Creative nonfiction encompasses a wide range of storytelling forms, ranging from straightforward narration to widely varying experimentation. This course will explore various emerging forms and experimental structures of contemporary creative nonfiction—including borrowed form or hermit crab essays, lyric essays, braided essays, prose poems, and image-text pieces—and how they play with language and structure to depict true stories in unique ways. We will examine boundary-pushing essays from a diverse set of living authors, practice varied approaches to crafting essays, and engage in critical conversations about the effects each form can have. Our assignments will include two essays exploring different techniques, in-class peer workshops, writing prompts, reading responses, engagement with online and campus writing communities, and a final essay revision.