This Election Is Driving Me Crazy: How to Write About the State of Our State [Steve Almond]

All Levels | In this fast-paced generative workshop, we’ll discuss the potential and perils of writing about politics, particularly in this supercharged moment. We’ll look at the work of folks such as Ida B. Wells, George Orwell, James Baldwin, and others, to provide models of how to write about the intersection of the personal and political. And we’ll do an in-class writing exercise sure to enthrall and infuriate. Come ready to rumble — and reflect!