Finding Home at the In-Between

with Zaji Cox

Saturday August 10th 1PM—3PM Pacific over Zoom
(A recording will be made available to all registrants for a limited period afterwards.)

What can you create from the in-between space? What would you write if you weren't afraid of anything?

It can be daunting to find oneself in that strange spot between defined spaces. In the literary world it can be genres or categories; in real life it can simply mean the feeling of "fitting in”—to a community, to a family, and so on. But what can be discovered when we remain in that in-between place? How can different worlds blend and harmonize together?

We can explore what it means to fall between spaces and categories, give ourselves the freedom to experiment, create material from what we find, and maybe find a home in the liminality.

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Pricing:

The following payment model is inspired by and borrowed from the payment model of Bayo Akomolafe’s class, We Will Dance With Mountains: Into the Cracks.

This workshop offers a sliding scale based on your relative financial standing. In an effort to reflect disparity in economic condition and access to wealth, the following payment system is designed for those with more wealth to help cover the costs of those with less access to wealth and resources. We trust your discernment of your current financial situation and how you fit into the global economic context.

As you decide what amount to pay, please consider your present-day financial situation governed by income, but also the following factors: historical discrimination faced by your peoples; your financial wealth (retirement/savings/investments); your access to income and financial wealth, both current and anticipated (how easily could you earn more income compared to other people in your community, country, and the world; are you expecting an inheritance); people counting on your financial livelihood including dependents and community members; the socio-economic conditions of your locale (relative to other places in your country and in the world); your relationship to food & resource scarcity.

$175 Partner

$125 Supporter (Note: This amount reflects the “real” value of this course.)

$75 Companion

$50 Friend

Scholarships are also still available for anyone needing further financial assistance. Please email Daniel at registration@corporealwriting.com for more info, or if you are feeling challenged in any way by the financial requirements of participation.

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Zaji Cox has been creating stories since she started reading at age three. She discovered her passion for writing when she wrote her first short story at nine years old, and went on to self-publish two books of fiction she composed at a young age. She is the author of the hybrid-genre memoir Plums for Months (Forest Avenue Press, 2023), and has been invited to participate at several literary events in the Pacific Northwest including the PDX Poetry Festival, Portland Book Festival, Moved by Words: New Voices of Color, the 50th annual Northwest Folklife Festival, and more. In early 2020, she was the winner in the poetry category of Submission PDX’s reading series. Her writing can be found in Cultural Daily, CARE Covid Art REsource, Entropy Magazine, the print anthology 2020: The Year of the Asterisk (University of Hell Press) and others. She is also a dancer with professional experience and enjoys combining art forms. You can find her work online at zajitheartist.com.