The Braided Narrative:
Weaving Creative Nonfiction
Writing Workshop in New Jersey
January 17-20, 2025
Led by Nicole Callihan
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
Nicole Callihan
Nicole Callihan, winner of the 2023 Tenth Gate Prize and a 2023 Alma Award, has two forthcoming collections: chigger ridge (The Word Works, 2024) and SLIP (Saturnalia, 2025). Her most recent book, This Strange Garment, navigates her 2020 breast cancer diagnosis and was published by Terrapin Books in March 2023. She is also the founder and curator of Braving the Body, an ongoing collaboration with Thomas Dooley’s Poetry Well which invites writers to reflect on embodied experience and includes workshops, ekphrastic experiences and the Braving the Body anthology which was released by Harbor Editions in March 2024. A frequent collaborator with artists around the world, she has received support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Ludwig Vogelstein and the Sustainable Arts Foundation. Read nonfiction by Nicole and learn more on her website.
