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SUMMARY:The Mind at Work: Writing the Literary Essay
DESCRIPTION:This hands-on workshop invites participants to explore the contemporary essay and its boundless possibilities.\n\n\n\n\nThe contemporary literary essay serves as a designated space to try\, fail and try again. It is a venue for interior wandering\, questioning\, doubting and prioritising inquiry over definitive answers. \nWidely regarded as the most private of literary exercises\, essay writing requires vulnerability\, exhumes parts of the self for the reader\, and demands radical trust. A compelling essay mimics the experience of watching another mind at work. \nOver the course of this workshop\, participants will examine masterworks by Teju Cole\, Kristin Dombek\, Jenny Erpenbeck and Kate Evans to observe how these writers trial their thoughts before testing their own. Through exercises\, diagrams\, arguments and punchlines\, participants will have the opportunity to develop new work. \nCourse requierements: bring pen and paper or a fully charge devide to participate in the writing exercises. \nYou Will Learn:\n\nThe breadth and scope of the literary essay\nHow moving from concrete details to abstract reflections can build a sense of intimacy\nThe value of a community of readers whose aspirations align with your own\n​​To honour the elements of every life\, no matter how grand or small\, that make for compelling writing\n\nAbout the Tutor:\nRaeden Richardson is a writer of essays and novels. His debut novel\, The Degenerates was nominated for the Miles Franklin Award\, the ALS Gold Medal and the Voss Literary Award. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, his writing has appeared in New Australian Fiction\, Meanjin\, Griffith Review and The Sydney Morning Herald.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/the-mind-at-work-writing-the-literary-essay/
LOCATION:The Wheeler Centre\, 176 Little Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education,Writers
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