[Workshop] Literary Therapy: Writing (For) Your Life with Alexander Hardy, in Hyattsville, MD

SO. I've been doing some traveling and teaching lately. I'm coming back to the DeeCee area in a few weeks for an intimate writerly situation and you should be there. Snacks are involved. Here's the rundown:


Busting your emotions open upon a blank page often works wonders for the soul. Writing through the rough patches and rolling in the deep, on paper, can be both therapeutic and revelatory. It’s an undertaking sure to bring clarity (and closure?) on life’s problems, patterns and sharp turns.

During Literary Therapy: Writing (For) Your Life, we’ll relax (with snacks) in a secluded, intimate setting as we open those closets and mine our lives for rich, relevant writing material. In a safe, calming and encouraging environment, we will write about our mental health journeys, self-care, self-love, self-hate, and all that wonderful jazz. You will flex your creative muscle while writing your way through the inspiring, the life-changing and the tragic alongside a dynamic group of similarly openminded, clarity-seeking folks.

We will read published excellence by wonderful people like Roxane Gay and Kiese Laymon and Dave Eggers and discuss what it takes to craft powerful, engaging and relatable written work. Using a (masterfully seasoned) gumbo of writing exercises, group discussions, peer review and instructor feedback, you will produce a collection of raw and revelatory new material while experiencing the cathartic and healing power of writing firsthand. With some good parenting and a heap of perseverance, one of those powerful personal sagas may even grow up to become a book, a blog, or an Ava Duvernay-directed biopic starring David Oyelowo or Viola Davis.

This workshop is intended for beginning and seasoned writers alike who want to strengthen their creative voice and answer difficult personal questions through introspective writing. This workshop is also suitable for mental health professionals, scholars, and administrators seeking new methods of clarifying and exploring personal narratives with clients, patients or students. For example, I recently lead this workshop at Adler University in Chicago for students and administrators in the clinical mental health graduate program.

REGISTER HERE

This workshop has been made possible by Us Helping Us, People Into Living, Inc, Developing & Empowering New Images of Men (DENIM), and Total Linkage Center.

My essays on mental health:

  • “What A Difference A Year Makes: On Battling and Beating Depression” [Very Smart Brothas]
  • "Hey, Therapy” [Abernathy]
  • “On Depression: to anyone else living in a fog” [Gawker]
View my writing portfolio and my LinkedIn.


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