The Braided Narrative:
Weaving Creative Nonfiction

Writing Workshop in New Jersey
January 17-20, 2025
Led by Davon Loeb

Personal narratives are driven by our own stories and experiences. In this workshop, our goal will be to weave these stories into multiple braids to create one cohesive narrative. Using craft essays as models, we will explore the ways in which our narratives are more interconnected than siloed, more of a glue than a cleaver; we will discover how a story is as much an individual retelling as it is a universal one. As we share and discuss our pieces in a positive, supportive community, we will look for the potential in each draft. Come empty-handed to write something new, or bring some works-in-progress to unite.

*Limited to just 10 participants.* 

 

“The workshop leaders are talented and compassionate, pushing you to new levels. The atmosphere is charged with creativity and appreciation for the work of others. I travel from Chicago to attend and have not been disappointed.”
~ Donna, Willowbrook, IL

 

Davon Loeb

Davon Loeb is the author of the memoir The In-Betweens, a Lyrical Memoir, (West Virginia University Press) and is an assistant features editor at The Rumpus. He earned an MFA in creative writing from Rutgers University-Camden and has had work published in the Washington Post, TODAY, The Sun Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Slate, Catapult Magazine, Ploughshares, the Best American Essays Anthology 2022 and elsewhere. Learn more at linktr.ee/davonloeb and read an interview with Davon.