Program Description
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Join acclaimed author and writing professor Peter Bacho (Cebu, Leaving Yesler, Uncle Rico's Encore) for a virtual memoir workshop as he breaks down the elements of creative nonfiction writing in this interactive program. Do exercises designed to enhance skills and leave with writing techniques for crafting a compelling memoir.
About the presenter:
Peter Bacho is the author of seven books: Cebu, Dark Blue Suit, Boxing in Black and White, Nelson's Run, Entrys, Leaving Yesler , and Uncle Rico’s Encore. His books have received several awards, including the 1992 American Book Award. He is an adjunct professor at The Evergreen State College Tacoma Campus. Bacho was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Seattle’s Central District.
In addition to the American Book Award (for Cebu), his short story, “The Wedding,” received a “distinguished” cite in Best American Short Stories of 1993. His second book, Dark Blue Suit, won the Murray Morgan Prize and a Washington State Governor's Writers Award, in 1998. His nonfiction book, Boxing in Black and White, was listed in the top 100 books of 1999 by the Center for Children’s Books (University of Illinois). Seattle University named Bacho the Distinguished Northwest Writer in Residence for 2005. In 2006, the University of Washington listed Cebu as one of the top 100 books written by a UW writer over the past century (1906-2006). In 2008, the Northwest Asian Weekly honored him as a literary “pioneer.” His YA novel, Leaving Yesler, was shortlisted in 2011 by Seattle Picks, Seattle Public Library.
As a child Bacho lived with his immigrant parents in migrant worker camps, traveling from harvest to harvest. Much of his youth was spent in Seattle’s blue collar and multiethnic Central District, a place of hard lives and tough times. He was the first in his family to graduate from high school, then college and finally law school. These experiences continue to inform his writing.
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The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Hayward Public Library or any entities they represent.
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