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Craft Under the Microscope: The Micro-Essay
$285
Micro-essays, much like poetry, rely on compression, constraint, and exacting language. In this generative course, participants will test the capacity of this miniature form, proving how much can be conveyed in a small space. Here, all the usual craft questions are present (what gets included, and what gets left out? Where to begin? How to end?) but magnified. We’ll familiarize ourselves with the form using work by Brian Blanchfield, Lydia Davis, Anne Carson, Layli Long Solider, Anne Boyer, Stephen Van Dyck, and others, and practice generating our own tiny works.
By the end of the course, students will have drafted a series of micro-essays and developed a close attention to craft that will benefit short and long-form works alike.
Access Program
We want our classes to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Access Program offers class registrations at a reduced rate. The access program for writing classes covers 60% of the class tuition. Most writing classes have at least one access spot available.
Please apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions.
Liaison position
Every in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaison position. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meeting. If you are a liaison for a class or seminar, the full amount of your tuition is covered by Literary Arts.
Apply here for the liaison position.
