Sunday, Sept. 8
4:00pm-6:00pm PST

In “Beyond the Braided Essay: Reworking our Sources in Creative Nonfiction” participants will learn different ways of incorporating external sources—research, cultural objects, reportage, literary texts—into personal nonfiction. The aim will be to think of more surprising and dynamic ways to build out the essay than the classic section break or braided structure.

They will read short examples of writing that employs these techniques, and then try out some generative writing exercises.

Tajja Isen is the author of the essay collection SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS and the forthcoming memoir TOUGH LOVE. She is the former editor-in-chief of Catapult Magazine and is currently the interim editor-in-chief of Orion Magazine. She is also a contributing writer for The Walrus, where she writes a column on arts and culture.

To register for “Beyond the Braided Essay,” donate to Hamza (suggested donation $60 USD / 56 EUR, please donate more if you can!) then fill out the registration form.