Author, essayist and novelist Lisa Selin Davis will talk about writing and vulnerability, especially in the age of culture wars and cancellation. The more personal our stories are, the more universal. But how do we share our most intimate selves while still protecting ourselves? And protecting those we write about? How do we know what to reveal and what to keep close to our chests? What’s the role of CYA—covering your ass—in personal writing? Is vulnerability really necessary to be effective or brave or authentic? And what do we do when we make mistakes, especially publicly (and is anything not public anymore)? 

This talk is a companion to Davis’s upcoming Write Your Heart Out: Personal Essay Workshop at Paragraph next month.

FREE for Paragraph Members, RSVP or Register Here ($20)

Lisa Selin Davis is an essayist, journalist and novelist who has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Salon, CNN and many other outlets. She is the author of a novel, Belly; a young adult novel, Lost Stars; and the non-fiction book Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her family.