The Interior Gaze: Examining the Personal Essay

The Personal Essay as Political, Social, and Psychological Excavator

The Interior Gaze is back and revamped! Spend eight weeks delving into the power of the personal essay. By the end of this course you’ll understand the form’s historical significance and how personal essays can transform their readers, writers, and the world. This course is generative, meaning you will produce your own writing, as well as educational.

Yearly Memberships are currently 30% off!

This course runs from Tuesday, January 7th to Tuesday, March 4th.

The Interior Gaze is a community learning environment aimed at cultivating a grounded sense of self-understanding and determination as writers— whether you are a published writer or you scribble in secret, all levels are welcome.

As writers it's easy to feel as if we're being pulled in many conflicting directions. One moment we're told to follow our creative instincts; the next we're asked how many followers we have on social media. The whims of the public, the publishing industry, and the algorithm are fickle as the weather. Writers…