08/10/2026
“A book should be the axe for the frozen sea within us.” — Franz Kafka
In our upcoming workshop “Writing Visceral Experimental Fiction” with Marc Anthony Richardson, participants will use multiple modalities—poetry, prose, literature, and film—to cultivate a sense of creative freedom that enhances the emotional, psychological, and aesthetic experiences of their writing. Writers will generate new work weekly, read aloud to determine the effects of the spoken word, and be encouraged to experiment and to write with daring and deep emotion.
At the end of the course, each student will present a final creative project in the form of an original short story, several poems, or a standalone excerpt from a larger narrative, to be workshopped in class.
📚 Readings will include:
𖧹 ‘Postcolonial Love Poem’ by Natalie Diaz
𖧹 ‘Incendiary Art’ and ‘Blood Dazzler’ by Patricia Smith
𖧹 Short stories from ‘Going to Meet the Man’ by James Baldwin
𖧹 Selections from ‘This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen’ by Tadeusz Borowski
𖧹 Excerpts of the novels ‘Invisible Cities’ by Italo Calvino and ‘The Mirror in the Well’ by Micheline Aharonian Marcom
🎞️ Optional works include the films:
𖧹 ‘4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days’ by Cristian Mungiu
𖧹 ‘Hunger’ by Steve McQueen
𖧹 ‘A Woman Under the Influence’ by John Cassavetes
𖧹 ‘Come and See’ by Elem Klimov
Curious? Learn more and register https://tinyurl.com/u24mamx5!
