Is there a house that’s particularly important to you? Perhaps you grew up in it, built it yourself, or have lived in it all your life. This creative nonfiction class will help you preserve it for yourself, your grandkids, or for historical archives and future scholars. You need not be an experienced writer to gather and describe the details and history that make up your chosen house. In this class you will:

·      Learn how to trace the history and stories of your house and its materials.

·      Be guided to write descriptions that will entertain and inform a range of readers.

·      Develop ideas for incorporating photographs, maps, and other materials in a form you can share – or publish!

 Presented by Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications and the N.H. Preservation Alliance

Register here: https://loebschool.org/register/preservinghousewithwords

Instructor: Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett is a New Hampshire-based writer and editor who works with writers of nonfiction and young-adult fiction. She was a journalist for more than 30 years for newspapers, broadcast outlets, and wire services in the Pacific Northwest and in New Hampshire, including the Union Leader. She is the author of Carolina Israelite: How Harry Golden Made Us Care about Jews, the South, and Civil Rights (University of North Carolina Press). Kimberly is a graduate of Smith College and of The Writer’s Studio fiction program of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.