THIS CLASS HAS TRANSITIONED TO AN ONLINE FORMAT DUE TO
CORONAVIRUSINSTRUCTOR: JULIA BROWN
[https://www.writespacehouston.org/julia-brown.html]
TIME: Six Tuesdays, April 7th, April 14th, April 21st, April 28th,
SKIP May 5th for Writefest, May 12th, May 19th, 6-9 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Thursday, April 2nd: $210 members, $240
non-members. After Thursday, April 2nd: $240 members, $270
non-members. Become a member here
[http://www.writespacehouston.org/memberships.html]. Apply for a
scholarship here. [http://www.writespacehouston.org/scholarships.html]
LOCATION: ONLINE via Zoom
LEVEL: All Levels
CAP: Limited to 12 Writers
We recognize that while no single feature can capture the experience
and identity of a human being, writers of color—of all levels,
genres, and backgrounds—have the opportunity to thrive in workshop
experiences where their many, varied voices are welcomed and seen to
enrich the workshop’s diverse worldview. This means that we will
read the work of poets and fiction writers of color, including our
own.
Over the last few decades, organizations designed to support and
promote the work of writers of color have emerged across the country.
Cave Canem, Kundiman, Canto Mundo, VONA, Kimbilio, and others
recognize the need to provide writers of color with the kind of
community and workshop space that encourages taking risks, resisting
stereotypes (in ourselves, others, and in our writing), and creating
poems, stories, novels, memoirs, and essays that speak to the range of
our experience as human beings. This workshop shares these intentions
and seeks to provide Houston writers of color with the freedom and
support offered by these organizations.
This workshop is open to writers of all backgrounds typically
underrepresented in American literature, including but not limited to
writers who identify themselves as African American or Caribbean,
Asian American, Middle Eastern, Chicano, Hispanic, and Latino. For
those worried that this will be a group therapy session, know that it
will not be this. Just as with any writing workshop, we will study the
craft of prose and poetry, whether literary fiction or slam or sci-fi,
consider the intention of the work, and explore what possibilities it
can open up for our writing.
Expect to come away with fierce new work, as well as a renewed sense
of power found through community.
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