By Randy Koniowka
About 20 people gathered in the reference room of the Cohoes Public Library Monday evening in what was the first of four workshops on memoir writing.
The group was diverse, with some being published authors and others having no writing experience to speak of. Some came in search of direction as they plan to begin the process of writing memoirs of their own. "I want to leave a legacy to my kids," said Mary-Alice Bermingham of River Walk Apartments. "I came here looking for some direction."
Sue Cerniglia of East Greenbush had been turned on to memoir writing from her mother. "She had been writing memoirs for years, I want to be able to incorporate my story into the already rich family history."
The workshop is being led by Maria Gordett, who has taught writing at the college level for many years. She said she was impressed with the number of people that turned out. "Normally we would only see 5 or 10 people for this type of workshop." People really need something like this, they need a way to express themselves and there memories, I think the high turnout really exemplifies that."
City Librarian Sukrit Goswami says that he would like to do more workshops like this in the future. "It is encouraging to see the number of people that came out tonight. This is exactly what the library needs to be doing."
The next workshop will be on April 26th from 6-7:30. Anyone interested in attending should contact the library at 518-235-2570.
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