Afrofuturism Writing Workshop

Afrofuturism Writing Workshop
June 29, 2024
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Urban Arts Space

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2024-06-29 13:00:00 2024-06-29 15:00:00 Afrofuturism Writing Workshop For this writing workshop, we will consider what it takes to reach a future where everyone matters. We’ll follow a path carved by recent movements in fiction such as hopepunk and solarpunk, which feature characters fighting for utopia while resisting its detractors. In a guided writing exercise, writers will outline the rules for their ideal world, taking inspiration from the utopian vision for Wakanda in Black Panther and N.K. Jemisin’s short story “The Ones Who Stay and Fight.” Details Urban Arts Space America/New_York public

For this writing workshop, we will consider what it takes to reach a future where everyone matters. We’ll follow a path carved by recent movements in fiction such as hopepunk and solarpunk, which feature characters fighting for utopia while resisting its detractors. In a guided writing exercise, writers will outline the rules for their ideal world, taking inspiration from the utopian vision for Wakanda in Black Panther and N.K. Jemisin’s short story “The Ones Who Stay and Fight.” 

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