Who says prose has to be prosaic? Innovative narrative structures are all around us, from the forms we fill out to the letters we write to the words that we - or others - censor.
In this generative workshop, we'll use work by poets Divya Victor and Solmaz Sharif to expand our ideas of what our stories, essays, and poems might look like. We'll spend time experimenting with a variety of unconventional structures, share what we learned, and brainstorm ideas of how this experimentation will inform our future work. Students will leave with a first draft of a piece, a set of prompts, and a deeper understanding of how and where experimentation can drive our work into new and unexpected places.
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Mathangi Subramanian is an award winning writer and educator. Her novel A People's History of Heaven was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and was longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, among others. Her middle grade book Dear Mrs. Naidu won the South Asia Book Award and her picture book A Butterfly Smile is in the Nobel Museum. Her shorter work has appeared in The Washington Post, Harper's Bazaar, Kweli Journal, and McSweeny's Internet Tendency, among others. She holds a doctorate in communication and education from Columbia Teachers College and is the founder of Moon Rabbit Writing Studio.
"Mathu was such a wonderful instructor! She does an amazing job facilitating discussion, and she values everyone’s contributions."
"Mathu is engaging, patient, and generous with her thoughts and experiences!"
