Instructor: Morgan Jerkins
Dates: September 21 | Tuesdays 7-9pm
Location: Clinton Hill | 293 Grand Avenue
Fee: $850 | returning writers receive a $50 discount
A private conference with the instructor is included.
A writing sample is recommended for this class. Please fill out an application with your contact info and a 3-5 page sample.
Through group discussion of student work, plus that of published authors, writers in this workshop will examine the art and craft of creative nonfiction. The focus will be on learning to understand and use a full range of literary techniques in order to tell a truly compelling nonfiction story. Topics such as the use of dialogue, the creation of scene, attention to style and how to craft structure from true events will be discussed. Participants will also spend time talking about the particular responsibilities that come with writing creative nonfiction. In-class writing prompts will be used to inspire and motivate students to produce new work.
This workshop is open to writers working on memoir and personal essays, and writers at all levels of skill and experience are welcome to join.
Morgan Jerkins is the New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be my Undoing, Wandering in Strange Lands, Caul Baby, and the most recent, Zeal. A two-time National Magazine Award winning journalist, her work has been featured in the nation’s leading publications, including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and The Atlantic, among many others. She’s taught at Columbia and Princeton Universities, The New School, and Leipzig University in Germany, where she was the Picador Guest Professor. She’s based in Brooklyn.