Writing Novelistic Nonfiction
A conversation with author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.
About the Event
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong has written seven highly acclaimed books, including the New York Times best-seller Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything. Starting this summer, Armstrong is teaching in Graham School’s Writer Studio, sharing her gift of translating facts into gripping nonfiction scenes.
Join us for a Conversation @Graham with Armstrong as we explore her step-by-step approach to crafting rich, novelistic narrative nonfiction that readers can't put down. We’ll also glimpse into her books Seinfeldia, When Women Invented Television, Sex and the City and Us, and Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted, as we preview her upcoming course at Graham on Writing Nonfiction: Turning Facts Into Gripping Scenes.
Who's Speaking
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
Acclaimed Author and Writer's Studio Instructor
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong has written seven books, including the New York Times bestseller Seinfeldia; When Women Invented Television; Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted; and Sex and the City and Us. Formerly a staff writer at Entertainment Weekly, where she worked for a decade, her writing appears in many publications, including BBC Culture, The New York Times Book Review, Vice, New York magazine, and Billboard. She created and co-hosts two podcasts, Pop Literacy (about pop culture-related books) and, via the American Writers Museum, Dead Writer Drama (examining classic writers through a modern lens). She also curates and writes the weekly “Peabody Finds” recommendation newsletter for the prestigious Peabody Awards in broadcasting.