In this workshop, we will close read and critique each other’s fiction. We will use each other’s writing as opportunities to discuss and explore questions of fiction craft such as structure, characterization, and voice. We will study how to read as writers, how to read for craft, and how to talk and think about fiction…

Dölen Perkins-Valdez says that, “Somewhere between written and oral traditions is a space the imagination can fill.” Excavating the past can be especially intimidating for those of us who come from places where history is kept through oral traditions or inscrutable scraps of information. Words like ‘exhaustive’ are often used to describe bodies of knowledge,…