Instructor: Lindenberg
Tu/Th 12:30 PM – 01:50 PM
This advanced-level creative writing workshop pushes the boundaries of how we think of ourselves and storytellers and writers, and asks us to think in a bigger and more multi-dimensional way about what we consider a “text.” We will work in hybrid genres, like flash-fiction, prose-poetry, and lyric essay. We will also consider modes of storytelling that are more interdisciplinary, like graphic novels, podcasts, games and apps, zines, artist books, performance art projects, and more. In addition to reading and watching and listening to and engaging with these multi-modal forms of storytelling, students will write, create, and workshop their own original hybrid-form projects, both individually and in collaboration with others. We will make field trips to DAAP and to the libraries archives and labs, and to the 1819 Innovation Hub, providing students with unique opportunities to expand their thinking about what forms are available to them as writers, and how to put them to the best possible use. Students should come prepared for serious play.