Generative Limits: Writing as Progress, Not Product with Anneysa Gaille
Generative Limits: Writing as Progress, Not Product with Anneysa Gaille
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Saturday, May 16, 3–6pm (1-day seminar) / Zoom
How can a limit be generative? While limits are often viewed as boundaries that impede growth, the Oxford English Dictionary defines a limit as a bound “beyond which something ceases to be possible.” Within these bounds, however, exists limitless potential.
To probe this potential, we’ll utilize a series of Oulipo (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle) constraints and follow the work of Harryette Mullen who said, “The most liberating aspect of Oulipo for me was their demystification of ‘inspiration’ in favor of ‘potential literature.’ This puts less stress on writing as a product and more emphasis on writing as a process that might result in a work of literature.” The workshop will then culminate in creating and naming our own sets of constraints.
Workshop Leader
Anneysa Gaille
is a poet from Texas who lives on Lenapehoking land in Brooklyn. She teaches in the English Department at Brooklyn College and edits books for Ugly Duckling Presse. Her chapbook, No Such Thing As, was published by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago. Her first full length book, Once Upon a Cicada Moon, was recently published by Tender Buttons Press.