Journeying Closer to the Truth: Memoirists in Conversation on Discovering Yourself on the Page

Connection information will be emailed when you register. This is a virtual event, and you'll need a computer or mobile device (with an internet connection) to attend. 

Join Pulitzer Prize finalist Chloé Cooper Jones (Easy Beauty) and Chippewa Valley Writers Guild director B.J. Hollars (Year of Plenty) for a conversation on memoir writing, personal discovery, and writing toward unexpected revelations on the page. Free registration required (below).

About the Author

Chloé Cooper Jones is a professor, journalist, and the author of the memoir Easy Beauty, which was named a best book of 2022 by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, TIME Magazine, and was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir. She was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Feature Writing in 2020.

About the Host

B.J. Hollars is the author of the forthcoming memoir Year of Plenty (UW Press, spring 2024) and is the director of the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild. He writes and teaches in Eau Claire.

Presented by the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild.