Summer 2022 Recap
Summer 2022 students are all smiles after hearing poet Simone Muench, author of WOLF CENTOS (Sarabande 2014), read her work.
Summer 2022 students show their love for poet Sam Sax, author of BURY IT (Wesleyan University Press 2018).
Summer 2022 students are wowed after a reading by Tarfia Faizullah, author of REGISTERS OF ILLUMINATED VILLAGES (Graywolf 2018).
Students in rapt attention as Aimee Bender, author of THE BUTTERFLY LAMPSHADE (Doubleday 2020), shares artwork that inspired her story “Tiger Mending.”
Donika Kelly, author of THE RENUNCIATIONS (Graywolf 2021), makes Dr. Gnall laugh with her descriptions of mythological beasts during Summer 2022.
Summer 2022 students lost in thought as Jeffrey McDaniel, author of THIN ICE OLYMPUS (Write Bloody Publishing 2022), discusses early Pandemic toilet paper.
Summer 2022 students are introduced to the field of Literary Studies by special guest Dr. Stephen Pasqualina, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Detroit Mercy.
A round of applause after students share their stories and poems at our celebratory end-of-program reading.
Our Summer 2022 Visiting Writers
Summer Intensive students benefit from the guidance of our Lead Instructors and the insights of our highly accomplished Visiting Writers.
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Aimee Bender
Aimee Bender is the author of The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, An Invisible Sign of My Own …
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Lydia Conklin
Lydia Conklin is an Assistant Professor of Fiction at Vanderbilt University …
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Tarfia Faizullah
Tarfia Faizullah is the author of two poetry collections, Registers of Illuminated …
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Donika Kelly
Donika Kelly is the author of The Renunciations (Graywolf), winner of the Anisfield-Wolf …
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Simone Muench
Simone Muench is the recipient of an NEA Fellowship and the Meier Foundation …
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Sam Sax
Sam Sax is a queer, Jewish poet & educator. They're the author of Bury It …
Wordstruck 2022 Anthology
Summer 2022 Schedule
Each day was divided into three main components:
a poetry workshop, a prose workshop, and a special session.
Week 1
Monday, July 18
10:30 am – 11:00 am (EDT): Orientation (for all students, parents, & instructors)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (EDT): Poetry Workshop
— Break for lunch —
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (EDT): Prose Workshop
— Break for instructor conferences and/or solo writing time —
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm (EDT): Special Event:
Generative Writing Session with Jeffrey McDaniel
Post-Event Activity: Student Zoom Hangout (optional; Zoom will remain open until 7:00 pm)
Tuesday, July 19
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (EDT): Poetry Workshop
— Break for lunch —
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (EDT): Prose Workshop
— Break for instructor conferences and/or solo writing time —
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm (EDT): Special Event:
Prose / Graphic Novel Reading with Lydia Conklin
Post-Event Activity: Student Zoom Hangout (optional; Zoom will remain open until 7:00 pm)
Wednesday, July 20
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (EDT): Poetry Workshop
— Break for lunch —
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (EDT): Prose Workshop
— Break for instructor conferences and/or solo writing time —
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm (EDT): Special Event:
Poetry Reading with Donika Kelly
Post-Event Activity: Student Zoom Hangout (optional; Zoom will remain open until 7:00 pm)
Thursday, July 21
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (EDT): Poetry Workshop
— Break for lunch —
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (EDT): Prose Workshop
— Break for instructor conferences and/or solo writing time —
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm (EDT): Special Event:
Poetry Reading with Simone Muench
Post-Event Activity: Student Zoom Hangout (optional; Zoom will remain open until 7:00 pm)
Friday, July 22
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (EDT): Poetry Workshop
— Break for lunch —
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (EDT): Prose Workshop
— Break for instructor conferences and/or solo writing time —
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm (EDT): Special Event:
Instructor Reading with Stacy Gnall, Sarah McColl, & Jeffrey McDaniel
Post-Event Activity: Student Zoom Hangout (optional; Zoom will remain open until 7:00 pm)
Week 2
Monday, July 25
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (EDT): Poetry Workshop
— Break for lunch —
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (EDT): Prose Workshop
— Break for instructor conferences and/or solo writing time —
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm (EDT): Special Event:
Poetry Reading with Sam Sax
Post-Event Activity: Student Zoom Hangout (optional; Zoom will remain open until 7:00 pm)
Tuesday, July 26
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (EDT): Poetry Workshop
— Break for lunch —
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (EDT): Prose Workshop
— Break for instructor conferences and/or solo writing time —
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm (EDT): Special Event:
Prose Reading with Aimee Bender
Post-Event Activity: Student Zoom Hangout (optional; Zoom will remain open until 7:00 pm)
Wednesday, July 27
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (EDT): Poetry Workshop
— Break for lunch —
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (EDT): Prose Workshop
— Break for instructor conferences and/or solo writing time —
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm (EDT): Special Event:
Generative Writing Session with Jeffrey McDaniel
Post-Event Activity: Student Zoom Hangout (optional; Zoom will remain open until 7:00 pm)
Thursday, July 28
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (EDT): Poetry Workshop
— Break for lunch —
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (EDT): Prose Workshop
— Break for instructor conferences and/or solo writing time —
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm (EDT): Special Event:
Poetry Reading with Tarfia Faizullah
Post-Event Activity: Student Zoom Hangout (optional; Zoom will remain open until 7:00 pm)
Friday, July 29
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EDT): Student Final Reading
Post-Event Activity: Student Zoom Hangout (optional; Zoom will remain open until 4:30 pm)