You'll learn about masterpieces of the Accademia museum as well as those found in the churches and smaller museums. She covers the architecture of Venice, from the Gothic Palazzo Ducale to the masterpieces of Palladio. A confirmed Italophile, Kerrin Meis taught Art History at both S.F. State University and the College of Marin. To register for class Writing the Memoir Janis Cooke Newman Writing memoir is like writing fiction-they both rely on scene, description, and dialogue to tell a story. In this class Janis Cooke Newman shows how creative creative nonfiction can really be.
Students learn how to write a good scene and avoid mere generic descriptions.
They learn what to leave in and what to take out. She shows how to pull short essays out of your longer work and how to write a book proposal that will help get your memoir published. Plan to bring your current project, because the last part of each class will be devoted to hands-on critiquing. Newman is the author of the memoir The Russian Word for Snow. She is the editor of Adair Lara's memoir, Hold Me Close, Let Me Go.