How do our bodies surprise us? How do they disappoint us? How do they change over time? How do they shape our relationships with family, friends, our communities?
In this online workshop, we'll use a series of generative exercises and close readings by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) writers to draft experimental pieces exploring how our bodies shape our lived experiences. We'll learn nonlinear storytelling structures and practice exercises that will help participants bring bodily experience to life in their own writing projects.
Writers of all levels and genres are welcome.
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!"
