Sunshine Place is bringing back its Memoir Writing Workshop, one of the most attended and well-loved workshops at the Senior Recreation Center!
The workshop is scheduled on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 12:00 noon every Mondays starting February 13, 2023. It will be a six-session workshop to be conducted Prof. Oscar Peñaranda.
Prof. Peñaranda is an award-winning short-story writer, poet, essayist, playwright and educator. He is a recipient Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas Award, a prestigious award given by the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL). He earned his B.A. in Literature & M. A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. He helped found the San Francisco Chapter of the Filipino American Historical Society and was its first President.
This is the third Memoir Writing Workshop under Prof. Peñaranda. Sunshine Place has published an anthology title Reflections in Light and Shadow that showcased the memoir pieces of participants to the prior workshops.
The workshop has helped previous participants find their voice, tell their story and reach out to others through their essays and poems.
The class will cover the abstract/concreteness of things through the senses, functions of language, parts of a word, sharing, assignments and consultations. At the end of the class the student writes on assigned topics, such as Coming of Age, Courtship, Characters in Your Life, to name a few. Workshop will be conducted via Zoom.
It is time for those who want to share their stories to learn how to find and channel their voice through this Online Memoir Writing Workshop.
For inquiries please contact T. (632) 856-4144 / 856-4162 and M. (+63917) 515-5656 or E. online.sunshineplace@gmail.com.
