Name: The Art of the Sentence in Memoir
Start: 2027-01-16T11:30:00-0500
End: 2027-01-16T12:30:00-0500

Saturday January 16, 2027 11:30am - 12:30pm EST

In memoir, the sentence is doing double duty— it has to track specific facts while spinning a compelling story all at once. This session zooms in on the line level: how sentence rhythm and syntax can convey emotional weight, how to balance lyricism with clarity so the prose never upstages the story, and how the best memoirists build voice one sentence at a time. We'll look at what makes a sentence earn its place on the page— versus simply sounding good— and how small, deliberate choices in structure and diction shape a reader's trust in the narrator. You'll leave with a sharper eye for the sentence as memoir's smallest, most essential unit of truth— and new tools for making your own prose carry more weight.

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Nicole Graev Lipson

MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS, Author

Nicole Graev Lipson is the author of the memoir in essays Mothers and Other Fictional Characters, a USA Today bestseller and LitHub Notable Small Press Book of 2025. Her writing has appeared in The Sun, Virginia Quarterly Review, Gettysburg Review, LA Review of Books, The Washing... Read More →

Saturday January 16, 2027 11:30am - 12:30pm EST
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