Beyond the Book: Text, Image, & Experiments in the In-Between
with Molly Schaeffer
Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Memoir, Novel, Short Story, Essay
Online
Online Open to all levels
Open to all levels 6 Sessions
6 Sessions Please note the following schedule changes not shown in the printed catalog:
New start date: 5/1
New end date: 6/12
No class on: 5/29
What is a book, and how can we interrogate its form? Looking at a range of works that combines writing and visual art, we will challenge the idea of the book while creating and discussing our process. We'll investigate alternative forms (chapbooks, artist books, zines, and installations) by writers and artists (Renee Gladman, Cecilia Vicuña, Kenneth Patchen, Etel Adnan, Ann Hamilton). Primarily generative and discussion/process-oriented—not a workshop for critique—we will challenge our creative comforts and work across media.
Registration dates:
March 13: Scholarship Donation Day (Learn more.)
March 14: Member registration opens
March 21: General registration opens
Molly Schaeffer
Molly Schaeffer’s writing has appeared in The Recluse, Tagvverk, Prelude, and The Poetry Project Newsletter; her chapbook STATE ZAP* is published by MO(0)ON/IO. She works in writing and visual art, and teaches in Bard College's Language and Thinking Program and the Summer @Brown Pre-College Program. She holds an MFA in poetry from Brown University. For more information go to mollyschaeffer.com.
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