Endings as Openings: Queer Visions

with Paul Lisicky (author of Later: My Life at the Edge of the World and The Narrow Door)
Saturday October 26th 1PM—4PM Pacific over Zoom
(A recording will be made available to all registrants for a limited period afterwards.)

How to write an ending at a time when we’re questioning all the old assumptions and grappling toward new ways of thinking? How to say no to old certainties and imply a vision in which care and community are given their due? How to do this in a way that signals light and darkness, absurdity and grace, emotional and intellectual complexity? In this craft session we’ll talk about struggles and strategies that feel true to this time of anxiety, grief, and next steps. We’ll look at the work of several recently-published (and canonical) LGBTQ writers and try out some exercises suggested by their excerpts. Along the way we’ll work hard, take care of each other, and make sure gravity and play share the same space.

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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.

$275 Partner

$225 Supporter (Note: This amount reflects the “real” value of this course.)

$175 Companion

$150 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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Paul Lisicky is the author of seven books including Later: My Life at the Edge of the World, one of NPR’s Best Books of 2020, as well as The Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship, Unbuilt Projects, and Famous Builder. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Conjunctions, The Cut, Fence, The New York Times, The Offing, and elsewhere. His awards include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the NEA, and the Fine Arts Work Center, and the Rose Dorothea Award from the Provincetown Library. He has taught at Cornell University, NYU, Sarah Lawence College, and the University of Texas at Austin, as well as at the Bread Loaf, Tin House, and Juniper conferences. He teaches in the MFA Program at Rutgers University-Camden and lives in Brooklyn. His book, Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with Joni Mitchell, is forthcoming from HarperOne in February 2025.