After Birth: Postpartum Narratives | 3 hours
A one-day workshop led by Sarah Dalton
Dates: Sunday, January 12
Time: 1 PM - 4 PM ET
Location: Online
Cost: $100 (sliding scale options below)
15 spaces available.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Overview
We have always been artists and storytellers. It is part of our DNA as humans. By tapping into this biological wellspring, we can discover, uncover, and make space for stories about one of the most profound transitions of a woman’s life: the postpartum period. In this generative workshop we will explore our postpartum journeys—the beautiful and the terrible, the hilarious and the surreal, the mundane and the profound. Like using a rock and a flint, we will combine drawing with writing to spark new stories, images, ideas, reflections, and insights about our rites of passage into motherhood.
Takeaways
You will practice and play with a variety of visual and written storytelling techniques to explore your postpartum journey.
You will practice drawing and writing in creative collaboration to develop your storytelling.
You will learn about the comic making and teaching techniques of Lynda Barry and Ivan Buretti.
You will finish this generative workshop with 4 first draft pieces you may wish to revise and develop further.
You will finish with ~18 sketches that you may wish to develop into graphic memoir, essays, poems, or stories.
You will have handouts describing our in-class activities so that you may continue practicing them after the workshop.
All Literary Liberation classes take place online and are accessible to students anywhere in the world. This workshop will not be recorded.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
This class is offered on a sliding scale structure. We believe in making our workshops accessible while sustaining our work and community. Please read more about our sliding scale policy on our FAQ.
The rates for this workshop are as follows: Standard Price of $100; Supported Price of $70; Pay-it-Forward Price of $130. Limited Supported seats are available and offered on a first-come basis.
Registration Details: Seats in this class are limited and available on a first come basis. All purchases are final and nonrefundable. Prior to the start of your class you’ll receive an invitation to access the virtual classroom. Be sure to submit payment and register via Zoom.
Scholarship: There are two full scholarships available.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Sarah Dalton (she/her) is a Latina writer, editor, and teacher. She is an alumna of VONA and Macondo, AWP’s Writer to Writer Mentorship, and the MFA program at San José State. Her nonfiction has appeared in Crab Creek Review, [pank], MUTHA Magazine, Reed, River Teeth’s “Beautiful Things.” Originally from the San Francisco East Bay, she’s finding roots in the Pacific Northwest.