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From: The Writing Pad - Judy Labensohn <judylabensohn@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 15 May 2017 at 22:34
Subject: One-Day Memoir Workshop
The Writing Pad in Tel Aviv invites you to Writing the Multi
Multi-Cultural Memoir with Annette Gendler
Thursday, July 13, 2017 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Multiple languages, historical epochs, cultures and places can
overwhelm the writer attempting to create a family memoir that spans
centuries and continents. Annette Gendler dealt with these dilemmas in
her memoir Jumping Over Shadows, published in April 2017, by hybrid
publisher She Writes Press.
From the Jewish Book Council review:
In Annette Gendler’s compelling memoir, Jumping Over Shadows, the
author juxtaposes her journey to Judaism (primarily in Germany, though
she converted in Switzerland) with the story of her Christian
great-aunt, who married a Jew in a German community within
Czechoslovakia before World War II and saw her family torn apart
because of it.
Jumping Over Shadows is the story of a German-Jewish love that
overcomes the burden of the Holocaust. In Gendler’s workshop she will
share the lessons she learned about how to make a complicated,
multi-faceted story work. How does one find the right structure for a
story with multiple threads? When do you translate and when do you
leave material in its original language? How much research is too
much? How do you smooth over the movement through time, bringing a
lost world to life for today’s readers?
Participants will read short pieces by Edwidge Danticat, Natalia
Ginzburg and Peter Balakian, as well as do writing exercises, based on
the participants’ sharing of their own difficulties with their
memoirs, no matter at what stage.
In the afternoon Gendler will share her experience of working with a
hybrid publisher, a new model that is gaining steam in the
English-speaking publishing world, and answer questions about the
publishing process.
This workshop is suitable for anyone writing a memoir or even thinking
about doing so.
Bio: Annette Gendler’s writing and photography have appeared in The
Wall Street Journal, Tablet Magazine, The Forward, Kveller, Bella
Grace and Artful Blogging, among others. She served as the 2014-15
writer-in-residence at the Hemingway Birthplace Home in Oak Park,
Illinois and has been teaching memoir at StoryStudio Chicago since
2006. She holds an MA in American Studies and English Literature from
the University of Munich and a second MA in International Relations
from the University of Chicago.
Gendler has an MFA in creative writing from Queens University of
Charlotte. Born in New Jersey, she grew up in Munich, Germany.
Currently, she lives in Chicago with her husband and three children.
Jumping Over Shadows is her first book.
Time: Thursday, July 13, 2017 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Place: Private home at 53 Be’eri St., Tel Aviv, 5 minute walk from
Savidor-Central Train Station and 480 bus station from/to Jerusalem;
2nd-floor walk-up
Cost: NIS 470
To register: email judylabensohn@xxxxxxxxx
Payment: personal checks (one or two payments) made out to Judy
Labensohn and sent to J. Labensohn, 53 Rehov Be’eri, Tel Aviv 6423319
or bank transfer
All payment must be made by July 7th.
Lunch: Bring Your Own or take advantage of nearby sandwich shop (non-kosher)
Snacks: Coffee and tea will be provided, as well as nosherei
Maximum number of participants: 10
Cancellation policy: Your full payment will be refunded if you cancel
by July 7th. After July 7th, your payment will be refunded, only if
your place can be filled.
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