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The Inherent Queerness of the Lyric Essay with Julie Marie Wade

The Inherent Queerness of the Lyric Essay with Julie Marie Wade

In this workshop, we’ll explore the lyric essay as a genre of wish and risk using (as a guide) texts by four contemporary queer practitioners: Chen Chen, Bernard Cooper, Jaquira Diaz, and Dawn Lundy Martin. As we read together, we’ll identify the invitations, permissions, and prompts these lyric essayists have extended to us and begin writing under their influence.