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Gandal Syllabus English 320, Advanced Fiction Writing, Keith Gandal

Open Educational Resources

Students in this course will learn the art of writing and rewriting short stories.

Antología Vol. Iii Crónica, Cuento, Microrrelato, Poesía Y Relato, Jose Higuera Lopez, Dejanira Alvarez Cardenas

CUNY Mexican Studies Institute

Creada por iniciativa del Instituto de Estudios Mexicanos de CUNY,

la Feria Internacional del Libro de la Ciudad de Nueva York es el espacio

por antonomasia de la promoción del español en la ciudad más

vibrante y cosmopolita de los Estados Unidos. Un español que se

mantiene vivo y cambiante por las muchas migraciones que componen

el entramado de la metrópoli y cuya vitalidad se ve reflejada en

la expresión escrita de la lengua; no solo en el terreno de la literatura

sino también en los de la academia y el periodismo.

La literatura producida en español en la ciudad …

Self-Listening & Envisioning Audience Exercise & Assignment, Jacob Kose

Open Educational Resources

This assignment and exercise encourages students to pick a formative story, artifact, individual, or moment in their acquisition of language and/or literacy. Students record themselves telling this story, then type that recording, and make choices about how to edit that text.Instructors may invite students to read these aloud, and/or peer edit. Students may also submit reflections and comment on each others' reflection.

Broken Poet, Martin Cloutier

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Antología Volumen Ii: Cuento, Poesía, Relato, Microrrelato Y Testimonio, Jose Higuera Lopez, Carlos Aguasaco

CUNY Mexican Studies Institute

La Feria Internacional del Libro de la Ciudad de Nueva York es un espacio donde se promueve la riqueza expresiva de la literatura en español en Estados Unidos. Las obras inéditas que se compilan en este volumen expresan la gran diversidad de texturas y acentos que dan cuenta de la infinitud de nuestra lengua.

La Antología de la FIL Ciudad de Nueva York es uno de los proyectos fundamentales dentro de las iniciativas de nuestra Feria, y su objetivo es proveer un espacio de visibilidad y desarrollo para las voces emergentes, así como un punto de encuentro para escritores y …

Word Into Idea: A Creative Writing Exercise, Stephen Fried

Open Educational Resources

This activity begins from an aleatory technique that creates a list of 104 associatively generated words to provide each participant with a field from which they improvise, first a free-form poem using twenty of the words and then an experimental prose piece that uses all 104 words. The poem is written as a workshop activity and optionally shared in a “poetry slam” segment, following which the prose piece is done as a home assignment. The activity takes 90-120 minutes. A version for synchronous online application is in development.

Animal-Human Vocabulary Builder, Domenick Acocella, Rene Cordero

Open Educational Resources

The assignment helps students individually build a usable, expanding vocabulary of terms and concepts, enabling each to further contribute to the ongoing, evolving written, oral, and visual conversations centered on the use of and thought about animals for food, clothing, work, entertainment, experimentation, imagery, and companionship.

Introductory Workshops In Creative Writing: Writing Prompt Phase 2 - Relearning The Craft, Noelle M. Nagales

Open Educational Resources

For this assignment, you will be required to do two things. One: visit a specific place of your choice. It can be anywhere, on own your free time (either on the train, at a museum, a restaurant, at the movies with your friends, or even at your local cafe). There, you will jot down on a sheet of paper (NOT on your phone) a bullet point list of all the things you hear or see (conversations and observations). The point is to not have your phone in hand and to be completely observant of your surroundings. Two: then …

Introductory Workshops In Creative Writing: Writing Prompt Phase 1 - Understanding The Self, Noelle Marie Nagales

Open Educational Resources

What is this idea of “self?” How do we define it or more specifically how do we represent ourselves (as the writer) on page and to what extent can we make our own voice visible? Anyone can write a story, but where do you as the author exist within your own work?

For this assignment, you will be required to write a memoir (a personal narrative) or a short piece of fiction that depicts some aspect of yourself or an attribute of it, present within your own life. You can either focus on a specific moment of time, place, person, …

Short Stories Of Latin America From Antilles To Southern Cone, Mariana Romo-Carmona

Open Educational Resources

The study of the short story genre in Latin American literature. Literary currents in 20th century, from the Vanguards to The Boom, fiction of post dictatorships, exile, and entry into the 21st century.

My Unfair Trumpie Closely Encounters 'Julie Andrews', Marleen S. Barr

Publications and Research

This is a humorous short story about Trump.

