Writing the Younger Self | Wednesdays July 8 - 29 2026 | 6-8 PM CST

$325.00

This four-week class explores and interrogates the adventures and joys our younger selves experienced, the memories (clear and hazy), the discoveries of crushes and loves and desires, searches for freedom, private worlds, and the ways we tried (and failed) to find our truest selves.

Week 1: Points of View for the Younger Self

Week 2: Self, Identity, Discovery

Week 3: Nonlinear Structures

Week 4: Combining past & present selves + questioning memory

Each week, you’ll read model essays by writers, and you’ll write experiments (350-800 words) , share a section of your experiment during Saturday’s class (optional), and receive weekly feedback from me. The Zoom link and model essays will be emailed to you before class begins.

This four-week class explores and interrogates the adventures and joys our younger selves experienced, the memories (clear and hazy), the discoveries of crushes and loves and desires, searches for freedom, private worlds, and the ways we tried (and failed) to find our truest selves.

Week 1: Points of View for the Younger Self

Week 2: Self, Identity, Discovery

Week 3: Nonlinear Structures

Week 4: Combining past & present selves + questioning memory

Each week, you’ll read model essays by writers, and you’ll write experiments (350-800 words) , share a section of your experiment during Saturday’s class (optional), and receive weekly feedback from me. The Zoom link and model essays will be emailed to you before class begins.