Overview

We will write short vignettes in narrative form, lyric form, and persona. A vignette is an episodic piece of writing describing a person or a moment in time. Generative writing exercises will be shaped by Bhanu Kapil’s The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers, as well as poems by artists Dionne Brand, Sarah Ghazal Ali, and Nikky Finney.

Note: This workshop title comes from Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. Hurston writes, “There are years that ask questions, and years that answer.”

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Takeaways

• You will leave with ten vignettes about pivotal moments, years in history or in your own life.

• We will explore atmosphere, lyric, point of view (epistolary writing), and time.

• You will learn techniques to transfer to other creative projects, such as writing non/fiction and screenwriting.