Telling Your San Francisco Story
Instructor: Julie Zigoris
Schedule: Fridays | 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Oct 16 – Nov 20, 2026
Tuition: Free
Telling Your San Francisco Story – A Five-Week Writing Workshop
How can places be containers for the life we lead?
This generative, five-week workshop will posit San Francisco as the main character in a driving narrative in our lives. Exploring the city—both with our own memories and with the primary and secondary sources available at the San Francisco Public Library’s History Center—and what it means to us will offer a “way in” to craft a personal essay that has a strong beginning, middle and end. Our time together will culminate with a polished piece ready for submission.
Julie Zigoris
Julie Zigoris reports on arts and culture in the Bay Area and beyond. Her work has been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists, the California News Publishers Association, the San Francisco Press Club and the Los Angeles Press Club. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, HuffPost, Lit Hub, Atlas Obscura, Mission Local, KQED, SFGATE, the San Francisco Standard and other outlets. She’s the author of Belomor: Criminality and Creativity in Stalin’s Gulag and she has taught everywhere from Stanford University to San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.