. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for creative writing, 4 Pushcart Prize nominations, and has been anthologized in French Quarter Fiction, Knoxville Bound, Maple Street Rag, and in the Best American Mystery Stories series.
Fee
$300
Location
Neighborhood House Community Center
29 S. Mills St.
Madison WI
Earn Credit Hours
By participating in this class you will earn:
Questions?
Registration:Questions about this program:
- Christopher Chambers
- christopher.chambers@wisc.edu
- 608-535-7309
Cancellation Policy:
Our cancellation policy varies by type of program. View our policies page for more details about cancelling a program.
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Have Questions?
Contact:- Christopher Chambers
- christopher.chambers@wisc.edu
- 608-535-7309
CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS

CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS (MFA, Univ. of Alabama) is an editor, teacher, and writer. He directs the certificate in literary writing program and an annual novel-writing retreat, administers and teaches in-person writing workshops, serves as a manuscript consultant, and is editor of Midwest Review.
Christopher Chambers is the former Director of the Walker Percy Center for Writing & Publishing in New Orleans, and has taught creative writing for over 20 years. After receiving a degree in English at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, he worked as a carpenter, a bartender, a dockworker, and a lifeguard. He has taught martial arts in Minneapolis, high school in south Florida, and writing in Alabama and Louisiana. He received an MFA degree from the University of Alabama, where he was editor of the Black Warrior Review. He was editor of the New Orleans Review from 2000-2013.
He has written for television, and published fiction, poetry, and nonfiction in The Southern Review, The Gettysburg Review, Ninth Letter, Quarterly West, Carolina Quarterly, Indiana Review, Exquisite Corpse, CopperNickel, Louisiana Literature, Denver Quarterly, Epoch, Georgetown Review, Notre Dame Review, Washington Square, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Lit, BOMB Magazine, Fourteen Hills, and elsewhere. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for creative writing, 4 Pushcart Prize nominations, and has been anthologized in French Quarter Fiction, Knoxville Bound, Maple Street Rag, and in the Best American Mystery Stories series.
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Upcoming Dates
January 14 - March 3, 2020
7247-20-LSA
Register by phone: 608-262-2451
Schedule
8 weeks; Tue, Jan 14-Mar 3, 6-8 p.m.
Add to CalendarInstructor(s)
CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS

CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS (MFA, Univ. of Alabama) is an editor, teacher, and writer. He directs the certificate in literary writing program and an annual novel-writing retreat, administers and teaches in-person writing workshops, serves as a manuscript consultant, and is editor of Midwest Review.
Christopher Chambers is the former Director of the Walker Percy Center for Writing & Publishing in New Orleans, and has taught creative writing for over 20 years. After receiving a degree in English at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, he worked as a carpenter, a bartender, a dockworker, and a lifeguard. He has taught martial arts in Minneapolis, high school in south Florida, and writing in Alabama and Louisiana. He received an MFA degree from the University of Alabama, where he was editor of the Black Warrior Review. He was editor of the New Orleans Review from 2000-2013.
He has written for television, and published fiction, poetry, and nonfiction in The Southern Review, The Gettysburg Review, Ninth Letter, Quarterly West, Carolina Quarterly, Indiana Review, Exquisite Corpse, CopperNickel, Louisiana Literature, Denver Quarterly, Epoch, Georgetown Review, Notre Dame Review, Washington Square, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Lit, BOMB Magazine, Fourteen Hills, and elsewhere. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for creative writing, 4 Pushcart Prize nominations, and has been anthologized in French Quarter Fiction, Knoxville Bound, Maple Street Rag, and in the Best American Mystery Stories series.
Fee
$300
Location
Neighborhood House Community Center
29 S. Mills St.
Madison, WI
March 17 - May 5, 2020
7248-20-LSA
Register by phone: 608-262-2451
Schedule
8 weeks; Tue, Mar 17-May 5, 6-8 p.m.
Add to CalendarInstructor(s)
CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS

CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS (MFA, Univ. of Alabama) is an editor, teacher, and writer. He directs the certificate in literary writing program and an annual novel-writing retreat, administers and teaches in-person writing workshops, serves as a manuscript consultant, and is editor of Midwest Review.
Christopher Chambers is the former Director of the Walker Percy Center for Writing & Publishing in New Orleans, and has taught creative writing for over 20 years. After receiving a degree in English at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, he worked as a carpenter, a bartender, a dockworker, and a lifeguard. He has taught martial arts in Minneapolis, high school in south Florida, and writing in Alabama and Louisiana. He received an MFA degree from the University of Alabama, where he was editor of the Black Warrior Review. He was editor of the New Orleans Review from 2000-2013.
He has written for television, and published fiction, poetry, and nonfiction in The Southern Review, The Gettysburg Review, Ninth Letter, Quarterly West, Carolina Quarterly, Indiana Review, Exquisite Corpse, CopperNickel, Louisiana Literature, Denver Quarterly, Epoch, Georgetown Review, Notre Dame Review, Washington Square, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Lit, BOMB Magazine, Fourteen Hills, and elsewhere. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for creative writing, 4 Pushcart Prize nominations, and has been anthologized in French Quarter Fiction, Knoxville Bound, Maple Street Rag, and in the Best American Mystery Stories series.
Fee
$300
Location
Neighborhood House Community Center
29 S. Mills St.
Madison, WI
Earn Credit Hours
By participating in this class you will earn:
Questions?
Registration:Questions about this program:
- Christopher Chambers
- christopher.chambers@wisc.edu
- 608-535-7309
Cancellation Policy:
Our cancellation policy varies by type of program. View our policies page for more details about cancelling a program.
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