Workshop: Navigating the Personal Essay

One Book One New Orleans

Athena Dixon gives practical advice on the art of crafting personal essays.

Personal essays are as unique as the individual writer. However, there are a few best practices and tips to consider. In this 45-minute virtual session, Athena Dixon gives practical advice on the art of crafting personal essays. Participants will come away with tools to help them identify their core ideas, develop the means of telling the story, and how to best keep readers hooked for the duration.Athena Dixon is a poet and essayist born and raised in NE Ohio. She is the author of the chapbook No God in This Room (Argus House Press, 2018) and a debut collection of personal essays titled The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Split/Lip Press, 2020). Her work also appears in The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic (Haymarket Books, 2018) and Getting to the Truth: The Craft and Practice of Creative Non-Fiction (Hippocampus Books, 2021). Additionally, her poetry and essays have appeared in GAY Magazine, Grub Street, Narratively, Shenandoah, and So to Speak Journal among others. She is a recipient of a fellowship from the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and a 2nd Book residency from Tin House. She resides in Philadelphia.

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