ONLINE The Unconventional Essay: Genre-Bending in Creative Nonfiction
8 Weeks | Thursdays | Begins May 8, 2025
6pm-8pm PT | 7pm-9pm MT | 8pm-10pm CT | 9pm-11pm ET
Instructor: Adrienne Gruber
MEMBER PRICE: $300.00
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $400.00
This 8-week course provides an opportunity for beginner and intermediate non-fiction writers to dip their toes into writing unconventional essays, to play with form and the blank page, and to experiment with essay styles like the braided essay, the Abecedarian, the Hermit Crab, and more. For writers who have the desire to experiment with style and form in non-fiction, and for those who are new to non-fiction and looking for a window into the genre, this course will provide you with an introduction into unconventional style and form, as well as the opportunity to work on your own essay writing. This course will include an assigned essay and response each week, as well as generative writing exercises and opportunities for sharing work and receiving feedback.
This class takes place online using Zoom.
ADRIENNE GRUBER is an award-winning writer originally from Saskatoon. She is the author of five chapbooks, three books of poetry, including Q & A, Buoyancy Control, and This is the Nightmare, and the creative nonfiction collection, Monsters, Martyrs, and Marionettes: Essays on Motherhood. Both her poetry and non-fiction has been longlisted for the CBC Books awards, and in June 2024 she was Writer-in-Residence at King’s College MFA program.
Adrienne teaches high school and has facilitated workshops on craft and editing for youth and adults. She lives with her partner and their three daughters on Nex̱wlélex̱m (Bowen Island), B.C., the traditional territory of the Coast Salish peoples.
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