Registration is rolling until June 23 at 11:59PM EST. No application is required (except for financial aid— Applications for financial aid are due June 18 at 5PM EST).

$400 w/financial aid available to residents of Greater Philadelphia (Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties)

8 week class: Wednesdays 6-8PM EST, 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9, 8/16 (with optional make up date on 8/23)

Through the theory-driven book, Salt Fat Acid Heat, author, teacher and chef Samin Nosrat offers practical mechanics of food science. These four elements combined allow each dish to possess its own unique taste profile. In reading this book, I found that these elements can be used to guide a writer in understanding how to craft their personal essay to present a unique profile as well. This class offers students the practical tools to understand their personal essay's Salt(enhances the writing), Fat(amplifies the texture of writing), Acid( balances the writing), Heat(determines the course of the writing).

Zainab Khadijah Karim is an Assistant Professor of English at National-Louis University and a published writer. She’s written for Ebony/Jet Magazine, MadameNoire, Revelist, and other online writing platforms. During the summer of 2021, she created and edited a series called Shape of Pleasure, which featured personal essays and poetry that explored how Black women centered pleasure in their lives. This anthology was influenced by Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown. She is currently working on research that centers the power of anger and feminism through her substack The Mad Feminist.