In this class, we will go over the basics of flash and micro fiction. With contextual examples from international traditions of the genre (primarily focusing on Latin American literature and the works of Ana Maria Shua and Augusto Monterosso), we will go over what makes a short short story work mechanically and technically. Writers will write their own micro story and leave the class with both knowledge of this niche genre and new skills to help their writing contain the punch and flash of short short fiction.
Eric Alan Ponce was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Having graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a degree in philosophy and English, Eric was also the recipient of the Merrill Moore prize in fiction. As a student in the bilingual MFA program at the University of Texas at El Paso, Eric studied within an international network of writers and artists. Along with fiction published by Huizache, the Rio Grande Review, and the Vanderbilt Review, Eric's criticism is regularly published at a national level by BookPage magazine, as well as interviews with writers like Bryan Washington, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, and Héctor Tobar.
Eric is new to The Porch. Welcome!
