Last week I got to teach a 3-day Sprint Workshop on hybrid genres and literary collage to students in Miami University’s (OHIO!) MFA program. On the first day I said, “Here’s some paper, a bone folder, an awl, and some string. Make a mini-book!”
On the second day, they wrote poems and postcards, they cut and pasted:
That night, I put my game face on and gave a reading from The Bitter Life of Božena Němcová.
On the third day, they typed on a typewriter, arranged an accordion, glued pictures of corpses and houses and ice sculptures, and made pockets and postcards and silhouettes. They finished their books as I channeled Tim Gunn and counted down the final minutes saying, “Make it work, designers, make it work!”
That night we shared and celebrated:
Thanks so much to Jody Bates, Margaret Luongo, Cathy Wagner, and especially the MFA students for an awesome week!
Looks amazing! Good work, K!
Thanks so much, Moll! It was really fun.