Beautiful Facts
Readers love to learn—and not only about "what happens next" but also about science, history, medicine, and society. How can writers meet this need while maintaining a commitment to beautiful sentences? How can we sculpt context passages—clause-, sentence-, or paragraph-length—to match the impact of scene or the lyricism of reflection? Participants will read within the field of the literary essay, receive weekly prompts, and have the opportunity to share writing. Suitable for all whose writing includes information.
Registration dates:
August 7: Scholarship Donation Day
August 8: Member registration opens at 10:30 am
August 15: General registration opens at 10:30 am
August 21: Last day of Early Bird pricing.
Corinna Cook
Corinna Cook is the author of Leavetakings, an essay collection (University of Alaska Press 2020). She is a former Fulbright Fellow, an Alaska Literary Award recipient, and a Rasmuson Foundation awardee. Corinna’s creative work appears in Flyway, Alaska Quarterly Review, Alaska Magazine, Brink, and elsewhere; her journalism appears in Yukon North of Ordinary and GlacierHub; her critical articles appear in Assay, New Writing, and Essay Daily; and she writes about teaching for Pedagogy and American Literary Studies. Corinna holds a PhD in English and Creative Writing from the University of Missouri. More at corinnacook.com.
