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“The Hybrid Essay: What It Is & How To Do It” with Jasminne Mendez

June 2, 2021 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM CDT

$49.00 – $109.00
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$49 for Members
$109 for Non-Members

All registrants will have access to the class recording for one week.

Learn the basics of writing an essay that combines, blends and disrupts genres and forms.

Are you interested in writing that disrupts and challenges genres and forms? Are you a writer who also loves visual art and wants to include art work in a piece of writing? Whether you’re a prose writer or a poet, a beginner or an experienced writer, this class is sure to introduce you to innovative and creative ways to express yourself in writing and beyond. We will study examples of hybrid works, engage in thoughtful discussion about what makes a hybrid work successful, and we’ll do a few short writing prompts and exercises to begin crafting our own hybrid pieces of writing. Participants are encouraged to bring a work in progress they’d like to revise or “disrupt” but new work will also be created during the workshop.

TAKE THIS CLASS IF

  • You want to explore ways to combine genres.
  • You’re a writer and visual artist seeking to blend the two art forms.
  • You want to take risks and experiment with your writing in new ways.

The deadline to register for this class is Wednesday, June 2 at 5 p.m. CDT.

Instructor

Jasminne Mendez is a best-selling Dominican-American poet, translator, playwright, audiobook narrator, and award-winning author of several books for children and adults. Including the middle-grade novel in verse Aniana del Mar Jumps In (Dial) which received the 2024 Pura Belpre Honor Award. Her other books have received prizes from the Texas Institute of Letters, the Writer’s League of Texas, and the International Latino Book Awards. She is an MFA graduate of the creative writing program at the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University and a University of Houston alumni. She is the Program Director for the literary arts non-profit Tintero Projects and she lives and works in Houston, TX.

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  • Comments that reinforce social structures of domination (related to gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, age, or religion);
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Details

  • Date: June 2, 2021
  • Time:
    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM CDT
  • Cost: $49.00 – $109.00
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Venue

  • Online via Zoom