“I can’t hide from myself. In poetry, the latent, existential ineffable can be transformed via my imagination. Since coming to this realization, I try to call myself out when I’m exhibiting avoidant behavior, or trying to obscure something. I write to confront myself on the page.”
––Diana Khoi Nguyen, LitHub: “Poet Diana Khoi Nguyen on Family and Writing a Radical Eulogy for Her Brother”
In this one-day craft class, we will look at pieces that address everyday aggressions: micro and macro. Some of these may be pieces that are in dialogue with another piece of creative writing, or in response to a personal or social incident in real life. What does intentional writing as an act of resistance, of rectifying the record, of reclaiming injustice look like?
ELIGIBILITY:
This craft class is open to Asian American writers. The non-refundable tuition fee is $50. This class will be held over Zoom. There are scholarship spots available, and applications are open through April 8th.
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A poet and multimedia artist, Diana Khoi Nguyen is the author of Ghost Of (Omnidawn 2018) and recipient of a 2021 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition to winning the 92Y “Discovery” / Boston Review Poetry Contest, 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and Colorado Book Award, she was also a finalist for the National Book Award and L.A. Times Book Prize. A Kundiman Fellow, she is core faculty in the Randolph College Low-Residency MFA and an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh.