{"id":819,"date":"2016-10-26T14:38:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T18:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/?p=819"},"modified":"2025-01-09T20:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T01:40:30","slug":"winter-wheat-2016-odds-ends-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/winter-wheat-2016-odds-ends-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Wheat 2016: Odds & Ends Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>\u00a0Take a look at these miscellaneous panels we have this year!<\/p>\n

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\u201cWriting Different Cultures: To What Extent Can We Become Insiders?\u201d with Lisa Favicchia<\/strong><\/p>\n

As writers, it seems only natural that we are influenced by our travels. However, what do we risk by writing other cultures? Can we ever really become insiders, and if so, to what extent? While writing other cultures presents an opportunity to promote understanding and global connection, we inevitably risk misrepresentation by assuming an understanding based on limited points of view. Through discussion and workshopping, this panel aims to address the potential benefits and risks of writing different cultures, to what degree we are insiders or outsiders, and how to approach fair representation.<\/p>\n

Lisa Favicchia<\/strong><\/strong> is the managing editor of Mid-American Review<\/em> and is a second-year MFA candidate at BGSU. She is from Cleveland, OH, and spends a great deal of time with her bearded dragon, Smaug.<\/p>\n

(this workshop will be held on Friday, November 4th<\/sup> from 3:00-4:15pm<\/strong>. If you\u2019re interested in attending this workshop, select A1<\/strong> when you register!)<\/p>\n

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\u201cBeg, Borrow, and Steal: Imitation Projects as Self-Discovery,\u201d with Callista Buchen<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this workshop, we\u2019ll consider how imitation projects\u2014the study of an established writer and consideration of that writer\u2019s particular techniques, strategies, and approaches to themes\u2014help us to discover and develop our own unique voices. We\u2019ll look at models of imitation projects and try our hand at writing that imitates or exists in conversation with another writer. All writers, regardless of genre, are welcome. Participants will leave with new ideas to implement in their work, as well as with the start of several new pieces.<\/p>\n

To complement our own writing, we\u2019ll also discuss the pedagogical possibilities for imitation projects, looking at models and successful sample assignments that participants can try on their own or use in the classroom. The workshop leaders will present a model of a semester-long imitation project, which culminates in a poster presentation suitable for conferences.<\/p>\n

Callista Buchen<\/strong> <\/strong>is the author of The Bloody Planet<\/em> (Black Lawrence Press, 2015) and Double-Mouthed<\/em> (dancing girl press, 2016). Her work appears in Harpur Palate<\/em>, Puerto del Sol<\/em>, Fourteen Hills<\/em>, and many other journals, and she is the winner of the Langston Hughes Award and DIAGRAM<\/em>\u2018s essay contest. She is an assistant professor at Franklin College in Indiana.<\/p>\n

(this workshop will be held on Friday, November 4th<\/sup> from 4:30-5:45pm<\/strong>. If you\u2019re interested in attending this workshop, select B1<\/strong>\u00a0when you register!)<\/p>\n

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\u201cRepackaging Product Placement: Integrating Pop Culture in Storytelling,\u201d with Elena M. Aponte and Derek I. Mitchell<\/strong><\/p>\n

As media and art become more beholden to nostalgia and corporate interests, we encounter the risk of cynically integrating popular culture in storytelling. Whether a cinematic zoom to a company logo or reliance on haphazard references in lieu of characterization, we can be locked into a limited shorthand. With analysis of Cormac McCarthy\u2019s\u00a0The Road<\/em>, the Americana-drenched works of Stephen King, the recent phenomenon\u00a0Stranger Things<\/em>, and more, we will aim to meld popular culture to the whims of nuanced storytelling.<\/p>\n

Elena M. Aponte<\/strong> is a second-year graduate student in the Literary and Textual Studies program at BGSU. Her research interests include: multicultural literature, graphic novels and Japanese manga, film, Feminist theory, gender and sexuality studies, and popular culture. She is half Puerto Rican, fluent in Spanish, and trying to learn a little more Japanese. She hails from Toledo, Ohio.<\/p>\n

Derek I. Mitchell<\/strong> is a second-year graduate student in the Literary and Textual Studies program at BGSU. His research interests include dystopian literature, pandemic narratives, film analysis, postmodern politics, and popular culture. On weekends he returns home to Akron, OH, to visit his cat and robin.<\/p>\n

(this workshop will be held on Saturday,\u00a0November 5th<\/sup> from 1:30-2:45pm<\/strong>. If you\u2019re interested in attending this workshop, select E1<\/b>\u00a0when you register!)<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cPerformance in Creative Writing,\u201d with Olivia Buzzacco<\/strong><\/p>\n

How does the world of performance intersect with the world of creative writing? How does performance affect a poem? A story? Above all, how can performance be included into creative writing? This presentation will look to answer those questions and give live demonstrations of performance being applied to poetry\/fiction, as well as allow writers to practice a \u201csound words\u201d technique, and see how performance can bring their work to life.<\/p>\n

Olivia Buzzacco<\/strong> is a second-year MFA student at BGSU. She has presented at Winter Wheat for three years, as well as the Conference on College Composition and Communication in 2013. She is from Youngstown, Ohio.<\/p>\n

(this workshop will be held on Saturday,\u00a0November 5th<\/sup> from 1:30-2:45pm<\/strong>. If you\u2019re interested in attending this workshop, select E2<\/b>\u00a0when you register!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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