S131.
The Fine Art of Craft Talking
Saturday, February 10, 2024
9:00 am to 10:15 am
At some point in our careers, we might be called upon to give a craft talk. The prospect of such a task can inspire both excitement and trepidation. In this lively discussion, panelists will speak to their experiences devising craft talks, and we'll explore nuances of this genre, addressing questions such as: What is a craft talk? How do you write one? Are there certain conventions? Do you subvert those conventions? We'll also discuss how to repurpose a craft talk for publication.
Participants
Brenda Miller is the author of six essay collections, including A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form, and coauthor of Tell It Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction. Her work has received six Pushcart Prizes. She teaches English at Western Washington University.
Barrie Jean Borich is the author of the lyric memoir Apocalypse, Darling. Her hybrid essay Body Geographic won a Lambda Literary Award, and her memoir My Lesbian Husband won a Stonewall Book Award. A professor at DePaul in Chicago, Borich edits Slag Glass City, a journal of the urban essay arts.
Jenny Johnson is the author of In Full Velvet. She received a 2016–17 Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University and a 2015 Whiting Writer's Award in Poetry. She teaches at West Virginia University and in the Rainier Writing Workshop's MFA program.
Geffrey Davis is the author of three collections: One Wild Word Away, Night Angler, and Revising the Storm. A recipient of fellowships from Bread Loaf, Cave Canem, and the NEA, Davis serves as poetry editor for Iron Horse and teaches at the University of Arkansas and with the Rainier Writing Workshop.
Wendy Call
