The Body Chronicles: "The Craft of Caregiving" | May 1-3, 2026 | Online

"The Craft of Caregiving"

Join Pacific University MFA in the next installment of The Body Chronicles programing "The Craft of Caregiving" in May.

Since the early days of The Body Chronicles, we've often been talking and teaching and writing around the dramatic and necessary lives and work of caregivers. In this three-day online workshop, we bring a focus to the art and craft, labor and sacrifice, and the great gift of care. The weekend will feature facilitation from MFA alumni poets Georgina Marie Guardado, Melissa McKinstry, and NL Shompole, plus guest teachers Laura Mauldin (In Sickness and In Health) and Brian Trapp (Range of Motion). You can expect talks and workshops, readings and conversations, that bring lessons of craft to the topic of caregiving and the receiving of care.

Writers across all genres, of all identities, are welcome to register.

For more information please contact the MFA director Scott Korb at smkorb@pacificu.edu

Details:
Friday, May 1 - Sunday, May 3, 2026 (on Zoom)
9am-5pm Pacific Time (with midday breaks)

Workshop Cost:
General Registration: $350 for the three-day course
Pacific University Community*: $175 for the three-day course

*MFA students and alumni and any other participants from within the University. To get the discount, please select “Pacific University Community” in the category section of the registration form and the discount will be applied to check out.

This programming has been made possible, in part, through contributions to the Amy Paterson ’18 Fund for Medical Narratives. Read about Amy and donate to the fund in our Linktree.