About the Workshop

How do we bring creativity to our political imagination, and political imagination to the creative process? How have writers and artists continued to make work in times of chaos?

In our time together, we’ll learn from the venerable lineage of queer & trans visionary writing (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction), and through a series of exercises we’ll practice techniques for imagining new possibilities and radical hope. Our time together is designed to support writers with ongoing projects as well as writers looking to jumpstart something new. While there will be opportunities to share drafts and receive feedback, this is primarily a generative workshop.

About the Instructor

Andrea Lawlor is the author of two chapbooks, Position Papers (Factory Hollow Press, 2016), and Position Papers (Belladonna*, 2024), as well as a novel, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl (Rescue Press, 2017; Vintage, 2019; Picador UK, 2019). Their stories, essays, and poems have appeared in publications such as Ploughshares, The Brooklyn Rail, jubilat, and The New York Times. They are the recipient of a Whiting Award for Fiction and the Prix Sade, as well as fellowships from Lambda Literary, Radar Labs, the Ucross Foundation, and Macdowell. They teach writing at Mount Holyoke College, and live in Western Massachusetts.