Join the Lakewood Pierce County Library, City of Lakewood and Humanities Washington for an evening of engaging ideas and community discussion. Event will be held in the Lakewood City Council Chambers.
Our life stories are a means for connection—a tender offering in a troubled era. Part reportage and part reflection, personal essays can reveal hidden truths about ourselves, our families, and our societies.
In this interactive and generative writing workshop, Kristen Millares Young will help participants tell their own stories. Each hourlong session will begin with a one-page reading to inspire group discussion, followed by timed prompts that guide individual writing sessions. By weaving together community narratives, we can craft a vision for our future that includes hope and the capacity for unexpected change.
Kristen Millares Young (she/her) is a prize-winning journalist, essayist, and teacher. Named a Paris Review staff pick, her novel Subduction was a finalist for Foreword Indies Book of the Year and two International Latino Book Awards. The editor of Seismic and a former Prose Writer-in-Residence at Hugo House, Young was the New York Times researcher for “Snow Fall,” which won a Pulitzer Prize.
Young lives in Seattle.
AGE GROUP: | Adults (18+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Education | Author event |
Lakewood City Hall
6000 Main St. SW
Lakewood, WA 98499
Entry to Council Chambers is from rear parking lot.