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Weekend Workshop: this Sunday
April 28 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)
Exploring Sexuality & Motherhood in Writing with
In this three-hour workshop, you will experiment with new techniques for exploring sex and motherhood in your writing.
Sexuality and maternity are subjects most of us have been taught to keep separate. In this class, we will assume that these two embodied, heightened states of being—sex and caregiving—do indeed share borders and inform one another, even though writing about sex and motherhood together may feel dangerous.
In this workshop, we’ll read short excerpts across genres and discuss what we learn from these texts about craft, ideology, identity, and form. We will then write alongside one another, responding to a number of prompts inspired by the readings.
There will be time for a brief Q&A at the end of the workshop.
Workshops starting in May
May 1 - May 22 from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
The Poetry Lab: Crafting and Critiquing in Community with Samuel Louis Spencer & McKinley Dirks
In this weekly workshop, we will convene to write, read, and revise our poetry.
This month-long program is designed to get poets thinking critically about each other's work in a judgment-free environment. Engage with other poets in the practice of prosody, polishing your poems until they are ready for publication (woah, alliteration!).
May 7 - May 21 from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Editing for Style: A Hands-On Lesson in Copyediting with Jordan Koluch
A good copyedit is more than just a spell-check—it’s sensitive to author voice and intent and makes the text more accessible for the reader.
In this class, you’ll learn the basics of good copyediting and implement those basics over a number of sample texts. Students will have the opportunity to get hands-on experience in class, as well as feedback from the instructor and peers on their work. We’ll also discuss tips for how to get freelance copyediting jobs.
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