“Where the river meets the sea”

PARTAKING OF PORTO: STUDIO-WORKSHOP TRIP FOR WRITERS

JUNE 25 ~ JULY 2, 2020

[CANCELLED BY PANDEMIC > MAYBE SUMMER 2022??]

To partake is to “take part in or experience something along with others.” Write each day in good company, inspired by selected readings, prompts, conversations, and wandering the wonderful city of Porto. Generate new material or bring work-in-progress. Try new approaches to craft and structure. Plan to start and revise at least one new short piece and leave with ideas and beginnings for more. Week ends with a formal final evening reading.

TRIP PACKAGE includes:

5-Day Studio-Workshop, consisting of:

~ 3 guided writing mornings > June 26, 27, 28

~ 1 day free to read, write, rest, revise, roam > June 29

~ 1 evening workshop > June 30

~ 1 final reading > July 1

~ 1-hour individual consultation, if desired

~ Stories, poems, and essays to inspire your work

Room, 7 nights > arrive Thurs JUNE 25, depart Thurs JULY 2

Traditional European pousada > twin room w/desk, private bath, balcony view of Douro River

Breakfast, 7 mornings > Your stay at the pousada includes breakfast.

Flight, transportation, other meals, and optional outings not included.

Please make your own flight reservations to Porto [OPO]. Note that flights from SFO usually arrive next day so plan accordingly.

Trip Package rate will be adjusted if you share a room or choose to room elsewhere.

Pousada is a youth hostel, therefore affordable, but you will encounter youth! There is a nice, just a bit more expensive, hotel within walking distance of where our sessions will be held, with ocean views.

PLEASE USE CONTACT PAGE TO WRITE FOR PRICES AND OTHER DETAILS > marianne@mariannerogoff.com

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PREVIOUS TRIPS

WRITING & WANDERING:

Studio-Workshop for Writers

+ Yoga and Expressive Movement (if you like), led by international retreat leader Sakshi Keeton

June 19-26, 2019

A hands-on, body-in-motion opportunity to write your stories each day in good company, inspired by selected readings, prompts, conversations, movement, and wandering the wonderful city of Porto.

DR. MARIANNE ROGOFF is the author of the memoir Silvie’s Life (Zenobia Press, 1995), which was translated by Gradiva, Lisbon, in 2006, the Pushcart Prize nominated collection Love Is Blind in One Eye: 7 Stories (Shebooks, 2016), and many travel stories, essays, and book reviews. She teaches in the MFA in Creative Writing program at Dominican University of California, the Department of Writing & Literature at California College of the Arts, and has been leading Studio-Workshop Trips for Writers since 2004.

SAKSHI KEETON is an international retreat leader, teacher, and therapist, specializing in Vinyasa Yoga, Conscious Dance Practice, and Integrative Therapeutic Massage. Learn more about her teaching here: https://www.livingsakshi.com/