SASFest Writer’s Craft—DONNA MINKOWITZ

BETWEEN MEMOIR AND FICTION

Many writers have a hard time deciding whether memoir or fiction is the better vessel to carry their own deepest narratives. What if they didn’t have to choose? More and more, writers are finding a beautiful blend between memoir and fiction. These meaningful stories benefit from both the magical toolkit of fiction as well as the personal identification and intense emotion of memoir writing. In this workshop, we will discover the beauty that comes from fusing fiction and memoir writing. Donna Minkowitz is the author of the autofiction novel Donnaville, the magical realist memoir Growing Up Golem, and the Lammy-award-winning memoir Ferocious Romance.