Thanks in part to a grant funded by Indiana Humanities, Indiana Writers Center will partner with Gender Nexus for the next memoir project.

A twelve-week memoir writing workshop series beginning March 5 has been designed to provide the space and time for transgender and nonbinary folks to tell their stories. “Writing about our lives doesn’t just record events, it helps us define and develop ourselves as human beings and make the next transition required of us in life” (Jerome Bruner, psychologist). Writing offers the opportunity to illuminate the hardships and to celebrate the inner strength and resilience of the gender journey.

The workshop will be led by Barbara Shoup, the author of eight novels and the Executive Director of the Indiana Writers Center, whose Memoir Project has conducted memoir workshops for homeless women, incarcerated girls, survivors of domestic violence, women veterans, and others. She has taught writers of all ages and abilities for more than forty years.

No writing experience is required, and anyone over sixteen-years-old is welcome.

Stories by each participant will be published in a book at the end of the workshop, celebrated at a public reading, along with a couple other surprises along the way!

An information session will be held on Tuesday, February 26, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
at GenderNexus, 1100 West 42nd Street, Suite 315, Indianapolis, IN 46208, where Barbara will answer questions about what to expect during workshop. You can sign up for the information session here through Eventbrite.

You can sign up for the free workshop for transgender and nonbinary folks here through Eventbrite. (must select your preferred time frame.)