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A five-week memoir container designed to help you tackle your memoir or creative nonfiction essays. We will meet weekly on Zoom. There will also be a bonus co-working day. This container includes: a syllabus with a stacked reading list of memoir/creative nonfiction; lectures on approaches to memoir; coaching for scheduling/motivation; prompts & assignments; tips & tricks for publishing; co-working days; access to Q&A with Raechel. OPTIONAL (at discounted rate): feedback from Raechel on 5k words. By the end of five weeks, participants can expect to have completed one chapter of a memoir, or one or more creative nonfiction essays.
About your teacher:
Raechel Anne Jolie is a writer based in Cleveland, Ohio. She holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota. Her writing has appeared in Playboy, The Baffler, Bitch, Teen Vogue, among other publications. Jolie is also the editor and co-creator of The Prison Arcana tarot zine, made in collaboration with incarcerated artists. Her memoir Rust Belt Femme received recognition in NPR's Favorite Books of 2020, was a finalist in the Heartland Bookseller's Award, and was the winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award in LGBTQ Nonfiction. Her forthcoming book, The New Sex Wars: Sexual Liberation Against Authoritarianism, will be published from PM Press in January 2027. Find her @rebelgrrlraechel and sign up for her newsletter at raechelannejolie.substack.com.
A five-week memoir container designed to help you tackle your memoir or creative nonfiction essays. We will meet weekly on Zoom. There will also be a bonus co-working day. This container includes: a syllabus with a stacked reading list of memoir/creative nonfiction; lectures on approaches to memoir; coaching for scheduling/motivation; prompts & assignments; tips & tricks for publishing; co-working days; access to Q&A with Raechel. OPTIONAL (at discounted rate): feedback from Raechel on 5k words. By the end of five weeks, participants can expect to have completed one chapter of a memoir, or one or more creative nonfiction essays.
About your teacher:
Raechel Anne Jolie is a writer based in Cleveland, Ohio. She holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota. Her writing has appeared in Playboy, The Baffler, Bitch, Teen Vogue, among other publications. Jolie is also the editor and co-creator of The Prison Arcana tarot zine, made in collaboration with incarcerated artists. Her memoir Rust Belt Femme received recognition in NPR's Favorite Books of 2020, was a finalist in the Heartland Bookseller's Award, and was the winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award in LGBTQ Nonfiction. Her forthcoming book, The New Sex Wars: Sexual Liberation Against Authoritarianism, will be published from PM Press in January 2027. Find her @rebelgrrlraechel and sign up for her newsletter at raechelannejolie.substack.com.