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Hybrid Kinships: Writing Across Disciplines and Senses
In literary culture, authorship is often framed as an individual achievement rather than a collective ambition. In doing so, a solitary writing practice almost seems like a necessity rather than a choice. What would it mean, instead, to approach writing as an ongoing conversation with others, on and off the page? Hybrid kinships stem from a desire to tap into creative writing's potential for radical community-making. How might writers develop a creative practice that prioritizes belonging rather than separation? How might writers develop, as the scholar Alex Brostoff writes, "queer mode[s] of belonging that contests the conceit of a single self"?
Drawing upon our own experiences with hybrid writing, we will guide participants through the practice of developing hybrid kinships in their work. We will also look at examples of hybrid kinships from poets such as Lyn Hejinian, NourbeSe Philips, and John Murrillo. Using intertextual and intersensory writing activities, the workshop will explore ways of writing with-and-for others, offering participants the opportunity to generate new work that cuts across disciplines and senses.