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Sunday, June 8
 

12:00pm MDT

Lunchtime Business Panel: Truth of Writing About Our Families, Friends, and Other Real People—Permission and Consequences
Sunday June 8, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
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What are the repercussions of writing about family and friends? What are our responsibilities to the truth as writers and how may that affect our family dynamic? Join a group of writers who have wrangled with these questions, and more, as they address the wide range of responses from loved ones and the balance that may be right for you as you work on your nonfiction or memoir.
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avatar for Amanda McCracken

Amanda McCracken

Instructor
Amanda McCracken is a freelance journalist who is passionate about experiences that highlight the intersection of wellness and relationships. A few places her work has been published include the New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, National Geographic, Elle, Outside, NPR... Read More →
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Anna Qu

Instructor
Anna Qu is a Chinese American writer. Her critically acclaimed debut memoir, Made In China: A Memoir of Love and Labor, was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick. Her work has appeared in Threepenny Review, Lumina, Kartika, Kweli, and Vol.1 Brooklyn, among others. She was... Read More →
Sunday June 8, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
Lighthouse 3870 York Street Denver, CO 80205
  Publishing/Career

12:00pm MDT

Lunchtime Business Panel: Truth of Writing About Our Families, Friends, and Other Real People—Permission and Consequences (Livestream)
Sunday June 8, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
Zoom
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What are the repercussions of writing about family and friends? What are our responsibilities to the truth as writers and how may that affect our family dynamic? Join a group of writers who have wrangled with these questions, and more, as they address the wide range of responses from loved ones and the balance that may be right for you as you work on your nonfiction or memoir.
Speakers
avatar for Amanda McCracken

Amanda McCracken

Instructor
Amanda McCracken is a freelance journalist who is passionate about experiences that highlight the intersection of wellness and relationships. A few places her work has been published include the New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, National Geographic, Elle, Outside, NPR... Read More →
avatar for Anna Qu

Anna Qu

Instructor
Anna Qu is a Chinese American writer. Her critically acclaimed debut memoir, Made In China: A Memoir of Love and Labor, was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick. Her work has appeared in Threepenny Review, Lumina, Kartika, Kweli, and Vol.1 Brooklyn, among others. She was... Read More →
Sunday June 8, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
Zoom
  Publishing/Career
 
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