(Re)Vision: Creating a Sustainable Writing Community

As writers with a range of daily commitments, it’s often a challenge to find time to write. When we do finally find that time, a piece or a poem will often sit, untouched and unseen for months or years. (Re)Vision was formed in response to this quandary: how can we help each other push work forward while also acknowledging that time is so hard to come by? By connecting online via Google Docs and email, (Re)Vision is a mixed genre group of BIPOC writers who share work on a monthly basis in ways that are meaningful and sustainable amid life’s other commitments. Participants will discuss the significance of BIPOC writing spaces when sharing new, vulnerable material and how their mixed genre grouping allows for rich dialogue and unique discussions of all works-in-progress. They will also share how their workshop framework enables them to give and receive feedback while requiring minimal time commitment--allowing the group to be sustained over years (and still going strong!).