This class explores how the language of non-literary forms of writing (brochures, ad copy, disclaimers, textbooks, contracts and other legal documents, agendas, etc) can be adopted for fiction or poetry that is not merely silly or clownish, but which also makes room for humanity through personal reflection, processing, and mining of individual memory and experience.

The workshop affords participants an opportunity to read and discuss the work of writers who have adopted similar approaches, to investigate and unpack the possibilities within unconventional writing structures, and to receive feedback on their own interpretation of these ideas.

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Dolan Morgan is a writer and illustrator living in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and the author of two story collections, including That's When the Knives Come Down. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in BOMB Magazine, The Believer, The Rumpus, Electric Literature's Recommended Reading, Selected Shorts, NPR, and elsewhere. Dolan Morgan has worked on the editorial staff of The Atlas Review and Asymptote Journal, and also trains educators all across the country to create more student-centered classrooms and supports public schools nationwide in better serving recently arrived immigrant and refugee youth.