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Breakthrough Nonfiction Forms

Virtual
Saturday, March 26, 2022
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

 

Forms do more than contain: they exclude. They break down. They free. When forms disrupt expectations, they can shatter paradigms. This panel joins five essayists in conversation about how structures we reconstruct expand access, inquiry, and dialogue. They will discuss how new nonfiction forms can be used to increase intimacy, forge inroads into others’ experiences, address global crises that defy traditional structures, and reframe a more comprehensive social context.



Outline & Supplemental Documents

Event Outline: Breakthrough_Nonfiction_Forms_Outline.pdf

Participants

Moderator:

Amy Wright is the author of Paper Concert: A Conversation in the Round, as well as three poetry books. She is senior editor of Zone 3 and the 2022 Wayne G. Basler Chair of Excellence at East Tennessee State University.

Ira Sukrungruang is the author of the nonfiction books This Jade World, Buddha’s Dog & other Meditations, Southside Buddhist, and Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy.The Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College, he is the editor of Sweet: A Literary Confection.

Rebecca McClanahan’s eleventh book is In the Key of New York City. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays, Best American Poetry, and the Pushcart Prize series. Recipient of the Glasgow Award in nonfiction, she teaches in the MFA programs of Rainier Writing Workshop and Queens University.

Eric LeMay teaches in the writing program at Ohio University. He serves as an editor for Alimentum and New Ohio Review and is a host on the New Books Network. He is the author of three books, including In Praise of Nothing, a collection of traditional and multimedia essays. Find him at www.ericlemay.org.

Jericho Parms is the author of Lost Wax. Her work has appeared in The Normal School, Hotel Amerika, American Literary Review, and Brevity. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is a consulting editor at Fourth Genre.

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