ONLINE Ethical Dilemmas in Creative Nonfiction
ONLINE - Ethical Dilemmas in Creative Nonfiction
Monday
Nov. 7
7-9pm MT
Instructor: Jennifer Bowering Delisle
MEMBER PRICE: $33.75 (with member coupon AWCSM25)
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $45.00
When you are writing memoir or other forms of creative nonfiction, writing about the other people in your life is inevitable. How do you do so without violating their privacy? How can you be faithful to "the truth" when memory is flawed and subjective--and are you even obligated to to be? The ethical lines are in a different place for everyone, and there are no hard and fast rules. But by contemplating how others have navigated these issues, you can begin to define your own boundaries and create strategies to move forward. In this interactive workshop we will read and discuss different opinions on privacy and truth from the writer’s perspective, and apply decision-making models to our own work. We will create a safe and respectful space in which to share, reflect, and debate, recognizing that opinions will differ and are often tied to culture, religion, or trauma. Note that this workshop will not cover legal issues related to privacy or libel.
This is an interactive online class using the Zoom web platform.
Jennifer Bowering Delisle is the author of The Bosun Chair, a hybrid of family memoir and poetry, and Micrographia, a collection of lyric essays about her mother's medically-assisted death, forthcoming in 2023. Her latest book is the poetry collection Deriving. She is also on the board of NeWest Press. She lives in Edmonton/Amiskwaciwâskahikan on Treaty 6.