Nonfiction
July 6-31, 2020
Open to All
Tiered Tuition
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About the Offering
Compression, concision, complexity—the flash essay, like standing on a train platform in the moment of the last car’s passing. Or maybe it’s more quiet, like the last chime of a clock’s hour strike. In this class, you’ll study essays by established writers (Jaquira Díaz, Paul Lisicky, Lee Martin, Brenda Miller, Ira Sukrungruang) as well as emerging ones, and of course, you’ll write our own. We’ll focus on opening lines and images, point of view and persona, along with syntax, rhythm, and sound.
Materials Needed
No specific materials needed for this offering.
About the Instructor/Moderator
Jill Talbot is the author of The Way We Weren’t: A Memoir and the editor of Metawritings: Toward a Theory of Nonfiction. Her essays have appeared in journals such as AGNI, Brevity, Colorado Review, Gulf Coast, Hotel Amerika, The Normal School, The Paris Review Daily, and River Teeth. She is an Associate Professor of creative writing at the University of North Texas.
Accessibility Information
Their work is regularly exhibited internationally and is in the permanent collections of over 60 museums. Over the past fifteen years, they have built a sustainable career as a visual artist and have extensive experience working with museums, galleries, universities and nonprofit organizations, publishers, and press outlets. In addition to their own creative work, they are passionate about sharing the professional knowledge they’ve acquired throughout their career with other artists.
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