This is the first post in this series, "'Pure Craft' Is a Lie" continuing in Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Some alternate titles for this post: The MFA Story Craft as Colonization Craft vs POC Why Writers of Color Don't Write Pure Craft Essays A Lot of Craft, A...
An introduction: This is the first of what I'm hoping to make a series of guest posts on teaching creative writing. I reached out to author Lily Hoang and asked if she might talk about her particular style of workshopping. Below she gives a good breakdown for why she...
This is a continuation of last week's post about teaching revision... -- After we've talked about the outside story's first and finished draft and done a number of macro things to think about how we look at a story as a whole, I move my revision class into thinking...
Writer's Spotlight with Brian Clifton by: Christopher Eithun Brian Clifton co-edits Bear Review. His poems can be found in: Whiskey Island, Pleiades, Southeast Review, CutBank, Portland Review, The Pinch, and other magazines. He holds an MFA in creative writing from...