Voice + Embodiment: A Generative 8-Week Zoom Workshop for BIPOC Creatives with Blaise Allysen Kearsley, Starting Wednesday, August 20th, 2025
Begins Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 The class will meet weekly via Zoom on Wednesdays, 6:30PM - 8:00PM Eastern *Sliding Scale Tuition is Available. Select what you can afford from the drop-down menu. Any questions about this class? Use the Chat Button (lower left) to talk with us. Taught by Blaise Allysen Kearsley, a Black-biracial writer and teacher based in Brooklyn. Her writing has appeared in Catapult, Longreads, the Boston Globe, Electric Literature's The Nervous Breakdown, Elle, Midnight Breakfast, The Weeklings, and in the anthologies Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic, Nonwhite and Woman, and Cringe: Teenage Diaries, Journals, Notes, Letters, Poems, And Abandoned Rock Operas. Blaise is a contributing editor at Vestal Review, the oldest flash fiction journal on the planet. This workshop focuses on writing blocks, prompts, and permission to experiment as we dig into a range of ideas and tools of the craft, and cultivate a writing practice both on and off the page. Each session functions as a space for building community with other BIPOC writers and creatives, a weekly invitation to show up for ourselves and each other, to stand in our stories, and contextualize our lived experiences. We will set weekly intentions and identify the rituals and conditions that allow us to embody our true selves through the art of creative nonfiction. COURSE OUTLINE: (Subject to change according to the needs of the group) Week 1 - Truth + Memory Week 2 - Voice + Vantage Points Week 3 - Writing From The Body Week 4 - Observation + Language Week 5 - Writing Real People Week 6 - Form + Function Week 7 - Sense of Place Week 8 - Ancestral Writing COURSE TAKEAWAYS: Deepen your creativity and generate a ton of fertile material; Find words for the complexities and richness of your lived experience; Discover new ideas and experiment with existing projects; Collect writing prompts you can use and modify again and again; Approach creativity in different ways and sharpen the tools of your art and your craft; A sense of accountability, energy, and camaraderie; Time for yourself and your own pursuits. PAYMENT OPTIONS: Tuition is Sliding Scale from $495 USD to $350.USD. You can pay for the course in full or use Shop Pay or Affirm to pay over time with equal Monthly Payments. Both options are available at checkout. Instructor: Blaise Allysen Kearsley Begins Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 The class will meet weekly via Zoom on Wednesdays, 6:30PM - 8:00PM Eastern Tuition is Sliding Scale from $495 USD to $350. Contact us HERE if you have any questions about this class.