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Breaking the Silence: Ways for Writers to Speak in Workshop
Thursday, March 24, 2022
3:20 pm to 4:35 pm
The writer’s silence may be the writing workshop’s longest tradition. And yet a chorus of recent scholarship problematizes this restriction and teaches us the value of bringing the writer’s voice into the room. This discussion begins, then, not with the writer’s silence but with their speech. How will writers speak in our workshops? Participants will have opportunities to voice their ideas, ask questions, and respond to strategies suggested by the presenters.
This virtual discussion room will take place live and will not be recorded for on-demand viewing.
Participants
Erika Luckert is a poet and educator. She holds an MFA from Columbia and won the 2017 92Y Discovery Prize. Erika taught writing at public schools and colleges in New York. She is now a PhD student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where her research focuses on workshops and writing pedagogy.
Brandon Som is the author of Babel's Moon and The Tribute Horse, winner of the 2015 Kate Tufts Discovery Award. A former fellow at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, he is an assistant professor in the literature department at the University of California, San Diego.
G'Ra Asim is an assistant professor of creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis and the author of Boyz n the Void: a mixtape to my brother.
Jamaica Baldwin's poetry has appeared in numerous print and online journals. Her first book, Bone Language, is forthcoming in 2023. She is currently pursuing her PhD in English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln where she teaches poetry and composition. www.jamaicabaldwin.com
Katie Marya is a writer and translator from Atlanta, Georgia. She earned an MFA in poetry from Bennington College and is currently pursuing a PhD in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her first collection of poetry, Sugar Work, was the Editor's Choice for the 2020 Alice James Award and will be published in June 2022.
