→ How do you preserve a memory?
→ What sensory details does that include?
♦ Some of the best nonfiction writing bares a piece of the writer onto the page. Creative nonfiction is essentially art derived from lived experience.
♦ In this workshop we will explore the characteristics of Creative Nonfiction and discuss how Hope Jahren’s prose exemplifies memoir.
♦ Additionally, we will interrogate how relationship of place informs voice and narrative through a brief creative writing exercise.
Caitlyn Hunter is a current doctoral student in the English Department at Duquesne University. She holds a MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Chatham University. She has additionally been an Editorial Assistant for Creative Nonfiction Magazine. She currently lives in Pittsburgh PA.
