Growing / Gleaning / Gluing: A Generative Workshop on Literary Collage

In this workshop we will learn and discuss a variety of literary forms, techniques, and ephemera which can be fused into a single project. In creating a literary collage, we ask ourselves what objects, media, forms, or genres can best support or open up this piece? Make it unravel? There will be generative prompts, discussion, and some light reading from established collagers and multimedia writers (such as Andrea Rexilius, Claudia Rankine, Arthur Kayazakian, Jennifer Egan, Jennifer S. Cheng). This workshop is meant to help participants open our minds to the possibilities of the page. 

Writers of all levels and genres are welcome. Content will be appropriate for starting a new project or continuing a work-in-progress.

Instructor

Sarah Elgatian is a mixed-identity writer whose cross-genre work has appeared in journals including Beholder Magazine, Past Ten, and BRINK. A grandchild of genocide survivors, Sarah works to make writing accessible and joyful at the Midwest Writing Center. She likes bright colors, dark coffee, loud music, and long sentences, dislikes meanness and corporate farming. She's on instagram: @rahelgatian.