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Short Essays/In-Person 2024-409

Course #Short Essays/In-Person 2024-409
Saturday March 29 1:30 pm–5:30 pm & Sunday, March 30, 1:30 - 5:30 pm
Cost: $180 Instructor: Sonia Hamer

Where

Inprint House
1520 W Main St
Houston, TX 77006 United States
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 This is an in-person workshop that takes place at Inprint House.

Little Truths: Short Essays and Flash Nonfiction

Curious about the potential of the essay in a compressed form? Then this weekend class focused on the art of the short essay is for you. Learn about micro-essays and flash nonfiction while writing a few pieces of your own in this two-day generative workshop. Read work from writers foundational to this contemporary genre, such as Brian Doyle, Beth Ann Fennelly, and Maggie Nelson. Talk about craft and leave with ideas for refining your pieces (plus a few magazines or journals you can submit to when they’re complete).

On Day 1 of the intensive, we will define flash nonfiction, cover relevant craft concerns, and read work showcasing the form’s possibilities. Then, we’ll write micro-essays of our own through low-stakes, generative activities. Day 2 will focus on generating more words, followed by editing exercises and a modified workshop. Our goal is for everyone to leave with 2-3 micro-essays they love (or at least don’t hate) and a path toward submitting their work for publication.

About the instructor

SONIA HAMER is a writer from Houston, TX. She holds an MFA from the University of Houston, where she was an Inprint C. Glenn Cambor Fellow, and the recipient of the Inprint Donald Barthelme Prize in Nonfiction, the Inprint Donald Barthelme Prize in Fiction, and the Inprint Marion Barthelme Prize in Creative Writing at Rice University. She served as an Assistant Nonfiction Editor and Online Nonfiction Editor for Gulf Coast Journal. Her Pushcart-Prize nominated writing has been published by Creative Nonfiction’s True Story, The University of Texas Press, and others.

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