BEGINS 5/19 ON ZOOM.

“A true work of fiction…creates a vivid and continuous dream in the reader’s mind…” — John Gardner

“Perhaps when we connect color to language, to sound, in the space of a poem we reconnect and resist what Breton has named the tragic bifurcation of the so-called real and dream worlds that happens to all adults. Perhaps this is poetry’s purpose in our lives, to reconnect the real and dream worlds to one’s own dormant light.” — Dorothea Lasky

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Would you like to create a “continuous dream” for your reader lit up by color? From fashion, food, nature, art, and even Tarot, writers use color in surreal and surprising ways to bring their work alive. We’ll read and write through a dazzling palette to evoke the dream image. Through techniques such as synesthesia and colorata, you may discover your own blue rose.  Students will be encouraged to keep a dream journal.

Writers may include Carmen Maria Machado, Cynthia Cruz, Melissa Febos, Roxane Gay, Leonora Carrington, Lucille Clifton, Sarah Manguso, and more. We will also be reading excerpts from Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison.

Expect a bouquet of fresh drafts to bloom from our work together.

This generative creative writing class is suitable for all genres and levels of writers. Class size will be limited to 10.

SCHEDULE

4 Sundays, 5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9

12-1:30 pm EST Live on Zoom

COURSE TAKEAWAYS:

• knowledge of techniques such as synesthesia and colorata

• generative writing prompts designed to tap into the surreal and produce at least 4 new drafts

• encouraging feedback from Dr. Erica Anzalone and your peers to help fuel your writing practice