This video contains a quick explanation of the inspiration and process behind my English comps project, This Body, Unbound, as well as a reading of two poems. The project was intended to center the voices of Twin Cities and Northfield’s transgender community members, their experiences with transness, and the joy…
A discussion between Mica Bahn, Meredith Oldham, Yoni Rekem, Claire Seymour and Gab Torres, all of whom wrote creative comps. All of us worked together as a workshop group to critique each other’s pieces and then improve upon them, so we’re all fairly familiar with everyone’s work. In this Q…
Mythos is a collection of short stories that all invoke a fantastical creature/person in their narratives. Each story in the collection is intended to unsettle certain societal norms that deal with gender, success, failure, relationships, and home, respectively. The use of fantastical creatures was an attempt to come at these…
For my comps I wrote a 17,000 word novella called “At This Time a Queen Shall Be Burned.” It’s about Anne Boleyn, the second of Henry VIII’s six wives, who was executed in 1536 for alleged adultery, incest, and treason. Specifically, I focus on the two weeks she spent as…
Thank you for taking the time to watch me talk about my comps! The Last Long Cry is 54 pages and follows the story of Marie, a young woman who is facing the judgement of a small town due to the stigma left behind from her alcoholic parents. She is…
My creative writing comps, The Worlds Left Behind is a non-fiction memoir, separated into sections “Chongqing, China”, “Hongkong”, “Airport”, “Chicago, the United States”, and “London, the United Kingdom”. The memoir explores the writer’s dynamic interaction with places and times, including getting lost, establishing connections, and processing prejudices. Moreover, the memoir…
