Tell the stories that have preoccupied, amused, and defined your family for generations. <\/p>\n
In this hour-long generative writing workshop, essayist Kristen Millares Young will use guided prompts and discussions to help you plan, write, and revise your family stories. By reflecting on intimate truths, we can redefine how we think about ourselves and our kin, contribute to our communities, and spark vital conversations. <\/p>\n
This workshop is offered in both English and Spanish. Participants will leave with new pages.<\/p>\n
Kristen Millares Young (she\/her) is a journalist, essayist, and author. Her novel Subduction<\/i> was a winner of the Nautilus and IPPY awards, as well as a finalist for two International Latino Book Awards and Foreword Indies Book of the Year. She is also the editor of Seismic<\/i>. Millares Young was the researcher for the New York Times<\/i> team behind \u201cSnow Fall,\u201d which won a Pulitzer. Her essays, reviews, and investigations appear in the Washington Post<\/i>, the Guardian<\/i>, and anthologies such as Alone Together<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Millares Young lives in Seattle.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"in-person-how-to-write-a-family-portrait-20","image":false,"all_day":false,"start_date":"2025-12-09 18:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"12","day":"09","hour":"18","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2025-12-09 18:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"12","day":"09","hour":"18","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":null,"utc_start_date_details":{"year":"1970","month":"01","day":"01","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":null,"utc_end_date_details":{"year":"1970","month":"01","day":"01","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/Los_Angeles","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"","currency_code":"","currency_position":"","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Literature","slug":"literature","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":797,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":349,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","id":797,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/797","collection":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":53168,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2025-07-22 19:00:59","date_utc":"2025-07-23 02:00:59","modified":"2025-07-22 19:00:59","modified_utc":"2025-07-23 02:00:59","url":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/venue\/folio-the-seattle-atheaneum-3\/","venue":"Folio: The Seattle Atheaneum","slug":"folio-the-seattle-atheaneum-3","address":"93 Pike St. #307","city":"Seattle","country":"United States","state":"WA","zip":"98101","json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"Folio: The Seattle Atheaneum","description":"","url":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/venue\/folio-the-seattle-atheaneum-3\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"93 Pike St. #307","addressLocality":"Seattle","addressRegion":"WA","postalCode":"98101","addressCountry":"United States"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"global_id":"www.humanities.org?id=53168","global_id_lineage":["www.humanities.org?id=53168"]},"organizer":[],"custom_fields":[],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"IN PERSON: How to Write a Family Portrait","description":"<p>Tell the stories that have preoccupied, amused, and defined your family for generations. In this hour-long generative writing workshop, essayist Kristen Millares Young will use guided prompts and discussions to...<\/p>\\n","url":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/event\/in-person-how-to-write-a-family-portrait-20\/","eventAttendanceMode":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OfflineEventAttendanceMode","eventStatus":"https:\/\/schema.org\/EventScheduled","startDate":"2025-12-09T18:00:00-08:00","endDate":"2025-12-09T18:00:00-08:00","location":{"@type":"Place","name":"Folio: The Seattle Atheaneum","description":"","url":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/venue\/folio-the-seattle-atheaneum-3\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"93 Pike St. #307","addressLocality":"Seattle","addressRegion":"WA","postalCode":"98101","addressCountry":"United States"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"performer":"Organization"},"is_virtual":false,"virtual_url":null,"virtual_video_source":""}