I’ll be teaching in the second half the residency. I’m offering a new four-day elective workshop: Prose Poetry & Flash Fiction. 9:30am-12:00pm each day.

Description: In this elective workshop, we'll explore the many hybrid possibilities of writing in genres that straddle the line between verse and prose, namely prose poetry and flash fiction. We'll read and discuss writers such as Bhanu Kapil, Lydia Davis, Monica Youn, and Amy Hempel, to enrich our understanding of how and why we might use these genres to examine a wide range of urgent subjects, from colonialism and gendered violence to urban alienation and the rise of anti-Asian sentiment in the US. We'll think together about the ways prose poetry and flash fiction overlap—and where they diverge. And, of course, we'll write a lot and provide generous, attentive feedback on the new work.

Also:

Weds. Jan. 10:

1:30-3:00pm: Faculty Seminar - “ ‘I Had a Friend Who...’ – Writing Friendship”

3:15-3:45pm: Meet the Mentors Panel - with JJ Amaworo Wilson, Aaron Hamburger, Robert Levy, & Cate Marvin

7:00pm: Faculty Reading - with JJ Amaworo Wilson & John Florio

Fri. Jan. 12:

7:00pm: Writing for Inclusivity and Social Equity (WISE): The Task Before Us - Ethical Storytelling with David Anthony Durham (moderator), Linda Louise Nelson (guest), Chen Chen, & Monica Prince