Writing Manhood and the Uncomfortable in Memoir

Greetings, Class Community.

Over the past several weeks we have discussed a number of creative writing strategies and techniques for you to consider as you revise the stories you submitted for workshop.

In addition to improving a specific writing technique, I would like to consider how theories associated with 'remix' impact your work. For example, Assignment 3 asks you to use social media as an influence or as inspiration for your story.  Many of you created very interesting stories.

Consider the how would you like them to be displayed in their final form. In addition to the changes you will make to your story in order to revise it, consider what are the remix aspects of the assignment. Think in terms of digital tools, new literacies, and what makes what you are writing specific to contemporary intersections of history and technology.


I am going to list a few links that you may find helpful in your revision/remix re-writes ;)

 

Please feel free to add to the list by including additional links you may find helpful in the comments box.

Writing the uncomfortable...

"Novelist Michael Chabon opens up about his experiences as a husband and the father of four in his new book of personal essays, Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father and Son."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128087770

Keeping in the Know: Literary Journals and Creative Writing at University of Kentucky

Greetings.

Did you know that there are three literary journals produced by the University of Kentucky or University of Kentucky faculty members?  

Shale -- An Undergraduate Literary Magazine 

Shale was originally founded under the name The Cat's Figment as a Jury Project for the fellow under the Gaines Center for the Humanities. Since its inception, it has been run by a Gaines fellow, who continually updates and expands the reach of the journal to include more and more of the undergraduate creative writing community. In 2011,The Cat's Figment was renamed Shale as a nod of respect and admiration for the graduate literary journal, Limestone.

pluck! journal

pluck! Journal of Affrilachian Arts and Culture is a bi-annual publication released in the Spring and Fall. pluck! celebrates outstanding contemporary literature, feature images, essays and articles from voices of color from the states touched by the Appalachians (Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania).

Limestone

Limestone showcases original and imaginative writing and art by residents of the Bluegrass region of Kentucky and from across the nation. We are a venue that promotes new and innovative creative writing.

Please review the submission policies and consider submitting some of your creative work.  If you know of any other literary journals that you think the class members should know about, please post them here. 

http://english.as.uky.edu/tag/creative-writing

https://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-Kentucky-Creative-Writing-Program/202412329769396