Writer's Workshop: Creative Nonfiction: The Lyric Essay
Instructor: Amy Hassinger
What is the lyric essay, and why might you want to write one?
We’ll approach these burning questions by looking at some examples, and trying out a targeted writing exercise or two to get you started on a lyric essay of your own.
About the instructor:
Amy Hassinger’s most recent novel, The Evolution of E., is seeking a publisher, while her first three novels (Nina: Adolescence, The Priest’s Madonna, and After the Dam) are all grown up, living independent lives in English, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, and French. Her latest project, a book of creative nonfiction tentatively titled They Could Sing, is in search of itself. She’s published essays in places like The New York Times, Creative Nonfiction, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. She grew up in Massachusetts, earned her B.A. in NYC, her M.F.A. in Iowa City, and lives now in Urbana, Illinois, where she teaches creative writing at the University of Illinois, sings in a local band called The Jaybirds, and bothers her children.
Writer's Workshop | Fall 2019
Wednesdays, 6:30 pm
- Sep 4, Writer’s Workshop: The Art of Writing Poetry – Jim O’Brien
- Sep 18, Writer’s Workshop: Meet True Crime Authors – Edith Brady-Lunny & Steve Vogel
- Oct 2, Writer’s Workshop: Science Fiction & Fantasy – John Rubins
- Oct 16, Writer’s Workshop: Creative Nonfiction | The Lyric Essay – Amy Hassinger
- Oct 30, Writer’s Workshop: Fiction | The Jumping Off Point – Molly MacRae
- Nov 6, Writer’s Workshop: Writing Your Memoir – Parham Parastaran
- Nov 20, Writer’s Workshop: Writers Lounge
Registration is closed.
Adults | Workshop, Social, Presentation
Main Library, Robeson Pavilion Room C
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