Fracturing Form: A Workshop on the Lyric Essay
Aug 19, 2025 - Sep 16, 2025
weekly on Tuesday
From: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Explore memory, form and voice in a four-part writing series designed to dismantle and reshape the traditional personal essay.
Presented by O, Miami and led by writer and editor Laura Gill, Fracturing Form: A Workshop on the Lyric Essay invites participants to engage in creative nonfiction through experimentation with structure and storytelling. Using texts by writers such as Anne Carson, Maggie Nelson and Alexander Chee, the workshop will guide attendees through writing, deconstructing and reassembling their personal narratives to see themselves and their stories in new ways.
Held weekly at MADE at The Citadel from August 19 through September 16, each Tuesday session runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. All writing levels are welcome, and materials will be provided. The workshop concludes with a final public reading on September 16.