Fiction: Long-form Fiction

Instructor: A. Ng Pavel is a Chinese-American and Romanian writer. They are the founder of the Chicago Asian Writers Workshop. They are currently an MFA student in fiction at the University of Mississippi.

Dates: 6:30-8:30PM Wednesdays, June 7 - July 19 (skipping June 28)

Course description: During this 6 week class, participants will bring together a project outline and workshop 15-20 page draft or excerpt of their final piece, depending on their needs. The goal of this workshop is to provide participants with support during the outlining and drafting process of a longer length fiction project.

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Poetry: Text Image Movement

Instructor: Felix Lecocq is a Vietnamese American writer living in Chicago. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Black Warrior Review, Joyland Magazine, HAD, Peach Mag, and elsewhere.

Dates: 6-8PM Thursdays, July 13 to August 3

Course description: During this four-week generative workshop, we will discuss examples of hybrid poetry by writers of color and use these texts to prompt and inspire our own writing through guided exercises. Week 1 (Text) will explore found poetry, erasures, archive work, and translation. Week 2 (Image) will explore visual poetry, collage, concrete poems, and asemic writing. Week 3 (Movement) will explore performance, game poems, kinetic poems, and cinepoetry. In Week 4, we will share and discuss our poems with each other, reflect on what we've learned, and consider possible avenues for showcase and publication. The goal of this workshop is to challenge our notions of what poetry is, what poetry does, and what poetry looks like, and to write the poem we never thought we'd write. All experience levels are welcome.

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