Name: 7E: How To Write A Kick-Ass Essay
Start: 2017-05-06T14:00:00-0400
End: 2017-05-06T15:30:00-0400

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Almost anyone can write a good essay. But you want to write a kick ass essay, one that readers will remember, editors will want to publish, and you will be proud of. By reading Kick ass essays by Jo-Ann Beard, Junot Diaz, and Jonathan Letham we will examine what makes these essays so strong. I'll give you tips on how you can use these same elements of writing in your own essays and, by the end of the lecture, you will have the tools and inspiration to take your essays from good to Kick ass.

Speakers

Ann Hood

Author, THE BOOK THAT MATTERS MOST

Ann Hood is the bestselling author of fourteen novels, including The Book That Matters Most, The Obituary Writer, and The Knitting Circle; three memoirs, including Comfort: A Journey Through Grief, which was a New York Times Editor's Choice and named one of the top ten non-fiction... Read More →

Saturday May 6, 2017 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Beacon Hill Room

Block 7, Lecture with Q&A