Class Date:
Online: Wednesdays, August 5, 12, 19, and 26
Class Time:
12:00 to 12:45 P.M.
Class Size:
6-12 students
Age Group:
4th-7th Graders
Location:
Online via Zoom; link to be provided the week before the class.
Have you ever had your portrait drawn by an artist who exaggerated your features to make you look like a wacky cartoon? You can do the same with writing by using exaggerated images and impossible scenarios to make a point. In this class, we’ll use the absurd and silly to find meaning through flash fiction and poetry.
All enrolled students will have the opportunity to publish work in the 2027 issue of the National Writers Series’ literary journal.
(Ni)Cole Bernadette Birkett (she/her) graduated with a BA in English from Michigan State University. She works supporting organizing and membership efforts for public school unions, raises sheep and goats with her husband, leads the Ludington Writers, and is editor in chief of Making Waves: A West Michigan Review. Her work has appeared in publications such as Transformational: Stories of NoMI Arts & Culture, Peninsula Poets, Variety Pack, and MSU’s Offbeat and OATS. Learn more at LudingtonWriters.org or @nbbirkett.
