Join Margarita Gokun Silver for a day dedicated to one of the shortest, most intense forms of writing. Conversational, intimate and revelatory, the personal essay creates vivid memories and makes its readers think again. Personal essayists – often found in lists that claim to 'change your life' – have produced some of the world's most piercing prose. This session encourages us to start, and once we've started, to get better.
Margarita is the author of i named my dog pushkin (and other immigrant tales), a collection of essays about her immigration to the US from Soviet Russia. Recollections of obsessing over Levi's and hounding her parents into a better life are skilfully intertwined with reflections on life, equality, culture and nationhood. Margarita's essays have been published in The New York Times, Vox, and The Guardian, among others.
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