S232. Zoeglossia: A Community of Writers with Disabilities

Room 214C, Henry B. González Convention Center, Meeting Room Level
Saturday, March 7, 2020
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm

 

This reading will introduce AWP attendees to the founders, directors, teachers, and inaugural fellows of this first-ever US retreat for writers with disabilities. Consisting of readings, talks, roundtables, and intensive workshops, the first retreat took place in May 2019 in San Antonio, TX. The readings will spotlight the important work coming from the diverse Zoeglossia community and promote awareness of the program's role in creating a safe creative space for a marginalized writer population.


Outline & Supplemental Documents

Event Outline: ZoeglossiaReadingAWPOutline.docx

Participants

Moderator:

Jennifer Bartlett is the author of three books of poetry and co-editor of Beauty Is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability.

C.S. Giscombe teaches English at the University of California, Berkeley. His recent books include Prairie Style, Ohio Railroads, Border Towns, and Overlapping Apexes. He is at work on a mixed-genre prose book titled Railroad Sense and a poetry book titled Negro Mountain.

Zoe Stoller is a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied English and creative writing. She currently works at a digital marketing agency in Philadelphia.

Zoe Stoller is a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied English and creative writing. She currently works at a digital marketing agency in Philadelphia.

Gaia Thomas is a poet and scholar. She is a 2019 graduate of the MFA program at Mills College and a Zoeglossia fellow. In 2018 she presented at UPenn's New Disability Poetics Symposium. Her critical work encompasses crip perspectives on modern and contemporary poetry.

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