Class Description
Do you have a hard time answering the question, “What kind of writer are you?" Do traditional genre-based conventions constrain your wildest and most brilliant ideas? Are you tired of having to figure out whether your writing is fiction or nonfiction?
Your stories should never be pigeon-holed into any single style. During this six-week class of genre-bending, -blending, and -embodying, we will smash the boundaries of genre and mosaic the shards into something bold. We’ll play with integrating poetics into prose, and we'll walk the line between genres. We’ll read genre-breaking examples by writers like Lily Hoang, John Keene, Carmen Maria Machado, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and Alan Pelaez Lopez. Then, through guided writing sprints, writers will develop their own strange and spectacular stories.
Writers will NOT be expected to write, read, or do any preparation outside of sessions. Writers will be asked to prioritize their creativity, authenticity, vulnerability, and play in their writing (as opposed to prioritizing productivity and “publishable”/”good” writing).
Find your edge, collaborate with your fellow rebellious writers of color, and redefine the rules of the game.
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
For more detailed information about GrubStreet scholarships, including how to contribute to scholarship funds for other students, click here.
This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.