An Interview With Feminist Science Fiction Scholar Dr. Marleen S. Barr, Marleen S. Barr

Publications and Research

This is an interview with Marleen S. Barr about her single authored short fiction anthology WHEN TRUMP CHANGED; THE FEMINIST SCIENCE FICTION JUSTICE LEAGUE QUASHES THE ORANGE OUTRAGE PUSSY GRABBER.

The Body Confesses, Jennifer Sears

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Mobilis In Mobili, Natasha Lvovich

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Jam On The Vine By Lashonda Barnett, Shawn(Ta) Smith-Cruz

Publications and Research

Book review of Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Barnett from the perspective of a lesbian and lesbian of color audience of readers.

Husband Hunting In Africa, Marleen S. Barr

Publications and Research

This is a short story.

Thanksgiving Brunch Mitzvah Or, The End Of The World For Women, Marleen S. Barr

Publications and Research

This is a short story.

Rudolph The Red Nosed Squirrel Or Miracle On 82nd Street: Fiction/Quotation/Exposition, Marleen S. Barr

Publications and Research

"Rudolph The Red Nosed Squirrel or Miracle on 82nd Street: Fiction/Quotation/Exposition" by Marleen S. Barr (3721 words) Well…way to sell that weird in the first story and sell it hard. This…this is a metatextual sleigh ride through science fiction, about science fiction, about the ways in which science fiction is shaped and manipulated by people and the way that science fiction can shape and manipulate reality. But fuck is this not a really odd story that mixes "real life" with pure fantasy, positing a black Samuel Delany Santa Claus and a world that isn't quite so bound by rules as …

As Close As You'll Ever Be, Seamus O'Scanlain

Publications and Research

Short story collection featuring Victor McGowan - set in Galway, Belfast, Boston and New York. Irish crime fiction noir collection.

¡Escriba! ¡Write! Volume 12, June 2014, Hostos Community College Library

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Eric Stewart- "Same Love: Examining the Relationship Between David and Jonathan";

Santee Agrispin- "Music in my Life";

Jessica Anchundia- "Where I’m From";

Ahmed Caraballo- "A Life With Meaning";

Dina Esquivel- "How ‘McDonaldization’ Affects Our Society";

Jose Javier Castro- "Anonymously Yours";

Jose Javier Castro- "Homeland Uprootal";

Jose Javier Castro- "Gone but not Forgotten";

Earl Justice- "Dreamality";

Gisselle Belia- "Adios";

Eric Stewart- "After the Arrest: Exploring the Inner Workings of the New York State Criminal Justice System";

Karla Ferrera- "Poetry: The Awakening of a Creative Self";

Mario Leazard- "Sisters are Good Listeners";

Marlenny Toribio- "Finding Ways";

Angelica Rodriguez- "Antes de Morir";

Angelica …

The Pen Is Mightier Than The Coop Board's Borg Queen: A Sf/Memoir, Marleen S. Barr

Publications and Research

This is a short story.

Oy It's The Cosmetics, Stupid: Or How Estee Lauder Changed The Post 9/11 World, Marleen S. Barr

Publications and Research

Professor Sondra Lear, the protagonist of my novels Oy Pioneer! (2003) and Oy Feminist Science Fiction (in press) – and some of my short fiction – appears in this story. I trot out Sondra whenever I imagine coping with reality in terms of science fictional premises. Sondra, then, is a Walter Mitty fantasy version of me. Yes, spending one’s professional life as a science fiction scholar is exceedingly interesting and exciting. But it does have its limitations. I can’t hang out with the feminist extraterrestrials who form the crux of my academic pursuits. I can’t beam up and down, time …

¡Escriba! ¡Write! Volume 11, June 2013, Hostos Community College Library

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No abstract provided.

5th Annual Rainbow Book Fair, Sarah Chinn

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

Each year, the Rainbow Book Fair grows larger and more exciting: as the largest LGBT book expo in North America, the RBF is the place to learn about new trends in queer publishing. Exhibitors at the Fair range from academic presses to romance and erotica, from trade presses to art books and literary journals and beyond: it’s the Fair’s goal to represent the amazing variety of queer and trans writers and publishers.

The Birther Committee Inception: An Unreal Manhattan Real Estate Story, Marleen S. Barr

Publications and Research

This is a short story.

¡Escriba! ¡Write! Volume 10, June 2012, Hostos Community College Library

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No abstract provided.

To The Moon, Said Newt Or Informing New Yorkers That Outer Space Contains Space, Marleen S. Barr

Publications and Research

This is a short story.

¡Escriba! ¡Write! Volume 9, June 2011, Hostos Community College Library

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No abstract provided.

¡Escriba! ¡Write! Volume 8, June 2010, Hostos Community College Library

¡Escriba!

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¡Escriba! ¡Write! Volume 7, June 2009, Hostos Community College Library

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No abstract provided.