Class Description
Faith—finding it, losing it, fighting wars over it, or avoiding it altogether—provides rich fodder for writers. Through thoughtful, layered essays, writers can combat stereotypes about religions and about those who adhere to no faith. They can explain how we approach loss and how religion intersects with other facets of society. But what does it take to craft successful, non-preachy essays and op-eds about religion? Over the course of six weeks, you’ll analyze essays on religion and write essays and op-eds of your own. The instructor will incorporate some teaching of reporting skills as well. Each week, you’ll have assigned readings and writing work to do outside of class, in addition to in-class exercises. The goal is to finish the class with two polished, publishable works of writing related to religion—a short essay or op-ed, and a longer-form piece that may be a personal essay or include some outside reporting.
Note: Class will not be held the week of January 15th
Did you know that we have scholarships available for all GrubStreet classes? To apply, click the "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button in the top right corner of this page. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your scholarship application and await our Scholarship Committee's decision before registering for the class. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
For more detailed information about GrubStreet scholarships, including how to contribute to scholarship funds for other students, click here.
This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.