Creative writing in Vancouver's downtown eastside
December 19, 2013 by Elee
We’re now on winter hiatus until February 6, 2014 so here’s a chance to take stock of what we did in our 13th session. We spent about half our class time this fall writing on invented or short word prompts: “letterhead”, for example, and “I mailed it in my sleep,” and “open letter.” Over the… Continue reading 2013 Recap
March 23, 2011 by Elee
On March 17, members of SFU’s 2011 Writer’s Studio joined the Writers Caravan in their first encounter. We spoke about the role of questioning in writing. We began with a working definition of poetry as being “questions without answers,” this taken from the wonderful, “Poetry Everywhere” from T&W Books, 2005. Off the top we each… Continue reading Simon Fraser University writers take part in the Writers Caravan