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Creative Strategies for Writing the Self

How can writing about the self explicitly challenge and deconstruct hierarchies of power and domination? In this 3-hour class inspired by Audre Lorde’s "Zami: A New Spelling of My Name" and Christina Sharpe’s "Ordinary Notes," students will learn about autofiction, autotheory, and the autoethnographic. Through discussion and generative writing exercises, students will explore new ways to write about themselves and their place within oppressive systems.

December 10, 2024, 6–9 PM (ET) on Zoom. Financial aid available.

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