Summer 2025 OLLI Digital Catalog 

Family History Narratives: Introduction (K210)

K – Writing

This class is an introduction to writing your family history in narrative form. The emphasis is on writing short drafts to share with class members using suggested topics to ignite the process. Approaches include memoir or the remembered past, family stories, oral history, research-based analysis and creative nonfiction. Supportive and collaborative efforts are encouraged.

This offering meets for a total of 4 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Susan Dion

DION, SUSAN — B.A., University of Connecticut; M.A., Ph.D., American history, Marquette University. Directed a multifaceted women’s center in northern Wisconsin. Taught history and women’s studies. Published research articles, essays and poems. Developed a nonprofit writing project for the chronically ill. (K210)

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