The Craft of the Personal Essay Workshop w Santi Holley | Sept 17 - Oct 22

What makes a great personal essay? What makes reading some essays feel like we’ve learned not only about the author’s experiences, but about ourselves and the world around us? In this class, we’ll read and discuss a few classic and contemporary personal essays, work on original essay prompts, and share our own work. Students can either bring a work in progress that they'd like to workshop, or become inspired to begin writing a new one. By the end, we’ll have a greater appreciation of the craft of personal essays, and a better understanding of how to look beyond ourselves and make our personal essays less personal and more universal.

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Teacher: 
Santi Elijah Holley
Time: 
Thursdays, Sep 17 - Oct 22, 11am - 12:30pm
Location: 
Attic Institute, 1033 SW Yamhill Street, Suite 405
Total Fee: 
$249.

A Statement of Our Values

The Attic Institute of Arts and Letters opposes the legitimation of bigotry, hate, and misinformation. As a studio for writers, we do not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We embrace and celebrate our shared pursuit of literature and languages as essential to crossing the boundaries of difference. To that end, we seek to maintain a creative environment in which every employee, faculty member, and student feels safe, respected, and comfortable — even while acknowledging that poems, stories, and essays delve into uncomfortable subjects. We accept the workshop as a place to question ourselves and to empathize with complex identities. We understand that to know the world is to write the world. Therefore, we reaffirm our commitment to literary pursuits and shared understanding by affirming diversity and open inquiry.