Class Description
This seminar will be co-taught by Katie Bannon and Nora Corrigan. Please visit our Instructors page to read more about Katie and Nora.
GrubStreet’s Your Body, Your Story series focuses on nonfiction writing about pregnancy, abortion, and miscarriage through a reproductive justice lens. Classes in this series are being offered at reduced prices, or at no cost. Full scholarships are available, and a portion of the tuition will be donated to We Testify, a nonprofit organization that supports abortion storytellers. Classes in the Your Body, Your Story series will also feature guest speakers from We Testify who will share wisdom from their experiences of telling their abortion stories. After the series concludes, all participants will be invited to submit writing to an anthology that GrubStreet will put out, in order to increase the visibility of these crucial stories.
Writing Reproductive Justice
In this 4-hour seminar, we will read examples of essays and op-eds that focus on reproductive justice. We will respond to writing prompts that will help us tell our own stories, develop our points of view, and share our work in small breakout groups. This class welcomes anyone with an interest in writing about reproductive justice.
Other Classes in the Your Body, Your Story Series
Your Body, Your Story: Writing Pregnancy, Abortion, and Miscarriage (AM multi-week, starting 10/20)
Your Body, Your Story: Writing Pregnancy, Abortion, and Miscarriage (PM multi-week, starting 10/20)
Your Body, Your Story: Writing Pregnancy and Delivery (Sunday, 10/30, from 12pm-4pm)
Your Body, Your Story: Writing Abortion (Sunday, 11/6, from 12pm-4pm)
Your Body, Your Story: Writing Miscarriage (Sunday, 11/13, from 12pm-4pm)
Class Format
This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. About 15 minutes before your class is scheduled to begin, you'll receive an email from your instructor with a link to join the class meeting!
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
For more detailed information about GrubStreet scholarships, including how to contribute to scholarship funds for other students, click here.
This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. About 15 minutes before your class is scheduled to begin, you'll receive an email from your instructor with a link to join the class meeting!
Zoom Participation:
Students are not required to turn their camera on, but are encouraged to participate any way they feel comfortable through functions such as the live chat, emoji reactions, and unmuting the microphone. Learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
We ask that instructors enable closed captioning and send a transcript of the session after class. You can also enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting. If your instructor forgets to send the transcript, just send ’em an email!