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Reimagining the Writers Workshop
Friday, February 9, 2024
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Audre Lorde wrote, “We cannot fight old power in old power terms only.” How can we attempt a different, better model of the writing workshop that honors participants unique storytelling traditions? A reimagined workshop imparts a pedagogy of deep listening while honoring sidelined narratives of people of color, differently abled, and LGBTQ writers. These authors and educators discuss how to foster a community of kinship that empowers writers while honoring their diverse influences.
Participants
Laura Cronk chairs undergraduate writing at the New School, including the Writing & Democracy Honors Program. She teaches multigenre writing and pedagogy courses. Her poems have been included in the Best American Poetry series, and she is the author most recently of Ghost Hour from Persea Books.
J. Mae Barizo, born in Toronto to Filipino immigrants, is a poet, essayist, and multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of two books of poetry, Tender Machines (2023) and The Cumulus Effect. She is on the MFA faculty of the New School and lives in New York City.
Mira Jacob is the author and illustrator of Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations. Her critically-acclaimed novel, The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing, was a Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers pick and shortlisted for India’s Tata First Literature Award.
Brando Skyhorse is the author of The Madonnas of Echo Park, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award; Take This Man: A Memoir; coeditor of the anthology We Wear The Mask, and the novel My Name Is Iris, which was published August 2023. Skyhorse is an associate professor at Indiana University.
