Lit Fest 2024

This class is about memoiristic, essayistic, and journalistic use of the first person. Memoirists and essayists we'll study include, but are not limited to, Emmanuel Carrère, Eduardo Halfon, Jazmina Barrera, Gabriela Wiener, Cristina Rivera Garza, Patti Smith, and David Carr. We'll see how deep they can go using first person, and we'll investigate their techniques to develop our writing skills. Writing in the first person opens the door to honesty, vulnerability, and the need to appear real in the face of everything around us. We'll try to understand why it is the ultimate attitude of the writer.