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Lit Fest 2024
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Friday, June 7 • 9:00am - 11:00am
Research As Writerly Practice: Nonfiction Writing from Inquiry and Fact (V)

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Are you working on a nonfiction project? The myth of artistic genius often suggests that inspiration is mainlined from the heavens and that one's imagination is the only creative source. And yet, it's often an inquiry into the world outside of ourselves that offers the most potent inspiration. How can research serve as a generative practice and a portal to the written word? This seminar will support nonfiction writers in incorporating rich factual inquiry into current or future nonfiction projects, rendering research into luminous prose, and creating a research roadmap moving forward.

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Lauren Markham

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Lauren Markham is a writer based in California whose work has appeared in outlets such as Guernica, Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, Freeman's, Lithub, Best American Travel Writing, The New Republic, Narrative, The New York Review of Books, and VQR, where she is a contributing... Read More →


Friday June 7, 2024 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
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