University Open Air: Generative Workshop, on Travel Writing & Languages
This event has been cancelled.
Note: this program has been cancelled.
How do we write about unforgettable memories about our travels? How do we reshape these past/present journeys according to who we are now? Everyone has a journey that we keep deep in our heart––a gap year we take to travel across the world, our international exchanges, or short trips we take to be away from our daily routines, there’s so much more—and these stories really matter.
In this workshop, we’ll explore how to record our traveling experiences in meaningful ways (journals, voice recordings, videos, more), and how we can use language to shape our past/present travel experiences that make us who we are today. Readings about languages and traveling and writing exercises will be provided in class. We’ll also be focusing on thinking: how do we talk about languages alongside our experiences of traveling? What do spoken and emotional languages mean to us, and to our memories?
Jenna Tang is a Taiwanese writer and literary translator based in New York. She translates from Chinese, French, and Spanish. She received her MFA in Fiction Creative Writing from The New School. Her translations or essays are published in Restless Books, Latin American Literature Today, AAWW, Catapult, Mcsweeney's and her upcoming works will be published in the Southwest Review, World Literature Today, and more. She is one of the selected translators for the 2021 ALTA Emerging Translators Mentorship program with a focus on Taiwanese prose. She is currently teaching writing workshops about languages at Catapult. https://www.jennatang.com/
*In cases of rain, classes will be canceled. Registered patrons will be notified by email on the morning of each course day and are also encouraged to check the UOA webpage and BPL Presents’ Facebook and Twitter pages for updates.
University Open Air is generously supported by The Morris & Alma Schapiro Fund.
101 East Drive
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Note: this program has been cancelled.
How do we write about unforgettable memories about our travels? How do we reshape these past/present journeys according to who we are now? Everyone has a journey that we keep deep in our heart––a gap year we take to travel across the world, our international exchanges, or short trips we take to be away from our daily routines, there’s so much more—and these stories really matter.
In this workshop, we’ll explore how to record our traveling experiences in meaningful ways (journals, voice recordings, videos, more), and how we can use language to shape our past/present travel experiences that make us who we are today. Readings about languages and traveling and writing exercises will be provided in class. We’ll also be focusing on thinking: how do we talk about languages alongside our experiences of traveling? What do spoken and emotional languages mean to us, and to our memories?
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