I’ll be leading a webinar, hosted through Creative Nonfiction magazine, that explores the lyric essay as an accessible, protean, and genre-bending form.

In this online event, we will delve into the history of the lyric essay and observe the stylistic and technical conventions of the form. We will then use this study to inspire our own lyric essays, pulling apart the threads of self-meaning to begin our own creative pieces. The webinar will conclude with a Q&A, and all registrants will receive a recording.

To register and see more info, visit the Creative Nonfiction website.

I'll be giving a talk and leading a workshop on this subject as part of Metro Chicago's Off Campus Writers' Workshop series. Description below:

The pairing of the word “creative” with the word “nonfiction” makes some journalists wince, and with good reason. But “creative” doesn’t necessarily mean loose with the facts. It has more to do with how a piece of nonfiction is put together—with an innovative structure, maybe, or a searing attention to its own musicality, or some other unique effect that lifts the piece out of the routine and into the extraordinary. Together we’ll look at some striking examples from this broad genre, and do some creative experimenting of our own. Lecture/discussion/writing exercises. Appropriate for curious writers of any genre.

For more info, visit the OCWW website.