Braided Art

Braided writing—the thoughtful interweaving of different strands into a relationally meaningful whole—is a powerful rhetorical form of composing. While we might readily notice braiding as an art, not much is written about it as a craft, particularly for scholarly knowledge-makers. This article traces four strands through which readers and writers can better understand why and how braiding works. It then turns toward the challenging task of learning to write by interweaving different strands of content by offering a play-based workshop designed to illuminate some spots where the magic of the form happens.