How do we conjure our long forgotten stories?  And how can we recall those details that thought had vanished from our memories?  There's hope!  And technique, too!  Join author B.J. Hollars for a series of generative writing prompts sure to spur your memory, bring your past to the present, and help you write your life's story.

B.J. Hollars is the author of several books, most recently Midwestern Strange: Hunting Monsters, Martians and the Weird in Flyover Country, The Road South: Personal Stories of the Freedom Riders,  Flock Together: A Love Affair With Extinct Birds, and From the Mouths of Dogs: What Our Pets Teach Us About Life, Death, and Being Human. Hollars is the recipient of the Truman Capote Prize for Literary Nonfiction, the Anne B. and James B. McMillan Prize, the Council of Wisconsin Writers' Blei-Derleth Award, and the Society of Midland Authors Award. He is the  founder and executive director of the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild and an associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He lives a simple existence with his wife, their children, and their dog. 

Co-sponsored by: Chippewa Valley Writers Guild and local literary journal Barstow & Grand.