Two Speakers, One Voice: Crafting the Personal Essay Led By Michael Torres

Saturday, March 5th, 2022 | 12 PM ET - 3 PM ET

Tuition | $50.00

Capacity: 20 Storytellers

In this workshop, Michael Torres will introduce what he feels are the most important aspects of the personal essay—dual perspective, detail and reflection, and speculation—and how those tools can help writers stand in the midst of and shape their experiences. Storytellers will read over a few short essays to see how it’s done, and then spend a lot of time writing with the guidance of prompts. By the end of the session, storytellers will have the beginnings of at least two flash nonfiction essays. Writers at every level are welcome.

About the Faculty: Michael Torres was born and brought up in Pomona, California where he spent his adolescence as a graffiti artist. His debut collection of poems, An Incomplete List of Names (Beacon Press, 2020) was selected by Raquel Salas Rivera for the National Poetry Series and named one of NPR’s Best Books of 2020. His honors include awards and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the McKnight Foundation, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, CantoMundo, VONA Voices, the Jerome Foundation, and the Camargo Foundation. Currently he’s an Assistant Professor in the MFA program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and a teaching artist with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. Visit him at: michaeltorreswriter.com

Partial and full scholarships are available. Email scholarship inquiries to Info@RootsWoundsWords.org. Explicitly state the scholarship (partial or full) you’re interested in.

Like all RWW offerings, this space is for Black, Indigenous, Latinx/e, Asian, and other Storytellers of Color only. BIPOC Storytellers are centered here, exclusively.