Archive | Reading as a Writer

Mat Wenzel

Apr 20, 20221 min read

Final Portfolio

On Monday you will be pitching your final CNF project to the class. This should be a very short pitch (between 30 seconds and a minute)...

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Mat Wenzel

Apr 7, 20221 min read

More CNF

For Wednesday, please read "Freaks and the American Ideal of Manhood" by James Baldwin and create an x-page. For your jigsaw reading,...

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Mat Wenzel

Apr 6, 20221 min read

Uses of the Erotic

For Monday, Please read "Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power" by Audre Lorde from Sister Outsider and create an x-page. Also read...

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Mat Wenzel

Apr 4, 20221 min read

Creative Non-Fiction

For Wednesday, lease read the second chapter of Counterstory by Aja Y. Martinez and create an x-page. You'll also want to read the first...

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Mat Wenzel

Mar 20, 20221 min read

Fiction Mentor Text

For Wednesday, please read Blue-Skinned Gods pages 159 to 206 AND Bryan Washington's Visitor. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01...

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Mat Wenzel

Mar 19, 20221 min read

Response Groups

Make sure you have uploaded/shared your flash fiction piece with your response group. You can find your response group members on TCU...

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Mat Wenzel

Mar 19, 20221 min read

Reading as a Writer

As we continue reading Blue Skinned Gods, make sure that you are adding to your strategies toolbox as well as your daily x-pages. It...

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Mat Wenzel

Feb 28, 20221 min read

Link to Portfolios

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ls9MzzPxj95FKBYi-VmYKONmKdIp9vZ5jg1wJPQ938g/edit?usp=sharing

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Mat Wenzel

Feb 28, 20221 min read

Introduction to Narratives

For Wednesday please read “Queer Narrative” by Anne Mulhall from The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies and create an X-page JIGSAW -...

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Mat Wenzel

Feb 22, 20221 min read

Zines!

Don't forget to bring 10 copies of your poetry zine on Monday! These often take more time to make than you might think, so start cutting,...

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Mat Wenzel

Feb 22, 20221 min read

Sacrilegion Final section

For Wednesday, please finish reading Sacrilegion and create an x-page. You'll also want to make sure you have added some strategies to...

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Mat Wenzel

Feb 15, 20221 min read

Sacrilegion Part 5

For Monday, please read Section 5 of Sacrilegion by L. Lamar Wilson: Pages 46 - 62 and create an x-page. Don't forget to continue to...

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Mat Wenzel

Feb 15, 20221 min read

Publication Opportunity

eleven40seven is TCU's undergraduate journal of the arts. Their submission deadline is February 25th, 2022. Click on the link below for...

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Mat Wenzel

Feb 9, 20221 min read

More Poetics!

For Wednesday, please read section 4 of Sacrilegion by L. Lamar Wilson Pages 33 - 45 and create an x-page. Also bring to class a copy of...

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Mat Wenzel

Feb 8, 20221 min read

Poetry Workshops!

TCU is hosting KB Brookins this weekend. There will be a live event and a zoom event. If you are looking for some help on your poetry,...

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Mat Wenzel

Feb 8, 20221 min read

More poetry!

For Monday, February 14, please read Section 3 of Sacrilegion by L. Lamar Wilson, pages 19-31, and create an X-page Also watch this video...

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Mat Wenzel

Feb 2, 20221 min read

Considerations

For Wednesday, please read the introduction to Nepantla: an Anthology: Queer Poets of Color by Christopher Soto. Also read Section 2 of...

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Mat Wenzel

Jan 31, 20221 min read

Queer Poetics

For Monday, please read Section 1 of Sacrilegion by L. Lamar Wilson Pages 1 - 8. You'll want to use your "Reading as a Writer" lens as...

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Mat Wenzel

Jan 31, 20221 min read

The Erotic as Power

If you haven't already, you might want to read Audre Lorde's "Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power." https://fredandfar.com/blogs/ff-b...

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Mat Wenzel

Jan 26, 20221 min read

Privelege and Positionality

For Wednesday please read “Waking Up to Whiteness and White Privilege” by Ann Gleig https://www.ucf.edu/news/waking-up-to-whiteness-and-w...

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